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- Title
TEEAL and AGORA: Off- and Online Access to the Scientific Literature of Agriculture for the Developing World.
- Authors
CHIMWAZA, GRACIAN; KOLSHUS, KRISTIN; MORRIS-KNOWER, JIM; MISTLEBAUER, HOLLY; OCHS, MARY; PAULSON, JOY
- Abstract
TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library) and AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) are digital collections of scientific agricultural literature for the developing world. Through both, the agricultural research cycle in the developing world functions more effectively, including in areas where access to the internet is limited, slow, or unreliable, thanks to TEEAL's offline access. This paper discusses the programs' training, outreach, and usage and barriers to it, and the international partnerships that make them possible. Also profiled is the new AgriKnowledge database, which provides access to key unpublished agricultural content, including reports from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's programs and projects.
- Subjects
ACCESS to information; SCIENTIFIC literature; AGRICULTURAL research; AGRICULTURAL informatics; BILL &; Melinda Gates Foundation
- Publication
Library Trends, 2017, Vol 65, Issue 3, p396
- ISSN
0024-2594
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/lib.2017.0008