PhilAgriNet Coverage

The database intends to cover all technical publications on agriculture, generated by member institutions, both published and unpublished, and written in any language or dialect, regardless of format. Current publications will be included first and retrospective sources will be encoded later. Metadata input may b e in print or electronic format. For the latter, the WebAGRIS software is a must, because standardization will facilitate data import and export. Electronic input may be direct or by using other media like diskettes or CD-ROM.

Access Point and Rights of Access
The proposed possible access points are:

• A central database to be hosted and maintained by the BAR
• A sectoral database of information sources from the SUCs to be hosted and maintained by UPLB MainLibrary
• Regional databases in the Visayas and Mindanao
• The WWW
• Mirror site( s) in other countries

The database will be freely accessible to all members. Non- members may use the database for free or for a fee, depending on use policies to be developed later. The existing document delivery policies of member institutions shall be respected and shall not be infringed upon by the network.

Intellectual Property
PhilAgriNet will give due recognition of intellectual property rights. Rights pertaining to publications added to the database shall remain with the contributing institution. There will be no sale of contributed information.