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Publishers open up digital backfiles for Research4Life users unable to visit their libraries

29/04/2020

Research4Life offers access to up to 108,000 academic and professional resources, including journals, books, databases and other reference sources. However, some older content is not available online, only in paper on library shelves. Due to the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, public life has been heavily limited in many countries ...

GODAN Webinar - "Empowering Women for Open Data Mapping in Agriculture: Implications for Land Rights and SDGs in Africa"

28/04/2020

GODAN Webinar - "Empowering Women for Open Data Mapping in Agriculture: Implications for Land Rights and SDGs in Africa" Wednesday April 29, 2020 at 1:00 PM CEST  Register here. Women empowerment is critical as open data mapping for sustainable agriculture at global and local levels. Data about where and who is empowered is ...

RDA COVID-19 Work Group Announces First Release of Guidelines and Recommendations

27/04/2020

The Research Data Alliance and its 10,500+ international members have the first release of the RDA COVID-19 recommendations and guidelines available. The first release was published on 24 April 2020, and is open for feedback and comments. In response to a direct request from the European Commission, one of the RDA funding agencies, ...

Job Opportunity: The World Health Organization

23/04/2020

The World Health Organization Library in Geneva, Switzerland, is recruiting a Librarian to work with its digital library.  DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: Under the direction and supervision of the Digital Repository Manager, the main duties of the Digital Content Librarian are: - Providing content inclusion for online posting and curated metadata ...

Webinar - SmartAfriHub: Data Needs and Map Creation with QGIS

22/04/2020

GODAN, in partnership with Plan4All and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - and in the context of the ongoing Kampala Inspire Hackathon - are delighted to offer a FREE online training session on Thursday 23 April at 13h00 CEST. Register here. During the session, participants ...