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Action Plan

A tentative Action Plan was developed by the USAIN Executive Council in the winter of 2000. This plan will be revised following a survey of the membership. Using the previous 1997-1998 Action Plan, the following goals, objectives, and actions were outlined.

 

Mission

The mission of USAIN is to provide a forum for discussion of agricultural issues; to take a leadership role in the formation of a national information policy as related to agriculture; to support the National Agricultural Library (NAL) on agricultural information matters; to promote cooperation and communication among its members, and with other organizations and individuals.

 

Goals

  1. Strengthen membership and increase participation in USAIN by members and other agricultural information professionals.
  2. Advocate for public policy, legislation and institutional change that enhance the values and contributions of the agricultural research and information communities.
  3. Provide educational and professional development opportunities for agricultural information specialists.

Procedure

  1. Action plans will have a designation of responsibility and a timeline assigned by the Executive Council.
  2. An annual report of progress toward completion of Action Plans will be prepared by those designated responsible and submitted to the Executive Council.
  3. An annual summary of accomplishments will be compiled by the Executive Council with input (statistical if appropriate) from the annual reports and from participant surveys.
  4. The Executive Council will also review and revise the Action Plan every two years. Comments and suggestions will be solicited from the membership at the biennial conference, and through USAIN-L and/or mail surveys.