AIMS

Are databases under-representing scientific research by developing countries?

18/12/2015

Major bibliometric databases are presenting a distorted view of the quantity and thematic breadth of scientific research originating in developing countries, a new study suggests. This under-representation in bibliometric statistics may be having an adverse effect on policy development, according to the paper from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and ...

IFLA TOOLKIT to support immediate advocacy for ACCESS to information in national development plans

17/12/2015

Following the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, IFLA launches a new TOOLKIT (now in 5 languages! English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic) to support immediate advocacy for access to information in national development plans. Take action now so that Libraries have a say! In November 2015 IFLA launched a new TOOLKIT, ...

Workshop “Establishment of the International Network of Soil Information Institutions”

16/12/2015

On 8-10 December 2015 participants from different National Soil Information Institutions gathered at FAO Headquarters to join their efforts in order to establish the First International Network of Soil Information Institutions (INSII)The main goal of the workshop Establishment of the International Network of Soil Information Institutions was to discus and ...

Data in libraries: the big picture

15/12/2015

"Data in libraries ; the big picture" is the theme for the Call for Papers by the IFLA Information Technology Section in conjuction with the;Academic and Research Libraries’ Standing Committee, Big Data Special Interest Group and,the Semantic Web Special Interest Group are holding a one day satellite meeting at ...

The First NKOS Workshop at ICADL

14/12/2015

Following a highly successful series of Networked Knowledge Organization Systems/Services (NKOS) workshops, the First NKOS Workshop at ICADL was marked as an NKOS workshop held for the first time in conjunction with the International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries (ICADL), on 9th December 2015 at the Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea....