Ballantyne, Peter G. (author) and Kwong, Rosemary Ng Kee (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C07033
Notes:
Table of contents and abstract, The Hague: International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1992. ISNAR small countries study paper No. 6. 23 p.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C07034
Notes:
Table of contents and executive summary, The Hague: International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1992. ISNAR small countries study paper No. 8. 18 p.
Ballantyne, Peter G. (author) and Mavuso, Makana (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C07035
Notes:
Table of contents and abstract, The Hague: International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1992. ISNAR small countries study paper No. 9. 22 p.
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).
