1. eldisnorway Norwegian Research on Environment & Development
Presentation at NorDoc by
Liv Ellingsen
Norwegian University of Life Sciences

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3. A database of documents freely accessible on the web
Eldis consists of
A database of documents freely accessible on the web
docs – selected by real people
From which it provides
10 resource guides on major policy and research issues
Country profiles
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,
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4. 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 subscribers
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5. 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
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6. 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)
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7. @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
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8. 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
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9. 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…
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10. Try Eldis. Subscribe to eldisnorway: eldis. norway@nmbu
Try Eldis! Subscribe to eldisnorway:
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