The paper gives an introduction into the Compact Disc technology. The media CD-ROM with its advantages for developing countries is described. Different agricultural and food science databases on CD-ROM are mentioned. (original)
See C06496 for original; Paper presented at the IAALD Regional Conference, Strategic Issues in Agricultural Information; 1988 November; Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, APEX (the ASEAN Post-harvest Food Production Information Exchange Project) was conceived in response to the regional need for a coordinated effort for collection and dissemination of information, as well as the need for document delivery and exchange in post-harvest food production information. APEX is designed to provide food production workers (in ASEAN in particular) information to facilitate their activities. The long-term objective of APEX is to improve post harvest food production, handling, and distribution systems in ASEAN. Its immediate objectives include: establishing a national focal point for literature/information collection and dissemination in each ASEAN country; upgrading the document delivery services; facilitating regional access to international information; encouraging information exchange among the countries of the region; and providing training in information service and library computer applications. (original)
Pan, Shu-Chun (author), Wang, Xian-Fu (author), and Chinese Academy of agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.; Chinese Academy of agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Format:
Journal article
Language:
English with French / Spanish summary
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05203
This paper describes the present status and development of the Chinese agricultural documentation and information systems and the core role of the National AGRIS Center played in promoting the development of the systems. The emphasis has been placed in coordinating and establishing the agricultural databases, computer searching systems, information transmitting systems and international cooperations in China. It points out that the common strategic task facing all the developing countries in the establishment of national agricultural databases in each country and selectively contribute the valuable data to the international agricultural databases for information resources sharing of the world. Digitizing of Chinese characters for establishing the Chinese agricultural databases, the techniques of development and use in dealing the Chinese charactes as well as the technical line adopted for the construction of the Chinses agricultural databases have been also disucssed.
Paper presented at the IAALD Regional Conference, Strategic Issues in Agricultural Information; 1988 November; Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, A description of the present situation in the field of food and agricultural information is given, based on the historical development within last thirty years, with special reference to the financial development. The relationship between information in industrialized countries is emphasized and examples are given that demonstrate the possibility to improve the exchange of scientific information. (original)
Quarterly Bulletin of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists = Bulletin Trimestriel de l'Association Internationale des Bibliothecaires et Documentalistes Agricoles✖[remove]9
