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Introducing IAALD

Introducing IAALD. Frontiers in Information management for the Bio- and environmental Sciences 25 January 2007 Peter Ballantyne. Vision. the leading global community of practice for information specialists* in agriculture and related disciplines

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Introducing IAALD

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  1. Introducing IAALD Frontiers in Information management for the Bio- and environmental Sciences 25 January 2007 Peter Ballantyne

  2. Vision • the leading global community of practice for information specialists* in agriculture and related disciplines *people and institutions who are professionally involved in creating, capturing, accessing, or disseminating information and knowledge concerning agriculture and rural development

  3. Who we are • 1955 – set up as international association of agricultural librarians and documentalists • 1990 – changed L and D to be ‘information specialists’ • 2005 – core of ‘ag’ librarians + infospecialists, web and IT people, K-people, ag extension, ag educators, academics….

  4. What we do • IAALD connects agricultural information specialists worldwide • providing platforms and spaces for information dissemination, exchange, knowledge sharing, and learning • IAALD convenes agricultural information specialists worldwide • organising meetings and catalyzing dialogue among all agricultural information stakeholders

  5. What we do • IAALD communicates and advocates the value of knowledge and information to its members and others • improving the status and practice of agricultural information management and dissemination • IAALD collaborates with members and other partner organisations • facilitating educational and other opportunities across agricultural information communities

  6. How we operate • Members (institutions, individuals, students) • Executive Committee 2005-2010 • Elected members • Observers • World Congresses • Other events and sessions • Chapters (china, central/east europe, africa) • ‘Sisters’ (jaald, usain, aibda, fita’s, …) • Website: www.iaald.org • Listserver @ University Arizona • Weblog: http://iaald.blogspot.com • Quarterly Journal

  7. Some highlights • 2005 world congress (usa) • 2006 africa congress and chapter • 2008 world congress (japan) • 2010 world congress (france) • Soon – journal online (oa) • Low-cost, participatory Web 2.0 approach • Partnering

  8. Web 2.0 the inspiration • The web is shifting from an international library of interlinked pages to an information ecosystem, where data circulate like nutrients in a rain forest.” Information in this ecosystem is “analyzed, repackaged, digested, and passed on. It flows.” www.discover.com/issues/oct-05/departments/emerging-technology/ • The web is “shifting from being a medium in which information is transmitted and consumed, into being a platform, in which content was created, shared, remixed, repurposed, and passed along. http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=29-1

  9. Getting involved? • For members, by members • Volunteering … • Recruiting, promoting, marketing, … • Organizing activities, events, … • Contributing your news, your views, … • Writing, reviewing, editing - for the QB, the blog, … • discussing, sharing, connecting on the listserver … • Joint chapter ..

  10. www.iaald.org

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