Ten years and counting: preserving and sharing Colorado’s agricultural history online

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Watson, Renae J. (author), Level, Allison V. (author), and Oehlerts, Beth (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    URL:
    https://doi.org/10.1080/10496505.2019.1576529
    Published:
    Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 77 Document Number: D10808
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
    Journal Title Details:
    20(3): 206-219
    Subject Term:
    Colorado, USA, history, information centers, information dissemination, information needs, library services, promotion, web sites, agricultural history, digitization, agricultural literature, and United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN)
    Notes:
    15 pages., via online journal., Colorado State University Libraries (CSUL) support the preservation of agricultural history, as evidenced by their participation in the Preserving the History of United States Agriculture and Rural Life: State and Local Literature, 1820–1945 project, administered by Cornell University. This article reviews CSUL’s work on this preservation project, including digitization of historical agriculture-related documents. CSUL’s latest effort to keep agricultural literature relevant and accessible includes moving the Colorado Agriculture Bibliography website to Springshare’s LibGuides platform (https://libguides.colostate.edu/agbib). Advantages and challenges of using the LibGuides platform for the promotion and sharing of such collections are discussed.

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