About This Site

EDIS Publication System

The EDIS system is a publication management system providing a comprehensive, single-source repository of all current UF/IFAS numbered peer-reviewed publications. Using the EDIS system, UF/IFAS academic departments develop and maintain a collection of publications available for universal free distribution on the World Wide Web and through the Florida Cooperative Extension Service County Offices and Research and Education Centers statewide. From the EDIS website, more than 10 million educational print and electronic products are disseminated each year from some 7,000 publication titles. Together, the streamlined publication process, universal access, and print as needed services not only reduce the cost but also expand the impact of UF/IFAS publications.

History

UF/IFAS has had a long history of providing electronic access to publications, beginning in the early 1990s when it began producing handbooks of documents on CD ROMS. The Florida Agricultural Information Retrieval System (FAIRS) Web Site first went online in May 1995 and continued until 1998 when the name was changed to Extension Data Information Source (EDIS) to reflect changes in scope and function. EDIS became the single source for all Extension publications and was also adapted to permit extension units to print documents on an as-needed basis.

Funding

Resources for the daily operation of the EDIS publication system are allocated to EDIS through the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. The software for the system is developed and maintained by the Programs Software group of IFAS Information Technologies. Publication specialists from IFAS Communication Services provide editorial support to UF/IFAS departments and units for the publication process. The publications themselves are the output of Florida Cooperative Extension programs.

If you have found this site to be useful, please thank your state legislators for their continuing support of the Florida Cooperative Extension Service and UF/IFAS.

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