SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION TRANSFER: ISSUES AND OPTIONS

This Note described a study funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The purpose of the project is to identify and assess ways to improve the transfer to potential users of knowledge generated by federally funded research in science and technology. To accomplish this purpose, the study examines problems of information quality control and processes by which scientific technical knowledge is or could be tailored and packaged for users. It draws heavily from the literature listed in the bibliography and from informal telephone conversations with federal officials, industrial users, informatioon producers, and others. The study includes an overview and evaluation of current federal policies and practices, and an asseessment of alternative policy options, especially as they may relate to the NSF. Appendixes suggest future directions for research in dissemination policy and present a history of the evolution of relevant federal policies and milestones. Among the actions feasible today, current computer network technology could be used to link the nation's scientific community and thereby substantially augment the information transfer process. The technology-intensive options discussed here move in this direction.

• Corporate Authors:

  RAND Corporation

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  National Science Foundation

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• Authors:
  • Bikson, T K
  • Quint, B E
  • Johnson, L L
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 111 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation; Improvements; Information retrieval; Methodology; Packaging; Policy; Quality control; Science; Technology
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451475
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: N-2131-NSF
• Contract Numbers: PRA-84-00689
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM