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UNESCO launches Global Open Access Portal

02/11/2011

Top level view of Open Access to scientific information The Global Open Access Portal(GOAP), aiming at presenting a top level view of Open Access to scientific information, was launched at a special side event organized during the UNESCO General Conference, on Tuesday 1 November 2011, at Paris Headquarters. The portal has ...

LC releases plan for new bibliographic framework for the 21st century

01/11/2011

"Z39.2/MARC are no longer fit for the purpose" The Library of Congress(LC) released for dissemination, sharing, and feedback the initial plan for a new Bibliographic Framework that will serve the library community and related communities well into the fuure. LC developed the plan in collaboration with librarians, standards ...

Perceptions of Public Libraries in Africa

26/10/2011

EIFL’s PLIP commissioned perception study EIFL’s Public Library Innovation Programme (PLIP) commissioned a research study conducted by TNS RMS East Africa that explored perceptions of public libraries in Africa among different stakeholders, including people who use libraries and people who do not; government decision-makers, librarians and library officials. ...

Workshop on AGROVOC and VocBench for editors from the South and Southeast Asian region

26/10/2011

A three-day workshop on "AGROVOC management and applications, and use of VocBench" for AGROVOC managers and editors from the South and Southeast Asian region, was held from 12-14 October 2011 at ICRISAT in Patancheru, India. The workshop, jointly organized by FAO and ICRISAT, had the objective of introducing and promoting the ...

Celebration of Open Access Week in Lesotho with support from UNESCO

26/10/2011

UNESCO is contributing towards the capacity development plan for Open Access in Lesotho, within the framework of its action to support the development strategies for using ICT in knowledge acquisition and sharing, with a particular focus on access to scientific knowledge. International Open Access Week is to be celebrated in ...