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"Quality information [...] will be the necessary fuel for development anywhere around the globe"

26/08/2013

Tell us something about yourself... what is your background and role in the organization you are working for? I am a Full Professor at the Department of Informatics at the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) in Brazil. I got a doctoral degree in Computing at Pontificia Universidade Católica ...

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CIRAD's work in openning access to its research outputs : An interview with Marie-Claude Deboin

19/06/2013

Marie-Claude Deboin is the head of the Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Service (40 people) at the Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD). CIRAD is a French state-owned agricultural research centre which works with developing countries. It has a staff compliment of 1,800, which includes 800 ...

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Information management standards form the basis for access, dissemination, discovery and search and retrieval of information

15/06/2013

Tell us something about yourself... what is your background and role in the organization you are working for? Information scientist and librarian degree, MSc in digital information and documentation, as well as 12 years of experience in information management and databases. My personal interest in information science field is focused on ...

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Through AIMS tools, our institutions can achieve a transparent exchange of data

15/05/2013

Tell us something about yourself... what is your background and role in the organization you are working for? I am from Costa Rica, a computer engineer with a Masters in Computer Science with an emphasis on Telematics from the Technological Institute of Costa Rica (ITCR). I also have taken some ...

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The challenge is not to make data theoretically accessible, but also practically usable

23/04/2013

Johannes Keizer, Information Systems Officer at FAO of the United Nations, will actively participate in the G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture which will take place in Washington, D.C., from 29-30 April, 2013. The goal of this conference is to obtain commitment and action from nations and relevant ...