Behrens, John H. (author / Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois)
Format:
unknown
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
Indonesia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 122 Document Number: D11139
Notes:
60 pages., From the file, "IPB/UW Grad Ed Project - Ag Comm Report," in the international programs file of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois., Report involving the graduate education project of the Institut Pertanian Bogor (Bogor Agricultural Institute) and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. This was U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) project 497-0290, Report Number 7., As communications consultant, Professor Behrens carried out three objectives. 1) Establish plans for the further development of an effective agricultural communications program at IPB. 2) Develop a list of commodities needed to establish a strong information and communications unit in the Information Resources Center. 3) Develop plans for further collaboration of the advisor and short-term training of IPB staff in this subjct area.
Bose, P.C. (author / Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Agricultural Research Information Center) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Agricultural Research Information Center
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 60 Document Number: C01774
Notes:
Phase II; AGRICOLA IND 88058344, In: Agricultural information to hasten development : proceedings of the 6th World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Librarian and Documentalists; 1980; Manila. Manila : International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists, 1980. p. 293-299
Bose, P.C. (author / Information Systems Officer, Agricultural Research Information Centre, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi) and Information Systems Officer, Agricultural Research Information Centre, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1981-12
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 79 Document Number: C04550
Cummings, Ralph W., Jr. (author / Agricultural Economist, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York) and Agricultural Economist, The Rockefeller Foundation, New York
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1981-09
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 77 Document Number: C04256
Dordick, Herbert S. (author), Bradley, H.G. (author), and Nanus, Burt (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
USA: Ablex Publishing Corporation, Norwood, NJ.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21250
Notes:
Includes a discussion (p. 151) about attitudes of rural residents in support of rural post offices, despite potentials for using electronic technology instead of physical delivery of mail. "Of the Service's 40,000 buildings, 30,800 can be considered community or rural installations and generate only 4.5% of the total revenues." Mentions (p. 216-217) several agricultural applications of computer networks. (p. 217) Farmers are among the latest group to join a fast-growing list of non-technical users of computer networks. They are becoming aware that farming is not a way of life but a business - one that needs management tools." Predicts (p. 237) "In the nineties the issue will be one of equality of access to information, with the specialized networks doing very well financially because of the valuable and efficient services they will be providing. For some time, thoughtful observers have expressed fear that the emerging information society will produce a new class of information elite, and, indeed, there do exist two classes of people and businesses: the information users and the information used." Observes that electronic technologies are not decentralizing and opening access to business opportunities, but leading toward concentration of the components of the network marketplace. (p. 237) "This greater concentration of intellectual power in the emerging information society can only lead to concentrations of industrial and financial power which are not in concert with the American economic dream."
