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Open Source initiatives help harness the power of Data

18/02/2019

Open source designates a broader set of values of 'the open source way'... "Open source projects, products, or initiatives embrace and celebrate principles of open exchange, collaborative participation, rapid prototyping, transparency, and community-oriented development" (Opensource.com) Below you will find some Open Source iniziatives aiming to harness the power of ...

RESPONSIBLE DATA GUIDELINES: Managing Privacy and Personally Identifiable Information

18/02/2019

“Data can be either useful or perfectly anonymous, but never both...” Paul Ohm – UCLA Law review 2010 57 UCLA L. Rev. 1701).   The CGIAR (the world's largest global agricultural innovation network) Team has published Responsible Data GUIDELINES: Managing Privacy and Personally Identifiable Information in the Research Project Data Lifecycle  intended to assist agricultural ...

Discover AGROVOC multilingual Thesaurus of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)... in Numbers!

15/02/2019

1980... 1980: AGROVOC multilingual thesaurus was started by FAO, in order to provide access to semantic information (concepts, terms, and relations) covering all of FAO's areas of interest including food, nutrition, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, environment and other related topics.   To date, AGROVOC is a collaborative international effort, coordinated by FAO, with up ...

Discover AGRIS: International System for AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY... in Numbers!

14/02/2019

1975: AGRIS: the International System for Agricultural Science and Technology was created by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in order to provide access to bibliographic information on agricultural science and technology. As a global public multilingual bibliographic database for agricultural science and technology, AGRIS collects and ...

Obtain support to foster the usage of the Research4Life programmes in Your Institution with Research4Life Advocacy Toolkit!

14/02/2019

In a changing information landscape, librarians and information professionals often have to act as advocates for what a library is and does. To help them get their message across clearly and convincingly, Research4Life presents its ADVOCACY TOOLKIT, - a practical learning tool that helps librarians get the support from ...