CIRAD headquartered in Montpellier has a similar mandate as the CGIAR. It employs 800 researchers (1800 total staff), carries out research in 52 research units and operates in more than 90 countries. The CIRAD library has a 2009 acquisition budget of Euro 660,000 and subscribes to about 14 international databases, has access to a broad [...]
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CIRAD vs CGIAR library resources
Posted in Uncategorized on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Re-activating the CGVlibrary blog
Posted in Uncategorized on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This blog has remained somehow dormant, but will be very useful in our preparations for the upcoming IAALD-IM Meeting in Montpellier, April 2010.
Libraries of the future
Posted in Uncategorized on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While a lot of knowledge sharing activities focus on making written information widely available, face-to-face interaction is still one of the most efficient (and fun) ways of learning from each other. To this aim, FAO will host a Knowledge ShareFair on the 20-22 January. Staff of Bioversity International, the CGIAR ICT-KM programme, FAO, IFAD and [...]
