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    2014 IFLA 80th General Conference and Assembly Registration Opens

    The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has announced an early bird registration for its next year's 80the general conference and assembly. The theme of this upcoming event is "Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge" and will be held on the 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France. Sponsorships platform has been advertised ...
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    A recent AgriOcean DSpace installation in Africa!

    Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) Institutional Repository is an AgriOcean DSpace digital repository that covers the marine and fresh water environments.   The repository aims to specifically collect, preserve and facilitate access to all research output from Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute ,their library records and national deposits....
  • ABCD: Sistema integrado para la administración de bibliotecas

    ABCD es una aplicación web de distribución gratuita, software abierto y multilingüe, la misma pertenece a la familia ISIS. Comprende las principales funciones de una biblioteca: OPAC, adquisición, catalogación, kardex, préstamos, estadísticas y administración de bases de datos. Desarrollado y coordinado por ...
  • KOHA - sistema de administración de bibliotecas

    En este webinar platicaremos sobre las características, módulos y funcionalidad de Koha, además de contextualizar al asistente sobre cómo diseñar y ejecutar un proyecto exitoso de migración y actualización continua.
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    More than 39,000 references on biology and related topics regarding Costa Rica

    The Organization for Tropical Studies took the initiative to develop the National Bibliography on Tropical Biology (BINABITROP) which is a database that contains the references of more than 39,000 publications in English and Spanish (books, selected chapters, thesis, articles, reports, and multimedia) on biology and related topics regarding Costa Rica. The ...
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    Uganda libraries improving farmers’ lives

    EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) has shared results of three library information projects that are improving lives in farming communities in Uganda. Click the links to read about how – Kachumbala Area Cooperative Enterprise Community Library (KACE) used information and communication technology (ICT) to support farmer-to-farmer learning and develop ...
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    "Why don’t libraries get better the more they are used?"

    On June 19-20, 2013, the 8th Handheld Librarian Online Conference will take place, an online conference about encouraging innovation inside libraries. Register now, as an individual, group or site, and receive access to all interactive, live online events and recordings of the sessions! Program: the latest tools and strategies for libraries ...
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    "DCAT Application Profile for Data Portals in Europe" open for review

    The final draft of the Data Catalogue Vocabulary Application Profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP) is open for public review until 10 June 2013. DCAT-AP is a specification based on DCAT for describing public sector datasets in Europe. Its basic use case is to enable a cross-data portal search for data ...
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    IICA/CATIE Orton Memorial Library celebrates its 70th anniversary

    IICA/CATIE Orton Memorial Library celebrates its 70th anniversary and an extraordinary career in the area of agricultural information in the hemisphere. The Ceremony of celebration will be held in memoriam Dr. Gilberto Páez Bogarín, outstanding Paraguayan scientist that supported exhaustively the generation of agricultural information in the ...