Land, Life

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Rural information
Change the world
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• I cant get the information from anywhere else.
• ADAS

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• Unlocking information for
• rural communities

What is it?
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• It is a bibliographic database
• From 1990 onwards
• Well over 250,000 records
• Up to 400 records added each week

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• The subject range covers the whole of the rural
  economy

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• Farming
• Livestock
• Arable
• Alternative enterprises
• Agri-environment schemes
• Diversification

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• Wildlife

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• The countryside

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• Towns, villages and rural communities

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• Planning and rural development

Tourism, recreation and rural pursuits
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• Animal science
• Agriculture
• Countryside management
• Wildlife conservation
• Environment
• Equine science
• Horse care
• Horticulture
• Forestry
• Gardens
• Tourism

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The rural community communicating, sharing good
practice

• Who is it for?

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• Students
• over 30 land-based colleges and other
  organisations subscribe

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• Practitioners
• Farmers
• Advisors
• Researchers
• Local government
• Government organisations
• Conservation bodies

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• Other people in the community
• Colleges
• Schools
• Rural business

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• It contains the popular press that I use to
  disseminate information to staff in the field.
• Meat Livestock Commission

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Indexing the press

• Where does the information come from?

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• Press releases
• Weekly magazines
• Professional publications
• Industry publications
• Research journals
• Books
• Reports

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The rural information database

• How do I use it?

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• Weekly listing
• Current topics
• and news archive
• Subject headings
• Search
• Web links

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• We use the service to prepare monthly current
  awareness bulletins
• National Assembly of Wales

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• for what has affected agriculture and the rural
  economy in Wales in that month.
• National Assembly of Wales

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Check this weeks news
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Look in the news archive
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Make a search
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Choose one of the records
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• Land, Life Leisure
• an index to the press
• a gateway to the web

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• In summary
• Ask the question
• Look for the information
• Find the answer
• Change your world

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• Land, Life Leisure
• where to find
• the information
• you need

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Rural information
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