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Knowledge Preservation and Web-toolsWe propose a library of "netbooks" as part of a national effort, preserving the wisdom of the early Space Program. NASA is losing its rocket scientists who designed the great systems of the past. Few new systems of similar ambition are being built; much of the expertise that took us to the Moon is evaporating. With retiring NASA designers, we work to preserve something of the expertise of these individuals, developed at great national cost. We show others the tools that make preservation easy and cheap. Retiring engineers and scientists can be coached into speaking (without charge) into recording devices about ideas not widely appreciated but of potential future value. Transcripts of the recordings and the audio itself are combined (cheaply) in netbooks accessible via a standard web-browser (free). Selected netbooks are indexed into a rapidly searchable system, an electronic Library. We recruit support in establishing a standards committee for that Library. The system is to be a model for access by the blind as well as for preservation of important, technical knowledge.
Document ID
19980201489
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Moreman, Douglas
(Southern Univ. Baton Rouge, LA United States)
Dyer, John
(Southern Univ. Baton Rouge, LA United States)
Ahmad, Rashed
(Southern Univ. Baton Rouge, LA United States)
Date Acquired
August 18, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1998
Publication Information
Publication: HBCUs Research Conference Agenda and Abstracts
Subject Category
Documentation And Information Science
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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