eldisnorway Norwegian Research on Environment & Development Presentation at NorDoc 2016-10-18 by Liv Ellingsen Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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A database of documents freely accessible on the web Eldis consists of A database of documents freely accessible on the web 30 000++ docs – selected by real people From which it provides 10 resource guides on major policy and research issues Country profiles E-mail newsletters Open linked data for easy transfer between databases and integration in web pages (e.g. harvested by FAO/AGRIS) Vacant jobs service, news blog, Tittel på presentasjon Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Southern users of Eldis comprise (2014): Eldis Goal: “to enhance the contribution of research knowledge to poverty reduction by helping to improve the sharing and effective use of research knowledge by development actors.” Eldis Values: Cross cutting / multdisciplinary Southern focus (content and technical solutions) Jargon free, easy to use, accessible Promoting diversity (format and geography) Free at point of use Southern users of Eldis comprise (2014): 40% of website users 56% of email subscribers Tittel på presentasjon Norwegian University of Life Sciences

From Eldis time line for its 20th anniversary, April 2016: Norad began funding Eldis in 2003 and asked us to promote research funded through Norwegian research grants. To help with this we developed a partnership with Noragric – a relationship which has now become our longest standing partnership with any organization. Norwegian- funded research have been viewed on Eldis nearly 120,000 times since 2010 Tittel på presentasjon Norwegian University of Life Sciences

2700 subscribers to eldisnorway newsletter (about 10% from Norway) Cooperation Noragric - eldis/IDS Sussex established 2003, eldisnorway launched March 2004 Purpose Give ”Norwegian” documents on environment and development one common platform for increased visibility and use Some figures October 2016: 1620 documents 2700 subscribers to eldisnorway newsletter (about 10% from Norway) Tittel på presentasjon Norwegian University of Life Sciences

@eldisnorway twitter account Eldisnorway’s news picks since late 2010 as a spin-off from work done to identify documents @eldisnorway twitter account Twitterfeeds can be integrated into facebook, blogs, web pages… Policy: to cover alternative and additional news to the media Tittel på presentasjon Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Where to get the content? Subscribing to newsletters and alerts, following relevant facebook and twitter accounts, global.no…. But also visiting webpages of selected organizations, institutional repositories etc. Keeping eyes and ears open Direct information from authors or others who see the benefit in being on Eldis A shift from mostly grey documents to Open Access journal articles Tittel på presentasjon Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Jobs – from voluntary work to UN directors How do I use Eldis? A gold mine for students - but poor searchability , waiting for new IMS with better functionality  Supplements peer reviewed content with policy docs, NGO field based documentation, research and other reports Resource guides – entry point to broad topics, for overview and inspiration Country guides – to read up and find other sources of country information Jobs – from voluntary work to UN directors Eldisnorway – starting point for who’s working on… what has been done on… Tittel på presentasjon Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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