Abstract
AgEcon Search, http://agecon.lib.umn.edu, is an important and ground-breaking example of an alternative method of delivering current research results to many potential users. AgEcon Search, through a distributed model, collects and disseminates the grey literature of the fields of agricultural and resource economics. The development of this widely-used Web resource was possible through the cooperation between academic institutions, academic libraries, professional associations, and government agencies. This article will provide examples of other collaborative efforts, outline the development of AgEcon Search and its proposed growth into AgEcon Search International, and discuss the prototype it provides for other disciplines..
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 157-166 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Resource Sharing and Information Networks |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:AgEcon Search is currently housed at the University of Minnesota, jointly sponsored by the Department of Applied Economics and the University Libraries. Over 80 academic institutions, associations, and government agencies contribute documents. The database currently holds over 14,000 items with over 600,000 paper downloads in the past 3 years.
Funding Information:
Other early collaborators included the Farm Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service both of whom provided start-up funding for the project, viewing the service as a rich resource for their various audiences.
Funding Information:
This expansion was made possible by another set of collaborators–the regional agricultural economics associations, which publish the journals, and the AAEA Foundation, which financially supported the regional associations in their efforts to digitize their journals.
Keywords
- AgEcon Search
- Agricultural economics
- Digital repositories
- Economics
- Grey literature