As part of the outreach and capacity development activities in Africa, the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research on Victoria Island, in Lagos, Nigeria hosted a TEEAL/AGORA Training-of-Trainers Workshop was held from the 18th to the 20th of August 2015. The training covered The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL) and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture...

From the Research4Life blog: To make the best use of the Research4Life resources, training is one of the key and most important activities that our partners and programmes are committed to offer to our users. During the year thousands of librarians and researchers make use of our training material around the globe. Research4Life offers long-term support on the use of the HINARI, AGORA, OARE and...

From the Research4Life blog From the Research4Life archives:This originally appeared on the Research4Life blog February 2015 and is by Lenny Rhine. What is Grey Literature? Grey literature is defined as ‘that which is produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in print and electronic formats, but which is not controlled by commercial publishers.’ Examples include...

From Research4Life From the Research4Life blog archives, October 2014: "Reporting new results in a scientific journal is a process common to all researchers. However, many scientific papers fail to effectively communicate research work to their audience. Focusing on the authors instead of on the readers, including unnecessary details or using complicated jargon are some of the things you should...

Registration opens 4 May 2015 The course will be available on the ITOCA Moodle platform from 18 May 2015 to 18 June 2015, and will be offered in English. This 'AGORA Basic Course' is for individuals from AGORA registered institutions. It is an overview of the 3 day AGORA 'Train the Trainers' workshop and highlights key skills that are necessary for the efficient and effective use of the resources...