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Overview of OA e-books in agriculture and related sciences on AIMS

19/09/2012

A new category entitled "Open Access e-books on agriculture" has been added to the "Open Access Resources" section on AIMS. This page gives an overview of publishers and resources for OA books and journals in the agricultural domain. Identified OA book providers include the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), ...

Two libraries win EIFL-PLIP Innovation Award for health

19/09/2012

Two public libraries have won the EIFL Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) award for contribution to community health. Congratulations, and a prize of US$1,500, to public libraries in Africa and Europe: Hoima Public Library in Uganda, whose ‘Improving Community Health through ICT’ service provides free internet access and computer and ...

Berlin 10 Open Access Conference in Africa

18/09/2012

The Berlin 10 Open Access Conference will take place this year at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Wallenberg Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa, from 6 - 8 November 2012. It will be preceded by a preconference on the practical implementation of open access principles on 6 November. The theme ‘Networked scholarship in a networked ...

Forum "Using ICT to enable Agricultural Innovation Systems for smallholders"

14/09/2012

e-Agriculture and the World Bank are organizing the two-week long forum "Using ICT to enable Agricultural Innovation Systems for smallholders"   The online forum will run from September 17-28, 2012. The discussion is open to the participation of everyone! Subject Matter Experts who will be leading the discussions are:  • Laura Drewett, ESOKO • ...

"Design and Implementation of the ZH/EN Bilingual Retrieval System Based on the CAT/AGROVOC Mapping"

13/09/2012

The AGROVOC team and the Institute of Agriculture Information of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences have published the article "Design and Implementation of the ZH/EN Bilingual Retrieval System Based on the CAT/AGROVOC Mapping" in the Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2012, 11(5): pp 823-830. The full text is now available ...