Aslib Proceedings: Volume 31 Issue 3
Table of contents
The CAB World Agricultural Information Service
John R. MetcalfeComing into the information world with a background of scientific research, it is very easy to become confused not only by the jargon of information science but also by the…
The integration of manual and computerized information services at the Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation
H.C. MolsterThe centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, or Pudoc for short, is a legal entity under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Netherlands. Within the…
UK liaison with international agricultural systems
F.C. HirstRather than represent Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), or any other, official policy, I wish to express my personal views on the UK‐international scene. As I am…
The use of computer‐based bibliographic information services in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
D.E. Gray, Susan M. JohnstonDuring the beginning of the 1970s it became apparent to the UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food's library service that the mechanized information revolution was upon…
The information service of the National Institute for Research in Dairying
B.F. BoneSome four years ago I was instructed to set up a selective dissemination of information service for the Institute, on the grounds that highly paid research scientists devote too…
ARCIS: an agricultural research current information system
Elizabeth FellARCIS is an information system holding titles, researchers' names and institutes, administrative codes, free keywords and costs for about 4,500 research projects sponsored by the…
A system for the storage and retrieval of field trials data
A. JohnstoneThe Shell System was originally designed to provide performance data on pesticides through research and development phases for marketing purposes.
ESC A information awareness and retrieval service
N.B. LilwallESCA awareness and retrieval service deals exclusively with the ‘intermediate’ agricultural literature—that is the literature falling between the popular weeklies and the academic…
Agricultural information services in ICI
J.A. SilkThere are two aspects I should like to cover: Firstly, the general extent of ICI'S interests in agricultural information, and secondly, the details of the range and relationships…
A review of information research in agriculture
Gillian CraigAt the Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Centre (AERDC) in the University of Reading, work has been in progress on a project entitled ‘A Review of Information Research…