AIMS

AGRIS – facilitating access to African agriculture, science and technology literature

30/06/2016

AGRIS facilitates that researchers retrieve agriculture, science and technological information. Africa researchers can use AGRIS to discover literature via the platform and also enables data providers to share their records to AGRIS and increase their collections' visibility.In order to fully contribute to the global knowledge economy, African scholars need ...

OpenCon 2016: at the crossroads of Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data

30/06/2016

OpenCon is both a conference and a platform for the next generation to learn about Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data. OpenCon 2016 will be held in Washington, DC on November 12-14, 2016, with satellite events hosted around the world. Apply by July 11 and take the opportunity to get a scholarship! ...

ASAPbio: a global project to discuss the role of preprints in communicating results in the life sciences

29/06/2016

(Source: ascb.org)ASAPbio is a focal point for engaging the biology community in a discussion about the role that preprints could play in communicating results in the life sciences. “The life sciences comprise the fields of science that involve the scientific study of living organisms – such as microorganisms, plants, ...

Research4Life-INASP Advocacy Competition

29/06/2016

Over the last two decades we have worked together with INASP to close the information gap between developed and developing countries by providing free or low cost access to academic, scientific, and professional peer-reviewed content online and providing the necessary training to support researchers, practitioners, librarians and authors in building ...

Forum on Open Data, Open Science and Open Access to Agricultural Information, Accra, Ghana

28/06/2016

The final of Three Open Data and Open Science Forums in Africa is set to take place July 11 2016, followed by the last in a series of training workshops, July 12-13Organized by FAO in conjunction with several partners, this Forum is an opportunity to draw together senior level researchers and ...