System of scientific and information support of agricultural complex of Ukraine

Abstract

The article analyzes the current state of information resources formed at different levels of government. The characteristics of the national system of scientific and technical information on agriculture are presented. It is stated that the main users of scientific and technical information in the field of agriculture are the following three categories, selected according to the nature of activity: scientists; commodity producers; executives, managers. Features of their information support are given. It is noted that among the sectoral information systems, information systems play an important role in the development of the agro-industrial complex of the country: the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine and the systems of their subordinate organizations and institutions, as well as agricultural libraries, advisory services, UkrINTEI, State Enterprise "Ukrainian Research and Training Center for Standardization, Certification and Quality", the State Statistics Committee, industry associations, information portals and others. Together, they form an integrated information system. Effective and high-quality provision of information needs of agricultural specialists is impossible without the information resources, which are traditionally handled by the agricultural libraries headed by the National Scientific Agricultural Library (NSAL) of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The main priority of the latter is the disclosure and presentation of existing documents, as well as access to a wide range of physical and virtual users. In this direction, the active creation of its own electronic database "online catalog Ukragroteka" is active, with a total volume of more than 550 thousand records, of which 52 thousand — full-text publications. The tasks for the creation of the national agricultural bibliography, presented by 13 biobibliographic series, are successfully implemented. Since 1999 the systematic quarterly abstract journal "Agroindustrial Complex of Ukraine" has been published quarterly.