The following item of interest is from the Agricultural
History News Notes No. 67 and is reprinted here for your
information.
A symposium sponsored by the Associates of the National
Agricultural Library, Inc., Agricultural History Society, and the
National Agricultural Library will be held on October 20-23, 1982
at the National 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Its theme will
be Twentieth Century Agricultural Science: Discovery, Use
and Preservation. The symposium will be interdisciplinary
and will seek to provide an international forum at which policy and
program leaders, scientists, economists, historians, agricultural
librarians, farm journalists, radio and television producers, and
others can present papers, commentaries, and engage in information
discussions. The program will focus upon the past, present, and
future scientific achievements and review the growing importance of
agricultural information to the world community. Overview topics of
a specialized nature will include the following: USDA agricultural
research, animal production, aquaculture, family farms, weather
patterns, the daily flow of agricultural information, technology
transfer, world telecommunication and information systems, resource
sharing, agricultural data bases, and preservation of agricultural
information. The cost for three days is $45.00. Meals are not
included. For more information about food and lodging, contact: Dr.
Alan Fusonie, National Agricultural Library, Room 301, Beltsville,
Md. 20705; Telephone: (301) 344-3876 or Ms. Leila Moran, National
Agricultural Library, Room 408, Beltsville, Md. 20705; Telephone:
(301) 344-3937.
be Twentieth Century Agricultural Science: Discovery, Use
and Preservation. The symposium will be interdisciplinary
and will seek to provide an international forum at which policy and
program leaders, scientists, economists, historians, agricultural
librarians, farm journalists, radio and television producers, and
others can present papers, commentaries, and engage in information
discussions. The program will focus upon the past, present, and
future scientific achievements and review the growing importance of
agricultural information to the world community. Overview topics of
a specialized nature will include the following: USDA agricultural
research, animal production, aquaculture, family farms, weather
patterns, the daily flow of agricultural information, technology
transfer, world telecommunication and information systems, resource
sharing, agricultural data bases, and preservation of agricultural
information. The cost for three days is $45.00. Meals are not
included. For more information about food and lodging, contact: Dr.
Alan Fusonie, National Agricultural Library, Room 301, Beltsville,
Md. 20705; Telephone: (301) 344-3876 or Ms. Leila Moran, National
Agricultural Library, Room 408, Beltsville, Md. 20705; Telephone:
(301) 344-3937.
