KIT Portals
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The document discusses KIT portals, which provide access to free internet resources focused on development topics for researchers, policy-makers, and students. The portals are regularly updated and offer features like e-newsletters and RSS alerts to enhance user engagement and interactivity. Future plans aim to increase user feedback and connection to communities of practice.
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KIT Portals
- 1. KIT portals Wiebe de Boer – Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) Case for the Workshop: “ Showcasing Knowledge and Information Services” Euforic and the EADI Working Group on Information Management Geneva, 24 June 2008
- 2. KIT portals
- 3. “ Value Chains for Development”
- 4. Purpose, Users, Themes To provide access to free Internet sources such as full-text documents, news and events Target audience is the global community of professionals: researchers, policy-makers and students working in the field of the portal theme Specific portal themes are selected to reflect focal areas of the different KIT departments
- 5. Content & Structure KIT portals link to resources available elsewhere on the Internet: there is access from the KIT site, no availability The portals contain a record for each resource with a short bibliographic description, and the link The Smartsite content management system is used for news and events, and M2L/Minisis for the other resources
- 6. Updating The portals are updated with news, events and other content additions on a weekly basis e-newsletters, RSS and e-mail alerts provide the bulk material for selection; del.icio.us accounts are used to manage the workflow RSS & E-mail alerts are generated for each portal
- 7. Present & future The portals are well known among the target audiences, and portal users appreciate the service Future plans include raising the level of interactivity: more feedback and input from users The portals may be connected to communities of practice
- 8. KIT portals: entry point for web resources on development topics THANK YOU http://portals.kit.nl [email_address]