AIMS

Discover AGRIS: International System for AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY... in Numbers!

14/02/2019

1975: AGRIS: the International System for Agricultural Science and Technology was created by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, in order to provide access to bibliographic information on agricultural science and technology. As a global public multilingual bibliographic database for agricultural science and technology, AGRIS collects and ...

Obtain support to foster the usage of the Research4Life programmes in Your Institution with Research4Life Advocacy Toolkit!

14/02/2019

In a changing information landscape, librarians and information professionals often have to act as advocates for what a library is and does. To help them get their message across clearly and convincingly, Research4Life presents its ADVOCACY TOOLKIT, - a practical learning tool that helps librarians get the support from ...

Help us improve GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information) for You!

13/02/2019

Dear Colleagues! Almost a year has passed since Research4Life Programme launced its fifth programme, GOALI: Global Online Access to Legal Information, on the 6th of March 2018... GOALI: TOWARDS ACHIEVING EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR ALL! Given that GOALI seeks to address the growing demand for access to data, information ...

Discover Ocean Data and Information System (ODIS) Catalogue for Ocean related web-based sources/systems of Data

13/02/2019

In January 2019, the programme International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) launched the first prototype of the IOC Ocean Data and Information System (ODIS) ‘Catalogue of Sources’ which is going to contribute to the objectives of the Agenda 2030, and in particular the UN Decade for Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. ...

AgBioData ensures Standards and Best Practices for acquisition, display and retrieval of Genomic, Genetic & Breeding Data

12/02/2019

Given that agricultural research depends basically on data and analysis, governmental agencies, publishers and science funders now require data management plans for publicly funded experiments. This, along with the sheer volume of agricultural biological data being produced today makes good data management essential. In 2015,  AgBioData - a consortium of agricultural ...