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 course content, give course participants broader perspective in the relevant areas.
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The four-week online course ASIRA has been delivered by the FAO of the United Nations in collaboration with Research4Life.
ASIRA’s goal is to provide a platform to enhance the visibility, accessibility and usability of agricultural data and science, particularly in low-income countries.
The course webinars were opened to the public interested in the course topics.
We would like to thank our speakers who delivered great talks on the respective topics and our participants to create interactive environments with their questions and discussions.
Each of the webinar recording and the slides were made available afterwards. You may find them all here listed by the webinar dates:
# 15 February 2017
Webinar@ASIRA: Emerging Themes in Agricultural Research Publishing by Thomas Ingraham, Publishing Editor at F1000Research
Recording: https://goo.gl/ddlvCK
Slides: https://goo.gl/80EUf1
# 17 February 2017
Webinar@ASIRA: New Roles for Changing Times: UNAM Subject Librarians in Context by Chenjerai Mabhiza, Head of User Services at the University of Namibia
Recording: https://goo.gl/2GYti0
Slides: https://goo.gl/mmzmQG
# 21 February 2017
Webinar@ASIRA: Providing Access to Agricultural Research and Technology Information and Exploiting Open Data on the Web by Thembani Malapela, Knowledge and Information Management Officer at the FAO of the UN
Recording: https://goo.gl/SM3toI
Slides: https://goo.gl/otcraH
# 22 February 2017
Webinar@ASIRA: Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) by Kristin Kolshus, Information Management Specialist at the FAO of the UN
Recording: https://goo.gl/8vfAWd
Slides: https://goo.gl/mM3ymb
# 24 February 2017
Webinar@ASIRA: Introduction to Using TEEAL to Access Agricultural Journals by Joy Paulson, Director of the TEEAL Project and the International Projects Librarian at Mann Library, Cornell University
Recording: https://goo.gl/ATH0u0
Slides: https://goo.gl/UueXbS
# 1 March 2017
Webinar@ASIRA: AuthorAID: Supporting Developing Country Researchers in Publishing Their Work by Jennifer Chapin, Programme Manager of AuthorAID and Coordinator of Research and Communication at INASP
Recording: https://goo.gl/zQ0yFH
Slides: https://goo.gl/9IxJIu
