Open Access, Open Data and Open Science in the context of agricultural research
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Introduction to the work that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations undertakes in the context of open access, open data and open science. Primarily, it will be introduced the activities related to the collaboration to provide open access to data with national, regional and international institutions, through international initiatives as CIARD, Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) and Research Data Alliance (RDA). The speaker will also present the work on information provision through the AGORA program which facilitates free or low cost access to knowledge through partnership with major publishers and UN agencies. AGORA enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. And thirdly, it will be highlighted the developing capacity activities to enable information management professionals to managed knowledge and data in agriculture, through the Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS) community of practice with more than 2,000 practitioners and information management workers worldwide. AIMS supports standards, technology and good practices for open access and open data in the agricultural domain.
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Open Access, Open Data and Open Science in the context of agricultural research
- 1. Open Access, Open Data and Open Science in the context of agricultural research Imma.Subirats@fao.org Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Colloque international "Libre accès et pays du Sud" Paris (France) , 12 mars 2015
- 2. opening agricultural knowledge why • develop better solutions to agricultural challenges • support agricultural development, important driver of economic growth • increase the impact of knowledge in agricultural and rural development how • advocating for improved access to knowledge and provide evidence of the benefit of this investment • making knowledge more accessible, through open systems and international standards • developing capacities of individuals and institutions where • over the world, specially the South
- 3. STRENGTHEN THE COLLABORATION TO PROVIDE OPEN ACCESS TO DATA WITH NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
- 4. strengthening the collaboration what we do advocate for improve access to knowledge and provide evidence of the benefit of this investment how we do it through international initiatives as GODAN, Research Data Alliance and CIARD
- 8. FACILITATE FREE OR LOW COST ACCESS TO INFORMATION
- 9. information provision what we do to apply to principles related to open access, open data and open science how we do it through partnership with major publishers and UN agencies harvesting metadata from open repositories over the world linking to existing open datasets on the web
- 13. DEVELOP CAPACITIES TO MANAGE INFORMATION IN AGRICULTURE
- 14. capacity development what we do to empower agricultural information management specialists all over the world in creating access to agricultural knowledge how we do it facilitating communities of practice providing good practices on the use of metadata standards, technologies and vocabularies advising on how to manage, disseminate, share and exchange agricultural information
- 19. Thank You Questions are welcome Imma.subirats@fao.org
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- Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition officially launched at the Open Government Partnership Summit on October 31, 2013. GODAN focuses on building high-level policy, and public and private institutional support for open data. 120 partners Purpose: encourages collaboration and cooperation among existing agriculture and open data activities, without duplication, and brings together stakeholders to solve long-standing global problems like food and nutritional security.
- Launched in 2008, it promotes open access to agricultural knowledge, helping to establish international standards, devising resources and tools that facilitate collaboration and sharing, and amplifying individual partners’ contributions to reducing poverty and hunger. Institutions apply to CIARD manifesto, which is align to the open access initiative principles. At the moment, 430 Institutions have applied, 60% from the South CIARD work is developed in three major areas: Advocacy: actions to secure commitment and participation from critical members of the various stakeholder constituencies in agricultural science and technology (local, national, regional, international). Capacity building: international and regional actions to support national level capacity building. Content management: methodologies and tools for open access publishing and interlinking different information types.
- Launched in 2003, AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) is managed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in partnership with Cornell University and over 70 publishers. Over 2300 institutions have registered for access to AGORA which provides access up to 5,200 journals, up to 4,200 e-books, and up to 20 other information resources. Per February 2015, there are 1,593 institutions registered in Africa (countries under FAORAF) and 141 in Near East (countries under RNE). In the Africa, the five countries with highest number of active institutions registered with AGORA are Nigeria (252) Kenya (141) Ethiopia (138) United Republic of Tanzania (101) Uganda (96)
- F1000Research is an Open Science publishing platform for life scientists, offering immediate publication and transparent refereeing, avoiding editorial bias and ensuring the inclusion of all source data. Since 2014, FAO through CIARD is collaborating with F1000 Research to launch the Open Knowledge in Agricultural Development (OKAD) article collection. OKAD is a space where authors can share their original research findings, initiatives, case studies, perspectives and opinions relating to Open Knowledge initiatives within all areas in the context of agriculture, agri-food and agro-biodiversity. It will be launched in April 2015. Discounts & waivers: All articles submitted within 2015 will be free to publish. From 2016, the discount will be applied specially to scientists and authors from low-income countries, following HINARI/AGORA eligibility.
- Agriculture Information Management Standards (AIMS) is a portal with information about (and access to) standards, technology and good practices. It is also a forum for connecting information management workers worldwide and for discussing open access and open data. 2,000 information management specialists over the world are currently subscribed to AIMS. 25% from Europe 25% from Asia 20% from South America 20% from Africa 8% from North America 2% from Oceania
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- CIARD addresses priority issues around capacity development of institutions and individuals. The main areas of work in capacity building are: Institutional Development – building information-related capacity of national institutions Training for Individuals – face-to-face and distance learning formats for three main stakeholder groups: (i) information specialists, (ii) managers and decision-makers, (iii) researchers and academics. Training resources – modular materials available in various languages to support capacity building activities, featuring the Information Management Resource Kit (IMARK)