[aparis-forum] Press release on CIARD

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Dear All:

 

PRESS RELEASE 

 

A new platform to promote access to agricultural science: the launch of the
new CIARD website

 

May 2010. 

 

At the XIIIth World Congress of IAALD held in Montpellier, the new website
of the global initiative on Coherence in Information for Agricultural
Research for Development (CIARD) was launched by the principal partners.
CIARD is a movement for coherence and collaboration in agricultural research
information and communication that brings together institutions and people
who want to make agricultural research outputs in the public domain truly
accessible to all.  The CIARD Manifesto
<http://www.ciard.net/ciard-manifesto> http://www.ciard.net/ciard-manifesto
and other tools provide a framework of policy and practices for those
holding and creating information and knowledge to share their outputs
globally and more efficiently.

 

The web site provides a virtual platform for institutions to participate in
CIARD activities, evaluate their information management practices against a
<http://www.ciard.net/checklist> Checklist of good practices, share and
follow  <http://www.ciard.net/pathways> Pathways towards better
accessibility of information and contribute
<http://www.ciard.net/case-studies> case studies. It also registers their
information services in the CIARD  <http://www.ciard.net/ring> RING.

 

The CIARD initiative provided a major attraction at the IAALD Congress, also
acting as the central anchor for the "Information Access Marketplace" aimed
at engaging participants interested in making their institutions' research
outputs truly accessible, based on a common set of values. The new CIARD
website is in three languages and is coordinated by Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Global Forum for
Agricultural Research (GFAR).  

 

For more information on CIARD, please visit:  <http://www.ciard.net/>
www.ciard.net , and for the Congress visit:
<http://iaald2010.agropolis.fr/> http://iaald2010.agropolis.fr/

 

from APAARI.

 

 

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