e- is for Animals: Building a Digital Library for the Animal Welfare Information Center
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 »