USAIN 2018 Conference Proceedings
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The United States Agricultural Information Network is an organization for information professionals that provides a forum for discussion of agricultural issues, takes a leadership role in the formation of a national information policy as related to agriculture, makes recommendations to the National Agricultural Library on agricultural information matters, and promotes cooperation and communication among its members. The USAIN Conferences focus on information resources for agriculture and life sciences research and practice. The conferences are sponsored by the United States Agricultural Information Network in order to offer librarians a forum for sharing professional information. The conferences are hosted every other year. This collection contains proceedings to past conferences. For more information about past and future conferences please visit USAIN.org.
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Recent Submissions
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Mapping Research: Creating a Spatial Interface for Bibliographic Data
Hedrich, Anne; Rogers, Paul C. (2018-05-14)Lightning Talks presentation for 2018 United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) 16th Biennial Conference at Washington State University -
Mission? Permission! Opening Publications in HathiTrust
Cook, Michael (2018-05-16) -
Supporting Sustainable Innovation with Information: A Case Study
Howard, Heather A; Zwicky, David (2018-05-14)At Purdue University, librarians advise students participating in a soybean innovation competition. The project, sponsored by a qualified state board, focuses on developing new industrial products from soybeans to foster ... -
Crowd Sourcing Expertise: Learnings from a Peer to Peer Teaching Experiment
Ramaswamy, Mohan; Garrett, Jennifer; Currie, Debbie (2018-05-14)A common problem shared by academic libraries is how to scale library instruction. The problem is more pronounced as libraries have to teach newer topics, e.g. data management, visualization, and programming. NCSU Libraries ... -
What Agricultural Researchers Say about Open Access and Data Sharing
Williams, Sarah C.; Kocher, Megan; Farrell, Shannon L.; Kerby, Erin E. (2018-05-14)The Ithaka S+R Agriculture Research Support Services project provided an opportunity for librarians to interview agricultural researchers about a variety of topics. We were interested in a more thorough look at two related ... -
Visualizing Contacts and Connections within Extension Using Gephi
Mastel, Kristen (2018-05-14)TTIG Lightning Talks presentation for 2018 United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) 16th Biennial Conference at Washington State University -
Using a Citation Study to Gain New Insights into Agricultural and Resource Economics
Miller, Rebecca C. (2018-05-14)Poster presentation for 2018 United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) 16th Biennial Conference at Washington State University -
A Very Small Study of a Big Problem: Information-Seeking Behavior in Students and Faculty in Agriculture
Parker-Gibson, Necia (2018-05-14)Poster presentation for 2018 United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) 16th Biennial Conference at Washington State University -
Comparison of Agricultural Database Subject Overlap
Ritchie, Stephanie (2018-05-15)Agricultural researchers and science librarians must understand which research literature databases provide the most comprehensive coverage of agricultural subjects to support research inquiries. Once the domain of a few ... -
Researcher Needs and the Long-term Value of County Cooperative Extension Materials in California
Lin, Emily; Vallen, Lisa (2018-05-14)Poster presentation for 2018 United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) 16th Biennial Conference at Washington State University