UK Libraries Garners National Funding
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 1, 2006) − The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the University
of Kentucky Libraries' Agricultural Information Center (AIC) approximately $40,000 to
identify and evaluate published material on historical agricultural and rural life topics for
the Commonwealth. The NEH funding is part of a long-term project known as the National Preservation Program for
Agricultural Literature (NPPAL).
Over the next 18 months, AIC will develop a comprehensive ranked bibliography of published materials relevant to the study of agriculture and rural life in Kentucky for the period 1820 to 1945. The bibliography is the first of two phases to preserve this literature that will become The Kentucky Chapter for NPPAL.
AIC is well-suited to take on the NPPAL project for the Commonwealth, as UK Libraries maintains extensive collections of monographs, serials and dissertations focused on various aspects of agriculture, forestry, human environmental science and land sciences. Another unique strength of the UK Libraries’ collections is its holdings in equine and tobacco industries literature. These industries hold special importance in the Commonwealth’s history and heritage due to their economic power and cultural influence.
To meet the all-encompassing nature of the preservation effort, UK will also work with other Kentucky libraries and organizations, including the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University and the UK College of Agriculture. UK staff members will also create a database and promotional materials for the valued resources.
The National Preservation Program for Agricultural Literature (NPPAL) is funded by the NEH and directed by Cornell University's Albert R. Mann Library. The United States Agricultural Information Network and the National Agriculture Library developed the program in 1993. Since its inception, 29 states have become involved in the effort to identify and preserve delicate state agricultural publications. To date, nationwide, a total of 22,417 monographic and serial titles in 37,289 volumes, published between 1820 and 1945, have been preserved.
Jo Staggs-Neel, an agriculture librarian at AIC, will coordinate UK's efforts in this preservation effort. Other UK staff participating in this project are Valerie Perry, head of AIC, and Becky Ryder, head of UK Libraries' Preservation Reformatting Center.
The scholarly review panel includes experts in human environmental science, rural sociology, agricultural history, animal science, agronomy and veterinary medicine. The following UK faculty are serving on the panel: Suzanne Badenhop, extension faculty in Family and Consumer Sciences Extension; C. Milton Coughenour, emeritus professor of sociology; Mary Wilma Hargreaves, emeritus professor of history; Virgil Hays, emeritus professor of animal sciences; James Rooney, emeritus professor of veterinary sciences; and Norman L. Taylor, emeritus professor of plant and soil science.
For more information on UK Libraries’ efforts as part of NPPAL, contact Jo Staggs-Neel or Valerie Perry at (859) 257-2758.
Over the next 18 months, AIC will develop a comprehensive ranked bibliography of published materials relevant to the study of agriculture and rural life in Kentucky for the period 1820 to 1945. The bibliography is the first of two phases to preserve this literature that will become The Kentucky Chapter for NPPAL.
AIC is well-suited to take on the NPPAL project for the Commonwealth, as UK Libraries maintains extensive collections of monographs, serials and dissertations focused on various aspects of agriculture, forestry, human environmental science and land sciences. Another unique strength of the UK Libraries’ collections is its holdings in equine and tobacco industries literature. These industries hold special importance in the Commonwealth’s history and heritage due to their economic power and cultural influence.
To meet the all-encompassing nature of the preservation effort, UK will also work with other Kentucky libraries and organizations, including the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University and the UK College of Agriculture. UK staff members will also create a database and promotional materials for the valued resources.
The National Preservation Program for Agricultural Literature (NPPAL) is funded by the NEH and directed by Cornell University's Albert R. Mann Library. The United States Agricultural Information Network and the National Agriculture Library developed the program in 1993. Since its inception, 29 states have become involved in the effort to identify and preserve delicate state agricultural publications. To date, nationwide, a total of 22,417 monographic and serial titles in 37,289 volumes, published between 1820 and 1945, have been preserved.
Jo Staggs-Neel, an agriculture librarian at AIC, will coordinate UK's efforts in this preservation effort. Other UK staff participating in this project are Valerie Perry, head of AIC, and Becky Ryder, head of UK Libraries' Preservation Reformatting Center.
The scholarly review panel includes experts in human environmental science, rural sociology, agricultural history, animal science, agronomy and veterinary medicine. The following UK faculty are serving on the panel: Suzanne Badenhop, extension faculty in Family and Consumer Sciences Extension; C. Milton Coughenour, emeritus professor of sociology; Mary Wilma Hargreaves, emeritus professor of history; Virgil Hays, emeritus professor of animal sciences; James Rooney, emeritus professor of veterinary sciences; and Norman L. Taylor, emeritus professor of plant and soil science.
For more information on UK Libraries’ efforts as part of NPPAL, contact Jo Staggs-Neel or Valerie Perry at (859) 257-2758.