FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 A new vision and strategy to enhance the AGRIS model for access to and exchange of information on agricultural science and technology Johannes Keizer AGRIS Secretariat, FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 FAOs mandate “Combating Hunger and Poverty in the World” knowledge sharing and dissemination is a main instrument in this effort......

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 The mandate of my group facilitating the exchange of knowledge in agricultural research and technology through  a world wide network of open archives  common standards for knowledge sharing and dissemination

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 Objective: to improve access and exchange of information on agricultural science and technology AGRIS Network 1975 – 2005

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006  International  Multilingual  Participatory – national & international “Input Centres”  Centralized open access bibliographic database, esp. grey literature – now > 3 million records  Support from FAO – coordination, tools, methods, data processing, training, technical support AGRIS Principles (1975)

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006  decentralized approach  greater diversity of participating organizations  strengthened role in capacity building  focus on full text documents  greater availability of associated information about activities/organizations/people  set of web-enabled standards and tools New AGRIS Vision (2002) Electronic Conference in Recommendations

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 Capacity Building: Individuals IMARK development to support the AGRIS network Partnership-based e-learning initiative Oversight from the IMARK Steering Group +

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 workflows, processes, technologies and skills involved in the creation, management and distribution of digital libraries. Management of Electronic Documents Digitization and Digital Libraries collection, archiving, management and dissemination of electronic documents and associated images. (English/French/Spanish) (FAO and UNESCO)

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 New Modules in 2006: Investing in Agricultural Information: Issues and Options (FAO, CTA and GTZ) Building Electronic Communities and Networks (FAO, CTA and IFPRI)

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 Challenges Decentralization: establishment of national networks – institutions and policies Capacity building: supporting decentralization Standards and tools: common approaches Partnership: at international level

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 Expert Consultation International Information Systems for Agricultural Sciences and Technology Oct 2005

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 Key Components of Systems

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 Advocacy Capacity building Institutional networks Individual awareness/skills Content management Open Access Standards Future Priorities

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 Identity - AGRIS – the Relaunch Key priority : National Networks/Systems Building on all relevant experiences Explicit co-ownership/branding New Web Portal on neutral domain Governance: − Steering Group − Three Task Forces

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 Vision – strong clear messages Champions – strategically-placed individuals Case studies – evidence & lessons learned Indicators – common approaches to M&E Advocacy Platform

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 Capacity building: Institutional Networks National/Regional  NARS  Universities  Regional Research Fora  Regional Agricultural Organizations  etc…. International Effective Mechanisms for Partnership

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 You know, my group is very engaged in one of the 3 pillars of the new AGRIS initiative Managing and mobilizing the results of Agricultural research and Technology

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 Knowledge Organization- Multilingual Subject Vocabularies and Ontologies Interlinking – Access to Different Types of Information - (Projects, News – RSS Feeds) Open Access – making agricultural knowledge in science and Technology available Open Archive Pilots – making agricultural knowledge in science and Technology available Content Management -Special Issues

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006  AGMES – Agricultural Metadata Element Set  AGRIS Application Profile  AGROVOC  AOS – Agricultural Ontology Service  Software – WebAgris, DSpace.....  Open Archives Content Management- Basics

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 China’s Knowledge for the World – A Proposal  China has achieved food security for more than 1.3 billion people  Agricultural Science and Technology was relevant for these achievements  Chinese Agricultural Science and Technology is relevant for other Developing Countries, but not accessible  Most of the material is not published and the published material is published in Han Yu.  Today it is possible to make these materials accessible for the world  We want to propose you a common big initiative ...making a lot of material from the Chinese Academies of Agricultural Science available for the world

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 China’s Knowledge for the World – The Design Portal 3AAS OA GAAS OA 4AAS OA CAAS OA AGRIS-AP AGR/CAT- Machine Translation French English Spanish

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 China’s knowledge for the World Implementation Steps  Selection of 5- 8 participating organizations  Formulation of an Open Access Policy  Set Up of Open Archives (Full Text and Meta Data)  Definition of Services  Introduction of OAI/MHP and AGRIS search plug in  Introduction of Harvesting or WebService Mechanisms  Developmet of “good enough” translation tool based on existing software  Development of multilingual Portal using AGROVOC/CAT

FAO, Library and Documentation Systems Division – Dr. Johannes Keizer | May 2006 AGRIS – A new Vision and Strategy GAAS, Guangzhou May 2006 China’s knowledge for the World Who will benefit?  All countries in the world who still have to fight for food security  Farmers in developing countries who face the same problems Chinese farmers faced and face  China, getting the credits to take an important position in knowledge transfer for combating hunger  China, because technology export will follow knowledge export