FAO GeoNetwork's purpose is to improve access to and integrated use of spatial data. The FAO GeoNetwork opensource provides free access to and integrated use of spatial datasets and related interactive digital maps, satellite images, and statistics maintained by FAO and its partners. “The challenge is to enhance the data ...

The DataONE is a community driven project creating the software and data accessibility to meet the needs of a community of users. The DataONE cyberinfrastucture provides open, persistent, robust and secure permanent access to well-described and easily discovered earth observational data distributed across multiple member repositories globally.“Using DataONE has ...

Register/Join Free Webinar: GLOBAL LIBRARIANSHIP SERVICESDecember 5, 20162 pm EST // 11 am PST // 1 pm CST Link to WEBINAR: http://ala.adobeconnect.com/r7hgw1jmnsf/ Abstract: As the opportunities and challenges raised by globalization become more a part of people’s everyday lives, colleges and universities are committed to providing their students ...

The 10th “International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research” (MTSR 2016)  also co-located four workshops, one of them dedicated to successful controlled vocabulary, namely the Controlled Vocabulary for Resource Type Genres version 1.1. _______________________________________________________________________________________________Controlled Vocabularies are one of the semantic glues that binds open access repositories and scholarly communication infrastructures together. They ...

DivSeek aims to unlock the potential of crop diversity stored in genebanks around the globe and make it available to all so that it can be utilized to enhance the productivity, sustainability and resilience of crops and agricultural systems._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________“As the world’s population grows, global demand for food is ...