The development and administration of a system for the dissemination of scientific and technical information
1978
Scott, Helen Browne
The growing volume of information which social and natural scientists must assimilate, the technological developments in scientific and technical information transfer, and the growth of new and diverse user groups with varying information needs have accentuated the problem of disseminating scientific and technical information to the user in an immediately usable form. A study to develop a more efficient system for the dissemination of scientific and technical information which could be adapted to other users with similar information needs on a national and international basis was conducted in the Department of Agricultural Communications, Texas A & M University, using publications of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (TAES). Objectives were as follow: 1. To develop a system for improved dissemination of scientific and technical information to expedite the publication process and improve information transfer to specific audiences (users) with specific needs. 2. To test the dissemination (A) by comparing alternative notification systems and (b) by comparing alternative format modes for scientific and technical publications. 3. To evaluate the impact of the dissemination system on the user. The dissemination system as developed in two phases: (a) an abstract-notification system for notifying the TAES distribution list that a publication is available and (b) a brief publications format more comprehensive than an abstract but less comprehensive than the full text of a publication.
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