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2. The access and use of library and internet as information source by agricultural academics and extension workers with King Cetshwayo district municipality of Kwazulu-Natal province, South Africa
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fatokun, Kayode (author), Salman, Abdulsalam Abiodun (author), and Adanlawo, Eyitayo Francis (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-02-26
- Published:
- USA: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 208 Document Number: D13343
- Journal Title:
- Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
- Notes:
- 18 pages, Information plays a vital role in agricultural production, it is believed to be the foundation for improved agriculture. To improve agriculture, access and use of information is required. This study investigated the access to and use of library and internet by agricultural extension workers and academics as information source. Shannon and Weaver model theory was used to underpin the study. Purposive sampling was used to select three local municipalities within King Cetshwayo District of KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa. Quantitative technique was adopted with self-administered structured questionnaire. Convenience sampling technique was adopted to select 60 extension workers in three offices of the department of agriculture located in Eshowe, Melmoth and Ngwelezane and 9 academics from department of agriculture, University of Zululand, making the total number of the study participants sixty-nine (69). Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software was used to analyse data collected. Findings revealed that internet facilities are not adequate in agricultural department offices located in the rural areas, thereby, led to minimal use of internet.; Academics regular access to internet led to regular use of internet. Also, Academics had high access to library but low use of library. Most extension workers do not have access to library, thereby, they hardly use library for information source. The study recommends that effort should be made to train, especially the old extension workers on the use of internet for agricultural information source. Use of library should be encouraged among academics and extension workers.
3. Improving the accessibility and availability of informaiton in the agricultural library and information system of China
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Zhang, Qiaoqiao (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1999
- Published:
- China
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18687
- Journal Title:
- IAALD Quarterly Bulletin
- Journal Title Details:
- 36 (1-2) : 55-58
- Notes:
- The design of a Cooperative Acqusition Programme (CAP) for a regional network -- ZALINET -- in China is discussed. The model is presented both descriptively and quantitatively ofr the purpose of design and planning. The types of participating libraries and potential network users are identified in the following sectors: research, education, production, government department, and marketing. A descriptive model has been worked out for the distribution of information resources. The assignment of responsibility for collection and allocation of information resources should be based on: the assessment of the colletion strenght and the subject biases of the libraries and information centres; the identification of geographical charactersisties of information resourc distribution; the differentiation of sector characteristics of information resources distribution; the identification of the resources already available, both human and material and estimation of future potential. In the descriptive model issues of CAP in ZALINET are proposed. The mathematical model intends to work out the optimum solution about total network coverage, overlapping degree of titles among libraries, and the duplication of titles with the libraries. The CEB model should be able to help the network manager decide how to carry out the cooperative acquistion program cost-effectively.