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This report includes a report on the changing R&D information economy authored by Robert Ubell, and additional materials provided by the agencies and compiled by the Secretariat. The report discusses the transitions that are occurring between the print and digital publishing environment and analyses the current and potential impacts on cost and benefits. The economics of the print economy are compared to those of the digital environment. Key judgements based on case studies from the agencies are also included.
This site includes mission and history information for the Clinton/Gore initiative to reform the way the federal government works. Links are provided to sites for various projects.
ICSU is a non-governmental organization, founded in 1931 to bring together natural scientists in international scientific endeavor. The Council acts as a focus for the exchange of ideas and information and the development of standards. This site links to the conference program, committees, and summaries of invited papers for this joint conference with UNESCO. The 13 invited papers cover topics on standards, archiving, electronic publishing in developing countries, digital libraries, S&T information, copyright, data security, and economics of information.
The SLA Home Page links to association information, Competencies for Special Librarians of the 21st Century, and provides a virtual library of information resource centers. The SLA addresses policy development, continuing education, information value, and technology issues across federal and non-federal libraries.
CLIR brings together libraries, archives, and information organizations to address issues of digital resources and services, preservation and access. The CLIR Home Page gives information on the Council and its publications and provides links to the Commission on Preservation & Access, digital libraries, economics of information, leadership and to a directory of public access networks.
This is a draft report documenting the progress on the cost centers and measures project. The project's purpose was to develop a common framework for addressing cost questions and cost claims.
The report provides the results of a survey of 16,029 people throughout the 15 European Union states in May and June, 2001. The opinion poll surveyed European experience and perceptions in science and technology and reports findings in such categories as information, interest, and knowledge; values, science, and technology; and levels of confidence. The Eurobarometer surveys have been utilized since 1973.
Minutes from a presentation by Eve Marie Lacroix, Chief, Public Services Division, National Library of Medicine at the CENDI meeting April 21, 2000. Ms. Lacroix summarized the development of MEDLINEplus, a consumer health web site. The service initially had 22 health topics and now has over 365. Pilot studies were conducted in public libraries to determine user needs. All sites are reviewed in this database. Acquisitions and cataloging are database-driven and performed remotely by using Cold Fusion and the Oracle database. Although contractors perform the initial selection and cataloging, a second level review is always performed by NLM staff. Other developments under consideration are pre-formulated searches of MEDLINE, a terminology server, the inclusion of newsfeeds and a medical dictionary.
OCLC's Web Characterization Project involves describing the structure, size, usage, and content of the Web. A survey form is available online that will help focus the research. The current research involves taking a representative sample of Web sites which will be used to make reliable inferences about the Web as a whole.
This is the executive summary for a larger report on public information dissemination conducted by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. The report concisely summarizes the findings and provides a lengthy list of strategic and other recommendations to improve the condition of government information dissemination in the United States.
Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman requested this study be made because of the complexities of providing information using emerging electronic technologies. In the report, NCLIS calls for the recognition of government information as a national resource that should be planned and managed accordingly. The findings and recommendations by NCLIS are meant to serve as a strategic plan for reform in the the way government creates, stores and disseminates information. This comprehensive study undertaken by NCLIS was begun in June 2000 consists of 4 volumes. Volume 2 was recently released in March 2001.
This report summarizes and analyzes over 200 recent usage studies of electronic library resources published between 1995 and 2003. The studies were grouped as Tier 1 (major ongoing studies analyzed in detail) or Tier 2 (small scale studies looked at as a whole). The usage studies employed a variety of research methods to gather information with some surveys and interviews requesting information about preference as to the media used, while others solicited information on user behavior. Both Tier 1 and Tier 2 studies provided insights on user behavior with electronic resources. Some of these observations include the importance of a browsing feature for core journals; hyperlinks to related articles; ability to print; subject discipline specialists have different usage patterns and preferences for print or electronic; and that both faculty and students use and like electronic resources.
This report outlines how Canadian research organizations need to take advantage of emerging technologies to continue to be competitive internationally. The paper also makes recommendations in addition to examining how the scientific world has been impacted by recent information technology improvement
This report outlines the governments efforts to establish protections on non-classified information that chould potentially be a security risk.
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