| Abstract: | ABSTRACT Formed in the former USSR, the system of scientific and technical information on agriculture and adjacent branches ceased to fulfil the tasks that had been set to it. Belarus Agricultural Library (BelAL) started the realization of the project of the existing system reformation. As a result of BelAL efforts nearly 80% of agricultural libraries are automated; Belarusian users got access to the international AGRIS, AGRICOLA, AGROS, CAB Abstracts, CARIS, FAOSTAT and other databases. BelAL users got the opportunity to order any document from any country of the world by international interlibrary loan within the frames of AGLINET. Belarusian information was included into international information systems AGRIS, AGRICOLA, AGROS, CABI and others. BelAL electronic catalogue and reference information presenting data on agricultural management, science, education and non-governmental organizations became accessible via the Internet. In spite of economic crisis, the process of reformation of the scientific and technical system of Belarusian agriculture still continues. |
