History and Achievements

Memorandum of Agreement between USAIN and AgNIC

Signed a Partnership Agreement with the Riley Memorial Foundation to facilitate and enhance organizational cooperation by establishing formal affiliation between the Foundation and USAIN.

Participated on the National Agricultural Library's Director Interview Panel

Member survey (pdf file 22KB - download Acobat Reader)

Memorandums of Agreement drafted and presented to the Agricultural Information Association for Australasia (AGRIAA) and to the Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC).

Service to the Profession Award established.

Results of AGRICOLA survey published.

AgNIC Interest Group formed.

Bylaws and Rules and Procedures documents drafted.

First Action Plan developed based on member survey.

USAIN/NEH Preservation Project first funded [followed by funding for Phase Two (1996), Phase Three (1998) and Phase Four (2000)].

Helped fund the fifth U.S./Central and Eastern European Agricultural Roundtable.

"A National Preservation Program for Agricultural Literature" was written by Nancy Gwinn with assistance from the Advisory Panel on Preservation, U.S. Agricultural Information Network.

Social Issues Interest Group formed

USAIN-L was established as the listserv for the organization.

Testimony before a U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee that led to the successful preservation of funding for the National Agricultural Library.

Advisory role in the National Agricultural Text Digitizing Project.

Conference scholarship established for new librarians in the field of agriculture .

USAIN sponsored the "Preconference on National Preservation Planning" USAIN membership accepted the proposal from this conference to develop a "National Preservation Plan for the Historical Literature of Agriculture."

Norma Kobzina, University of California, Berkeley, President

Sharon Fujitani, California Polytechnic State University, Secretary/Treasurer

Heather K. Moberley, Oklahoma State University, President

Eileen Herring, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Secretary/Treasurer

Lutishoor Salisbury, University of Arkansas, President

Eileen Herring, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Secretary/Treasurer

Pat Wilson, University of Kentucky, President

Eileem Herring, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Secretary/Treasurer

Jodee Kawasaki, Montana State University, President

Eileen Herring, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Secretary/Treasurer

Dana Boden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, President

Norma Kobzina, University of California, Berkeley, Secretary/Treasurer

Amy Paster, Pennsylvania State University, President

Norma Kobzina, University of California, Berkeley, Secretary/Treasurer

Diana Farmer, Kansas State University, President

Norma Kobzina, UC Berkeley, Secretary/Treasurer

Barbara Hutchinson, University of Arizona, President

Amy Paster, Pennsylvania State University, Secretary/Treasurer

Rita Fisher, Washington State University, President

Amy Paster, Pennsylvania State University, Secretary/Treasurer

Antoinette Powell, University of Kentucky, President

Amy Blair, Michigan State University, Secretary/Treasurer

Cynthia Via, President

Beverlee French, University of California-Berkeley, Secretary/Treasurer

Martha Alexander, University of Missouri-Columbia, President

Beverlee French, University of California-Berkeley, Secretary/Treasurer

Richard Rohrer, University of Minnesota, President

Doug Jones, University of Arizona, Secretary/Treasurer

Julia Peterson, Cargill (Minnesota), President;

Doug Jones, University of Arizona, Secretary/Treasurer

John Beecher, North Dakota State University, President

Carol Boast, University of Illinois, Secretary

Melvin George, Oregon State University, Treasurer