The 9th edition of the International Open Access Week, the global community-driven week of action to open up access to research, will be held from 24th to 30th October 2016. During this week, events, seminars, webinars and many other activities will take place both online and offline.After the 2014’s theme "...

The ODI is delighted to announce the shortlists for the Open Data Awards 2016. The variety and quality of the nominations showed the impact that open data is having across various sectors around the world. We’re looking forward to seeing what all the nominees – with their keen eyes for innovation – ...

Do you need support, but can't get to the library?Now you can chat with the FAO Library on Skype. From the 1st of October you can place a video or voice call, chat via instant message and screen share, all at no charge.Skype name: live:fao.library.loansTime: ...

The MOOC "Introduction to a Web of Linked Data" will be available on 21 November 2016 on the France Université Numérique (FUN) platform. It will be taught by Fabien GANDON, Catherine FARON-ZUCKER and Olivier Corby (Wimmics team, Inria, I3S, CNRS, UNS).Among its many evolutions, the Web became a way ...

Massive new input onto Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) platform gives researchers access to 1,209 new journals.  This latest addition represents an enormous boost to the online collection, with over six thousand journals and twenty two thousand books. Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) is a ...