1. PRAISE 2/041 Pacific Regional Aquaculture Information Service for Education Science & Technology Reference Department Hamilton Library

2. PRAISE 2/042 The PRAISE Story You are here today because you have always wondered why I was always talking about PRAISE. (and hallelujah) I, Kris Anderson, PI, will be offering the sermon this morning Aquaculture is the cultivation of sea animals and plants in a controlled marine environment; underwater agriculture.

3. PRAISE 2/043 Topics of Discussion History Services Offered Who Gets Served? Benefits to the Library Benefits to the PI That Stuff That is Too Interesting to Not Share

4. PRAISE 2/044 History There are 5 Regional Aquaculture Centers under USDA Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA) established 1986 1988 CTSA recognized a need for information dissemination to the region

5. PRAISE 2/045 Services Offered Research – Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts Document Delivery Gray Literature Bibliography

6. PRAISE 2/046 Who Gets Served Farmers, Researchers, and Students in the US Affiliated Pacific  Hawaii  Guam  Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas  Federated States of Micronesia  Republic of Belau (Palau)  Republic of the Marshall Islands  American Samoa IAMSLIC

7. PRAISE 2/047 Statistics for 2003 Requests = 513 Citations Delivered = 3,746 Documents Delivered = 1,095  # Pages Delivered = 15,081 Miscellaneous Requests = 275

8. PRAISE 2/048 Special Projects Currently collecting background information on 200 species of fish for a publication proposed by Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center Ariel ILL software Gray Literature Bibliography CD-ROM Lan and Remote Sites

9. PRAISE 2/049 Benefit to the Library Total Dollar Amount since inception = $318,880 Equipment First online/CD database Name Recognition

10. PRAISE 2/0410 Benefits to the PI Grant Writing; aka Learn patience, grasshopper. Travel to interesting places Get to meet great people Warm and fuzzy for all the assistance

11. PRAISE 2/0411 That Stuff That is Too Interesting to Not Share Weird Requests  Manatees & Clownfish in Wisconsin Do people pay any attention???  PRAISE the Lord  My child is going to Hawaii on a class trip – what books should s/he read?

12. PRAISE 2/0412 Conclusion We’ve successfully served the marine science community in the Pacific for 15+ years. Scanning the Gray Literature materials is starting TODAY – we have 15 signed consent forms so far. Funding is assured for another 2 years and support is strong from the community.