Manejo Operacional e Protótipo de Geodecisão para Rastrear a Produção Agropecuária

A Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária – Embrapa, vinculada ao Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, presenta do projeto internacional Manejo Operacional e Protótipo de Geodecisão para Rastrear a Produção Agropecuária (OTAG).

Embrapa levará o rastreamento de bovinos usando colares com GPS. Os equipamentos foram desenvolvidos pelo projeto OTAG e permitirão o rastreamento e a alimentação de um software para a vigilância sanitária. “Este trabalho é de aplicação fácil na bovinocultura e há interesse em fazer a divulgação para todos os países que praticam essa cultura. Desta forma, a Embrapa, por meio de seus projetos, procura resolver problemas e/ou melhorar o rendimento das atividades agropecuárias”, afirma o pesquisador médico-veterinário da Embrapa.

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ICAHIS repository of animal health information papers

The 6th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS) is in Melbourne in 2009.

On 3 September, Vicki Croft from Washington State University introduces the repository of papers from previous ICAHIS conferences - aavilable through the WSU Research Exchange. An excellent resource to find out what veterinary information specialists have been working on.

Other ICAHIS session descriptions at:

3 September
4 September - 1
4 September - 2

More postings on animal health

Animal health libraries, librarians, and librarianship

Vicki Croft at Washington State University has compiled a "comprehensive, international bibliography to works written about animal health libraries and by their librarians." Download the full text from the WSU Dspace.

Pretoria Vet Sciences library reaches out with accessible tools

Earlier this year, this blog reported several discussions on future library services in agriculture.

One of the approaches advocated was to transform libraries into more proactive spaces where information and knowledge are exchanged, often using new tools and approaches.

The Veterinary Sciences Library at the University of Pretoria offers us some good examples of what can be done, in a pragmatic way:

• The home page gives lots of search and navigation options (catalogue and google)
  
• They use Dspace for the South African National Veterinary Repository
  
• The Veterinary Science Dean supports open access and his Faculty staff also contribute to the university repository
  
• The library pages can be bookmarked on services like Delicious using an 'addthis' widget
• The library's newsletter Infomania has a range of views and stories, as well as practical tips beyond 'pure' libraries
• They engage in several special projects and international networks linked to their mandate
  
• Their blog reports on major developments in the library services. The postings on service plans (for 2009) and achievements (in 2008) are especially useful - and offer transparency.

As we look at ways to enhance the accessibility of agricultural information, such cases can help us identify the large and small pathways we can all adopt.

Sixth International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists

The 6th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS), which will be part of the 10th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML), will be held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, August 31- September 4, 2009.

The organisers welcome proposals to present papers or posters (see the call for abstracts and submission form). Be sure to indicate one of the ICAHIS themes:

• Advancing Communication in Animal Health Practice: For example: coping with web content; preserving content by digitization; sharing copyrighted materials legally; using specialized databases; creating and/or maintaining repositories; accessing veterinary archives; assessing the impact of e-journals
  
• Improving Information transfer from Research to Clinical Veterinary Practice: For example: evidence based veterinary medicine; translational medicine; one medicine/one health; public health & zoonotics
  
• Partnerships and Collaborations that Make a Difference in Animal Health: For example: consortial agreements; collective collection development; web portal projects

ABSTRACT DEADLINE Friday, 19 September 2008

Questions? Contact one of the 6ICAHIS Planning Committee members:

Trenton Boyd boydt AT missouri.edu
Greg Youngen Youngen AT uiuc.edu
Vicki Croft croft AT wsu.edu

Animal health and veterinary libraries directory

The Medical Library Association’s Veterinary Medical Libraries Section is compiling an international directory of Veterinary Medical and Related Libraries (and librarians).

Launched in May, the directory has contact information for hundreds of information services serving veterinary medicine and animal health. The new site is the result of sterling efforts by a group of volunteers.

The editors recognize they have some international gaps to fill; some countries are missing or have incomplete information. If you are working with animal health information, please get in contact with Vicki Croft at Washington State University, Susanne Whitaker at Cornell University, or the VMLS Webmaster.