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The AIMS Team - 27 Mar 2013
Muthu Madhan is a practicing librarian in India for about 15 years and is currently the Manager for ICRISAT Library and Information Services. Before joining ICRISAT in 2010, he worked for M S Swaminathan Research Foundation and the National Institute of Technology Rourkela.
Since 2004, he has been an advocate for open access movement in India. Apart from open access, his other interests are...
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Thembani Malapela - 17 Dec 2012
In a recent publication, the Institute of Developmental Studies (IDS-UK) explores the links between Open Access and Development within the traditional models of scholarly communication and potential uses of open access in the context of the developing world.
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Imma Subirats - 23 Nov 2012
The CIARD Movement has published a third use case, this time about the National Agricultural Information System/Network (NAIS) of Jordan.
This case study describes NAIS and provides a brief on progress towards openness of agricultural research for innovation, as expressed by the CIARD Manifesto and Checklist. It also highlights the lessons learned during its development and...
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Imma Subirats - 13 Nov 2012
The CIARD Movement has published a report about the Ghana Agricultural Information Network System (GAINS). The report documents the local evidence and lessons learned on the ways in which public research outputs are made truly accessible to audiences in Ghana. This was done through exploration of reports, websites and semi-structured interviews, using the CIARD Checklist and Framework for...
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Richard Kedemi - 11 Nov 2012
Institutional Repository Development: A Case Study of KARI and KAINet
By Richard Kedemi
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
1. Introduction
This paper is based on KAINet’s and KARI’s experience and lessons learnt with developing digital repositories using AgriDrupal and AgriOceanDspace. KAINet is a network originally made up of institutions that were on the Kenya AGRIS...
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Imma Subirats - 01 Nov 2012
Recently the CIARD Movement has published online a series of case studies that describe the processes and experiences in the implementation of agricultural research information systems. The papers are about 30 pages each, and are very easy to read.
From AIMS we will highlight each of them, starting with the case study that describes the implementation of China’s development of CIARD...
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Stefano Anibaldi - 08 Oct 2012
Results of the New AGRIS Vision 2007-2012: advocating for Open Access to Research
Stefano Anibaldi
Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO)
Italy
