AIMS

EIFL-FOSS regional seminar explores tools for libraries

17/11/2011

EIFL and UNESCO partner to bring together library directors and IT staff to learn about free software solutions for libraries Library directors and technical staff from 14 countries across Africa met in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to attend an intensive seminar focused on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools ...

Workshop on Using Copyright to Promote Access to Information and Creative Content

16/11/2011

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is organizing a Workshop to advance in the preparation of the Study on “Using Copyright to Promote Access to Information and Creative Content” (the Study). The Study was formally requested by WIPO Members States within the Thematic Project on Intellectual Property, Inforamtion and Communication ...

Mobile Information Services

16/11/2011

  Mobile Information Services The Benefits of Forming Strong Partnerships to Create Sustainable and Scalable Information Advisory Services. Online Forum 21 November - 2 December 2011 www.e-agriculture.org Join e-Agriculture and the mFarmer Initiative for a special forum discussing types of partnerships that are conducive to creating sustainable and scalable mobile information and ...

3rd IAALD Africa Chapter Conference: deadline extended

16/11/2011

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Abstracts should be submitted by 2 December 2011 to [email protected]. The Third IAALD Africa Chapter Conference, with the theme "e-Agriculture for Improved Livelihoods and Food Security in Africa", is scheduled for 21–23 May 2012 at the Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa. Call for papers Contributions focusing on application of information ...

agINFRA: creating a data infrastructure to support agricultural communities

15/11/2011

agINFRA is a European innovative Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (I3) project - launched November 2011 - that will introduce agricultural scientific communities to the vision of open and participatory data-intensive science.  To achieve this aim, agINFRA will design and develop a scientific data infrastructure for agricultural sciences that will facilitate the development ...