Increasing the visibility and accessibility of agricultural data produced in Georgia through the FAO AGRIS International information system and AGROVOC multilingual thesaurus

On Friday 25 June of 2021, at 14:00, with the support of FAO, an online seminar on AGRIS (International System for Agricultural Research and Technology) and FAO AGROVOC multilingual thesaurus will be conducted by the Institute TECHINFORMI of the Georgian Technical University.  

The meeting is designed for agricultural specialists and librarians. It will deal with practical questions of placing information in the international AGRIS database, problems related to searching for academic agricultural reports, sorting records, their standardization, as well as the use of the AGROVOC thesaurus for describing scientific and information products, including library stock units.       

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International System for Agricultural Science and Technology (FAO AGRIS) is a global public database, providing access to bibliographic information on agricultural science and technology. Most of the AGRIS records are indexed by AGROVOC, the FAO multilingual thesaurus. AGRIS is also indexed and made accessible via Google Scholar, thus extending global access to data.

The Institute for Scientific and Technical Information TECHINFORMI is a national AGRIS Centre and Hub in Georgia, which regularly places bibliographic records (publications, conference materials, monographs, researches, etc.) in the database. Moreover, TECHINFORMI is the only provider of Georgian terms to the AGROVOC thesaurus.

The meeting will be presented and guided by Dr. Nelly Makhviladze and Dr. Marina Razmadze.

The Institute TECHINFORMI will also assist with registration in AGRIS as a new data provider.

Official FAO representatives will also participate in the meeting. The participants will receive certificates of attendance.