[Original posting on this topic follows the responses.]
(1) From: "Debus-Lopez, Karl" <KDebus-Lopez_at_nal.usda.gov>
The Yearbook of Agriculture was officially retired with the 1993
edition. Per the then Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Espy, from the
foreword of the book: “As an institution, the agriculture yearbooks of the
past century have served their original purpose. Yearbooks have
disseminated information about agriculture (in the most comprehensive sense
of the word) to the people of the United States, with a special focus on
farmers. Now, a single volume is no longer adequate to meet the original
mission of the Yearbook of Agriculture. Nor it is a cost-effective means
of disseminating information in our fast-changing, multimedia world. We
agreed with the U.S. Congress that the time had come to retire the Yearbook
of Agriculture series.”
There is no version of this publication under a different title published
by USDA.
Karl E. Debus-López, MLS, MRP
Head, Acquisitions and Serials Branch
and Chief Collection Development Officer
National Agricultural Library
Agricultural Research Service
United States Department of Agriculture
10301 Baltimore Avenue, Room 002
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
e-mail: KDebus-Lopez_at_nal.usda.gov
phone: (301) 504-7230
FAX: (301) 504-5243
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(2) From: "Wolff, Cindi J. (HSC)" <Cindi-Wolff_at_ouhsc.edu>
The Yearbook of Agriculture stopped publication in 1993.
Is there another version out there? Depends on what you are looking for. If
you are looking from USDA -- any format?
A good place to look in multiple format is the US Govt Printing Office’s
Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP)
<http://catalog.gpo.gov/F>http://catalog.gpo.gov/F
If you need suggestions – I would also contact your nearest regional
Federal Depository Library – Texas Tech.
See:
<http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html>http://www.gpoaccess.gov/libraries.html
If you are looking for a privately produced source – I’m not familiar with
one that works with those highly collectible Yearbooks!
Sign me,
An ol’ docwonk currently:
cindi wolff
Head, Serial Services
Robert M. Bird Health Sciences Library
PO Box 26901
Oklahoma City, OK 73190-3046
(405)271-2285 x48746
(405)271-3297 [fax]
<mailto:cwolff_at_ouhsc.edu>cwolff_at_ouhsc.edu
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From: Elizabeth Barksdale <ebarksdale_at_wtc.edu>
The Yearbook of Agriculture published by the Department of Agriculture was
discontinued some years ago as far as I can tell. Does anyone know if
there’s a version of this publication under a different title out there
anywhere?
Thanks!
Liz Barksdale
Director of Library and Media Services
Western Texas College
Office: 2-107
325.573.8511 x 240
ebarksdale_at_wtc.edu
Received on Fri Mar 02 2007 - 04:13:02 EST