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Pacific Regional Aquaculture Information Service for Education

Science & Technology Reference Department

Hamilton Library

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The PRAISE Story

You are here today because you have always wondered why I was always talking about PRAISE. (and hallelujah)

I, Kris Anderson, PI, will be offering the sermon this morning

Aquaculture is the cultivation of sea animals and plants in a controlled marine environment; underwater agriculture.

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Topics of Discussion

History Services Offered Who Gets Served? Benefits to the Library Benefits to the PI That Stuff That is Too Interesting

to Not Share

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History

There are 5 Regional Aquaculture Centers under USDA

Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA) established 1986

1988 CTSA recognized a need for information dissemination to the region

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Services Offered

Research – Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts

Document Delivery Gray Literature Bibliography

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Who Gets Served Farmers, Researchers, and Students in the

US Affiliated Pacific Hawaii Guam Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Federated States of Micronesia Republic of Belau (Palau) Republic of the Marshall Islands American Samoa

IAMSLIC

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Statistics for 2003

Requests = 513 Citations Delivered = 3,746 Documents Delivered = 1,095

# Pages Delivered = 15,081 Miscellaneous Requests = 275

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Special Projects

Currently collecting background information on 200 species of fish for a publication proposed by Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center

Ariel ILL software Gray Literature Bibliography CD-ROM Lan and Remote Sites

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Benefit to the Library

Total Dollar Amount since inception = $318,880

Equipment First online/CD database Name Recognition

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Benefits to the PI

Grant Writing; aka Learn patience, grasshopper.

Travel to interesting places Get to meet great people Warm and fuzzy for all the assistance

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That Stuff That is Too Interesting to Not Share

Weird Requests Manatees & Clownfish in Wisconsin

Do people pay any attention??? PRAISE the Lord My child is going to Hawaii on a class

trip – what books should s/he read?

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Conclusion

We’ve successfully served the marine science community in the Pacific for 15+ years.

Scanning the Gray Literature materials is starting TODAY – we have 15 signed consent forms so far.

Funding is assured for another 2 years and support is strong from the community.