Crum, Kimberly A. :

Watts, Karen :

UCB Library to preserve ag literature filming project . With this project , the UC Berke - An $ 850,000 grant from the National ley library staff will improve access to approxi - Endowment for the Humanities is helping the mately 900 titles in more than 2,160 volumes , UC Berkeley library identify and preserve the most important 17 % of materials still in historical literature about agricultural need of preservation . development and rural life . The project is part of the National Agricul - Norma Kobzina , librarian at the tural Preservation Program for Agricultural Lit - UC Bioscience and Natural Resources erature developed by the National Agricultural Library , is heading the venture at Library and the US Agricultural Information Berkeley . Kobzina says that Califor - Network in 1993 . The initial work has been nia holds a vast wealth of informa - funded for the first year , beginning in July 1996 , tion important to this project , which to identify state - level literature documenting is a cooperative effort with eight the history of agricultural development and other land - grant university libraries . rural life covering 1820 - 1945 . Four of the nine The rich literature to be preserved land - grant libraries will preserve the most valu - traces agricultureâ??s evolution from a able titles ; UC is among the other five that will home - and - family way of life to the identify and rank the titles , but not preserve business enterprise of today . Much of volumes until additional funding is received . the literature is from the original Col - All historical literature will be identified and lege of Agriculture ( now UC Berkeleyâ??s College evaluated by a panel of scholars.Kenneth Car - of Natural Resources ) established in 1868 . The penter , professor emeritus , and Garrison collegehas myriad primary research resources Sposito , professor , will represent UC Berkeley . and published documents , including the diaries Ann Foley Scheuring , who has done extensive and letters of settlers . writing about California agriculture , and Many California land - grant publications Morton Rothstein , professor at UC Davis , are have been preserved through a previous micro - also on the panel . Dear Editor : â?쳌 Growers Prefer Personal Delivery of UC In - growers and pest management industry have ; formation , â?쳌 an article appearing in the May - in fact , the PCA and the farm advisors are in - June issue , overlooked the significant contribu - terdependent resources to the grower commu - tions of pesticide consultants . nity . Without the success of the farm advisors , The California Agricultural Production Con - the PCAs could not achieve their educational sultants Association ( CAPCA ) would like to development . Likewise , the field practices and stress the need and importance of the role of the trials performed daily by PCAs lend to the suc - licensed pest control adviser ( PCA ) in this cessful research and development by the farm stateâ??s production of safe and abundant food , advisors . fiber and flowers . CAPCA believes that Califor - nia growers and producers are able to have a Kimberly A . Crum , Executive Director variety and selection of many resources to assist Karen Watts , President in their decision - making process . CAPCA mem - bers have always stressed the need to work co - The California Agricultural Production Consultants operatively with the local and state farm advi - Association ( CAPCA ) represents 3,600 of the 4,800 sor and cooperative extension staff . licensed pest control advisers ( PCAs ) that provide The article should have pointed out the pest management consultation for agricultural in - unique working relationship that the California of this state . dustries 4 CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE , VOLUME 50 , NUMBER 6