Science with a human face, 4: Open Access, Open Minds | iCRiSAT Watch.

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-08-21

Summary:

"It is time for all good men of the CGIAR centers to come to the aid of their countries and make Marshall McLuhan's legacy come to life: 'The medium is the message.' And we have a role model in ICRISAT, starting in 2000, because with so many of its publications and its vibrant presence online, we can say that this is the center that meanings and media built ... Earlier, he told Sarah DeWitt, 'ICRISAT is committed to ensuring publicly funded agricultural research is at the fingertips of those who need it most' (08 December 2013, foodtank.com). To help Open Access along, even much earlier, in October 2013, ICRISAT launched EXPLOREit, 'a navigational system designed to allow better access to important scientific agricultural information.' Open Access and EXPLOREit were meant for each other ...'"

Link:

http://icrisatwatch.blogspot.com/2014/08/science-with-human-face-4-open-access.html

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.green oa.south oa.agriculture oa.cgiar oa.icrisat oa.advocacy oa.repositories

Date tagged:

08/21/2014, 08:17

Date published:

08/21/2014, 04:17