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Environmental Scan - Agricultural Sciences: Intro & Methodology

Purpose

Collect data for the Department of Agricultural Sciences to help expand relationships and provide better services for the faculty and their students.

Data Sources

 Review of Department Webpages

  • Faculty research interests
  • Curricula vitae
  • Student organizations
  • Academic Strategic Plan

Monitoring Trends

  • Professional websites & blogs
  • Email alerts
    • Upcoming Agricultural Sciences Seminars
  • Monitor Discussion Group listserv
  • Citation analysis report for authors

 

Selective List of Potential Activities

  • Identify potential individual goals, strategies, or targets for outreach

  • Identify/receive faculty scholarly output for the institutional repository

  • Pursue innovative services or resources to better serve the existing & changing needs of our students & faculty

  • Promote evolving research & scholarly communication services

  • Seek opportunities for collaboration

  • Conduct and/or attend workshops on specific database or technological innovations that can be used in teaching or research

  • Other activities that support engagement, research services, teaching & learning, collection development and scholarly communication.