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National
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Agricultural Volume 20
Numbers 10-12
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Library October-December 1994
ISSN: 0095-2699
Andre NAL’s YDIC and CYFERNET Overview
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byJohn Kane, Ph.D.,Coordinator,YDIC, NAL
Introduction
The Youth Development Informa-
tion Center(YDIC)wasestablishedin
1988 to support the professionalism of
4-H youth development. The Child,
Youth, and FamilyEducation andRe-
search Network (CYFERNET) was
established in 1991 as part of YDIC.
Both have been a joint project of
USDA’s Extension Service (ES) and
the NationalAgricultural Library.
As of1992theYouth Development
Information Center redirected efforts
and fundingto take greater advantage Youth Development Informa-
ofevolvingtechnology. By fullyutiliz- tion Center Logo. ^
ing computer and communications ,j>
technologyinorganizationalcollabora- S 5 -f
tions and information management a greatervarietyarid amount ofinformation
Pamela Andrephoto: J.Swab is made availableto a larger proportion oftheyouth-servingcommunity.
Although CYFERNETis ajoint project ofthe YouthDevelopmentInforma-
tion Center ofthe National Agricultural Library, ES/4-Hand Youth Develop-
PamelaQJ.Andrehasbeennamed ment, ES/Home Economics and Human 'Nutrition (HEHN),
Director of the National Agricultural ES/Communications and Information Technology (CfT), and the,National 4-H
Library, effective November 14, 1994, Council, additional collaborationsareevolvingto realizefullythe potentialofan
succeeding Joseph H. Howard who information servicebased on computer communicationstechnology. The effort
retiredon February3, 1994. is in explicit support of NAL and CIT initiatives in information managenribjit,
Andre has served in various library dissemination, andpublicaccessand services. ^
managementpositionswiththefederal
governmentovera28-yearcareer. She Technology
had been acting NAL director since
Howard’sretirement. With thetechnical and programmingassistance ofES/CommunicationInfor-
From 1984 until her designation as mation Technology (CIT), CYFERNET has a UNIX system in place at USDA
acting NAL director, Andre had been Headquarters that is accessible over the Internet and can be managed directly
NAL’s Associate Director for Auto- from NAL. The UNIX platform has been programmed with the ALMANAC
mation. In this position, she guided
NAL’s program to apply electronic
technology to library operations. In Additional Features in This Issue:
particular, she was instrumental in the PAVNET, pp. 4-6; CYFNET, pp.6-7; CYFConference, p. 7
success of the National Agricultural OberlyAwardsNominations, pp. 7-8; USAIN, p. 9
Text Digitizing PrograNmAiLn which NALGopher, p. 8; AGRICOLA/CRIS Database Workshops, p. 10
selected portions of the collec- 2ndAgronomyCD-ROM, p. 12; Global Change Database on Internet, p. 12
tionwereplaced on compact discsand See additional contents on thelast page ofthis issue oiALIN.
(SeeAndre, page 11,col.3)
Received bys /h'yj
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and Gopher software and is being with information management and tion Center are evolvingandviewedas
linked with other information servers technology expertise over the Internet models for further collaborations with
through WAIS (Wide Area Informa- as a prototype “virtual campus.” other Federal agencies. Information
tion System). Almanac software CYFERNET is part of that initiative about those services and developedby
(developedat OregonStateUniversity and has been used as a platform both those organizations is being made
with agrantfrom theKelloggFounda- to provide information management available on CYFERNET or on com-
tion) allows large, full-text documents and to establish electronic discussion plimentary and linked Internet infor-
tobedeliveredthroughe-mailtechnol- groups within the child, youth, and mation services to help Extension
ogy. A large amount of data can be family community to encourage and agentsandotherchild,youth,andfami-
acquired with minimal demands support the idea. CYFERNET is ly development workers make better
placed on the requester and the com- linkeddirectlytosixothergophersrep- use ofthoseresources.
puter systems at either end. Gopher resenting six other subject areas and
technology increases the sensitivity or organizations. Subsections of Some initiatives include:
specificity of the CYFERNET for CYFERNET appear within both the
those who can telnet or log directly Minnesota Child, Youth, and Family • A Memorandum of Agreement
onto the system over the Internet and Consortium Electronic Clearinghouse with the National Institute for Jus-
wanttosearchthroughthevarioussec- and the Extension Child, Youth, and tice to help initiate an interagency
tionsor categoriesofinformation. (See Family Network gophers. In addition Federal Partnerships Against
diagram) CYFERNEThasfosteredacollabora- Violence gopher that will provide
Using computer mediated com- tion around the issue of violence and access to information about
munications technology on the Inter- “youth at risk” with the U. S. Depart- violence and youth at risk from
net, CYFERNET provides child, ment of Justice (USDOJ) to develop sevendifferentFederalagencies.
PAVNET
youth, andfamilydevelopment profes- (Partnerships Against
sionals with comprehensive informa- Violence) that will link USDOJ, • A proposal with the National
tionsupportinsocialprogramdelivery USDA, and other Federal agency in- Society ofFund RaisingExecutives
and management. The objective of formation services directly on the In- (NSFRE) and the National 4-H
CYFERNET is two-fold. On the one ternet. Center to explore ways to proride
hand it is to provide to local com- CYFERNET has two general types grantsmanship trainingandfunding
munities full-text access to an array of ofinformation. They are curricula or resourceidentification ontheInter-
information, andontheotherhanditis program materials and program sup- net.
to explore new opportunities for col- port material. An electronic jury
CYFERNET
laborationwithotherFederalandstate process is being developed for cur- • is an electronic
agencies andinformation services. riculum review. That system has now clearinghousein theDepartmentof
To accomplish the first goal gone into effect and the first juried HealthandHumanService’sCenter
CYFERNET has relied on the infor- materials have been posted on for Substance Abuse Prevention
mationmanagementexpertiseofNAL, CYFERNET alongwith documents to (CSAP) Regional Alcohol and
theprogram andorganizationalexper- explain the process. Drug Awareness (RADAR) net-
tise of4-H/CE3, and the technical ex- A central premiss in the CYFER- work. CSAP released a press an-
pertise of the Communications NETnetworkconceptisthatuserstake nouncement in August 1994 mark-
InformationTechnologygroup ofCES averyactiveroleinthemanagementof ing the establishment ofthe Center
todevelop anInternet-basedonlinein- theinformationtheyuse. Management as part of CSAP’s communication
formation service. This system for in- issues like identifying information, es- systemPREVline.
formation identification, review, and tablishingformats, database structure,
access in digital format is currently quality criteria and relevancy, are all • CYFERNETandtheUniversityof
using file server and gopher technol- dealt with through the networks. An Minnesota’s Children, Youth, and
ogy. Theavailabilityofgraphicimages initial step in this direction is the Family Consortium Electronic
within documents for local access is electronicjuryprocessineffectnowfor Clearinghousehavebeguntomerge
being explored so that full-text docu- 4-H curricula. gophers and share information
ments, including graphic images, will Program support materials are management responsibilities in an
soonbe available. beinggleanedfromavarietyofsources. effort to explore ways in which dis-
Agreements with the Department of tributed information management
Information Management and Justice’s National Institute forJustice, systems mightbe administeredwith
Collaborations Department of Education’s Educa- Internettechnology.
tional Resources Information Center
To facilitate collaborations and in- (ERIC),theDepartmentofHealthand • Underthe coordination oftheEx-
crease access to information a “Child, HumanService’sCenterforSubstance tension Service, NAL, and the
Youth, andFamilyNetwork” hasbeen Abuse Prevention, the General Ser- UniversityofMinnesotaa“National
established to link land-grant subject vices Administration’s Federal Assis- Extension Child,Youth, andFamily
matter expertise and local “youth at tance Programs Retrieval System and Network” projecthasbeeninitiated
risk” program delivery sites together NAL’s Food and Nutrition Informa- to link the subject matter expertise
ALIN, Vol. 20, Nos. 10-12 2 October-December 1994
The National Extension
Children, Youth, and Family Network
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throughoutLandGrantUniversitiesand FederalAgencies.
The Children, Youth, and Family Network as discussed in the related articles in this issue ofALIN.
ofnumerous land-grant universities listings of information centers and iblegopherlikeMinnesota’s:
with 95 Federally-supported local clearinghouses dealingwith youth and consultant.micro.umn.edu
Youth at Risk sites on the Internet familyissues, bibliographies (based on orMaryland’s:
(see the following article bySharon the 4-HPRK taxonomy) from both info.umd.edu
Wright, “The National Extension AGRICOLA and ERIC and from the and press return/enter.
Children, Youth, and Family Net- National Clearinghouse on Alcohol Find CYFERNET under
work”). and Drug Information, and informa- general or Washington, DC, gopher
tiononhowtogettheciteddocuments. sites.
There is currently material up on
CYFERNET that should be useful— Internet Access to CYFERNET For further information contact:
information like: Federal program John Kane, Coordinator
descriptionsthatdealwithchild,youth, Forthosewhocantelnet,theproce- Youth DevelopmentInformation
or family issues and Federal Register duretoget accessto CYFERNETis: CenterandCYFERNET
notes for the year that deal with the (1) Log on to your system through NationalAgriculturalLibrary,
same subject, a listing of all the youth your communicationssoftware. Room 304
at risk sites, the full text ofFamilyIm- (2) Atyoursystem prompt type: 10301BaltMimDoreBoulevard
pact Seminars for the last three years, gophercyfer.esusda.gov Beltsville, 20705-2351
extensivestatisticsfromtheKidsCount (ifyoursystemhasanInternetgopher) Telephone: [phone]
Data Book project, the Agricultural or type: TDD/TTY: [phone]
Research Service (on family telnet Fax: [phone]
economics), newsletters on child care, andthe address ofa commonlyaccess- Internet:[email protected]
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PAVNET: ThisPAVNETinitiativereflectsthe violence within their boundaries may
level ofFederal cooperation and com- be the best crime prevention measure
Partnerships mitment needed to help build safer, available to us.
lessviolent communitiesinourNation. The goal of Partnerships Against
Against
Through an unprecedented coalition, Violence is to integrate information
Violence the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, concerningthewiderangeofideasand
Education, Defense, Health and resources available and remove the
Network; Human Services, Housing and Urban barriers to information-sharing that
Development,Justice, andLaborhave communities face in finding out about
Background on begun efforts to facilitate the develop- promising programs and resources
ment ofcomprehensive approaches to available to them in working for
Information
solving one of our country’s toughest families and children and against
Management problems. violence.
Ratherthanbeingthetraditionalin-
formation center representing a par- PAVNET Online
byJohn Kane, PhD ticular federal agency’s programs,
Coordinator,Youth Development PAVNET is a multiple-agency col- PAVNET is initially an online
Information Centerand laboration to provide access to infor- searchandretrievalsystem,which cur-
CYFERNET,NAL
mation ofa particular subject area or rently has samples of promising pro-
andJohn Gladstone, PAVNET issue in an effective and efficient way. grams,informationsourcesandtechni-
Systems Operator Therefore,it represents arealeffortto cal assistance, and funding sources.
“reinvent government” around cus- The initial information for the online
Violence in today’s society has be- tomer needs. service is coming from a two-volume
come a major concern. It would seem This“virtual library’ofinformation printed directoryof553 programs, 191
that on any given evening the local aboutviolence andyouth at risk repre- information and technical assistance
metropolitan news leads with a story sents all seven different federal agen- sources, 126 funding sources, and 141
about a violent act against its citizens cies. As such it is a “one-stop” curricula and teaching materials. The
that often concernsyouth. The Exten- informationresourcethathelpsreduce printed directory is currently in draft.
sion Service recognized this problem redundancy in information manage- It isbeingupdated and expandedwith
several years ago and inaugurated a ment and provides clear and com- anexpectedpublicationdateoflatefall
“Youth at Risk” initiative. That was prehensive access to information for 1994.
supported by a collaborative effort of states and local communities. By
the National Agricultural Library managing the information “online” in Technology
(NAL) and the Extension Service digital format on the Internet, PAV-
called CYFERNET (Child, Youth, NET also assures access to current in- With the technical and program-
and Family Education and Research formation and reduces the need to mingassistance ofES/Communication
Network) to provide electronic access publishmultiple papercopies ofdocu- Information Technology (CIT), PAV-
to information on the Internet and ments. NET is a part of the CYFERNET
build networks of expertise for youth The concept has additional value UNIXsysteminplaceatUSDAHead-
andfamilydevelopment. Morerecent- because information is becoming the quarters that is accessible over the In-
ly that concern and the expertise currency of the “information age” or ternet and managed directly from
garnered from the CYFERnet project the equivalent ofoil and capital in the NAL. The UNIX platform has been
opened the door to an opportunity to industrialageandlaborandlandinthe programmed with the ALMANAC
collaborate with the Justice Depart- agricultural age. As such it is increas- and Gopher software. Almanac soft-
ment in aservicecalledPAVNETOn- ing invalue. This raises the specter of ware (developed at OregonStateUni-
line. society divided into information rich versity with a grant from the Kellogg
PAVNET stands for Partnerships and information poor segments,which Foundation) allowslarge,full-textdoc-
Against ViolenceVETwork. PAVNET will only exacerbate the divisions that uments to be delivered through e-mail
began as a collaborative initiative be- alreadyexistbasedonaccesstomoney, technology. Gopher technology in-
tween theNationalInstitute ofJustice, jobs, andeducation. Violence isacon- creases the sensitivity or specificity of
U.S. Department of Justice, and the cernforall,nomatterwhattheirsocio- the PAVNETforthosewho cantelnet
ExtensionService(ES)andtheNation- economic background. Recognizing orlogdirectlyontothesystemoverthe
al Agricultural Library, U.S. Depart- this,theagenciesinvolvedinPAVNET Internetandwanttosearchthroughthe
ment of Agriculture, to manage vio- Online are committing themselves to various sections or categories ofinfor-
lence and youth at risk information on address not only the societal issue of mation.
a interagency distributed platform on violence, which has great import, but Once the project has been fully es-
the Internet. It was designed in sup- also theissues ofequityand empower- tablished the systems operatorwill en-
port ofthe Justice Department’s Pull- ment. Access to information is em- courage and help other collaborating
ing America’s Communities Together powerment, and empowering com- federalagenciestoestablishsimilarIn-
(PACT) Project. munities to address the issue of ternet technical resources. By doing
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this, each agency’s information will be Gladstone brings a blend of profes-
managedseparatelybutwillbepointed sional experiences that uniquely sup-
tobythePAVNET (gopher) systemso portsthe PAVNETconcept (seebiog-
thatitislinkedandcontributesdirectly raphy ofGladstone later in this issue).
to PAVNET (see diagram for a visual In a previous occupation Gladstone
representation of the concept). The was asocial workerwho had first hand
linkages would be transparent to any experience with Justice Department
user so that, even though the informa- programs in local communities. More
tion is managed over a distributedsys- recently he has been an instructor
tem by multiple federal agencies, the teachingcomputer skillsto businesses.
service appears to users as a single John Gladstone is working closely
resource. with John Kane and the CYFERNET
project. The experience gained from
Access to PAVNET networking people and communica-
tion technology with the Extension
PAVNET can be accessed via CY- Service’s child, youth, and family
FERNET on the Internet. For those developmentprogramswillhavedirect
whocantelnet,theproceduretogeton application to PAVNET, and, in turn,
to CYFERNET is: PAVNET will be a major asset for
(1) Log on to your system through Extension’schild,youth, and familyin- photo:J.Swab
your communications software. itiatives. John Gladstone
(2) Atyoursystem prompt type: For further informationplease con-
gophercyfer.esusda.gov tactJohn Kane orJohn Gladstone at:
(ifyoursystem hasanInternetgopher) Telephone: [phone] thesearchandretrievalfunctionalityof
ortype: TTY: [phone] the service.
telnet Fax: [phone] As representative to the social ser-
and the address ofa commonly acces- Internet:[email protected] vice community, Gladstone has ex-
siblegopherlike Minnesota’s: Orwrite to: hibited PAVNET Online at the
consultant.micro.umn.edu Youth DevelopmentInformation National Criminal Justice Conference,
orMaryland’s: Center the NationalYouth andViolence Con-
info.umd.edu NationalAgriculturalLibrary, ference, the Federal Communications
and press return/enter. Room 304 Strategies Conference, and the Cities
(3) Find CYFERNET under gen- 10301BaltimoreBoulevard in Schools Conference. He has also
MD
eral orWashington, DC, gophersites. Beltsville, 20705-2351 embarked on an inter-departmental
demonstration project to spread the
Project Administration word about the progress of PAVNET
Online to the partnership members.
The PAVNET gopher was initially Gladstone Is Gladstone is keenly aware that the
created and managed by the Coordin- success of PAVNET Online depends
PAVNET
ator ofthe Youth Development Infor- Online not onlyon the quality and integrity of
mation Center at NALwith some pre- System Manager the information provided, but on the
liminary information provided by NIJ accessibility of that data to the
and USDA. Positive feedback from audience most in need of its service.
the user community has already been With backgrounds in both counsel- He recalls, “Youth leaders, police,
receivedastothe usefulnessoftheser- ing youth-at-risk and computer train- teachers,andfamilycounselorsarethe
vice. ing and consulting, John Gladstone is front-line force that tries to cope with
A position is being supported with well-suitedto handlethedual rolethat community and domestic violence
NIJ funding at NAL to administer lies ahead of him. He joined NAL’s everyday. It’sastrugglethat can leave
PAVNET under the supervision of a YouthDevelopmentInformation Cen- you feeling overwhelmed and isola-
PAVNET Initiative Team. The con- ter (YDIC) to implement the design ted.” He continued, “PAVNET On-
tinued development and expansion of and function of the PAVNET Online line’s sole purpose is to support these
PAVNET online will require drawing program and act as ambassador-at- heroic efforts by fostering strong anti-
on the resources of the participating large to promote public and agency violence programs and providing a
Federal departments, their agencies, awarenessofthisnewinternetresource road map through the funding-source
theirclearinghouses,andresourcecen- while sponsoring intercommunication maze.”
ters. John Gladstone, the systems op- amongPAVNET partners. Before coming to NAL, Gladstone
eratorforPAVNETOnline,hasjoined Inhisroleassystemmanagerhewill taught at the Fleet Business School in
NALtodomuchofthatincooperation fashion the look and maintain the in- Annapolis, Maryland, where he was
withtheJusticeDepartment’sNational tegrity of the database, create gopher SystemsManagerandtaughtcomputer
Criminal Justice Resource Center. links to other agencies, and upgrade courses. He had previously been a
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Youth and Family Counselor in the Networks allowstatesto reallocate re- organization level. Its purpose is to
Family Services department of sources and concentrate development expand the knowledge base and skill
MontgomeryCounty,whereheworked money and staff time in one or two level ofCooperative ExtensionSystem
through the Law Enforcement Assis- areas in which they have the most ex- educators, agency and organizational
tance Administration, and for the pertise. Fewerstaffwillbedeveloping partners, youth, and citizens, bycreat-
Rockville, Maryland Youth Services. programs, more staff can devote time ingenvironmentsthatfostercollabora-
Gladstoneis agraduate oftheUniver- to working directly with youth and tionandleadtocitizenproblemsolving
sity of Maryland where he earned a familiesintheircommunities. Services to improve the lives ofchildren,youth,
teaching degree and majored in of the CYF NETWORK will be con- and families. The NNCO is a collab-
English. centrated on 95 ES-USDA funded orationofES-USDAand11land-grant
Youth At Risk (YAR) local projects universities:theUniversitiesofIllinois,
The National and simultaneously be available to all Vermont, Massachusetts, and Guam;
statesandcounties. Ohio, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylva-
Extension ES-USDA funded four National nia, and Washington State Univer-
Networks in 1994. EachNetwork pro- sities; and Purdue and Langston Uni-
Children, Youth, vides a broad spectrum ofexpertise in versities.
one offour areas describedbelow. The National Network for Family
and Family The National Network for Child Resiliency (NNFR) is an interactive
Network Care (NNCC) focusses resources to networkwhich provides leadership for
strengthen child-care programs in the acquisition, development, and
communities so that children are in- analysis ofresources that foster family
Sharon K. B.Wright volved in secure,enriching, education- resiliency. The NNFRbringstogether
YouthAt RiskSpecialist, Extension al activities during pre-school, school, educators,researchers,agencyperson-
Service,USDA and after school hours. The NNCC nel, families, advocates, and prac-
[email protected] promotes partnerships and empowers titioners who share interest in
communities to build caring environ- strengthening familieswho face multi-
The Cooperative Extension System ments forall children. TheChildCare ple risks. Collaborators share leader-
(CES), ES-USDA, and the National Network is a collaboration of ES- shipformaximizingexpertise,bringing
4-HCouncilhaveestablishedanation- USDA and 11 land-grant universities: research to bear on significant family
al Children,Youth,andFamily (CYF) Cornell University; Iowa, Kansas, Al- issues, and guiding research based on
NETWORK
consistingoffourNation- corn,andNorthCarolinaStateUniver- evaluation of programs and practices.
al Networks focussing on Child Care, sities; and Universities of California, The NNFR is a collaboration of ES-
Collaborations, Science and Technol- Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, USDA and 34 land-grant universities:
ogy, and Family Resiliency; and a na- Missouri, and RhodeIsland. Auburn, Clemson, Cornell, Texas
tional distributed information infra- The National Network for Science A&M, andWestVirginiaUniversities;
structure. TheCYFNETWORK con- and Technology (NNST) mission is to theUniversities ofArizona, Delaware,
solidates program and technology create environments which motivate Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mas-
resources and, through the electronic children,youth,andfamiliestodevelop sachusetts,Maryland,Minnesota,Mis-
infrastructure, expedites nationwide literacy in science and technology in souri, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont,
access to information and education. order to be informed and contributing Wyoming, Rhode Island, and Tennes-
The CYF NETWORK assists the members of society. The NNST is a see; and Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi,
Cooperative Extension System nation- collaboration of ES-USDA and nine Montana, Alcorn, NewMexico, North
wide in accomplishing its mission to land-grantuniversities:Auburn,Clem- Carolina A&T, Utah, Washington,
marshal resources of the land-grant son, and Cornell Universities; North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
universities and CES to collaborate Michigan,Ohio, andWashingtonState Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma State
with other organizations to develop Universities; and the Universities of Universities.
A
and deliver educational programs that California,Georgia,andMissouri. Ex- variety of compatible computer
equip limited resource families and tension faculty and collaborators can information management systems like
youth who are at risk for not meeting use technical and program assistance theNationalAgriculturalLibrary’sand
basic human needs, to lead positive, from the NNSTtobuildtheircapacity CES’sCYFERNET,theNorthCentral
productive, contributinglives. to implement effective science and Region’s QUERRI, OhioState’s PIN-
The CYF NETWORK is not cen- technology literacy programs for NET, and other university databases
tered in Washington or in individual children, youth, and families in their have beenused initiallyincreatingthe
states. Each Network includes faculty local communities. CYF NETWORK information man-
with diverse experiences and skills The National Network for Collab- agement infrastructure. These infor-
from 4-H Youth Development, Home oration(NNCO)providestechnicalas- mation repositories will be linked via
Economics,CommunityDevelopment, sistanceto Youth AtRisk (YAR) pro- the Internet, and Internet technology
Communications Technology, and ject staff and other Extension profes- will expedite intellectual collaboration
other university departments from at sionalsinbuildingcollaborationsatthe among the university partners in the
least nine land-grant universities. The community level and the agency and CYFNetwork.
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Ultimately, the Youth at Risk com- “Family Resiliency” byLaurie Jensen, shops, round table discussions, open
munity projects will be linked to each University of Minnesota; “CYFER- laboratories, and exhibits on related
other, to their county offices, to the NET: The CYF Information Manage- topics.
Networks, and to the information mentSystem”byRobertRubinyi, Uni- The third day featured sessions on
management support base in a seam- versity ofMinnesota; “Extension Con- Federal projects, reports, evaluation,
less information infrastructure. That nection to the Information Superhigh- budgets,communicatingwithdecision-
infrastructure is made up of a collec- way” by Patricia Calvert, Deputy Ad- makers and Congressionalstaff.These
tion ofinformation assets but appears ministrator, CIT/ES-USDA; and were followed by state team meetings
as a single, easily-accessible resource “Pulling the CYF Components To- andmeetingswithCongressional Rep-
tousers. Thiswill resultininformation gether” by Sherri Wright, 4-H Youth resentatives and staff.
flows both to and from program sites Development, ES-USDA. The final day endedwith a morning
thatcanbereliablyevaluatedtoensure The first afternoon led off with a session featuring two major presenta-
thereisaccesstocriticalinformationin session on “Strengthening Our Ca- tions: “Crossingtothe NewEconomy”
even the most remote locations. pacityto CareTraining” bya group of by Lou Glazer, Executive Director,
Each Network will identify sources national 4-H leaders. It was followed Michigan Futures; and “Vision 2000:
of information compatible with the byconcurrentseminars onsubjectsre- Celebrate the Differences” by Patricia
needs ofcommunities in its focus area lated to the conference theme. Russell-McCloud, J.D., Russell-Mc-
and facilitate collaborations between John Kane, Coordinator of NAL’s Cloud & Associates, Peachtree City,
those sources and Child, Youth, and YDIC and the CYFERNET, helped Georgia.
Family Development faculty in Exten- organize a seminar on Federal Com- JohnKane saidthat thisconference
sion. All four Networks will col- munications Strategies—Bringing the was “the first national attempt to in-
laborate with each other, ES-USDA, Federal Government Closer to the tegrate the concept of networking
andNALtomergeprogramsandtech- People and spoke on the topic “The within the Cooperative Extension Sys-
nologyinto the CYFNETWORK. YouthDevelopmentInformation Cen- tem.” As such, he went on to sayafter
ter [YDIC] and the Evolution of CY- the conference, the organizers were
FERNET.” Othertopicsandspeakers very pleased with the conference suc-
Children, Youth, at this seminar included: “Administra- cess, and were gratified that many of
tion Philosophy and Policy for Com- theparticipantscommentedthatitwas
and Families at munications” byJock Gill, Director of a valuable experience and very worth
Risk Conference Special Projects, Office of Media Af- their participation.
fairs, The White House; “National
Strategies for Communications and
The National Agricultural Library USDA’s Part” by GregoryL. Parham,
through itsYouth DevelopmentInfor- Director, Distance Education and In-
mation Center was a cosponsor with formation Technology, Extension Ser-
USDA’sExtensionServiceofanation- vice, USDA; “The RADAR Experi-
alChildren, Youth, andFamiliesatRisk ence”byLewisD.Eigen,Presidentand
Conference at theNational4-FI Center CEO of Social Health Services, Ltd.,
in Bethesda, Maryland,September 27- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol
30, 1994. and Drug Information; and “Pulling
The keynote speaker, Oretha Fitz- American Cities Together (PACT)
gerald, representingSecretaryofAgri- and PAVNET Online” by G. Martin
culture, Mike Espy, for whom she is a Lively,Coordinator,NationalCriminal
specialassistant, addressedthenation- Justice Resource Service, DOJ. A
al audience on “America’s Children at video entitled Experience the Power:
Risk: ES-USDA Responds.” Follow- Network TechnologyforEducation was Nominations for
ing the keynote speech, the opening alsoshown at this session. Oberly Award
session concentrated on the National The second day of the conference
ExtensionChildren,Youth,andFamily began with a general session on “Con-
Network. ceptual Approaches to Building State Nominations are now being ac-
Topics and speakers in this session Capacityfor atRiskProgramming.” It ceptedforthe OberlyAwardforBibli-
included “Networking to Support wasconcernedwiththe philosophybe- ographyin Agricultural Sciences.
CYF” by Barb Froke, University of hind state strengthening projects on The Oberly Award was established
Missouri; discussions ofthe four “Na- Children, Youth, andFamiliesat Risk, in 1923 in memory of Eunice Rock-
tional Networks,” thatis, “Science and the conceptual approaches the states wood Oberly. This biennial award is
Technology” by Julie Chapin, Mich- are taking, the institution and evalua- given in odd numbered years for the
igan State University, “Child Care” by tionofsystemschange,andconducting best English language bibliography in
KarenDeBord,UniversityofMissouri, professional and volunteer develop- the field of agriculture or related
“Collaboration” by Arno Bergstrom, ment programs. The remainder ofthe science.
Washington State University, and day was devoted primarily to work- (continued on followingpage)
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Award: Submission procedure: 1987
Acashawardandcitationfundedby Nominations may be made in the Women, Agriculture and Rural
an endowment created by individuals formofaletterandshouldpointoutthe DevelopmentinLatinAmerica, byJac-
and vendor contributions, including reasons the bibliography should be queline A. Ashby & Stella Gomez.
A
theU.S.AgriculturalInformationNet- considered for the award. copy of Cali, Colombia: Centro Internacional
work, the Agway Foundation, As- thebibliographyshouldaccompanythe de AgriculturaTropica, 1985. 171 p.
sociates of the National Agricultural nomination. Send nominationsto:
Library, the Council on Botanical and OberlyJury Chair, MikeHaddock 1991
HorticulturalLibraries,andtheCargill FarrellLibrary UsefulPalmsofthe World,ASynop-
Information Center. KansasState University ticBibliography,byMichaelJ.Balick&
Manhattan, Kansas 66506 Hans T. Beck. New York: Columbia
Eligibility: Telephone: [phone] UniversityPress, 1990. 724p.
English-language bibliographies in E-mail:[email protected]
the field of agriculture or a related 1993
science compiled during the two year Deadline for submission: Acid Rain: A Bibliography of
period precedingtheyear inwhich the December 1, 1994 Canadian Federal and Provincial
awardis made. GovernmentDocuments, by Albert H.
Titles of recent past winners: Joy. Westport, CT: GreenwoodPress,
Criteria: 1991. 237p.
Bibliographies submitted for award 1985 —submittedbyIrwinWeintraub
consideration arejudged on accuracy, Herbs,AnIndexedBibliogrphy, 1971- Internet:
scope, usefulness, format, and special 1980, by James E. Simon, Alena F. [email protected]
features such as explanatory introduc- Chadwick, and Lyle E Craker. Ham-
tions, annotations andindexes. den, CT: Archon Books, 1984. 770 p.
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