18 pages., This article reports on findings of a study that was conducted to establish the information needs of women subsistence or smallholder farmers and the various information sources they consulted to resolve their information needs. The study was qualitative,and a grounded theory design was used. Focus group interviews and observation were used to collect data from 14 women crop farmers and three women livestock keepers.The farmer-to-farmer extension (FFE) model was adopted to understand theinformation-seeking behaviours of women farmers and how they can be improved, if need be. The findings revealed that while the women crop farmers needed help with seeds, soil treatment and the protection of crops from pests and stray animals,they needed more information on drought preparedness and management, and,on how to transform from subsistence to commercial farming. Women livestock keepers needed information on livestock feeds, the treatment of various ailments, and disaster preparedness and management. In addition, they needed the reintegration of the extension officer.It also transpired that local libraries were not responding to the information needs of farmers.The main source of information was oral communication. The use of radio, television, cell phones and extension officers was limited.This study echoes other studies which propose it is important that libraries, non-government organisations (NGOs) and extension officers respond to the information needs of smallholder farmers, especially women.
Reports on a study of library access in rural areas. Results showed 47,054,168 rural people without library service in a U.S. population of 64,029,517. "Hence, it follows that the library falls somewhat short as an extension medium to influence masses of farm people."
Chancellor, John (author / Adult Education Specialist, Public Library Division, American Library Association) and Adult Education Specialist, Public Library Division, American Library Association
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1937
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 42 Document Number: B04896
Notes:
Includes Table of Contents and Introduction only, Chicago : American Library Association, 1937. 75 p.
Extension editorial office, University of Wisconsin, provides sets of fiber bulletin binders for use in vocational agriculture departments of Wisconsin high schools.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08594
Notes:
Located in Review of Extension Studies, volumes for 1946-1956, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., Summary of a dissertation for the doctor of philosophy degree, Graduate Library School, University of Chicago. Colorado Agricultural College Extension, Fort Collins. 9 pages.
Forst, Norman (author / Professor of Rural Education, George Peabody College, Nashville, TN) and Professor of Rural Education, George Peabody College, Nashville, TN
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1949-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 42 Document Number: B04895
Galloway, R.E. (author), Hoffsommer, H. (author), and Houser, P.M. (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1952
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 9 Document Number: B01311
Notes:
AgComm Teaching. Review of Extension Research 1946/47-1956, Extension Service Circular 506, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., College Park, MD: Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Maryland 31pp, (Bulletin A69)
Loomis, Charles P. (author / Michigan State University) and Beegle, J. Allan (author / Michigan State University)
Format:
Book review
Publication Date:
1957
Published:
USA: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C12299
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection. Hal R. Taylor Collection., 488 p., Summary of the book, with emphasis on Chapter 13, "Library and mass media systems" (pp. 403-432).
Penland, Patrick R. (author / Director, Extension Services, Western Washington State College, Bellingham, WA) and Director, Extension Services, Western Washington State College, Bellingham, WA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1961
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 42 Document Number: B04893
Estabrooks, Edith E. (author / Public Library Consultant, State Education Department, New York) and Public Library Consultant, State Education Department, New York
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1964
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 42 Document Number: B04900
Brown, Mary Ruth (author / Head Librarian, Agricultural Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY) and Head Librarian, Agricultural Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1973-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 42 Document Number: B04894
Brennen, P.W. (author / Health Science Library, School of Medicine, University of South Dakota) and Health Science Library, School of Medicine, University of South Dakota
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1975
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 51 Document Number: C00431
INTERPAKS, Promotes greater support and expansion of Indian agricultural university libraries. States that Indian agricultural universities have made a great contribution in the fields of agricultural education, research and extension which justifies the investment of public funds. Notes that their important role in solving problems of food and hunger was made possible by undertaking extensive research programs and adopting modern technology for increasing agricultural production and transforming rural life by the transference of technology. Emphasizes the necessity to sustain and expand university libraries if research and development are to continue at the current pace. Characterizes libraries as treasure houses of information resources. Identifies the need to establish a "Network of Agriculture Information System" at the national, international and regional levels in collaboration with agricultural university libraries and ICAR libraries for effective transfer of technology in agriculture. Examines various factors and reasons why expansion of libraries is required.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: C03536
Notes:
AGRICOLA IND 88058315, In: Proceedings of the VIth World Congress of the International Association of the Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists : agricultural information to hasten development : Held 3-7 March 1980, Manila, Philippines. Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines : Agricultural Librarian Association of Philippines, Agricultural Information Bank for Asia, 1981. p. 13-19.
Kaivosoja, Annikki (author / Librarian, Helsinki University Library if Agriculture, Viikki, SF-00710 Helsinki 71, Finland) and Librarian, Helsinki University Library if Agriculture, Viikki, SF-00710 Helsinki 71, Finland
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C03999
Notes:
AGRICOLA IND 88058333, 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. 1793-184
Harada, Keiichiro (author / Chief Librarian, David Lubin Memorial Library, Library & Documentation Systems Division, FAO, UN, Rome, Italy) and Chief Librarian, David Lubin Memorial Library, Library & Documentation Systems Division, FAO, UN, Rome, Italy
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C03986
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. 45-53
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
Russell, Hamish M. (author / Senior Scientific Services Officer, Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Australia) and Senior Scientific Services Officer, Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Australia
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C03989
Notes:
AGRICOLA IND 88058321, 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. 73-78
Yaikova, A.T. (author / Deputy Director, Central Scientific Agricultural Library, the V.I. Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences, USSR) and Deputy Director, Central Scientific Agricultural Library, the V.I. Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences, USSR
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1981
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 76 Document Number: C04011
Notes:
AGRICOLA IND 88058347, 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. 323-327
Budiwidjaja, Arif (author / Chief Librarian, Faculty of Agriculture, Gadjah Mada University) and Evans, James F. (author / Head, Teaching and Research, Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois)
Format:
Proposal
Language:
Multilingual
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
Indonesia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 123 Document Number: D11166
Notes:
From the International Programs file of the Office of Agricultural Communications and Education, College of Agriculture, University of Illinois., This project file relates to research and planning by a joint faculty study team from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. The study team embarked on it with the belief that a literature identification project involving Indonesian agricultural communication is an integral part of any effort to establish academic programs of agricultural communication teaching and research. The file contains correspondence, an initial list of more than 200 documents identified in the GMU Library System, and a preliminary proposal.
