1. Corey Scarpero November 18 th – January 16th

2.  What’s New Page  Training database  Topics A – Z: Pasteurization  Reports Page  Pasteurization Fact Sheet  Reference shifts

3. What’s New Page

4.  Update World-Wide News section using information from a food safety listserve  Add conferences as they are announced  Add job postings as they are submitted to FSRIO  Update Food Safety Documents section as new reports are released What’s New Page

5. What I Learned:  Increased content management skills and gained exposure to updating and evaluating web page material daily  Increased HTML coding skills, used FrontPage for the first time  First experience using Outlook  Realized importance of providing timely information to the public (esp. BSE)

6. Training Database

7. Training Database Information  Employee Name  Program (FBIEIC or FSRIO)  Type of Training  Sponsor Cost  Date of Training  Location

8. Available Reports: Training Database  Training by Employee  Training by Cost  Training by Program  Summary of All Training

9.  First experience using Access- Training database provided a great way to learn the program  Learned different components that could be incorporated into a database for the ease of the user (forms, switchboard)  Was able to examine the other databases that FSRIO has and get some great ideas What I Learned:

10. Topics A – Z: Pasteurization

11. Topics A – Z Information  General Information/Fact Sheets  Reports  Organizations/Agencies  Education  Databases/Listserves  Journals/Books  Newsletters/Press Releases  Events

12. Topics A – Z Research LITERATURE SEARCH:  AGRICOLA  Food Science and Technology Abstracts  Medline  FSRIO research abstracts database INTERNET SEARCH:  Articles  Agencies  Research papers  Other useful sites dealing with Pasteurization FSRIO DATABASE:  What research is being done in this area?

13. What I Learned:  Challenging and time consuming to evaluate so many resources- came to appreciate everything that FNIC and FSRIO does!  Improved and extended my research skills  Learned to evaluate web sites and other resources critically resources critically  Appreciate the importance of making information user-friendly and easily information user-friendly and easily accessible to the general public accessible to the general public

14. Reports Page

15. NOT USER FRIENDLY

16. BEFORE….

17. AFTER !!

18. Pasteurization Fact Sheet

19.  Developed the fact sheet on Vacuum- Steam-Vacuum (VSV) Pasteurization after determining that this was the current research focus  Based on information about current research on the topic due to the intended audience  Created with Access

20. What I Learned:  Unique application of Access; increased comfort using the program  Required me to look more closely at the current research on Pasteurization  Improved my ability to focus a topic appropriately for a particular topic appropriately for a particular audience audience

21. Reference  Learned things I would not have otherwise  The public has a need for factual information from a reputable and reliable source  LOTS of questions

22. Thank you to Yvette, Kris, Tara, Dan, and everyone else who helped me during my two months here! I learned a lot, and had a great time doing it! Thank You !!