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NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Paper 5: Aerospace librarians and technical information specialists as information intermediaries: A report of phase 2 activities of the NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research ProjectThe flow of U.S. government-funded and foreign scientific and technical information (STI) through libraries and related facilities to users in government and industry is examined, summarizing preliminary results of Phase 2 of the NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project (NAKDRP). The design and objectives of NAKDRP are reviewed; the NAKDRP model of STI transfer among producers, STI intermediaries, surrogates (technical report repositories or clearinghouses), and users is explained and illustrated with diagrams; and particular attention is given to the organization and operation of aerospace libraries. In a survey of North American libraries it was found that 25-30 percent of libraries regularly receive technical reports from ESA and the UK; the corresponding figures for Germany and for France, Sweden, and Japan are 18 and 5 percent, respectively. Also included is a series of bar graphs showing the librarians' assessments of the quality and use of NASA Technical Reports.
Document ID
19910035181
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Pinelli, Thomas E.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Kennedy, John M.
(Indiana University Bloomington, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1990
Subject Category
Documentation And Information Science
Report/Patent Number
AD-B175123L
Accession Number
91A19804
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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