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Seminar on access to information in Argentina |
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Some 200 librarians attended a seminar in Argentina on access to information and knowledge. |
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The IICA Office in Argentina, the Argentine Ministry of Science and Technology and the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development organized a seminar that took place on 22 April entitled “Access to information and knowledge: making optimum use of resources.”
The activity was the 14th meeting of agricultural and veterinary libraries and the fourth meeting of science and technology libraries. Nearly 200 librarians and information specialists took part in the event, drawn from a variety of public and private academic, research and technology organizations. | |
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The coordinators of the Seminar on access to information, that took place on 22 April, in Argentina. | | |
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The presentations focused on technological advances, open access systems and the processes involved in producing information in the context of the World Wide Web.
Sonia Novello, the information and documentation specialist of the IICA Office in Argentina, provided an overview of the Agricultural Information and Documentation System of the Americas (SIDALC), which affords access to documentation in the agricultural field produced by 141 institutions in 23 countries.
“SIDALC is the result of a joint effort by the national networks and is a source of reliable, quality information,” she said.
Fore more information, contact
bibliotecaiica@iica.org.ar
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