Speaking at the January 2011 ILRI Partnerships and Communications (P&C) retreat, Susan MacMillan, Head of Public Awareness at ILRI reflects on the past year. She highlights that we moved from print to online; from normal media to social media, especially blogging. The big challenge for 2011: How are we going to continue, and take it … Continue reading
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ILRI adopts Creative Commons license for its research outputs
At its meeting last week, the Management Committee of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) adopted a proposal for the institute to use an ‘open’ license for its published outputs. The aim is to encourage maximum uptake and re-use of ILRI’s research. Under this proposal, ILRI retains copyright over each output. It also explicitly encourages … Continue reading
Dspace training in Nairobi
From 1-3 December 2010, we held a Dspace training workshop at the ILRI campus in Nairobi. We brought together a group of interested people from ILRI, ICRAF, ICT-KM, CPWF, KARI and FAO – to gain skills and forge collaboration among us. An expert trainer was provided by @MIRE – a Belgian group specializing in in … Continue reading
ILRI 2.0: Update on ILRI web communications
Early in October you may have noticed some changes to the ILRI website – the front page mainly, but also a few other pages. In case you forgot the URL, it is http://www.ilri.org! We are also introducing a lot of other new ways to share and communicate our knowledge. If you don’t have time to … Continue reading
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