Success Through Working Together: The U. S. National Agricultural Library

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Success Through Working TogetherThe U. S.
National Agricultural LibrarysApproach to
Cooperation

• Eleanor G. Frierson
• Deputy Director of the National Agricultural
  Library
• efrierson_at_nal.usda.gov
• 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
• 20 million appropriated
• 2 million reimbursable
• Staff
• 164 FTE
• 83 (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 gt30 annually

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http//www.nal.usda.gov/ag98/

• NALs 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) http//www.usain.org/usain.html
• 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.invasivespec
  ies.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 RD 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

• The Agricultural Libraries Network (AGLINET)
• Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on
  Agriculture (IICA)

• AGRIS, the international information system for
  the agricultural sciences and technology
• Cochran Fellowship Program

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International Collaborations

• International Association of Agricultural In
  formation Specialists (IAALD) http//www.lib.monta
  na.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