@article{Mavuso:310624,
      recid = {310624},
      author = {Mavuso, Makana and Ballantyne, Peter},
      title = {Managing Information Resources and Services for  Agricultural Research in Swaziland},
      address = {1992-01-01},
      number = {2126-2021-1234},
      series = {Study Paper 9},
      pages = {36},
      month = {Jan},
      year = {1992},
      abstract = {This case study discusses the approaches used by the  agricultural research system of Swaziland to obtain and  manage scientific information. Information access is  reviewed in relation to the demand for information by the  research system, the sources of information that it has  access to, and the mechanisms used to actually obtain and  manage the information. One thing that has a significant  influence on the demand for information is the existence of  two main types of agricultural production systems, which  rather neatly divides the agencies conducting agricultural  research Into two main groups. Channels for gaining access  to Information are similarly divided - the private sector  relies on its own personal and commercial sources, while  the public sector is linked more closely to formal  information mechanisms such as libraries and research  networks. One significant conclusion of the paper relates  to the various roles and functions that information  mechanisms have. Often the different mechanisms compete to  deliver the same information, and an information system  based on several mechanisms, each delivering different  information, is advocated. In this case, libraries need to  assess the information available through research networks  and other mechanisms, and then deliver the information that  these other mechanisms cannot provide. Access to locally  produced information is an area where libraries might have  a comparative advantage. Other significant factors that are  discussed include the regional context for information  services, participation in information networks,  collaboration at the national level, the role of  agricultural development projects, and the need for trained  information personnel.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/310624},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.310624},
}