Wing, Clive (author / Member of the Government of Nepal/FAO/UNDP Hill Agriculture Development Project, the Agricultural Documentation Centre, Agricultural Projects Services Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal) and Member of the Government of Nepal/FAO/UNDP Hill Agriculture Development Project, the Agricultural Documentation Centre, Agricultural Projects Services Centre, Kathmandu, Nepal
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04004
Notes:
In: Agricultural information to hasten development : proceedings of the VIth World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists; 1980 March 3-7; Manilla, Philippines. Los Banos, Philippines : Agricultural Information Bank of Asia, 1981. p. 241-248
Haendler, Harald (author / Director, Documentation Centre, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany F.R.) and Director, Documentation Centre, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany F.R.
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C03987
Notes:
In: Agricultural information to hasten development : Proceedings of the VIth World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists, held at the Philippine International Convention Center, Manila, Philippines; 3-7 March 1980. Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines : Agricultural Libraries Association of the Philippines; Agricultural Information Bank of Asia, 1981. p. 57-66
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).
