Embrapa Technological Information: a bridge between research and society

This paper presents the efforts undertaken by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation regarding Science and Technology information management, through one of its Decentralized Units, Embrapa Technological Information (Scientific and Technological Information Service', SCT). The major aim of SCT is to promote and improve the processes of scientific communication - information that feeds and that results from research activities - and of science and technology dissemination - information that results from research activities and that is directed to the general publi

Implementação de estratégias de acesso aberto em uma instituição de pesquisa de grande porte na área de agricultura : a experiência da Embrapa

O trabalho apresenta a experiência da Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, instituição de pesquisa de grande porte, líder mundial em agricultura tropical, no planejamento e implementação de iniciativas de acesso aberto à informação científica no contexto de um país em desenvolvimento. Conclui com relato dos obstáculos enfrentados (ex.: dispersão geográfica, diferenças culturais entre áreas do conhecimento, gestão de direitos autorais) e aspectos facilitadores (ex.: movimento de expansão e internacionalização, intensidade das atividades de produção do conhecimento), ambos decorrentes das dimensões cultural, política e organizacional que envolve a instituição. _________________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTThis work presents the experience of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), a large stateowned company that figures out as an important global player in tropical agriculture Research, Development and Innovation (R&D&I), through the planning and implementation of open access to scientific information initiatives in the context of a developing country. Report concludes with the obstacles faced and facility aspects, both associated to the cultural and political, organizational matters

Building up an Open Data Plan for a public Research and Development organization and the challenge of an Open Agricultural Science

In keeping with the Open Data Policy of the Federal Executive Branch and the Law on Access to Information, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) has initiated discussions on the construction of its Open Data Plan – a planning tool for implementation and rationalization of open data publishing processes in public organizations. This paper aims to report the general strategy that was established for this purpose and the challenges that have been encountered in the preliminary stages of its implementation. As the opening of data by research institutions in Brazil is still in its infancy, Embrapa’s experience is expected to contribute to similar initiatives from other organizations

Open Access at Embrapa: brief history, recent advances and challenges

The paper aims to report on the main initiatives developed by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) on open access to scientific and technological information, as well as initiating the organization and availability of research data. For this purpose, a history is made, starting in 2008, when the Company, through an internal project, consolidated several actions in the scope of information management, especially the publication of its open access repositories (Alice and Infoteca-e). Next, more recent initiatives are described, such as the Open Access scenario developed within the framework of a strategic institutional project on data, information and knowledge governance, initiated in 2015 and finalized in 2017, which presented a series of guidelines to be observed on the theme by the managers and the community of Embrapa with the purpose of aligning it with the international trends

Acesso aberto à informação científica em pesquisa agropecuária: modelo metodológico de gestão da informação com foco na melhoria da comunicação científica

This work describes the ongoing transformations in both the scientific communication process and the scientific information management as well as presents a methodological model for the implementation and development of the Open Access at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa). The aim is to provide the necessary mechanisms to capture, store, organize, preserve and widely disseminate the scientific knowledge produced by Embrapa, SNPA, and by the scientific community involved in agricultural research, through the implementation of the Open Access strategies. It is our contention that effective information management improves institutional scientific communication, which contributes for the betterment of scientific research related processes

A informação em ciência e tecnologia como insumo para a inovação social: elementos para discussão

Access to information contributes to improve the learning potential of individuals through the development of their capacities to change its condition and environment. On this assumption, the link between the spread of information and social innovation is shown. The aim of this work is to discuss the relationship between the dissemination of science and technology information, played by Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) institutes, and the social innovation, based on the mixed model of scientific and technological developmen

Open Access to scientific knowledge : a methodological model for scientific information and knowledge management at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)

This paper presents a methodological model for the establishment of Open Access to scientific information at Embrapa, as a strategy for scientific information and knowledge management. The model consists of elements that speed up scientific communication processes and allow for the research output management. The aim is to provide the necessary mechanisms to capture, store, organize, preserve and widely disseminate the scientific knowledge produced by Embrapa and by the scientific community involved in agricultural research, through the implementation of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). It is our contention that effective information management improves institutional scientific communication, which contributes for the betterment of scientific research related processes

Embrapa technological information : a bridge between research and society

Abstract: This paper presents the efforts undertaken by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation regarding Science and Technology information management, through one of its Decentralized Units, Embrapa Technological Information. The major aim of this Unit is to promote and improve the processes of scientific communication—information that feeds and that results from research activities—and of science and technology dissemination—information that results from research activities and that is directed to the general public. _______________________________________________________________________________ RESUMÈCet article présente les efforts entrepris par la Corporation de recherche agricole brésilienne pour la gestion de l’information technologique et scientifique, à travers l’une de ses unités décentralisées, appelée Informations technologiques Embrapa (SCT). L’objectif majeur de l’SCT est de promouvoir et d’améliorer les processus de la communication scientifique (l’information qui nourrit et qui résulte des activités de recherche), et de la diffusion technologique et scientifique (l’information qui résulte des activités de recherche et qui est dirigée vers le grand public). _______________________________________________________________________________ RESUMENEste artículo presenta los esfuerzos que ha hecho la Empresa Brasileña de Investigación Agropecuaria en el campo del manejo de la información, a través de una de sus unidades descentralizadas conocida como Información Tecnológica de Embrapa (SCT). El propósito principal de SCT está en la promoción y el mejoramiento de un doble proceso: el de comunicación científica—es decir, la información que llega a la investigación científica y la que ésta produce—y el de diseminación de la ciencia y la tecnología—o sea, la información que resulta de las actividades de investigación y que está dirigida al público en general