Keynote address presented at the IAALD Regional Conference; 1988 November 21-24; the Universiti Pertanian, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, The factors limiting the effective use of agricultural information in developing countries are identified as: lack of knowledge about the users' needs; inadequate access and/or lack of awareness of conventional and unconventional sources of information; lack of attention to the creation of local data sources; lack of knowledge about how to find information and how best to communicate it. The solutions are seen to be: creating an awareness of the value of information; getting governments and agencies to provide the necessary information sources, equipment, staff and training; getting closer cooperation on information initiatives and projects that really are needed. The key issue is seen to be the lack of a global long-term plan that could be used as a guide for individual governments and agencies. (original)
Full Title: Strategic issues in information : with special reference to developing countries - the world is experiencing an information revolution -- a revolution of the same magnitude as the industrial revolution. The librarian's concern has to become the scholar's access to information in an electronic world, See C06526 for original; Keynote address presented at the IAALD Regional Conference; 1988 November 21-24; the Universiti Pertanian, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, The United States is being revolutionized by the impact of powerful computers and telecommunications. The high technology is producing a society in which information, or knowledge cap[ital is emerging as a key economic resource. The technology imperative is not happening only in the United States: It is also of astonishing economic importance in the Pacific Rim and Northern European countries. Those with control of information will be the power brokers of the future. This has shifted dramatically the nature of the resources necessary for any nation to survive in the global economy. Possession of information capital will be more important than ordinary capital. The strategic issue held in common by the United States and developing countries is the need to possess information capital. The issue is the same, but the strategy is different. The basic strategies in each case are discussed. (original)
AGRICOLA IND 92017543; Proceedings of the VIII World Congress of IAALD: Information and the End User, May, 1990, Budapest, Hungary, Special requirements for delivering information to the mountain farmer and the role of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Nepal is discussed. The need to preserve "local knowledge" to let the system evolve and to introduce the technology that matches the physical and intellectural capabilities of the target group is expressed. The appropriate media to transfer the technology is presented in light of the geographic terrain of the target groups.
AGRICOLA IND 92017549; Presented at the VIII World Congress of IAALD, May, 1990, Budapest, Hungary, The United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) is the first organization developed specifically to provide a national forum through which U.S. agricultural librarians might address many issues associated with the collection, access and delivery of agricultural information. The objectives of the network include: to provide a forum for discussion of agricultural information issues; to take a leadership role in the formation of a national information policy as related to agriculture; and to make recommendations to the National Agricultural Library on agricultural information matters. The network promotes and assists efforts by the cooperating agencies to: determine the availability and location of resources; develop and implement resource sharing agreements; explore the potentials of shared collection development programs; and maintain and preserve present and future resources. USAIN strives to ensure the fullest possible sharing of information and library materials in the most cost-effective manner. The success of these efforts will help to ensure equality of access and availability of resources for agricultural information users throughout the United States. (original)
AGRICOLA IND 92017550; Presented at the VIII World Congress of IAALD, May, 1990, Budapest, Hungary, The market for literature information services is ruled by supra-professional services, a part of them being produced in the framework of international cooperation. Specialized services are still offered with an increasing tendency. These series aim at certain needs of certain groups of users or certain fields. the question is discussed how such services can win recognition on a market with growing competition? What are their advantages and disadvantages? What conditions have to be fulfilled to be accepted by the user? What marketing problems do these databases have? The database PHYTOMED, which is a specialized database on phytomedicine, serves as an example.
AGRICOLA IND 92017546; Presented at the VIII World Congress of IAALD, May, 1990, Budapest, Hungary, In 1979 the Danish Veterinary and Agricultural Documentation Center was founded as a research project and was financed by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Danish Agricultural and Veterinary Research Council. In 1984 the Center became permanently financed on the national budget. The Center has the following objectives: to function as the Danish AGRIS input center; to supply qualified on-line searching in international agricultural clients, research institutions and students; to teach on-line searching techniques; and to supply document delivery for search customers. During the past 10 years the Documentation Center has become an important part of the information network in Denmark. Demonstrations of on-line searching are a natural part of the regular library information course at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University because the Center is a department of the library. The placement of the Documentation center is a great help for scientists at the University who are starting new projects. Master's degree students are offered a free on-line search for use in writing their thesis. Research institutions belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture, food science and drug companies, and private veterinaries are some of the Center's most frequent users outside of the University. The Danish Veterinary and Agricultural Library supplies close to 50% of the literature ordered based on the on-line searches. The remainder is obtained through AGLINET (original)
AGRICOLA IND 92017545; Presented at the VIII World Congress of IAALD, May, 1990, Budapest, Hungary, The mid-term review of the Fifth Malaysia Plan (1986-1990) has stated that emphasis will be placed on accelerating transfer fo technology to small holders to improve their productivity and efficiency. Technology transfer can be achieved through publications, newspapers, radio and television networks and interpersonal methods as exemplified by the Agricultural Information Dissemination Programme launched in 1983 by the Ministry of Agriculture which has contributed to increased farmers' awareness of new agricultural technologies. Communication through the printed media can be tailored to specific clientele needs if their demography, psychological response, literacy and real information demands are understood. The advent of information technology has benefited Malaysia in the transfer of technology by reducing costs in terms of time. This is seem in the rapidity with which information can be mass produced for dissemination by using desktop publishing which further allows information transfer though the printed media to be expedited, thus bringing to the farmers new information quickly. This approach to publication is not only more cost effective, but faster.
AGRICOLA IND 92017551; Presented at the VIII World Congress of IAALD, May, 1990, Budapest, Hungary, CAB International (CABI) activities that enhance the dissemination of agricultural research results to and from Eastern European countries by close cooperation with national agricultural information centres are reviewed. CABI has been distributing abstract journals throughout Eastern Europe for many years and has regularly received direct from Eastern Europe abstracts of the region's agricultural research literature. In 1958, "World Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology Abstracts" was established with the International Economics Association and IAALD, based in Vienna, and most of the abstracts were contributed by a network of people linked to these two organizations. Input to WAERSA and other CABI journals from individual abstracters in Eastern Europe continues to this day. In the early 1980s AGROINFORM, within the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture, began supplying CABI with abstracts of Hungarian agricultural publications. It acquired CAB ABSTRACTS on magnetic tape several years ago and in January 1990 became the first Eastern European country to acquire the database on CD-ROM. In 1988, Hungary became the first Eastern European country to join CABI, bringing its total membership to 30. In November 1989, CABI signed an agreement with VNIITEIAgroprom, the All-Union Research Institute of Information and Economic Studies of the Agro-industrial Complex, Moscow, with the dual aim of enhancing worldwide knowledge of Soviet agricultural research and access by Soviet researchers to global information sources.
AGRICOLA IND 92017548; Presented at the VIII World Congress of IAALD, May, 1990, Budapest, Hungary, The design of a Cooperative Acquisition Programme (CAP) for a regional network - ZALINET - in China is discussed. The model is presented both descriptively and quantitatively for the purpose of design and planning. The types of participating libraries and potential network users are identified in the following sectors: research, education, production, government department, and marketing. A descriptive model has been worked out for the distribution of information resources. The assignment of responsibility for collection and allocation of resources should be based on: the assessment of the collection strength and subject biases of the libraries and information centres; the identification of geographical characteristics of information distribution; the differentiation of sector characteristics of information resource distribution; the identification of the resources already available, both human and material and estimation of future potential. In the descriptive model, the important elements of the design issues of CAP in SALONET are proposed. The mathematical model intends to work out the optimum solution about total network coverage, overlapping degree of titles among libraries, and duplication of titles within the libraries. The CEB model should be able to help the network manager decide how to carry out the cooperative acquisition program cost-effectively.
AGRICOLA IND 92017555; Presented at the VIII World Congress of IAALD, May, 1990, Budapest, Hungary, Agricultural libraries and information centers in the Philippines are found in academic institutions. The greatest number of end users of agricultural information are the extension workers and the farmers. These are the groups wherein the downstream flow of information from basic research should be reached. The extension workers and the farmers are the responsibility of the Department of Agriculture (DA), which has no mandate or jurisdiction over the academic institutions. The Agricultural Libraries Association of the Philippines (ALAP), as a professional organization, is bringing the information sources of these institutions to the final users of agricultural information, the extension workers and the farmers. ALAP is cooperating with the Regional Applied Communication Offices, a joint undertaking of the different government offices in harnessing and coordinating the different information activities. As a professional organization the ALAP brings together not only the librarians but also the resources of the libraries of private and government institutions. A regional approach on information awareness and information delivery is adopted to make information more accessible to the end users. Information needs for each region differ considering the crops grown and the development program of the region. The technical assistance that ALAP is extending enhances the information capabilities of small libraries.
Gorbitz, Adalberto (author / Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agricolas, San Jose, Costa Rica) and Instituto Interamericano de Ciencias Agricolas, San Jose, Costa Rica
Format:
Journal article
Language:
Spanish with English abstract
Publication Date:
1979
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 35 Document Number: B03700
Bankapur, M.B. (author / Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (ICAR), Hessaraghatta Lake Post, Bangalore - 560089, India) and Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (ICAR), Hessaraghatta Lake Post, Bangalore - 560089, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 55 Document Number: C01287
Allevato, S.R. (author / Associacao Profissional dos Bibliotecarios do Rio de Janeiro, Projeto RADAMBRASIL - Arquivo Tecnico, Av. Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Associacao Profissional dos Bibliotecarios do Rio de Janeiro, Projeto RADAMBRASIL - Arquivo Tecnico, Av. Rio Branco, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C02985
Cooney, Sean (author), Cunada, D.S. (author), Harris, S.C. (author), Kaiyare, D.N. (author), Lumande, E. (author), Mbwana, S.S. (author), Thompson, P. (author), and Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Economics and Rural Welfare Research Center, The Agricultural Institute, Dublin, Ireland
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03067
James F. Evans Collection; Paper presented at the VII International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists World Congress; 1985 June; Ottawa, Canada
Oladele, Benedict Adekunle (author / Library, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria) and Library, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03068
Broadbent, K. P. (author / Associate Director, Information Sciences, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada) and Associate Director, Information Sciences, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03095
Vega-Sanchez, Fernando E. (author / United States Agency for International Development (AID-PEST), Washington, D.C.) and United States Agency for International Development (AID-PEST), Washington, D.C.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03096
Salt, David P. (author / Science and Engineering Librarian, University of saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) and Science and Engineering Librarian, University of saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1987
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03103
Ibekwe, G.O. (author / International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria) and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988-09
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 72 Document Number: C03336
Rao, D.Ch. Raja (author), Suryanarayana, Y.V. (author), and Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry, India; Central Tobacco Research Institute, Rajahmundry, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988-09
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 72 Document Number: C03338
Lacan, F. (author / Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques, Versailles, France) and Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques, Versailles, France
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 75 Document Number: C03884
6 p., The Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Instititute (MSIRI) maintains a Library and Scientific Information Service to serve the research staff. Major responsibilities are the acqusition, collection, evaluation and dissemination of information required to support the research and development program. After a brief discussion of the internal lines of communication with the Institute, this paper describes the various communication channels (e.g. talks, meetings, visits, demonstrations, field days, publications) wihich are utilized for the transfer of research results into practice. The creation of Farmers' Service Centers has allowed an improvement of the linkage between MSIRI and small planters.
