1. National Agricultural Library Update.
National Agricultural Library Update
Simon Liu, Ph.D.
May 10, 2010

2. Agenda Introduction AGRICOLA Digital Repository NAL Thesaurus
Sustainability Project
AgNIC
Q&A

3. Introduction Thanks for your continuing support
New leadership – A farmer’s son coming home
New NAL Ex-Officio
Eleanor Frierson, NAL Deputy Director
Renewed commitment
Partnership building

4. AGRICOLA Expanded scope Comprehensive contents Timely coverage
Refined collection policy
Comprehensive contents
Refined indexing policy
Timely coverage
Machine aided indexing
Reengineered indexing processes
Open access

5. Digital Repository New project leader & team Unified approach
Reengineered processes
Integrated technical framework
Fedora
Future orientation
Federal Research Public Access Act

6. NAL Thesaurus Expanded scope Partner collaboration Open access
USDA, EPA, DOE
Earthster
IICA, CATIE, Extension, Land Grant Institutions
Open access
Terminology services

7. Sustainability Initiative – Concept
U.S. Partners
Other
Partners
Mexican Partners
Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)
CIRAIG
Policy Makers
Researchers
Practitioners …

8. Sustainability Initiative – Applications
Policy decision making
Corporate management
Product development
Environmental product labels
“Green” procurement programs
Carbon, greenhouse gas & other reporting

9. AgNIC – A High Priority Continuing support
Secretariat
Coordination & participation
Consistent technology development
Distributed information infrastructure
High level engagement & commitment
A team journey

10. AgNIC – Technical Approach
Events
NAL Info. Centers
Experts
Insti. Websites
Harvesting & indexing
(Blacklight, RSS)
AGRICOLA
NAL Digital Repository
NAL Databases/Datasets
Insti. Digital Repository
Insti. Databases/Datasets
Search Results
Search:
Insti. Websites
Federated Search/
Meta Search Engine
(WorldCat APIs)
OAI-PMH
Insti. Digital Repository
Insti. Databases/Datasets

11. Simon Liu simon.liu@ars.usda.gov 301-504-5248
Q&A
Simon Liu