Don't miss the IAALD Webinar on NING!

Here is the link for the IAALD Webinar on NING, Thursday, December 1, 16:00 UTC-GMT.

Participants are invited to log in at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the webinar, type their name, download Java 6, define connection speed, and check the audio. Once admitted to the Blackboard Collaborate (previously Elluminate) platform, use the CHAT to send us a short message with your name, institution and country.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn and to better connect with like-minded colleagues!

Presenter: Peter Fernandez, Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Librarian, University of Tenessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011

Time: 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC-GMT) check your time zone here

System Requirements
Pc-based attendees
Required: Windnows 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

MacIntosh-based attendees
Required: Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) or newer

IAALD Webinar: NING to Connect Information Specialists Worldwide

In its continuous effort to connect people to people, IAALD is offering yet another webinar on December 1, entitled "NING to Connect Information Specialists Worldwide".

NING is a customizable social media platform used by IAALD - and many other communities - to facilitate communications among agricultural information specialists and their stakeholders.

Presenter: Peter Fernandez, Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Librarian, University of Tenessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011

Time: 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC-GMT) check your time zone here

System Requirements
Pc-based attendees
Required: Windnows 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

MacIntosh-based attendees
Required: Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) or newer

Up to now all IAALD webinars have been free for everyone, but in the future non-IAALD members will most likely be asked to pay a small fee for attending.

Prospective IAALD member, Jaqueline Nnam, Ghana

Video Interview: Jaqueline Nnam works at the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), based in Accra, Ghana. She is attached to the Africa Adapt project and promotes Knowledge Sharing for climate change adaption. Her work involves the gathering, packaging and dissemination of information, as well as the brokering of relationships among practicioners in the field. She considers that associations like IAALD provide a very useful forum for sharing problems and for discussing strategies and ideas.

Prospective IAALD member Ann Mureithi, Kenya

Video Interview: Ann Mureithi works at AGRA the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and at the same time is enrolled in a Masters Degree on Agricultural Information and Communication Management (AICM) at University of Nairobi. While attending the Share Fair in Rome she discovered IAALD and decided to sign up as a member. She believes that the Association provides an ideal platform to connect with people around the world and to jointly discuss diverse agriculture related issues. Welcome Ann!

IAALD members working behind the scene

Video Interview: Marie José Jehl former CTA Information Manager and member of IAALD since 1990, is pleased with the Association's progress. The fact that the Association's journal Agricultural Information Worldwide has been moved to an open access platform four years ago, thus making its content accessible to anyone, and at the same time reducing printing and mailing costs, has been a big accomplishment. Marie José is translating all journal abstracts into French and has done so for the past 11 years. Many thanks Marie José!