We are pleased to announce the launch of the Animal Welfare Act History Digital Collection (AWAHDC), a collection of documents from the National Agricultural Library’s holdings and beyond related to the legislative and regulatory history of the U.S. Animal Welfare Act (AWA), signed into law in August 1966. UMD Postdoctoral Fellow Kathryn Gucer is one of the key personnel that… Read more »
Digital Curation Fellow at the National Agricultural (NAL) Library Taira Sullivan recently published the digital online exhibit “How Did We Can?- The Evolution of Home Canning Practices.” This exhibit draws heavily on early to mid-twentieth century USDA resources and showcases the NAL’s extensive collection of historic materials related to home canning. Highlighted topics include the evolution of canning techniques and… Read more »
by Kathryn Gucer Since 1985, the Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC, (https://awic.nal.usda.gov/) at the National Agricultural Library (NAL) in Beltsville, MD, has been fulfilling its mandate under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) “to provide information for improved animal care and use in research, testing, and teaching.” Under the AWA, investigators must show that alternatives to procedures that cause more than… Read more »