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Dear all,<br><br>The FAO of the United Nations is pleased to invite you
to participate in a survey on Open Access in agriculture and related
sciences. This short survey (less then 10 minutes) is designed to get a
detailed overview of the state of the art of Open Access (OA) and Open
Archives Initiative (OAI) within the Agriculture Research Community.<br><br>The
survey will be open until the end of January 2010. The results will be
made available online in the CIARD Ring <a href="http://www.ciardring.net/" target="_blank">http://www.ciardring.net/</a> to
give all participants the opportunity to take a look at and comment the
results. The conclusions drawn will be presented at the IAALD XIIIth
World Congress on 26-29 April 2010, Montpellier, France.<br><br>The
survey is available in English, French and Spanish at
<a href="http://www.ciardring.net/en/survey-oa" target="_blank">http://www.ciardring.net/en/survey-oa</a>. <br><br>Feel free to forward the URL to
anyone you know who may be interested in contributing.<br><br><font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">We would be grateful if you would take the time to
complete this questionnaire. If you have any questions please contact
Imma Subirats on <a href="mailto:imma.subirats@fao.org">imma.subirats@fao.org</a></font> <br><br>Thank you in advance,<br>
<br>Imma Subirats<br><br>---------------------------------------------------<br>Knowledge and Information Management Officer<br>KCEW, FAO of the United Nations<br>Viale delle Terme di Caracalla<br>00153 Rome (Italy)<br><a href="mailto:imma.subirats@fao.org" target="_blank"><br>
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