Examining the Research Practices of Agricultural Scholars at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities

ABSTRACT

During the spring and summer of 2016, the University of Minnesota Libraries joined 18 other institutions to participate in Ithaka S+R's Research Support Services Program to explore agricultural scholars' research focus, research methods, and publishing practices. This report summarizes our local findings, resulting from 16 interviews with University of Minnesota faculty from the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences on the Twin Cities campus. It also offers suggestions for agriculture libraries and librarians based on the data we have gathered.     

Research Practices of Agricultural Scientists at The Ohio State University

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The Ohio State University Libraries was one of 19 institutions collaborating in the Ithaka S+R Research Support Services for the Field of Agriculture study. Based on a series of individual, semistructured interviews with faculty researchers affiliated with the agricultural sciences at the Ohio State University, the study gathered information about current research practices. The study highlighted challenges of the agricultural research process and identified opportunities for improving research support services for agricultural scientists.     

Supporting the Research Practices of Agricultural Scientists at Oregon State University

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As part of a cross-institutional collaboration organized by Ithaka S+R, Oregon State University Libraries faculty interviewed 15 faculty members in the College of Agricultural Sciences about their research, publishing, and information management practices. The work of Agricultural Sciences faculty is uniquely influenced by their regional geography and climate, as well as by their local and disciplinary communities of practice, which includes both growers and scholars. Findings showed that publishing decisions, access to research, barriers to access, and a systems thinking approach were influenced by behaviors and standards established by these various communities. Implications for the libraries' role in discovery, access, and dissemination are considered and discussed.     

Research Support Services for the Field of Agriculture: Ithaka S+R Interviews and Themes for Libraries

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As part of a larger, national survey, we performed an in-depth qualitative analysis using semistructured interviews and a standard set of questions. We wished to examine the research practices of faculty in agriculture, to understand what they need to be successful in their teaching and research. We plan to use this information to make improvements to research support services. The national survey results should help pinpoint opportunities for developing new research support services for agriculture. This study adds to library and information sciences by examining the specific needs of faculty members in agriculture and agricultural extension, groups that have been previously underrepresented in the library literature.     

From Their Mouths to Our Ears: Research Practices and Needs of Agricultural Scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Libraries was one of 19 participants in a national study of the research practices and needs of agricultural researchers. Two UNL Libraries faculty members interviewed 11 UNL scholars during the summer of 2016. The ethnographic research approach revealed four core themes: interdisciplinarity and collaborations, scientific communication practices, scientific research data issues and practices, and challenges and opportunities. Illustrated by the sample of faculty comments presented here, the themes have direct implications for the UNL Libraries, while in other cases these point to concerns and opportunities for the university, the academy, and the nation.     

农业院校图书馆与农业信息化建设对接

以河南农业大学图书馆支援参与扶沟县韭园镇二十里店村新农村建设为具体实例,针对当前农业信息化建设现状,探讨农业院校图书馆信息服务工作与农业信息化建设对接时应采用的原则及实现的途径。     

Research Practices and Support Needs of Scholars in the Field of Agriculture at Cornell University

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This article presents the results of one of numerous and coordinated qualitative studies carried out at land-grant universities across the United States, to improve our understanding of agricultural research practices and identify new avenues for library services to meet the changing needs of agricultural faculty and research staff. We interviewed agricultural researchers across several departments at Cornell University about their research practices including research dissemination methods, data sharing, their use of primary and secondary resources, and current challenges in conducting agricultural research. Emerging themes included stakeholder engagement, collaboration and interdisciplinarity, the impact of technology, and research inputs and outputs.     

Prospectus for the Field of Agriculture at the Oklahoma State University Library: A Local Report for Ithaka S+R Research and Support Services

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In 2016, the Oklahoma State University (OSU) Library was invited to participate in an Ithaka S+R research project with 19 other academic libraries from institutions with strong agricultural programs. This project documents agriculture research practices and needs and reflects a summary of findings from 10 interviews with OSU faculty researchers. This local report is to inform the Library's support for research of the OSU's agricultural faculty. The report was completed on December 1, 2016.     

基于学科建设需求的高校图书馆服务策略研究

学科建设一直是高校发展的核心任务之一,图书馆在学科建设中起着极其重要的支撑作用。在明确学科建设方向和发展目标的基础上,图书馆应采取相应的策略,为学科建设提供高水平的文献资源保障和强有力的信息服务支撑。     

Activities of the Central Agricultural and Forestry Library

The Central Agricultural and Forestry Library, which is a part of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information for Agriculture in Prague, Czechoslovakia, is one of the largest agricultural libraries in the world. The users of the library include students, scientists, research workers, and farmers. The library services consist of loans, reprographic services, bibliographic services as well as bibliographic publications. A project on the automation of the library is currently underway. With respect to the present changing conditions in Czechoslovakia, the library concentrates its information sources on the development of the private sector within Czechoslovak agriculture.     

网络环境下农业高校图书馆对女大学生心理素质教育的作用

据调查,女大学生比一般女性群体及男大学生更易出现心理问题。高校图书馆服务的宗旨在于＂育人＂,而图书馆馆藏丰富、环境宁静且女职工居多,为进行女大学生心理素质教育创造了条件。高校图书馆应采取各种措施,完成这一职责。     

基于农业高校图书馆的农村信息化服务体系构建的研究

本文从研究农村信息化服务体系入手,结合甘肃省农村信息服务体系的建设实际,分析农业高校图书馆在农村信息化服务体系中的优势,提出充分利用农业高校的资源、人才、设备、资金优势,为农业用户提供信息化服务的具体措施,强调知识服务和信息保障,进一步完善信息化服务体系。     

基于引文分析的农业科研人员外文文献需求与保障研究

利用引文分析方法对中国农科院科研人员引用外文文献的类型进行了统计分析,并对引用量最大的外文期刊的品种数量、学科、语种、出版机构及保障情况也进行了分析。结果表明：科研人员引用的外文文献以期刊比例最高,其次为图书及会议录;引用外文期刊的数量符合布拉德福定律;引用外文期刊的学科非常广泛,主要以生物科学、农业为主,基础医学等也占有较高的比例;科研人员的外文期刊品种数满足率达90%,NSTL印本保障率为95.5%,网络版全文保障率,本馆与NSTL订购之和为60.1%。     

发挥农业网站优势促进佛山都市农业可持续发展

比较分析了国内外农业网站建设的成功经验,论述了农业网站在现代农业发展中的作用,全面阐述了目前佛山农业网站的建设现状,提出了佛山农业网站可持续发展的措施。     

The Matica Srpska Library and the Library Information System in Yugoslavia

The Matica Srpska, a society for cultural promotion, was founded in 1826 in Budapest. In the society, a gallery, a publishing house, a library, and a museum were formed. The Matica Srpska Library (MSL) was moved to Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, in 1864. The Library is one of eight Yugoslav national libraries serving as depository libraries. MSL is well known for its valuable collection of old and rare books and newspapers. Since Yugoslavia does not have a national agricultural library, the Yugoslav part of the international AGRIS database is produced in the MSL. MSL contributes to JUBIB, a Yugoslav bibliographic database.     

“精准营销”与农业高校个性化信息服务

系统论述了精准营销和个性化信息服务的内涵及这两个概念的相关性。通过对这两个不同学术领域的概念相关性研究,阐述了农业高校图书馆个化信息服务开展的重要性和必要性,及可以顺利进行的必要条件。     

Information to the People: Cooperation Between the Library and Agricultural Extension

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Cooperation between the Cooperative Extension Service and the Agriculture Library at the University of Kentucky dates back to the early 1970s. Initiatives have included new agent orientation, participation in extension functions, working with extension specialists, and serving on extension committees. Current involvement with extension includes working with the National Extension Technology Conference and the Electronic Format Committee. Involvement continues to grow as services are automated.     

Investigating the Research Practices of Agriculture Scholars: Findings From the University of Florida

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The University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries is one of 19 institutions that participated in an Ithaka S+R Research Support Services investigation of agricultural sciences. The authors conducted a qualitative analysis of research support services based on one-on-one semistructured interviews with 15 faculty of the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences in 2016. A number of core themes emerged from the analysis of research practices in the local study at UF. Core themes included finding appropriate literature, data management issues and tools, repositories for sharing research products, and research dissemination. This report summarizes a subset of these results, focusing on themes related to academic library services that support agricultural scholars research needs.     

探析我国农业高校图书馆在农业经济发展中的作用

以湖南农业大学图书馆为例,论述了高等农业院校图书馆为农业经济发展服务的意义及优势,具体介绍了一些服务农业建设的具体措施。