Expedited Award For Novel Research: Use of CD-ROM to Speed Access To Engineering Research Results

德尔彻教授提出的项目将探讨使用 新的光盘只读存储器技术， 跨学科档案搜索最近的研究成果。 1986年，工程学会的领导人聚集在一起， NSF的工程理事会，以探索该专业可以 适应未来十年的挑战。 一个工作组分析说 研究成果的新传播方法， 创新U。S.工程师 一个关键的发现是， 技术提供了一个令人兴奋的机会，提供前所未有的 访问所有社会的档案研究论文，包括 带有全文搜索的图形数据， 跨学科研究。 在目前的项目中， 出现在领先的工程学会期刊上的论文将是 编码到CD-ROM光盘沿着索引， 在个人电脑上进行文本搜索。 图形信息可以是 包括研究论文的全文。 软件 将提供搜索。 本项目生产的光盘 应该作为示范工程学会的 在这种新的媒介中提供数据的可行性。 整体 目标是加快工程学科的创新。

The project proposed by Professor Delcher will explore the use of the new compact-disk read-only-memory (CD-ROM) technology for cross-disciplinary archival searches for recent research results. During 1986 the leaders of the engineering societies were assembled by the Engineering Directorate at NSF to explore ways the profession could adapt to the challenges of the next decade. One working group analyzed new methods of dissemination of research results which could speed innovation by U. S. engineers. A key finding was that CD-ROM technology offered an exciting opportunity to provide unprecedented access to all the archival research papers of the societies including graphical data with full text searching that would ease cross-disciplinary research. In the current project, abstracts of papers appearing in the leading engineering society journals will be encoded onto a CD-ROM disk along with an index that will speed full text searches on a personal computer. Graphical information may be included and possibly the full text of research papers. Software for searching will be provided. The CD-ROM disk produced by this project should serve as demonstration to the engineering societies of the feasibility of their providing date in this new medium. The overall objective is to speed innovation in the engineering disciplines.