Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09935
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NCR-90 Collection, From Document D09933, "Department of agricultural journalism University of Wisconsin-Madison: Faculty and graduate student research, 1993". Pages 4-5.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07806
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James F. Evans Collection, see C07805 for original, In: Walter J. Armbruster and John E. Lenz, eds. Commodity promotion policy in a global economy: proceedings of a symposium, October 22-23, 1992, Arlington, Virginia. Oak Brook, IL: Farm Foundation, 1993. p. 3-9.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07830
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Washington, D.C.: Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, January 1993. 21 p. (7 CFR Chapter XI, part 1220)
search through journal, The responsibility and tasks of a national agricultural information system (NAIS) is discussed with emphasis on the Ministry of Agriculture Library in Jamaica. The nature of the institutional and interinstitutional infrastructure for agricultural activities; lack of professional staff; lack of awareness of the need for information by potential users; lack of provision for collecting locally generated material; and lack of skills in documentation on the part of agriculturalists are identified as factors hindering the coordination and progress of a NAIS in Jamaica. The development of the National Information Plan; availability of training at the professional and paraprofessional level within the island; cooperation and commitment among librarians at formal and informal levels; and the possibility of approaching funding agencies are described as advantages to a NAIS. Recommendations are made concluding that the problems cannot be fully addressed by librarians without the support of user organizations and there is a definite need for librarians to be active in the problem solving process. (author).
