§3126 Libraries and information network

Summary

Require better sharing and coordination of agricultural libraries and information centers. The goal is to plan and coordinate information needs for agricultural research and education, set up a system linking college and university libraries, USDA libraries, and related private and research libraries, make literature on food and agriculture available to all colleges, universities, and USDA staff, support training and research grants for librarians and scientists, and build useful ties with international information programs. Create a Food and Nutrition Information and Education Resources Center inside the National Agricultural Library to collect and keep food and nutrition education materials and research, maintain them in a library, and regularly tell State extension services, State education agencies, and others about the collections. Congress may fund this each year. The Secretary can use current facilities, grants, contracts, or other means and can require matching funds. Funds for these purposes cannot buy new equipment unless a later law after September 29, 1977 allows it.