Organization of Indian agro-biological information based upon users information needs

Abstract

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">Characteristics of Indian agro-biological information is outlined specifying the variety of sources, variety of users and different types of information, Stresses the necessity of designing the organizational patterns of information based upon users information needs, Users information needs in Agro-biological areas are enlisted, Methodology of designing. an organizational pattern is outlined, An experiment conducted at the Marathwada Agricultural University Library, Parbhani (Maharashtra) is described, Five levels of information needs of users are identified and shown schematically, It is concluded that users information needs are the deciding factors for the effectiveness of an information storage and retrieval system.</span>