1December 2004

PRAISE

Library Aquaculture Workstation(PRAISE), Year 16

General Information

January 1, 2004–September 30, 2004Reporting Period

Year Amount9 $25,000

10 $30,00011 $24,00012 $23,00013 $28,85014 $25,23015 $25,00016 $26,000

TOTAL $344,880

Funding Level Year Amount1 $7,0002 $6,7003 $6,0004 $7,0005 $20,0006 $14,1007 $28,0008 $49,000

Kristen Anderson, Reference Librarian University of Hawaii at Manoa

Lois Kiehl-Cain, AssistantUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa

Kevin Hopkins, Ph.D., Interim DirectorPacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center, University of Hawaii at Hilo

Participants

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PRAISE

1. Create the chapter template and gather the basic information for Synopses ofCulture Techniques, volume 9 of the educational series on aquaculture tech-niques being developed by University of Hawaii at Hilo faculty.

2. Establish and maintain a listserv for Pacific aquaculture.

3. Continue to provide established services.

4. Technology transfer.

Anticipated Benefits

Providing practitioners with the resources to develop the skills they need to obtaininformation makes them self-sufficient. Providing alternative resources through whichthey can develop their skills no matter where they are located profits the entirecommunity. Swift and accurate dissemination of information allows practitioners tobe aware of the latest progress in all phases of the industry.

Objectives

Work Progress and Principal Accomplishments

Objective 1: Create the chapter template and gather the basic in-formation for Synopses of Culture Techniques, volume 9 of theeducation series on aquaculture techniques being developed byUniversity of Hawaii at Hilo faculty.

The chapter template was discussed with Dr. Kevin Hopkins and his staff. Sug-gestions were submitted, and they selected what worked best with their software.The PRAISE staff continues to collect the basic data, which have not yet beensubmitted to Dr. Hopkins.

Objective 2: Establish and maintain a listserv for Pacific aquacul-ture.

The listserv has been established and has been in service since January 2004. Theaddress is pacificaquaculture-l@hawaii.edu with the description, “Discussion listfor those interested in aquaculture in the Pacific region.”

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Objective 3: Continue to provide established services.

Dissemination of information via on-line research and document delivery is ongo-ing. See “Impacts.” We suffered a setback with the flash flood of October 30,2004, which caused extensive damage to the University of Hawaii’s HamiltonLibrary. The PRAISE server was in the basement and was destroyed by the flood.This forced the PRAISE staff to temporarily host the Web site on a substituteserver. Fortunately, we had backed everything up, but we will be unable to postdocuments for delivery until the server is replaced. We can still deliver directly to arequester’s e-mail. It remains to be seen whether insurance will replace the server.

Objective 4: Technology transfer.

Links to the full text of our gray literature are in place for those documents that arealready on the Web and for the seven for which we have the authors’ copyrightreleases. PRAISE staff will continue to pursue copyright releases for the titleslisted in the Gray Literature Bibliography.

Work Planned

The PRAISE staff will continue to collect species information for the UH Hilotextbook. We are currently behind schedule in all aspects of our work because ofthe flood. We resumed filling research requests and delivering documents as soonas we had electricity and a network connection, which was one week after theflood. We will continue to request copyright permissions and to work with thedirector of the University of Hawaii’s Marine Option Program to digitize the bestof the final papers students must submit to obtain their MOP certificate. These willbecome part of the Gray Literature Bibliography project because they are relevantto the Pacific region.

Impacts

The value of the PRAISE service is staggering. Based on rates one would pay tothe information industry’s major suppliers (Dialog Information Service, Inc. foraccess to the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts database, plus documentdelivery charges based on the average cost per article from Ingenta, Inc.) thedollar value for our primary service may be presented as follows:

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PRAISE

Anderson, K.L. 2004. Electronic research techniques and topics for aquaculturists.Page 24 in Aquaculture 2004: Book of Abstracts. March 2–5, 2004, Honolulu,Hawaii. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

Publications in Print, Manuscripts, andPapers Presented

The PRAISE Web site(http://library.kcc.hawaii.edu/praise/index.html) is anexcellent resource forthe region, and itspecializes in efficientdocument deliveryservices.

17,642 queries (database searches) averaging 3 minutes each or 882.1 hours on-line at $60 per hour = $52,926939 articles at $18 each = $16,902

Total = $69,828

In replying to 439 requests for direct assistance, 3,863 of those queries wereemailed to PRAISE patrons. The 939 articles represent 12,044 pages deliveredalmost exclusively by e-mail. The staff responded to 208 miscellaneous requests.

The PRAISE Web site allows users to make requests on-line, publicizes researchbeing done in the Pacific via the Gray Literature Bibliography, and gives localvendors a venue to advertise themselves to the world.

When the staff at UH Hilo finish their series of on-line books, it will be a great dayfor aquaculture education. The series will provide background and reference in-formation that instructors can use to design their coursework and students canaccess from anywhere.