AIMS

Revision of the CIARD Pathways

05/09/2012

Dear all, During the next two weeks Franz Martin and I will work on the revision of the list of the CIARD Pathways with the objective to add, delete or simply update the topics that are currently covered. Just to remind you, the themes included in the CIARD Pathways collection ...

Open Access Week 2012 kickoff by World Bank and SPARC

05/09/2012

Open Access Week 2012 will be kicked-off at 4:00 PM on Monday, October 22, 2012, in Washington, DC by The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank. The event will consist of a 90-minute panel discussion with Open Access experts from a variety of stakeholder groups – including students, researchers, and ...

Openness in Agricultural Information and Knowledge Sharing

05/09/2012

To promote “openness” in agricultural information and knowledge management, a special session with a theme ‘Openness in Agriculture Information and Knowledge Sharing”  was organized in November 2011 as part of the “International Conference on Innovative Approaches for Agricultural Knowledge Management: Global Extension Experiences” Conference. This conference was organized by Asia-Pacific Association ...

AIMS at Agricultural Ontology Service (AOS) 2012

05/09/2012

The two-day Agricultural Ontology Service (AOS) 2012 Workshop finished yesterday in Kuching, Malaysia. The 2012 edition focused on works that address real-world problems by using semantic technologies in conjunction with any type of knowledge organization systems (KOS), for the management of agricultural information. Johannes Keizer of FAO held the presentation "AgInfra. Elements ...

Open Access Week 2012 @ AIMS: Call for experiences still open!

03/09/2012

Open Access Week 2012 @ AIMS 22 - 28 October 2012 Call for experiences still open!   During the Open Access Week 2012, AIMS will focus on the theme "Making Agricultural Research Information Publicly Available and Accessible”. We will organize a webinar and highlight on our website stories on Open Access in the agricultural domain. You are ...