IFLA Agricultural Libraries Section - Approved by the Governing Board

The IFLA Governing Board met at Hague, The Netherlands on the 8 -10th of December 2014 approved Agricultural Libraries Section. Previously, this has been for more than 10 years Agricultural Libraries : Special Interest Group, sponsored by the Science and Technologies Libraries.

Scope of the Special Interest Group was

Agriculture is an important activity all over the world. Farmers, ranchers, agricultural managers, and policy makers need to keep abreast of continuing advances in agricultural methods both in developed and developing countries. The IFLA Agricultural Libraries Discussion Group is aimed at promotion, development and support of library and information services for the benefit of the agricultural sector.

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