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2. Library based image transmission over Internet
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ulmschneider, John E. (author / North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC) and North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1992
- Published:
- International: International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07981
- Journal Title:
- Quarterly Bulletin of the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists
- Journal Title Details:
- 37 (1/2) : 77-83
- Notes:
- AGRICOLA IND 92047820; presented at IAALD Symposium on "Advances in Information Technology", September, 1991, Beltsville, MD, Much research literature in the sciences, and particularly in agriculture related sciences, originates from private and government research stations, is published in the form of technical reports or technical papers, and often does not appear in readily available published literature. The requirement for prompt delivery of these materials to researchers, combined with the evolving sophistication of researchers in the application of computers to research problems and the increasing demands to integrate library support into scientists; research functions, provides strong incentive to explore computer based alternatives for delivery of those documents that overcome the drawbacks of existing technical and procedural mechanisms, such as facsimile and postal delivery of photocopies. Fourteen institutions are taking part in this research and demonstration project which electronically transmits document images to remote sites using the national Internet telecommunications systems. (original)
3. PENpages : sharing agriculture and extension information internationally through the Internet
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hussey, G. Art (author) and Shaffer, Deborah L. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1992
- Published:
- International: International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07982
- Journal Title:
- Quarterly Bulletin of the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists
- Journal Title Details:
- 37 (1/2) : 97-101
- Notes:
- AGRICOLA IND 92047823; presented at IAALD Symposium on "Advances in Information Technology", September, 1991, Beltsville, MD, PENpages is a full-text information service that demonstrates the power of sharing information through the Internet. PENpages contains agriculture and consumer-oriented information for use by field-based extension professionals and public clientele. The system is the home of three national databases including MAPP-The Family and Economic Well-Being National Database, PER-Poultry Extension Resources, and Senior Series, a gerontology database. PENpages was instrumental in the dissemination of information relating to family issues during the was in the Persian Gulf. (original)