eleanor g. frierson deputy director of the national agricultural library efrierson@nalda
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Success Through Working Together: The U. S. National Agricultural Library’s Approach to Cooperation. Eleanor G. Frierson Deputy Director of the National Agricultural Library [email protected] Partnerships, Consortia, and 21st Century Library Service - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Success Through Working Together:
The U. S. National Agricultural Library’s
Approach to CooperationEleanor G. Frierson
Deputy Director of the National Agricultural [email protected]
Partnerships, Consortia, and 21st Century Library Service
International Association of Technological University Libraries Conference Kansas City, Missouri
June 2-6, 2002
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The National Agricultural Library
(NAL) Mission• National and U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) Library• Information, stewardship• Assist, train, and educate
people• Information management• Access--collaboration,
technology• Global cooperation
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Funding and Staff FY 2002
• Budget: ٠ $20 million appropriated٠ $2 million reimbursable
• Staff:٠164 FTE٠83 (Contract)
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NAL Collection
•3.5+ million items
•19,000+ journal titles
•70 languages
•All forms and formats
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Library Services
• 29.9 million direct customer services in FY2001 (Up from 6.0 million in 1997)
• Growing at >30% annually
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• NAL’s bibliographic database• 1970 - Present• 4 million+ bibliographic
records• 24/7 availability World wide
free of charge
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National Agricultural Library Collaborations
• Maximize access to information through innovative use of technology
• Electronically deliver information (products and services) to customers worldwide
• Preserve and protect agricultural information for future generations
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National and International Activities
• Database production
• Electronic and Web-based resources development
• Publications exchange
• Training and education
• Cooperative publications and products
• Document delivery
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Collaborators
• Federal, state, local, foreign government agencies
• Land-grant colleges and universities
• Other publicly-supported institutions with agricultural programs
• Public and private organizations• National and International
networks and organizations
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Collaborative Resources
• Projects and Programs• Web sites • Databases• Information centers • Networks
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National Collaborations -Networks
• United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN)
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– National Preservation Program for Agricultural Literature
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National Collaborations - Programs
• National Agricultural Cooperative Cataloging (AGX) Program
• Food Safety Research and Information Office (FSRIO)
• NAL Specialized Information Centers
• National Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information
• Visiting Scholars Program
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National Collaborations -Gateways/Databases
• Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC) (http://www.agnic.org)
• Science.gov (http://www.science.gov)
• Invasive Species Web-site (http://www.invasivespecies.gov)
• International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) (http://odp/od/nih.gov/ods/databases/ibids.html)
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Agriculture Network Information Center http://www.agnic.org •40+ partners, led by NAL
•Cooperators from agribusiness, Land-Grants
•Quality agricultural information via the Web
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Challenges for science.gov
• Scope of federal R&D in science and tech
• Breadth of the potential audience
• Taxonomy issues given the broad scope and audience
• Blending resources from different agencies into cohesive functionality and page design
• Resources, funding and sustainability
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International Collaborations
• NAL provide leadership to ensure U.S. participation in international library and information systems
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Benefits of International Collaborations to U.S.
Agriculture
• Knowledge of national information infrastructures
• Future information transfer• Access to unique, unavailable
resources• International competitiveness
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International Collaborations
• AGRIS, the international information system for the agricultural sciences and technology
• Cochran Fellowship Program
• The Agricultural Libraries Network (AGLINET)
• Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
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International Collaborations
• International Association of Agricultural In formation Specialists (IAALD) http://www.lib.montana.edu/~alijk/IAALD.html
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) http://www.ifla.org/III/index.htm
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USDA International Projects
• Egyptian National Agricultural Library (ENAL) http://nile.enal.sci.eg/
• U.S./Central and Eastern European Agricultural Library Roundtable Initiative
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Lessons Learned• Importance of shared financial
responsibility• Flat budgets and declining
purchasing power make collaborating a necessity
• New models needed
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Future Collaboration: Plans and
Opportunities• National Digital Library for
Agriculture– Collaborative partnerships
• Expansion of AgNIC• We are open to ideas and look
forward to working with IATUL members
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National Agricultural Library
Ensuring and enhancing access to
agricultural information for a
better quality of life