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PubAg: NAL Unveils New Search Engine for Published USDA Research

15/01/2015

The National Agricultural Library (NAL) has unveiled PubAg, a user-friendly search engine that gives the public enhanced access to research published by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. NAL is part of USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). PubAg, which can be found at PubAg.nal.usda.gov, is a ...

UNESCO launches Open Access Curricula for Researchers and Librarians

22/12/2014

UNESCO has launched a set of manuals to facilitate capacity building of library and information professionals and researchers.The curricula for Library and Information Science Professionals entitled “Open Access for Library Schools”, consists of four course modules. An Introductory Module aims at sensitizing the library community about the history, evolution, ...

IFLA Agricultural Libraries Section - Approved by the Governing Board

19/12/2014

The IFLA Governing Board met at Hague, The Netherlands on the 8 -10th of December 2014 approved Agricultural Libraries Section. Previously, this has been for more than 10 years Agricultural Libraries : Special Interest Group, sponsored by the Science and Technologies Libraries.Scope of the Special Interest Group wasAgriculture is an important activity ...

Submit Your OR2015 Proposal: Conference System Now Open

17/12/2014

The Tenth International Conference on Open Repositories, OR2015, will be held June 8-11, 2015 in Indianapolis (Indiana, USA). The organizers are pleased to invite you to contribute to the program. The conference theme is LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD: OPEN REPOSITORIES AT THE CROSSROADS. It is an opportunity to reflect on and ...

Explore and create with Open Data: Highlighting data applications from the latest Global Hunger Index

11/12/2014

For the past three years, the Global Hunger Index (GHI), a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger by region and country, has been published as Linked Open Data (LOD). The GHI highlights successes and failures in hunger reduction and provides insights into the drivers of hunger, as well ...