LanTEEAL 2.0
TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library) is a digital library of agricultural journals. The current version is from 1993 - 2006. At MUARIK/CAEC a server was installed purposely for LanTEEAL. Any user who is on the Local Area Network of MUARIK/CAEC can access the journals. But all this will be possible after installation of the LanTEEAL program on the user computer. For installations contact the Systems Administrator.
Below is an excerpt from Mann Library of Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences who in collaboration with Dr. Richard Edema were able to donate to us this software.

Mann Library Launches LanTEEAL 2.0
By Olivia Vent and Elaine Guidero

Mann Library is pleased to announce the release of LanTEEAL 2.0, a brand-new version of the "library in a box" pioneered by Mann's TEEAL project in 1999. TEEAL (The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library), a digital library of 136 top agricultural journals from 1993–2006, has been sold at low cost to universities and institutions throughout the developing world.
The software used to create the original TEEAL—which filled 460 CD-ROMs—is too outmoded to work on today's computers and operating systems. LanTEEAL 2.0, which is stored on a single 500 GB hard drive, is more user-friendly and runs on a library's or faculty's local area network, dramatically improving accessibility.

Since its launch nine years ago, TEEAL has improved access to current scientific knowledge in over 25 countries. In addition, TEEAL has recently worked with the University of Hawaii to place nine LanTEEAL 2.0 sets in universities and ministries in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. In Africa, TEEAL is currently under a grant with the Alliance for a Green Revolution (AGRA) to place 25 more sets throughout the continent. At the same time, Stefan Einarson, director of information technologies for CALS International Programs, is helping to place a LanTEEAL 2.0 set with the West African Center for Crop Improvement at the University of Ghana. And in Latin America, the Tropical Agricultural Research and Teaching Center (CATIE), a regional research and training institution based in Costa Rica, is helping to promote greater awareness of TEEAL within the region.

While TEEAL was originally expected to have fulfilled its mission by now, there is a continued demand for access to bundled, offline scientific information. Africa in particular has not achieved the level of Internet connectivity needed to take full advantage of free, online journal programs. LanTEEAL 2.0 will continue to meet that demand and help improve access to current scholarship.
For more information about TEEAL and LanTEEAL 2.0, please contact TEEAL/AGORA outreach coordinator Olivia Vent at ohv1@cornell.edu.

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