Evans, INTERPAKS, Using the "dissemination and utilization of knowledge" concept from Havelock, knowledge flows are viewed from a systems point of view. The agricultural knowledge system (AKS) consists of three major subsystems: the research subsystem as the generator of knowledge, the dissemination subsystem as its transmitter, and the user subsystem as its integrator into the stock of agricultural practices. Proper functioning of the AKS depends upon the solution of six functional problems: need identification, generation of knowledge, operationalization, dissemination, utilization, and evaluation of experiences. Discusses organizational issues in view of the three subsystems and the flow of knowledge through these organizations.
USA: Office of Governmental and Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: D10785
Notes:
Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Report of a special periodicals task force. 50 pages., Contains task force analyses and recommendations on each of the 26 periodicals reviewed. In each case, the task force listed the purpose, audience, some particulars about the production and distribution of the periodical, an analysis of it from the viewpoint of the task force, and recommendations.
