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Report of the meeting of West African agricultural librarians and documentalists, IITA,1975
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REPORT OF THE MEETING OF WEST AFRICAN
AGRICULTURAL LIBRARIANS
AND
DOCUMENTALISTS,
IITA, IBADAN Jan. 20 - 22, 1975
BY.
S.M. LAWANI
AND
JEAN DE CHANTAL
Preface
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) was
established in 1967 as an autonomous, non-profit corporation by
decree of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria. It was
initially conceived with the mandate of improving the quantity
and quality of food in the lowland humid tropics. It also
organizes international seminars and conferences that bring
together agricultural workers and researchers from the tropics
for consultation and exchange of information.
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a public
corporation created by an Act of the Canadian Parliament in 1970
to initiate, encourage, support and conduct research into the
problems of the developing regions of the world and into the means
for applying and adapting scientific, technical and other know
ledge to the economic and social advances of those regions.
In January 1975, IITA and IDRC brought together for the first time
West African librarians and documentalists working in agricultural
institutions. IITA, which hosted the meeting, is the West African
representative of AGLINET, the agricultural libraries network set
up by the UN Food and Agricultu:e Organization (FAO). Participation
in other agricultural information systems, such as the FAO's AGRIS
and CARIS, was discussed in order to focus on increased cooperation
within the region for the future. This report is a summary of those
discussions. Requests for photocopies of the papers presented should
be addressed to IITA.
The views expressed in this publication are those of the editors and participants of the conference and do not necessarily represent the
views of IITA or IDRC.
S.M.L.
J. de C.
INTRODUCTION
An International meeting of agricultural librarians and documentalists
took place at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA),
Ibadan, Nigeria from January 20-22, 1975. The meeting was co-sponsored
by the International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC) and
IITA.
Participants came from fourteen countries and represented thirty-two
institutions in Africa. (Names of participants and their addresses are
listed at Appendix I).
Monsieur Philippe Arias had been invited and came as a resource person
in his capacity as the President of the International Association of
Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists (I.A.A.L.D.), and one who has
been intimately involved in the conceptualization and development of
AGRIS and AGLINET.
The primary objective was to stimulate cooperation among agricultural
libraries and documentation centres in West Africa in particular and in
Africa in general. A cooperative agricultural library network (AGLINET)
designed to ensure rapid and sustained exchange of information relevant
to agricultural research and development was to be launched, and ways
of bridging the communication gap among French-speaking and English-speak
ing agricultural librarians, documentalists and scientists were to be
identified.
The formal opening was by Dr. H.R. Albrecht, Director General of IITA,
and Mr. Jean de Chantal of the IDRC Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal.
Part of the formal opening was covered by television and the meeting as
a whole got excellent radio coverage and some newspaper coverage.
A discussion format was adopted in all the sessions and only two hours
were devoted to presenting summaries of papers contributed by participants
(A list of the papers is shown as Appendix II). Simultaneous interpreta
tion was provided in all the sessions.
This report presents a summary of the discussions, major decisions
reached and resolutions passed.
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AGLINET
Participants welcomed the concept of AGLINET and expressed their
They expressed desire and willingness to participate
in the network.
appreciation to IITA for accepting the responsibilities of the
The importance of AGLINET was Regional Centre for West Africa. "What use is
constantly underscored by the following question :
AGRIS without AGLINET ?" This reflects the view that a current
bibliography (such as AGRINDEX) may quite often produce only frustra
tion if there is no system such as AGLINET to ensure that the actual
publications can be obtained.
An AGLINET model for West Africa was discussed and accepted.
A schematic representation of the model is presented below :
+ Regional CentresZ:1--- --
... ...- I + ountry and S lected specialized"- "' Centres
and Documentation
Centres
It was agreed that conceptually libraries can be differentiated
from documentation centres but that in practice, it is not useful
to make such a distinction particularly when the documentation
centres concerned also have substantial literature collections.
For this reason, libraries as well as documentation centres will
participate in the West African AGLINET system.
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A Country Centre will be a major library or documentation centre in the country which will coordinate activities within that country. Itwas decided that on account of their specialized collections, libraries and documentation centres of regional and international organizations in West Africa should be given special status in the AGLINET system at the level of country centres as shown in the schematic representation.
Specialized Centres nominated were the Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve S~negal (O.M.V.S.) Saint-Louis, S6negal, the Bureau Inter-africain des Sols (B.I.S.) of Bangui, Central African Republic, The Niger River Commission (N.R.C.) of Niamey, Niger, the West Africa Rice Development Association (W.A.R.D.A.) of Monrovia, Liberia, and the International Livestock Center for Africa (I.L.C.A.) of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. All accepted to serve but representatives of B.I.S., N.R.C. and W.A.R.D.A. will need to consult with higher officials of their organizations before they can confirm.
Country Centres were nominated as follows:
Cameroon: Institute of Perennial Crops, Buea. Dahomey: Universit6 du Dahomey/Direction de
l'Enseignement Agricole, Section de Documentation, Porto Novo.
Ghana: Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, Accra.
Ivory Coast: Ministere de la Recherche Scientifique, Abidjan, or ORSTOM
Liberia: University of Liberia Libraries, Monrovia Niger: (An institution will be identified later;
the Niger River Commission, Niamey serves as a Specialized Centre not as a Country Centre).
Nigeria: The Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Ibadan.
Senegal: O.M.V.S., Saint-Louis (Will serve in a dual
capacity as Country Centre and as SpecializedCentre pending the organization of a national scientific documentation centre in Dakar).
Sierra Leone: Njala University College, P.M.B. Freetown.
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WEST AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF AGRICULTURAL LIBRARIANS AND DOCUMENTALISTS
The meeting resolved to form a professional society to be known
as the West African Association of Agricultural Librarians and
Documentalists which will be affiliated with the International
Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists. The
objectives of the Association will be :
to improve library and documentation services in the1.
field of agriculture and related sciences;
to assist in improving the professional competences2.
of individual librarians and documentalists;
to serve as a liaison between agricultural librarians3.
and documentalists in West Africa and those of other
countries and international bodies;
to promote the exchange of information and experiences4.
through technical publications and meetings;
to promote cooperation and collaboration among libraries5.
and documentation centres and bridge the communication
gap between Francophone and Anglophone institutions.
A provisional Executive Committee was elected to draw up a
constitution and by-laws for the Association and initiate its
The Committee was made up of a President, two Viceprograms.
Presidents and four members as follows:
Mr. S.M. Lawani (Nigeria)President:
Mr. 0. Odumosu (Nigeria)Vice-President:
Monsieur D. Sall (Senegal)Vice-President:
Madame Eldin (or Monsieur Anibie)Membcrs: (Ivory Coast)
Mr. J.A. Villars (Ghana)
Mr. F. Campbell (Dahomey)
Mr. A.N.T. Deen (Sierra Leone)
Madame Eldin felt that Monsieur Anibie of Ministere de la Recherche Scientifique, Abidjan, who was not present,might be the appropriate person to serve on the Committee.
The President of the Provisional Executive Committee was requested to seek funds to enable the Executive Committee to meet at an early date.
UNION LIST AND LITERATURE SERVICE
Participants stressed the importance of union lists as bibliographical tools of cooperat:ion. It was unanimously agreed that the efficiency, effectiveness and success of AGLINET will be greatly enhanced by the availability of a union list of scientific and technical periodicals held in Libraries and documentation centers
in West Africa.
Participants resolved that a union list of scientific and technical periodicals for West African be compiled at IITA. It was recognized that such a project could be expensive; IITA was therefore urged to seek on behalf of the West African Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists, the assistance of the IDRC. Country Centres in the AGLINET system were requested to coordinate the compilation of the list for institutions in their own countries. Mr. de Chantal, the IDRC representative, offered to assist countries in the compilation if necessary.
Participants felt that there was a great need for a literature service along the lines of the East African Literature Service. The service involves copying tables of contents of periodicals received in one large library, distributing these to users who indicate articles they need; these papers are then copied and sent to the users at no cost to them. IITA was urged to provide such a service to agricultural workers in West Africa. IITA indicated that very heavy demands were already being made on its xerox copying facilities and that such a service would require
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an additional xerox copier. Moreover, the cost of mailing
tables of contents and the papers requested could be quite high.
IITA will however, consider requests for this service from
individual institutions and will provide it to the extent that
its funds and facilities permit.
TRAINING
Both formal and non-formal training needs were discussed.
Opportunities for formal professional training at postgraduate
levels are needed to provide the region with more people able
to play leadership roles. Participants thought that the kind
of short-term training in agricultural librarianship and documenta
tion offered by the Inter-American Institute of Agricultural
Sciences (IICA), Turrialba, Costa Rica would be extremely helpful
in West Africa. West Africans cannot take advantage of the
Turrialba program because the training is conducted in Spanish
and necessarily geared towards South American conditions.
Similar courses conducted in English and French at a West African
institution are urgently needed. Workshops on specific subjects
(e.g. AGRIS Level One input operations, union list compilations)
would also serve as means of continuing education while meeting
specific needs.
Opportunities for practical training in well-organized libraries
The Internationaland documentation centres were also required.
Institute of Tropical Agriculture already assists the Department
of Library Studies, University of Ibadan in providing practical
Similarly, O.M.V.S., theexperience for some of their students.
Inter-African Bureau for Soils, and WARDA are able to offer and
have in the past given non-formal practical training to documenta
lists. It was also agreed that the occasional exchange of staff
was a good idea since it would widen experience and in the case of
Francophone exchanges would also provide opportunitiesAnglophone
for language training.
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AGRIS
Participation of West African countries in AGRIS Level One
was discussed. It was noted that only a few countries (notably
Senegal through O.M.V.S.) were already sending inputs into
AGRIS Level One. Participants were informed of the new AGRIS
Unit in Vienna funded by the IDRC to accept inputs on worksheets
from developing countries. This means that a contributing
institution does not need computer facilities and the staff do
not have to have any computer experience in order to participate
effectively in AGRIS Level One.
It was resolved that institutions designated by their countries
as AGRIS Level One centres should take steps to initiate their
participation using the facilities provided by the AGRIS Unit in
Vienna.
Coverage of non-conventional literature in AGRINDEX was discussed.
Participants noted that the kind of materials generally described
as non-conventional or fugitive literature forms an important and
large proportion of the agricultural literature in West Africa and
throughout Africa; they therefore resolved that the AGRIS Coor
dinating Centre should be urged to ensure the inclusion of non
conventional literature in AGRINDEX.
There was a brief discussion of AGRIS Level Two pilot projects
particularly AGRIS TROPICAL. Participants would like the AGRIS
Coordinating Centre to keep them informed of progress made and
send them reports of the various study groups.
COMMUNICATION
The meeting resolved that a newsletter be started to provide a
medium of communication among agricultural librarians and docu
mentalists in West Africa. The newsletter will highlight activities
of AGLINET and of the West African Association of Agricultural
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It will announce new publica-Librarians and Documentalists.
tions of West African Institutions, duplicates for free
distribution or exchange, lists of publications-required by
individual institutions to fill gaps in their collections,
any translations (French to English or English to French) of
scientific publications, bibliographies compiled, and develop
ments in the field of agricultural librarianship and documenta
tion.
The newsletter will be in mimeograph form and published
quarterly. Initially, items will be in English or French
according to the language in which they are submitted.
Country Centres of AGLINET will compile materials for their
countries and submit them to IITA; specialized Centres will
also submit materials quarterly to the IITA Library and Docu
mentation Center for inclusion in the newsletter. Any institu
tion may also submit materials for the newsletter directly to
IITA.
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APPENDIX I
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
RESOURCE PERSONS
Dr. Dorothy Parker,Hamp shire House, Apt. d 3C/30 Greenridge Avenue, White Plains, New York, N.Y. 10605, U.S.A.
Monsieur PH. Arias, President of IAAID 6, rue du G~n~ral Clergerie PARIS, 66me, FRANCE.
Mr. John L. Hafenrichter, Department of State,Agency for International DevelopmentTechnical Assistance Bureau,Office of Research and Institutional Grants,WASHINGTON, D.C. 20523, U.S.A.
Dr. Dorothy Obi,The Library, University of Nigeria,Enugu Campus, ENUGU, NIGERIA.
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Mr. J. de Chantal,Associate Director for Library Development,I.D.R.C. Regional Office, 66, Bld de la Rdpublique, B.P. 11007, CD ANNEXE, DAKAR, SENEGAL.
Mr. S.M. Lawani,Head, Library and Documentation Services,International Institute of Tropical Agriculture,P.M.B. 5320, IBADAN, NIGERIA.
Mr. E.N.O. Adimorah,International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, P.M.B. 5320, IBADAN, NIGERIA.
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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (Cont.)
Mrs. Elaine Nwajei, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, P.M.B. 5320, iBADAN, NIGERIA.
Mr. Amusi Odi, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, P.M.B. 5320, IBADAN, NIGERIA.
Mademoiselle Marie-Am@lie Danel, International Livestock Centre for Africa, P.O.Box 5689, ADDIS-ABABA, ETHIOPIA.
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Mr. F.R. Ratsirahonana, Documentation Officer, Inter-African Bureau for Soils, P.O.Box 1352, BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.
Mlle Nicole Vial, Head of Documentation and Library, Institut Africain pour le Developpement Economique et Social (INADES), 15 Avenue Jean-Mermoz, B.P. 8008, ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST.
Mrs. Kyra Hoppe, Head of Documentation Division,. West African Rice Development Association, E.J. Roye Memorial Building, P.O.Box 1019, MONROVIA, LIBERIA.
Monsieur J. Akpaki, Centre de Documentation, Commission du Fleuve Niger, B.P. 933, NIAMEY, NIGER.
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REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (Cont.)
Mlle D. Saintville, Centre de Documentation, Commission du Fleuve Niger, B. P. 933, NIAMEY, NIGER.
Monsieur D. Sall, Le Directeur, Centre de Documentation, Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Senegal (O.M.V.S.) B.P. 383, SAINT-LOUIS, SENEGAL.
CAMEROON
Mrs. Martha Elakie, Institute of Perennial Crops, P.M.B. 25, BUEA.
DAHOMEY
Monsieur Flavien Campbell, Chef de la Section de Documentation, Direction de l'Enseignement Agricole, Porto-Novo.
GHANA
Mr. J.A. Villars, Librarian, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, P.O. Box M. 32, Accra.
Mr. E..K. Tetteh, Librarian, Cocoa Research Institute, P.O.Box 8, Tafo.
Mrs. C. Owusu-Ansah, Librarian, Ministry of Agriculture, P.C.Box 299, Accra.
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GHANA (Cont.)
Mr. A.E. Sey, Librarian, Animal Research Institute, P.O.Box 20, Achimota.
Mr. T.K. Glime, Scientific Information Officer, Crops Research Institute, P.O.Box 3785, Kumasi.
Mrs. Margaret Oddoye, Librarian, Food Research Institute, P.O.Box M.20, Accra.
IVORY COAST
Madame Eldin, Bibliothdcaire, Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM), Centre d'Adiopodumg, B.P. 20, Abidjan.
LIBERIA
Dr. C. Wesley Armstrong, Director of Libraries, University of Liberia, Monrovia.
NIGERIA
Mr. A.E. Iwuchukwu, Librarian, Federal Agricultural Research and Training Station, Umudike, P.M.B. 1006, Umuahia.
Mr. B.A. Oni-Orisan, Ag. University Librarian, University of Ife, Ile-Ife.
Mr. R.O. Bello, University of Ife Library, Ile-Ife.
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NIGERIA (Cont.)
Mrs. E.A. Onahanjo, Department of Forest Research, P.M.B. 5054, Ibadan.
Mr. Olu Odumosu, Principal Librarian, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5382, Ibadan.
Mrs. O.A. Adigun, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5382, Ibadan.
Miss P.M.J. Edwardes, Librarian, Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru, P.M.B. 1044, Zaria.
Mrs. Helen Nation, Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru, P.M.B. 1044, Zaria.
Mr. S. Salami, Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru, P.M.B. 1044, Zaria.
Mr. J.O. Adelusi, Librarian, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5244, Ibadan.
Mr. S.A. Winjobi, Agricultural Librarian, Institute of Agricultural Research & Training, University of Ife, Moor Plantation, Ibadan.
Mr. V.N. Ozowa, Librarian, Veterinary Research Station, Vom, Near JOS.
Mr. T.A. Olusanya, Librarian, Federal Department of Fisheries P.M.B. 12529, Lagos.
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Mr. T.A. Adedigba, Senior Librarian, Federal Department of Agricultural Research, P.M.B. 5042, Ibadan.
SENEGAL
Monsieur Ahmadou Diouf, Le Biblioth~caire, Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques, Bambey.
Monsieur Philippe Martin, Laboratoire National de l'Elevage et de Recherches V6t~rinaires, Dakar-Hann, B.P. 2057, Dakar.
SIERRA LEONE
Mr. A.B. Sesay, Librarian, Rice Research Station, Rokupr.
Mr. A.N.T. Deen, The Library, Njala University College, Private Mail Bag, Freetown.
SUDAN
Mr. Sadiq Abdu Mohamed, Librarian, Agricultural Research Corporation, Gezira Agricultural Research Station, P.O.Box No. 126, Wad Medani.
APPENDIX II
LIST OF CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Adedigba Y.A. (NIGERIA) The Federal Department of Agricultural Research Library, Ibadan : a short description. 7p.
Akpaki, A. (NIGER) The documentation and analysis center of the River Niger Commission. 2p.
Arie-s, Ph. (FRANCE) Ameliorations dventuelles de l'organisation de I'I.A.A.L.D. 4p.
Armstrong, C. Wesley (LIBERIA) Agricultural Resources and Library Cooperation in Liberia. 32 p.
Diouf, Ahmadou (SENEGAL) La. documentation agricole au S~n~gal. Un cas : Le service de documentation - Information du C.N.R.A. de Bambey. 24 p.
Eldin, D. (IVORY COAST) La Biblioth~que du Centre ORSTOM d'Adiopodum6. 3p.
Elakie, Martha B. (CAMEROON) Libraries and library cooperation in Cameroon. 3p.
Ergo, A.B. Les analogies ecologiques et la phytotechnie. Application a la documentation en Agriculture Tropicale. lip.
Glime, T.K. (GHANA) Information Services at Crops Research Institute. 7p.
Hafenrichter, John L. (US) What is A.I.D. doing in disseminating research Information ?
Hoppe, Kyra (LIBERIA) WARDA Documentation Center.
Iwuchukwu,A.E. (NIGERIA) F.A.R.T.S. Library Services. 2p.
Mohamed, Sadiq Abdu. (SUDAN) Development of library and documentation services in the Democratic Republic of the Sudan. 4p.
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Cont.)
Oddoye, Margaret. (GHANA) A short paper on the resources of the Food Research Institute Library, Accra, Ghana. 3p.
Odumosu, Olu (NIGERIA) The Library and Documentation Center, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Ibadan. 7p.
Odumosu, Olu (NIGERIA) Moor Plantation : A brief background history of Agriculture in Nigeria. 4p.
Owusu-Ansal C. (GHANA) Ghana : Ministry of Agriculture Reference Library Resources, Information, Documentation and Cooperation. 9p.
Ozowa, V.N. (NIGERIA) Federal Veterinary Research Library, Vom. 2p.
Ratsirahonana, F.R. Inter-African soils bureau "B.I.S." 3p.
Sall, D. (SENEGAL) Le Centre de documentation pour le programme de d~veloppement du bassin du fleuve S6n6gal. 9p.
Sesay, A.B. (SIERRA LEONE) Rice Research Station Library, History, Resources, Facilities and Problems. 3p.
Sey, E.A. (GHANA) Animal Research Institute Library : Resources, Documentation and Information Services and its involvement in Library Cooperation in Ghana. 4p.
Spalding, Louise (GHANA) Centre d'Information sur les fordts et l'environnement zone sah6lienne. 2p.
Tetteh, F.K. (GHANA) The Cocoa Research Institute Library. 4p.
Vial, Nicole (ABIDJAN) INADES - Documentation. 10p.
Villars, J.A. (GHANA) Agricultural information resources in Ghana : some aspects of development and coordination. 18p.
Winjobi, S.A. (NIGERIA) Institute of Agricultural Research and Training Library. 2p.
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IITA, IBADAN, Jan. 20-22, 1975
PAR JEAN DE CHANTAL ET S.M. LAWANI
Preface
L'Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale, I'IIAT, corporation
souveraine ' but non-lucratif, a ete cr6 en 1967 par un d~cret du gouvernement militaire fed~ral du Nigeria. A 1'origine, cet organisme
s'est vu confier le mandat d'amliorer la qualite et la quantit6 de nourriture dans les basses-terres des tropiques. I1 devait aussi organiser des conferences et des s~minaires internationaux dans le but de reunir les travailleurs agricoles et les chercheurs de ladite region pour consultation et 6change d'information.
D'autre part, le Centre de Recherches pour le D6veloppement International, le CRDI, est une corporation publique cree en 1970 par une loi du Parlement canadien pour entreprendre, encourager, soutenir et poursuivre des recherches sur les probl'mes des regions du monde en voie de d6veloppement
et sur les moyens d'application et d'adaptation des connaissances scientifiques, techniques et autres au progres 6conomique et social de ces regions.
En janvier 1975, 1'IIAT et le CRDI ont conjointement organis6, pour une premiere, une table-ronde de biblioth6caires et de documentalistes de l'Afrique de l'Ouest travaillant dans des institutions agricoles. L'IIAT, h~te de la conference, est pour l'Afrique de 1'Ouest le repr6sentant
d'AGLINET, r~seau de bibliotheques agricoles 6tabli par la FAO. Afin d'orienter les travaux futurs vers 1'intensification de la coop6ration a 1'int6rieur de la region, les d6bats ont port6 sur la pertinence d'une affiliation ' d'autres syste'mes d'information agricole tels AGRIS et
CARIS de la FAO. Le pr6sent rapport r6sume ces debats.
Toute demande de photocopies des communications present~es a cette conference devra etre adressee ' I'IIAT. Les opinions exprim~es dans la pr~sente brochure sont celles des auteurs et des participants ' la reunion et ne repr~sentent pas necessairement celles de 1'IIAT et du CRDI.
J. de C.
S.M.L.
INTRODUCTION
Un congres international de bibliothfcaires et de documentalistes spicialists
en agriculture s'est tenu AItnstitut International d'Agriculture Tropicale
(IITA) du 20 au 22 janvier 1975 A Ibadan (Nigeria). L'Institut et le Centre
de Recherches pour le Dgveloppement International (CRDI), organisme financg
par le Gouvernement canadien, ont financg conjointement ce congras.
Les participants venaient de quatorze pays et reprfsentaient trente-deux
organismes africains. (On trouvera leurs noms et adresses A l'annexe I).
M. Philippe Arias, Pr6sident de l'International Association of Agricultural
Librarians and Documentalists (IAALD) dtait l'invitf du congras, et y
participait en tant que spfcialiste, en sa qualitg de President de
l'Association des Biblioth6caires et Documentalistes Agricoles, en raison
aussi de sa collaboration A la crgation et au d~veloppement de I'AGRIS et
de I'AGLINET.
L'objet principal de la r~union 6tait de stimuler la collaboration entre
bibliotheques et centres de documentation specialisgs en agriculture en
Afrique Occidentale en particulier et dans l'Afrique toute entiare. II
ftait question d'inaugurer un r6seau coopgratif de bibliothiques agricoles
(AGLINET) qui permettrait un 6change rapide et continu d'informations
sur la recherche et le d~veloppement agricoles et de trouver le moyen
d'6tablir une communication pour le moment inexistante entre francophones
et anglophones parmi les biblioth~caires, documentalistes et scientifiques
du domaine de l'agriculture.
MH. H.R. Albrecht, directeur g6neral de I'IITA et Jean de Chantal, du
bureau regional du CRDI A Dakar, proc~d~rent A l'ouverture officielle du
congr~s. Le debut de la c~r~monie d'ouverture a dt6 t~l~visfe tandis que
la radio et les journaux consacraient de nombreux reportages aux debats.
Dans toutes lee sessions, les exposes ont ftf pr~sent~s selon un schema
accepts d'avance et deux heures seulement ont et6 consacrges aux r~sum~s
des communications prfsentees par lee participants. (Une liste de ces
W assurgedocuments apparatt A l'annexe II). La traduction simultange a
au cours de toutes les sessions.
On trouvera ici un r~sumf des sujets discut~s, des decisions importantes
prises et des resolutions adoptees.
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AGLINET
Les participants ont bien accueilli le principe de base de l'AGLINET et ont exprim6 leur d~sir et leur volont6 de collaborer au r~seau propose. lls ont exprimi 'IITA leur satisfaction de le voir prendre en mains les destin~es
du Centre Regional pour l'Afrique Occidentale. L'importance d'AGLINET 6tait
constamment soulign~e : "A quoi peut servir I'AGRIS sans I'AGLINET ?" entendait-on souvent r6p~ter. Ainsi s'exprimait l'opinion suivant laquelle
une bibliographie courante (telle qu'AGRINDEX) ne peut qu'engendrer un sentiment de frustration dans bien des cas s'il n'existe pas un systame tel qu'AGLINET pour assurer que les publications peuvent etre r~ellement obtenues.
La conference a discut6 et accepte un module AGLINET pour l'Afrique Occidentale. On en trouvera ci-dessous une representation sch6matique:
I- [ IITA Centres Rggionaux
L.... - -Centres nationaux et
Centres spgcialis~s choisis
+ Bibliothbques et Centresn Lde documentation
Th~oriquement on peut diff~rencier les biblioth6ques des centres de documentation mais, dans la pratique, il n'est pas utile de faire une telle distinction surtout lorsque les centres en question poss~dent d'importantes collec
tions de livres et de revues. Telles 6taient sur ce sujet les vues communes des participants. Le r~seau AGLINET pour l'Afrique Occidentale comprendra pour cette raison des biblioth~ques aussi bien que des centres de documentation.
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Le Centre national, appelg A jouer un r~le de coordonnateur, sera une importante biblioth~que ou un centre de documentation du pays. II a ats dfcid6 qu'en raison des collections sp~cialisees que possident les bibliothaques et les centres de documentation des organisations r~gionales et internationales d'Afrique Occidentale, ces derniers jouiraient d'un statut special au sein du r~seau AGLINET, au niveau des centres nationaux, conme il appara-t dans le schema ci-dessus.
Les centres spicialists qui ont ftg d~signis sont les suivants : l'Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Sdngal (OMVS) de Saint-Louis, S~nfgal, le Bureau Interafricain des Sols (BIS) de Bangui, R~publique Centrafricaine, la Commission du Fleuve Niger (CFN) de Niamey, Niger, l'Association pour le D~veloppement de la Riziculture en Afrique de l'Ouest (ADRAO) de Monrovia, Liberia et le Cenzre International pour l'Elevage en Afrique (CIPEA) d'Addis Ab~ba, Ethiopie. Tous ont accept6 leur designation, mais les repr~sentants du BIS, de la CFN et de 1'ADRAO devront prendre l'avis de leurs sup~rieurs higrarchiques avant de pouvoir confirmer leur acceptation.
Voici la liste des Centres nationaux d~sign~s :
Cameroun : Institute of Perennial Crops, Buea Dahomey : Universit6 du Dahomey, Directeur de l'Enseignement
Agricole, Section de Documentation, Porto-Novo Ghana : Conseil de la Recherche Scientifique et Industrielle
Accra :ote d'Ivoire: Ministire de la Recherche Scientifique, Abidjan ou
ORSTOM Liberia : University of Liberia Libraries, Monrovia Niger : (Un organisme sera d~signg ultdrieurement ; la
Commission du Niger a Niamey fonctionne comme centre specialisf et non comme centre national)
Niggria : Le Conseil de recherche agricole du Nigeria, A Ibadan S~n~gal : OMVS, Saint-Louis (fonctionnera A deux titres : celui
de centre national et celui de centre sp~cialis6 en attendant que s'organise un centre national de documentation scientifique A Dakar)
Sierra Lgone : Njala University College, P.M.B., Freetown.
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ASSOCIATION POUR L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE DES BILIOTHECAIRES ET DOCUMENTALISTES SPECIALISES EN AGRICULTURE
Le congras d~cida la creation d'une Association pour l'Afrique Occidentale
des bibliothAcaires et Documentalistes sp~cialis~s en Agriculture (West
African Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists) qui
sera affilife aI 'International Association of Agricultural Librarians
and Documentalists. Les objectifs de l'Association seront :
I.D'amfliorer les services de biblioth~que et de documentation
dans le domaine de l'agriculture et des sciences apparent~es.
2. D'aider les bibliothfcaires et documentalistes A acqudrir
plus de competence professionnelle.
3. De servir de liaison entre les biblioth6caires et documentalistes
d'Afrique Occidentale et ceux des autres pays et des organismes
internationaux.
4. De promouvoir l'change d'informations et de r~sultats
d'expgriences par le canal de colloques et de publications
techniques.
5. De promouvoir la coopiration et la collaboration entre les
bibliothaques et les centres de documentation et de rem~dier
A l'bsence de communication entre organismes anglophones et
francophones.
Le congres proc~da fgalement A l'6lection d'un Comitg de Direction provisoire
charg& d'6laborer une constitution et des riglements pour l'Association et de
preparer ses programmes. Le Comit6 comprend un president, deux vice-presidents
et quatre membres qui sont les suivants
: M. S.M. Lawani (Nigeria)President
Vice-President : M. 0. Odumosu (Nigeria)
Vice-Pr~sident : M. D. Sall (Sinegal)
Mme Eldin (ou M. Anibie) (C^te d'Ivoire)Membres :
M. J.A. Villars (Ghana)
M. F. Campbell (Dahomey)
M. A.N.T. Deen (Sierra Leone)
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En l'absence de M. Anibie, du Ministare de la Recherche Scientifique a
Abidjan, Mme Eldin itait d'avis que ce dernier dtait la personne toute
dfsignge pour oeuvrer au sein du Comit6.
Le President du Comit6 de Direction provisoire fut chargg de recueillir
des fonds pour permettre au Comitf de se r~unir sans trop tarder.
CATALOGUES COLLECTIES ET PUBLICATIONS
Les participants ont soulign6 l'importance qu'aurait, du point de vue de
la collaboration A une bibliographie commune, l'existence de catalogues
collectifs. Ils ont 6tf unanimes a d~clarer que l'efficaciti de l'AGLINET,
et partant son succes, dependraient en grande partie de la possibilit6 de
se procurer un catalogue collectif des periodiques scientifiques et
techniques d~tenus par les biblioth4ques et centres de documentation en
Afrique Occidentale.
II a donc 6t6 r~solu par les participants que ladite liste serait
l'oeuvre de l'Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale. Comme, de
l'avis genral, un tel travail sera couteux, il a 6t6 demande a l'IITA,
l'organisme priciti, de solliciter d'urgence l'aide du OCRDI, pour le
compte de l'Association pour l'Afrique Occidentale des Bibliothacaires et
Documentalistes spicialists en Agriculture. Les centres nationaux qui
font partie de l'AGLINET ont 6t6 prigs de coordonner la compilation de
listes pour les organismes de leur propre pays. M. de Chantal, le
repr~sentant du CRDI, a proposi son aide a cet effet, s'il ftait fait
appel a lui.
Selon les participants, le besoin d'un service de publications sur le
module de l'East African Literature Service se ferait grandement sentir.
Ii s'agit de copier les tables de matiares des pfriodiques regus dans
une grande bibliothaque (adeterminer), de les distribuer aux usagers et
d'envoyer gracieusement a ces derniers copie des articles qu'ils auront
indiquds entre temps. On pressa l'IITA d'assurer ce genre de service au
benffice des agriculteurs de mftier en Afrique Occidentale. L'IITA
repliqua qu'elle avait dejl en commande 6normfment de travaux A exkcuter
au moyen de son photocopieur Xerox et qu'un service de cet ordre nfcessi
terait l'eploi d'un photocopieur suppl6mentaire de la minme marque.
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De plus les frais d'envoi postal des tables des matiares et des articles
pourraient atteindre un montant assez ilevd, de sorte que l'IITA
l'assurerait dansr~serverait ce service A qui en ferait la demande et
la limite des fonds et du materiel disponibles.
FORMATION
On a parl6 au congrgs de formation, et de formation A deux niveaux,
theorique et pratique. II convient de donner A des 6tudiants d~j!
bacheliers la possibilitg de recevoir une formation thgorique afin
que la region possade davantage de personnes capables de jouer un
r le de direction. Les participants fvoquarent la formation de courte
en agriculduroe en bibliothfconomie et en documentation sp~cialis~es
ture qui est dibpens~e par l'Institut Inter-Am~ricain des Sciences
genre deAgricoles (IICA) a Turrialba (Costa Rica), ajoutant que ce
formation serait extr-mement utile en Afrique Occidentale. Malheureu
sement les 6tudiants d'Afrique Occidentale ne peuvent b~n~ficier de
nece programme parce que la formation y est dispensge en espagnol et
tient compte que des r~alitis sud-am~ricaines. Il est donc urgent de
donner des cours semblables en anglais et en frangais dans un 6tablisse
ment d'Afrique Occidentale. Il serait bon 6galevent de tenir des ateliers
sur des sujets particuliers, comme l'entr~e des informations A I'AGRIS,
niveau I, ou fa compilation des catalogues collectifs. Tout en r~pondant
A des besoins sp~cifiques, ces ateliers dispenseraient en fait une sorte
d'ducation permanente.
Pour en venir maintenant A la formation pratique dans des bibliothaques
enet des centres de documentation bien organisgs, les participants
dipartement de biblioreconnurent la nfcessitf. D6jA l'IITA assiste le
thiconomie de l'Universitg d'Ibadan dans la formation pratique qu'elle
donne A quelques-uns de ses 6tudiants. I'OMVS, le BIS, de m-me que
. meme de donner une formation pratique A des documentalistes,I'ADRAO sont
ils l'ont fait dans le pass6. Enfin l'id~e de procider A des ichangescomme
de personnel a 6t6 jugge bonne car elle permettrait une experience accrue
le cas d'6changes entre anglophones etchez les int~ress~s, et, dans
francophones, leur permettrait d'apprendre l'autre langue.
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L'AGRIS
On a parlf au congras de la participation des pays d'Afrique Occidentale
A AGRIS, niveau I. A l'heure actuelle peu de pays alimentent AGRIS A ce
niveau (le Sfnggal le fait par l'intermidiaire de l'OMVS). Les parti
cipants ont appris itexistence d'un nouveau bureau de l'AGRIS A Vienne,
que le CRDI a financi pour qu'il puisse recevoir les entrees sur feuilles
de travail que lui envoient lea pays en voie de dfveloppement. Ceci montre
qu'un organisme participant n'a pas besoin, pour apporter sa contribution,
d'etre dote d'un ordinateur et que le personnel, pour participer effecti
vement aux opfrations d'AGRIS niveau I n'a besoin d'aucune expdrience
pr~alable dans le domaine des ordinateurs.
Il a ftf resolu que lea organismes d6signds par leurs pays respectifs
comme centres de l'AGRIS, niveau I, devraient commencer A y participer
en se servant des facilit~s fournies par le bureau de l'AGRIS A Vienne.
Comment AGRINDEX devrait-il traiter les articles autres que lea sujets
classiques ? Les participants ont note que le genre d'articles d~sign~s
g~ndralement comme non classiques ou qui n'ont qu'un int~r-t transitoire
forment une grande, une importante proportion de ce qui s'dcrit dana le
domaine agricole en Afrique Occidentale et meme partout en Afrique. Ils
ont en consequence r~solu que le Centre coordinateur de l'AGRIS devrait
etre invite avec insistance A inclure dans AGRINDEX les articles et
publications "non classiques".
Les participants entendirent un court expose des projets pilote d'AGRIS
niveau II,particuliarement d'AGRIS TROPICAL. Ils aimeraient etre
informfs, par le canal du centre coordinateur de l'AGRIS, de l'fvolution
de la situation et ils aimeraient recevoir lea rapports des divers
groupes d'itude.
COMMUNICATION
communication entre lea bibliothfcaires etEn vue d'Stablir un lien de
documentalistes d'Afrique Occidentale specialists en Agriculture, le
congras a recommand6 la publication d'une circulaire d'information. Cette
circulaire soulignera les activites de l'AGLINET et de l'Association
formie par les biblioth~caires et documentalistes ci-dessus.
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Elle annoncera les nouvelles publications des organismes d'Afrique
Occidentale, les reproductions pour distribution gratuite ou 6change,
la liste des publications dont ont besoin certains organismes pour
combler les lacunes de leurs collections, les traductions fventuelles
(frangais-anglais ou anglais-frangais) de publications scientifiques,
les bibliographies compildes et les ricents diveloppements dans le
domaine de la biblioth6conomie et de la documentation spfcialisdes
en agriculture. Cette circulaire trimestrielle sera tap6e au stencil.
Au depart les articles seront en anglais ou en frangais, selon la langue utilis~e par leurs auteurs. Les centres nationaux AGLINET recueil
leront les mat~riaux pour leurs pays respectifs et les soumettront A
lIITA. Les centres specialists feront de mime, A une cadence trimes
trielle et soumettront leurs mat~riatx A la Bibliothique de l'IITA et
au centre de documentation pour insertion dans la circulaire. Tout
organisme peut communiquer directement A l'IITA ses 6lments d'information
pour publication dans la circulaire.
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ANNEXE I
LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS
SPECIALISTES A LA DISPOSITION DU CONGRES
Dr. Dorothy Parker, Hampshire House, Apt. 0 3C, 30 Greenridge Avenue, White Plains, New York, N.Y. 10605, U.S.A.
M. Philippe Ari~s, Prisident de 'IAALD 6, rue du GCn~ral Clergerie PARIS, 66me, FRANCE.
Mr. John L. Hafenrichter, Department of State, Agency for International Development Technical Assistance Bureau, Office of Research and Institutional Grants, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20523, U.S.A.
Dr. Dorothy Obi, The Library, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus,
ENUGU, NIGERIA.
ORGANISMES INTERNATIONAUX
M. Jean de Chantal, Directeur Associg pour le Dfveloppement des Bibliothaques, Bureau Rggional du CRDI, 66, Boulevard de la Rpublique, B. P. 11007, CD ANNEXE, DAKAR, SENEGAL.
M. S.M. Lawani Chef, Services de Biblioth~ques et de Documentation, Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale/ P.M.B. 5320,
IBADAN, NIGERIA.
Mr. E.N.O. Adimorah, Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale,
P.M.B. 5320, IBADAN, NIGERIA.
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ORGANISMES INTERNATIONAUX (suite)
Mrs. Elaine Nwajei, Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale,
P.H.B. 5320, IBADAN, NIGERIA.
Mr. Amusi Odi, Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale,
P.M.B. 5320, IBADAN, NIGERIA.
Mile Marie-Amlie Danel,
Centre International pour l'Elevage en Afrique,
BoTte Postale 5689,
ADDIS-ABEBA, ETHIOPIE.
ORGANISMES REGIONAUX
Mr. F.R. Ratsirahonana, Documentalis te Bureau Interafricain des Sols,
Bolte Postale 1352, BANGUI, REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE.
Mile Nicole Vial,
Chef de la Documentation et de la Bibliothaque, Institut Africain pour le D6veloppement Economique et Social (INADES) 15, Avenue Jean-Mermoz, BoTte Postale 8008, ABIDJAN, COTE DIVOIRE.
Mrs. Kyra Hoppe, Chef du Service de Documentation, Association pour le Developpement de la Riziculture
en Afrique de l'Ouest, Botte Postale 1019, MONROVIA, LIBERIA.
M. Jean Akpaki, Documentaliste, Centre de Documentation, Commission du Fleuve Niger, B. P. 933, NIAMEY, NIGER.
ORGANISMES REGIONAUX (suite)
Mlle Dominique Saintville, Documentaliste, Centre de Documentation, Commission du Fleuve Niger, B.P. 933, NIAMEY, NIGER.
M. D. Sall, Directeur du Centre de Documentation, Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve S~n~gal (OMVS), B. P. 383, SAINT-LOUIS, SENEGAL.
CAMEROUN
Mme Martha Elakie, Institute of Perennial Crops, P.M.B. 25, BUEA.
DAHOMEY
M. Flavien Campbell, Chef de la Section de Documentation, Direction de l'Enseignement Agricole, PORTO NOVO
GHANA
M. J.A. Villars, Bibliothfcaire, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, P.O.Box M.32, ACCRA.
M. E.K. Tetteh, Biblioth~caire, Cocoa Research Institute, P.O.Box 8, TAFO.
Mine C. Owusu-Ansah, Bibliothfcaire, Ministry of Agriculture, P.O.Box 299, ACCRA.
M. A.E. Say, Bibliothfcalre, Animal Research Institute, P.O.Box 20, ACHIMOTA.
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GHANA (suite)
M. T.K. Glime, Scientific Information Officer, Crops Research Institute, P.O.Box 3785, KUMASI.
Mme Margaret Oddoye, Bibliothfcaire, Food Research Institute, P.O.Box M.20, ACCRA.
COTE D'IVOIRE
Mine Eldin, Biblioth~caire, Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer (ORSTOM) Centre d'Adiopodoumg, B. P. 20, ABIDJAN.
LIBERIA
Dr. C. Wesley Armstrong, Bibliothdcaire, University of Liberia, MONROVIA.
NIGERIA
M. A.E. Iwuchukwu, Biblioth6caire, Federal Agricultural Research and Training Station, UMUDIKE, P.M.B. 1006, UMUAHIA.
M. B.A. Oni-Orisan, Biblinthfcaire a.i., University of Ife, ILE-IFE.
M. R.O. Bello, University of Ife Library, ILE-IFE.
Mine E.A. Onahanjo, Department of Forest Research, P.M.B. 5054, IBADAN.
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NIGERIA (suite)
M. Olu Odumosu, Bibliothicaire, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5382, IBADAN.
Mme O.A. Adigun, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5382, IBADAN.
Mile P.M.J. Edwardes, Bibliothfcaire, Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru, P.M.B. 1044, ZARIA.
Mme Helen Nation, Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru, P°M.B. 1044, ZARIA.
M. S. Salami, Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru, P.M.B. 1044, ZARIA.
M. J.O. Adelusi, Biblioth6caire, Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5244, IBADAN.
M. S.A. Winjobi, Bibliothfcaire agricole, Institute of Agricultural Research & Training, University of Ife, Moor Plantation, IBADAN.
M. V.N. Ozowa, Biblioth~caire, Veterinary Research Station, VOM, Near JOS.
M. T.A. Adedigba, Biblioth~caire, Federal Department of Agricultural Research,
P.M.B. 5042, IBADAN.
M. T.A. Olusanya, Biblioth~caire, Federal Department of Fisheries, P.M.B. 12529, LAGOS.
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SENEGAL
M. Ahamdou Diouf, Biblioth~caire, Centre National de Recherches Agronomiques, RAMBEY.
M. Philippe Martin, Laboratoire National d'Elevage et de Recherches Vgtdrinaires, Dakar-Hann, B. P. 2057, DAKAR.
SIERRA LEONE
M. A.B. Sesay, Biblioth~caire, Rice Research Station, ROKUPR.
M. A.N.T. Deen, Biblioth~que Njala University College, Private Mail Bag, FREETOWN.
SOUDAN
M. Sadiq Abdu Mohamed, Biblioth~caite Agricultural Research Corporation, Gezira Agricultural Research Station, P.O.Box No. 126 WAD MEDANI.
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ANNEXE II
LISTE DES COMMUNICATIONS PRESENTEES
Adediga, Y.A. (NIGERIA) The Federal Department of Agricultural Research Library, Ibadan : a short description. 7p.
Akpaki, A. (NIGER) The documentation and analysis center of the River Niger Commission. 2p.
Arias, Ph. (FRANCE) Amiliorations 6ventuelles de l'organisation de 1'IAALD. 4p.
Armstrong, C. Wesley (LIBERIA) Agricultural Resources and Library Cooperation in Liberia. 32p.
Diouf, Ahmadou (SENEGAL) La documentation agricole au S~n~gal. Un cas Le service de documentation - Information du C.N.R.A. de Bambey. 24p.
Eldin, P. (COTE D'IVOIRE)
La bibliothaque du Centre ORSTOM d'Adiopodoumg. 3p.
Elakie, Martha B. (CAMEROON) Libraries and library cooperation in Cameroon. 3p.
Ergo, A.B. Les analogies 6cologiques et la phytotechnie. Application A la documentation en Agriculture Tropicale. lip.
Glime, T.K. (GHANA) Information Services at Crops Research Institute. 7p.
Hafenrichter, John L. (U.S.) What is A.I.D. doing in disseminating research information ?
Hoppe, Kyra (LIBERIA) WARDA Documentation Center.
Iwuchukwu, A.E. (NIGERIA) F.A.R.T.S. Library Services. 2p.
Mohamed, Sadiq Abdu (SUDAN) Development of library and documentation services in the Democratic Republic of the Sudan. 4p.
Oddoye, Margaret, (GHANA) A short paper on the resources of the Food Research Institute Library, Accra, Ghana. 3p.
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LISTE DES COMMUNICATIONS PRESENTEES (suite)
Odumosu, Olu (NIGERIA) The Library and Documentation Center, Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Ibadan. 7p.
Odomosu, Olu (NIGERIA) Moor Plantation : A brief background history of Agriculture in Nigeria. 4p.
Owusu-Ansah, C. (GHANA) Ghana : Ministry of Agriculture Reference Library Resources, Information, Documentation and Cooperation. 9p.
Ozowa, V.N. (NIGERIA) Federal Veterinary Research Library, Vom. 2p.
Ratsirahonana, F.R. Inter-African Soils Bureau "B.I.S." 3p.
Sall, D. (SENEGAL) Le Centre de documentation pour le programme de d~veloppement du bassin du fleuve Sinigal. 9p.
Sesay, A.B. (SIERRA LEONE) Rice Research Station Library, History, Resources, Facilities and Problems. 3p.
Sey, E.A. (GHANA) Animal Research Institute Library : Resources, Documentation and Information Services and its involvement in Library Cooperation in Ghana. 4p.
Spalding, Louise (NIGER) Centre d'Information sur les forets et l'Environnement, zoxIe sahilienne. 2p.
Tetteh, E.K. (GHANA) The Cocoa Research Institute Library. 4p.
Vial, Wicole (ABIDJAN) INADES - Documentation. 1Op.
Villars, J.A. (GHANA) Agricultural information resources in Ghana : some aspects of development and coordination. 18p.
Winjobi, S.A. (NIGERIA) Institute of Agricultural Research and Training Library. 2p.
