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BigDataEurope workshop on “Big data for food, agriculture and forestry: opportunities and challenges” held in Paris on 22 September 2015: the main challenge is Variety

09/10/2015

The BigDataEurope workshop on “Big data for food, agriculture and forestry: opportunities and challenges” was held in Paris on 22 September 2015. It was organized by Agro-Know, FAO, GFAR and the Big Data Europe project and hosted by the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA).Following an intense pre-meeting of the ...

Call for Papers: IFLA Journal special issue on Research Data Services

07/10/2015

Submission Deadline: 16 May 2016Libraries and archives around the world are applying the principles of library and archival sciences to address challenges and provide new services related to research data management. Librarians are helping researchers address needs throughout the research data lifecycle, for example, by conducting assessment and outreach, consulting on ...

IFLA 2016 National Committee Fellowship Grant Announced

07/10/2015

This message is circulated as announced by IFLAThe IFLA 2016 National Committee, through generous donations from the North American library community, will offer up to 50 full fellowships to librarians from outside North America (U.S. and Canada) to attend the IFLA 2016 Congress in Columbus, Ohio.The fellowship will cover travel, accommodation, ...

Insights of the Agricultural Data Interest Group (IGAD) Pre-Meeting and the RDA 6th Plenary Meeting

05/10/2015

The IGAD pre-Meeting took place on the 21st and 22nd of September 2015 and focussed on a wide range of topics within the agricultural research data management area as a preparation for the sixth RDA plenary meeting (RDA6). 45 people from 20 countries (representing Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia and Oceania) attended the event. ...

Joint GEMIM Recommends Inventory of Marine and Aquatic Repositories (IMAR)

05/10/2015

During the recently held First Session of the Joint IODE/IAMSLIC Group of Experts on Marine Information Management, on 4th and 5th September 2015 at Rome Italy, the group recommended setting up of a global Inventory of Marine and Aquatic Repositories (IMAR). This will be the first joint project between IODE ...