IFPRI; CAPRi
Web 2.0 software is often cited as allowing individuals to customize how they post, receive and share digital information via the Internet. Its implementation is equally beneficial to information managers. In the case of the CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi), IMs were entering information on new publications in separate publication and library databases as well as on multiple Webpages and a listserv. New Web site redesign over the past year has focused on minimizing the duplication of data entry while maximizing the impact of new publications on the Web. This goal has been supported by creating a blog to manage the listserv and tagging entries in del.icio.us. RSS feeds for new publications, Web site updates, and the blog provide users with several options for staying current and accessing information. In addition, linking CAPRi’s and IFPRI’s publications databases has significantly reduced data entry time while tagging them by CAPRi research theme has enabled canned queries on the CAPRi Website. This also has allowed CAPRi to take advantage of the IFPRI Library’s broadcasting of metadata for new publications to external database systems such as OAIster. As a result of these changes, average monthly page views have increased by 50 percent while PDF ‘hits’ have increased by more than 46 percent, thereby indicating that information on new publications is now much more visible and accessible than ever before. Moreover, feedback on the Web site redesign confirms both the user-friendly nature and efficiency of this new model for information
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