The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) invites you to a technical webinar focused on enhancing the quality and structure of OAI-PMH sets submitted to AGRIS, the International System for Agricultural Science and Technology,  on 1 July at 14:00 CEST.

This webinar, “Optimizing OAI-PMH Sets for Seamless Metadata Ingestion into AGRIS”, will equip current and prospective data providers with practical guidance to configure and structure OAI-PMH-compliant metadata sets to ensure accurate, efficient, and selective harvesting by the AGRIS Harvester.

What is AGRIS? AGRIS is a free global database that offers access to millions of bibliographic records in 100+ languages from thousands of institutions worldwide. It provides open access to journals, books, reports, and grey literature, covering food security, climate change, sustainable agriculture, and more.

Why attend? 

• Understand how proper set configuration improves harvesting accuracy
• Identify and fix common issues that prevent successful ingestion
• Discover best practices for repository structure and OAI-PMH readiness
• Interact with FAO technical experts for real-time troubleshooting

What you will learn:

• How the AGRIS Harvester works with OAI-PMH endpoints
• The importance of using the `set` argument for filtering relevant content
• Practical examples of correctly structured OAI-PMH sets
• Technical requirements for repository metadata exposure (e.g., open endpoints, UTF-8 encoding)
• Tips for improving metadata quality within sets (e.g., using Dublin Core, AGRIS AP)
• Learn how to organize and define metadata “sets” to align with AGRIS themes

Who should attend? Institutional repository managers, librarians, ICT staff, metadata specialists, and open access advocates from institutions contributing or planning to contribute to AGRIS.

Interested participants can register for the webinar here: https://fao.zoom.us/meeting/register/LuiBcq7vQlqC0BewW7B5vA 

To stay up to date on future AGRIS events and training opportunities, join the community here: https://dgroups.org/fao/agris