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).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07788
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, cited reference, The Hague: International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1989. 37 p. (OFCOR Comparative Study Paper No. 3).
Bunting, A.H. (author / University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom) and University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 54 Document Number: C01137
Notes:
AgComm Teaching; See also ID C01252 - C01275, In: Symposium on education for agriculture; 1984 November 12-16; Manila, Philippines. Manila, Philippines : the International Rice Research Institute, 1985. 32 p.
