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Interesting insights into international projects on the second day of the LINQ Conference 2013

The two-day „Learning Innovations and Quality“ (LINQ) Conference 2013 started on the 16th of May 2013 under the motto „The Future of Digital Resources“. The second day of the conference was divided into four parallel sessions that gave all attendees the possibility to discuss learning innovation strategies in small groups. The participants could freely choose to either...

Pruning AGROVOC

Sorry, posted this message earlier, but by accident in an older threat. I am presently preparing our Agridrupal 7 based information center. As the majority of users, farmers, farmer organisations and service providers, are non-academic non-research, I am adapting parts of the Agridrupal setup. For my users to easier navigate through all options, I was thinking of pruning AGROVOC, and...

LINQ Conference 2013 successfully launched at the FAO headquarter in Rome

The two-day „Learning Innovations and Quality“ (LINQ) Conference 2013 started on the 16th of May 2013 under the motto „The Future of Digital Resources“. Around 200 experts and interested people were attending the conference in the FAO headquarter in Rome.

Next import of data to AGRIVIVO will take place Monday 25 May 2013

If you are interested to share your AIMS profile with AgriVIVO, the next import of data is going to take place next week (Monday 25 May 2013). You can create or edit your profile using the instructions available at "Are you an AIMS member? Then have your profile included in AgriVIVO".

Primeras acciones de la REDIAGRO: Taller macroregional en Guadalupe La Libertad (Perú)

El pasado 7 de marzo tuvo lugar el taller macroregional "La información agraria como instrumento de apoyo a las políticas públicas sectoriales" desarrollado en Guadalupe La Libertad (Perú). El objectivo del taller fue dar a conocer las estrategias y acciones que están implementando a nivel central, regional y local sobre el acceso, difusión...

DSpaceDirect : A hosted DSpace solution

DSpaceDirect is a hosted service for the DSpace repository software, the service is provided by DuraSpace.This service will allow users to create a repository hosted in the cloud that can store, manage any content or file type thereby facilitating easy searching of content by users. Repository managers will also have a possibility to customise their repository. DSpaceDirect features

Open Access to Weather Data for International Development

Farming communities in Africa and South Asia are becoming increasingly vulnerable to shock as the effects of climate change become a reality. This increased vulnerability, however, comes at a time when improved technology makes critical information more accessible than ever before. aWhere Weather, an online platform offering free weather data for locations in Western, Eastern and Southern...