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[Gerry McKiernan]

                Participatory Development of a WWW Database
                              Agriculture (S)

     In an effort to incorporate the most relevant agriculturally-
     related Web Reference resources within the CyberStacks(sm)
     collection, we have established this a site to obtain user
     preferences for those categories that are of greatest collective
     interest.

     We invite users to select from categories and subcategories of
     topics found within the hypertext outline of the Library of
     Congress classification schedule for Agriculture (S) below.

                Agriculture (General)                S

                Plant Culture                       SB

                Forestry                            SD

                Animal Culture                      SF

                Aquaculture, Fisheries, & Angling   SH

                Hunting                             SK

     Users are requested to simulate the selection of topics that
     could meet an information need in some field of Agriculture.
     While NO resources are incorporated within these categories and
     subcategories at this time, the aggregate selection of topics by
     all users during the month of September will greatly assist in
     identifying the subject categories that users most desire.

     This aggregate selection of categories and subcategories will be
     monitored from log reports. At the beginning of October, the
     cumulative activity will be compiled and used as a guideline for
     selecting specific resources from the CyberStacks(sm) Title Index
     for priority incorporation within the CyberStacks(sm) collection.

     Participants are encourage to select resources at those times
     that they seek a specific information Reference resource in the
     field of Agriculture, acting as though they were involved with a
     real search of the CyberStacks(sm) collection.

     User participation in the further development of CyberStacks(sm)
     is greatly appreciated!

     The URL for this site is:

           http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/S/Agri.htm

     Regards,

Gerry McKiernan
Curator, CyberStacks(sm)
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/

               "Save the Time of the User"