PopSci.com, a leading source of science and technology news, published an article on the ten most amazing databases in the world. The idea behind this top ten is to show that databases do much more than store knowledge: “They provide researchers with new ways to solve long-cold crimes, predict ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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. ...

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 ...