In June 2016, the Joint Task Force on Librarians Competencies for e-Research and Scholarly Communication announced the publication of two Librarians’ Competencies Profiles that were presented at the ElPub2016 Conference in Gottingen, Germany, 7-9 June 2016.There “is an emerging need for a new type of workforce, and existing and emerging staff ...

The GeoPlatform embodies the principles and spirit of Open Government, accountability, and transparency. The GeoPlatform supports open formats, data standards, and common core and extensible metadata. The portfolio of data, applications, and services is stewarded through the use of open licenses and hosted on an infrastructure that maximizes interoperability.___________________________________________________________________________________________________“A ...

 Bioversity International is a global research-for-development organization, whose mission is to deliver scientific evidence, management practices and policy options to use and safeguard agricultural and tree biodiversity to attain sustainable global food and nutrition security.Did you know that? To feed nine billion people by 2050, food availability needs to expand ...

If you are an active AGRIS user/subscriber you will have noticed as of  May 2016 that AGRIS has a new interface. Since AGRIS intends to put the world's collection of agricultural research and information at ones’ finger tips, an intuitive and usable interface will go a long way in meeting ...

The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook offers 10-year projections of agriculture production trends for cereals, oilseeds, sugar, cotton, meat and dairy products as well as biofuels. It also looks at the challenge of climate change and the strategic priorities for sub-Saharan Africa's rapidly-urbanizing population.“Agriculture is a key sector for the achievement ...