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Dissemination and Preservation of Digital Agricultural Economic Data on the Internet. A cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to improve and enhance current and long-term access to the electronic information and data resources of the Natioanl Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), the Economic Research service (ERS), the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB). These resources are vital to data users in universities and other research institutions, state and local government agencies, libraries, and by others in the private and public sectors. Staff at Cornell's Mann Library will organize, preserve and provide network access to the agency files along with user support services, including reference and referral. For additional information contact Mary Ochs <mao4@cornell.edu>
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National Agricultural Statistics USDA. Dissemination and Preservation of Digital Agricultural Economic Data On The Internet. – Awarded 8/010/1/2008 to 9/30/2009 (Contract) OSP #59397. - $168,250 Extended through 9/30/13 on 6/2/10 with an additional $367,000 award ??
Implement the VIVO Application to Enable Discovery of Researchers Across USDA. A cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture to support the implementation of the VIVO software across the Department of Agriculture. This will not only link science and research across the Department but also pave the way for linking the Department's VIVO instance into the national VIVO network being developed to create a national VIVO network for agriculture. For additional information see <http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/news/usda-mann-partnership-bears-new-fruit> (http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/news/usda-mann-partnership-bears-new-fruit> contact) Contact: Mary Ochs <mao4@cornell.edu>
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