Collaborative Development of Agricultural Information Services at the National Agricultural Library of the United States

Abstract

SUMMARYThe National Agricultural Library (NAL) of the United States of America and its national and international partners have developed a number of innovative services and collaborative programs in the last ten years. NAL's collaborative efforts have focused on providing access to agricultural information through preservation of publications, Internet access, electronic networks, and development of discipline-specific Web sites. This article describes four case studies demonstrating collaborative innovations in agricultural information services, developed through different partnership models: http://www.Invasivespecies.gov; http://www.Science.gov, AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Center); and the National Preservation Program for Agricultural Literature.