In April 2018, SAGE Publishing opened its e-book collection to Research4Life. Thanks to this addition, AGORA’s (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) collection now includes 3,325 new e-books! About AGORA and Research4Life Founded in 2003, by FAO of the UN in…
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From AGORA Workshop in Nepal (29 -30 March, 2018)
Participants of the AGORA workshop, Lalitpur, Nepal, 30 March 2018 INTRODUCTION The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a two-day national workshop on Access to…
AGORA National Training Workshop Bangladesh (2-3 April 2018, Bangladesh)
Date: 2nd April 2018 to 3rd April 2018 Venue: Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University , Dhaka, Bangladesh Type: Training Workshops Title: AGORA National Training Workshop Bangladesh Contact person: Md. Anwarul Islam anwarpulak@gmail.com, PhD, Librarian, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh in collaboration with the Information…
Workshop on Global Access to Online Information in Agricultural Research in Egypt
Introduction FAO is working with several partners to facilitate awareness, to foster capacity development activities, and to make agriculture and nutrition data available, accessible and usable to contribute to enhanced food security and good nutrition….
National Workshop on Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) in Nepal
Date: 29 Mar 2018 to 30 Mar 2018 Venue: ICIMOD, Kathmandu Contact Persons: Anil Kumar Jha Type: Workshops Programmes: KMC The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations…
Regístrense antes del 2 de Abril ! AGORA Curso en línea: Fundamentos de Alfabetización Informacional y Acceso Global en Línea a la Investigación en Agricultura
AGORA Curso en línea: Fundamentos de Alfabetización Informacional y Acceso Global en Línea a la Investigación en Agricultura – 9 Abril hasta 20 Abril 2018 ¿Cómo aplicar para participar en el curso? La convocatoria de…
ILO AND Research4Life launch online access to legal research and training for developing countries
Researchers, law students, policymakers, judges and legal experts in low- and middle-income countries can now get free or low-cost online access to legal information and training from the world’s leading academic publishers. GENEVA, March 6th,…
New Research4Life Programme – GOALI Launch event
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and its partners will launch a new Research4Life programme called “Global Online Access to Legal Information” (GOALI), on Tuesday, 6 March. Recognizing the importance of access to legal information, the new…
Research4Life provides a joint launch page to enhance your search experience
The Research4Life team has been working on improving our portals and services and is pleased to announce several enhancements for Research4Life programme users: From the beginning of this year, all institutions registered for any of the Research4Life programmes (Hinari, AGORA, OARE and ARDI) get access…
Instituto Nicaraguense de Tecnologia Agropecuaria eager to discover the AGORA platform
Objective of the training: knowledge sharing on how to use of the AGORA platform, to be able to access the digital library collection covering food, agriculture, environmental sciences and related social sciences When: 5…
More than 80,000 resources are now available through Research4Life
As per January 2018 Research4Life has reached more than 80,000 journals, books and other resources through its four programmes: AGORA, Hinari, OARE and ARDI.
National AGORA Workshop in the Republic of Moldova: Access to Online Information in Agricultural Research
OBJECTIVE: Knowledge sharing & experience capitalization on how to use the AGORA platform to access an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. WHEN : 27-28 November…
AGORA Online Course was held between 23 October – 5 November 2017: Follow-up
(Image source: Open Educational Resources: Global Report 2017, CommonWealth of Learning, under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License) AGORA Online Course entitled “Fundamentals of Information Literacy and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture” was held…
Call for applications 2018 MLA Librarians without Borders®/ Elsevier Foundation/ Research4Life Grants
The Medical Library Association (MLA) has announced the Hinari/Research4Life (R4L) Grants for 2018. Funded by the Elsevier Foundation, up to five awards, will support Hinari/R4L training activities that promote the use of the programs’ scientific…
Call for applications: Hinari Online Users Course
A new Hinari Users course will be available for free to users in registered institutions. The two-week distance learning course focuses on the basic skills needed to effectively access and download full-text material from Hinari….
Research4Life Partners Newsletter October 2017
Table of Contents Note from the Editors Research4Life Partners Meeting Highlights GOALI presentation and future launch 2018 Information in Action: Celebrating Research Advocacy Champions New Authentication system Capacity Development Team Highlights Elsevier adds Clinicalkey to…
Call for Applications ! ASIRA Online Course on Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture
We are pleased to announce that REGISTRATION is now OPEN (till October 15th; Sunday 23:00 CEST) for the 4th edition of the online Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture (ASIRA) course ! This course edition runs for 3 weeks between 30th October and 19th November 2017. The main goal…
New Research4Life Programme Approved to be Launched in 2018
Looking for legal information in a developing country? Stay tuned for a new programme coming in 2018 as part of the Research4Life partnership. A new Research4Life programme, GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information) will join…
RESEARCH4LIFE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS 2016/2017
An overview of the Research4Life Capacity Development workshops by country and funding organization. Click map to enlarge • Hinari • AGORA • ARDI • Others Hinari Bangladesh Hinari Training Workshop 2,3 and 4. WHO Bangladesh…
Call for Applications for the AGORA Online Course is now Open
AGORA Team is pleased to offer an online course for AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture), one of the four programmes of Research4Life. This online course is provided by the Partnerships and South-South Cooperation Division…
Information in Action: Celebrating Research Advocacy Champions
Research4Life and INASP present “Information in Action: Celebrating Research Advocacy Champions” a booklet made in partnership with INASP that showcases the best stories from the 2016 Research4Life/INASP Advocacy Competition In 2016, Research4Life and…
Elsevier Adds ClinicalKey to Research4Life Access Program for Developing Countries
Physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals in under-resourced communities around the world to receive access to the latest clinical information Philadelphia, PA, May 25, 2017 – Elsevier, the information analytics company specializing in science and…
Call for Applications ! Online Course on Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture (ASIRA) for Low-Income Countries
Please find below a Call for Applications to attend the Online Course on Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture (ASIRA) for Low-Income Countries. We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 3rd edition…
Research4Life Partners Newsletter May 2017
Table of Contents Note from the Editor Next Research4Life Partners Meeting Launching the “Stories of Change” Meet our new Research4Life user representative Chandra Bhushan Yadav ECS Partners with Research4Life Capacity Development Team Highlights ITOCA delivers…
Join the Webinar! Literature Research on Nutrition – Browsing AGORA
(Image credit: Unsplash, CC0 license) We are pleased to announce three upcoming webinars in English, French and Spanish about how AGORA can be browsed to facilitate information searching in the area of nutrition research. AGORA’s main purpose is to…
ECS Partners with Research4Life to Help Close the Knowledge Gap in the Developing World
All ECS content will be accessible to over 8,200 institutions ECS is partnering with Research4Life to provide accessibility to over 132,000 articles and abstracts published in the ECS Digital Library. All papers published by ECS…
ASIRA Online Course Webinars: Recordings and slides are available online
A.S.I.R.A. (Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture) online course for low-income countries – started on 13 February, 2017 – is in its last week. The course was enriched by a number of webinars designed to strengthen the…
Webinar: Introduction to Using TEEAL to Access Agricultural Journals
A.S.I.R.A. (Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture) Online Course for Low-Income Countries started on 13 February, 2017. Throughout the course, several webinar sessions will be held based on the subjects taught in the units. These webinars are open to anyone…
Join the third A.S.I.R.A.’s free Webinar !
A.S.I.R.A. (Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture) Online Course for Low-Income Countries started on 13 February, 2017. Throughout the course, several webinar sessions will be held based on the subjects taught in the units. These webinars are open to anyone…
Join us for ASIRA’s online course First Webinar!
A.S.I.R.A. (Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture) Online Course for Low-Income Countries starts on 13 February (Monday), 2017. Throughout the course, several webinar sessions will be held based on the subjects taught in the…
