About the Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group

Scope

Agriculture is an important activity all over the world. Farmers, ranchers, agricultural managers, and policy makers need to keep abreast of continuing advances in agricultural methods both in developed and developing countries. The IFLA Agricultural Libraries Discussion Group is aimed at promotion, development and support of library and information services for the benefit of the agricultural sector.

Goals

To identify the information needs and barriers to information access by the primary producers
To advocate the development of comprehensive and accessible library and information services for all members of the agricultural sector
To promote public awareness of agricultural library services and information transfer issues
To encourage and foster relevant ties among the organizations and institutions in the library community and information resource management sector
To disseminate information in support of the goals and objectives of IFLA internationally

Useful Addresses

Convenor:

Deva E. Reddy
Associate Professor
Evans Library, Texas A&M University
College Station, TX, 77843 - 5000
USA
Tel. +(1)(979)8621062
Fax +(1)(979)4580112
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College Station, Texas, USA
E-mail: DEReddy@lib-gw.tamu.edu

Last update: 4 November 2009