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A new way forwardCoherence in Information for Agricultural Research
for Development
Presentation by Dr. Stephen RudgardChief. Knowledge and Capacity for DevelopmentFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
ConferenceUnited States. May 2010
Why is coherence in agricultural information
so important? • Innovation systems in
agriculture are critical to the fight against hunger & sustainable use of natural resources
• Rapid agricultural innovation is knowledge-intensive and depends on access to information
• Coherence in information management will increase efficiency & reduce duplication
Why enhance access to agricultural information?
• Most public domain agricultural information not yet widely accessible
• New types of research, organisations, and collaboration create new demands
• Improving the way the partners collaborate requires greater access to, and more effective exchange of, information
Diversity of Responses
• Customized Information/Knowledge Systems • In-house IKM Programmes• Institutional Networks• National Initiatives• R&D Community Forums/Platforms• Virtual and Web2.0 tools for Participation/Interaction
A new partnership for truly accessible information
CIARD - new global movement
formed in 2008 building on consultations in 2005 and 2007
to provide a platform for coherence between information-related initiatives
Founding Partners
and participation is expanding…..
The Community
A Manifesto
The CIARD vision
“To make public domain agricultural research information and knowledge
truly accessible to all”
• All organizations that create and possess public agricultural research information disseminate and share it more widely
• CIARD partners will (a) coordinate their efforts, (b) promote common formats, (c) adopt open systems
• Create a global network of public collections of information
The CIARD objective
To collaboratively develop effective and coherent institutional approaches to sharing agricultural science and technology information based on
common standards
• CIARD partners will:– combine/align efforts in common international
approaches – address their own priorities and constraints – maximise the return on public investments
• enable local/national innovation systems and services• harness support of regional/international systems
“Values” : capacity
• promote and build self-sufficiency and local ownership
• develop capacities needed to design and manage policies, skills and technologies
• integrate action at policy, institution, and individual levels
“Values” : content
• collect and make accessible outputs
• encourage use/re-use of outputs• help researchers communicate
their outputs• build/use ‘open’ systems and
applications • customize outputs for specific
audiences • conserve outputs for the future
• ensure actions complement at local, national and global level
• promote dialogue and active collaboration
• adopt common principles and standards
“Values” : coherence
• promote new approaches• encourage change in attitudes,
policies and institutions• provide evidence of real benefits
“Values” : investment
Developing Institutional Readiness
1. Introduce and gain support for the CIARD Manifesto and Values in your institution
2. Have your institution recognised as a CIARD partner
3. Adopt a formal institutional information/ communication strategy
4. Develop the capacities of your institution to achieve the CIARD Checklist
5. Develop national/local partner networks to share resources and skills
Increasing the Availability, Accessibility and Applicability of
Research Outputs
6. Ensure your research outputs are available digitally.
7. Develop institutional or thematic information repositories of your outputs as open archives.
8. Use international metadata standards, data exchange protocols, and agricultural vocabularies and thesauri.
9. Develop a clearly defined licensing policy for your outputs.
10. Optimize the structure and the content of web sites for search engines.
11. Share metadata by participating in international information systems.
12. Use ‘social’ Web 2.0 media and applications to share your outputs.
13. Build formal and informal networks to to repackage your outputs.
Checklist of Good Practices
www.ciard.net
How are we working?
Advocacy Task Force
Capacity Building Task Force
Content Management Task Force
Development of Principal ToolsManifesto/Checklist & advocacy aids
Consultation
Bring the agenda to principal stakeholder groups
(a) information professionals
(b) rectors/directors / managers
(c) researchers / academics
Advocacy Task Force
Consultations – 2009CIARD agenda validated
at 5 regional consultations by 150 information professionals from 70 countries
Consultations – 2010• Research Directors and Managers
– GCARD (Montpellier)
• information professionals:
– Europe (IAALD-Montpellier)– USA (Purdue)– Russian-speaking Countries (Moscow)
Country representation at Consultations
What have we learnt so far?
• Need to find ways of making information/knowledge more:– available– accessible– applicable
• There are many IKM tools and methods – but its unclear which to use, for what, when, and with whom
• IKM tools/methods must be embedded in research and development – not seen as add-ons
• advice, guidance and training are needed to take these ideas forward (not just providing the Manifesto/Values)
• no one-size-fits-all - need approaches which are adaptable for different contexts
• need to coordinate efforts to achieve economies of scale
• Richard Mugata (KARI)• Aree Thunkijjanukij (Kasetsart)• Hugo Besemer (Facilitator)• John Ferreira (Cornell)
• V.Balaji (CGIAR)• Valeria Pesce (GFAR)• Johannes Keizer (FAO)• Victor Myakawa (IIAP)
Actions in 2009
• Development of the CIARD “Pathways”
• Development of the “RING”
• Development of Tools
Content Management Task Force
Convenors
Pathways
Creative Commons
CAB Abstracts
AgMES
AGMES Initiative and Application Profiles
AGROVOC Thesaurus
Domain Ontologies & Knowledge Organization Systems
Registry of Tools
http://aims.fao.org
Agricultural Information Management Standards
CIARD - RINGRoutemap to Information Nodes & Gateways
Name of the Institution Name of the open archive
Texas A&M University Texas A&M University Libraries Digital Repository
University of Maryland Digital Repository at the University of Maryland; College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln
University of Massachusetts - Amherst ScholarWorks
University of Illinois IDEALS - Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship
Washington State University Washington State University Research Exchange
University of Hawaii at Manoa ScholarSpace
Rutgers University RU-CORE
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center Dryad
Texas AgriLife Research Texas AgriLife Research
Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU
Kansas State University K-State Research Exchange
University of Southern California University of Southern California Digital Library
University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy
University of Minnesota AgEcon Search
University of Washington ResearchWorks at the University of Washington
IAMSLIC Aquatic Commons
Open Archives to be added to the RING
Collaboration on tools: “AgriDrupal”
• Drupal is a popular OS tool to manage communities, repositories, websites, intranets
• A group of agricultural organizations have agreed to develop an “AgriDrupal” initiative:– to implement common data models, agricultural vocabularies,
and data exchange standards in Drupal modules– to make these customizations available globally – to create a global community that shares experiences, good
practices and code
• Partners: FAO, GFAR, CGIAR, Cornell University, Rangeland West initiative, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Condesan, etc.
Capacity Building Task Force
Focus on development of high quality learning resources for the principal
audiences that will enhance awareness and skills about achievement of the
CIARD Checklist and Pathways
Partnership-based e-learning initiative started in 2001
Collaboration with more than 45 international, regional and specialized organizations.
Six modules covering information and knowledge management in multiple languages with 100,000 users
3 new modules are under development.
Information Management Resource Kit
• Digital Libraries Repositories and Documents
• Investing in Information for Development
• Building Electronic Communities and Networks
• Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development
Modules under development: Knowledge Sharing for Development
Scientific and Technical WritingManagement of Spatial Data
IMARK Modules in support of CIARD
Digital Libraries and Repositories
• Concepts and definitions
• Setting up libraries & repositories
• Intellectual property rights
• Digital formats
• Digitization
• Metadata and subject indexing
• Database management systems
• Making libraries & repositories visible
Web 2.0 and Social Media for Development
Social Media for Development• Introduction to Web 2.0 and Social Media• Social Networking Sites and Communities• Privacy and Intellectual Property Issues• Current Issues and New Ideas
Social Media Tools and Services• Group Productivity and Collaboration Tools • Hosted Services• Subscriptions, Feeds and Syndication• Tagging and Social Bookmarking • Blogging and Microblogging• Online video and Image Sharing• Podcasting and Online Radio
Other Learning Systems
SCORM
E-learning Content
CD-Rom
F2F Training Materials
Online facilitated workshops
Delivery Mechanisms
Internet
So where do you fit in?
CIARD: Benefits to Institutions
• increased national and international visibility and use of their research output and content services
• increased exchange of information content between their system(s) and others
• increased awareness of other research outputs through information content and services
• increased access to specialised expertise and knowledge and other partners’ proven solutions
CIARD: Institutions’ Contributions
• promote and implement the CIARD vision and objectives
• register products and services on research outputs through the CIARD RING
• adopt/promote international standards related to digital research outputs
• register institutional profile on Checklist
• share lessons learned and experiences
What can you do?
Adopt and promote CIARD amongst colleagues Register information sources and services on
the RING and display hyperlinked CIARD logo Register institutional profile against “Checklist of
Good Practices” on www.ciard.net Engage in development and use of aginfo
standards through the AIMS community Participate in learning events e.g. IAALD-
organized webinars
Website : www.ciard.net
Thank you…and for more information
THANK YOU …and for more information,
visitwww.ciard.net
Presentation by Dr. Stephen RudgardChief. Knowledge and Capacity for DevelopmentFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
ConferenceUnited States. May 2010
