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Invitation to take FAO Country Profiles' User survey

31/07/2013

FAO Country Profiles (FCP) is the pioneering information retrieval tool which groups FAO's vast archive of information on its global activities in agriculture and development in a single area and catalogues it exclusively by country. What is your experience with and what do you expect from the FAO Country Profiles ...

Beyond Access launches new website

31/07/2013

Beyond Access — the movement of people and organizations committed to the idea that modern public libraries help drive economic and social development — launched its new mobile-friendly website at http://beyondaccess.net/ in English and Spanish. "Development demands access to information and technology, support to use it, and physical spaces to ...

Improved open access SciELO-South Africa platform launched

31/07/2013

The improved open access Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO - South Africa (SA) was launched by the South Africa’s Minister of Science and Technology. South Africa joined the SciELO community in 2009 spearheaded by the Academy of Science South Africa (ASSF). The launch marked the certification of the SA's open ...

Uganda community library farmer-to-farmer service to expand

30/07/2013

Congratulations to Kachumbala Area Cooperative Enterprise (KACE) Community Library in Eastern Uganda, which has received a grant to expand its innovative farmer-to-farmer information service. The service was initiated in 2012 with support from EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP). Through the EIFL-PLIP grant, KACE reached out to farmers through 15 cooperatives ...

Call for papers: 34th Annual Conference of the German Association for Informatics in Agriculture, Forestry and the Food Sector

30/07/2013

The 34th Annual Conference of the German Association for Informatics in Agriculture, Forestry, and the Food Sector (GIL-Jahrestagung) will take place this year in Bonn, Germany, from February 24-25, 2014. The Call for papers is open! Deadline: October 1, 2013 The conference is attended by researchers and technical developers of university departments, research ...