EPSCoR States Information Network

Abstarct 744 Happ EPSCoR各州信息网该项目涉及四个EPSCoR州(佛蒙特州、西弗吉尼亚州、爱达荷州和阿肯色州)，将建立一个试点电子文件传输网络，利用联网电信系统传输数字化信息，以满足100多名广泛支付费用的EPSCoR研究人员的信息需求。通过提供多个研究集合中科学期刊的高质量论文副本的即时访问，这些研究人员可获得的科学和技术信息库将大大增强，从而刺激许多领域的竞争性研究的发展。快速获取基本科学信息是形成充分竞争的研究环境的关键组成部分。尽管通过传统的馆际借阅安排和OCLC等系统支持EPSCoR项目的机构早就可以利用其他州的主要研究藏品资源，但处理这类请求所涉及的时间往往减少了它们在开展竞争性研究方面的用处。最近出现了基于传真技术的商业文件递送服务，但其生存能力受到限制，原因是科学/技术文献的覆盖面有限，以及对传输媒介的依赖，这种媒介缺乏准确复制关键图版、照片、公式和表格所需的高分辨率。利用电子传输技术加强四个参与国的现有资源共享网络将是一项一次性投资，将对支持研究的信息交付的质量和及时性产生持久影响。扩大这四个州的集合收藏品的使用范围，并在每个牵头机构的专门目标领域加强研究期刊收藏，将进一步扩大现有信息库。一旦对期刊备份文件和传输设备进行了初步投资，该项目所作的改进将由各机构的基础预算维持，从而使竞争性研究所需的信息基础设施发生系统性变化。一旦经过测试，这一概念将在以后的阶段开发，以包括剩余的14个EPSCoR州，其中许多州已表示有兴趣在未来加入这一项目。此外，还可以考虑将接收设备直接放入EPSCoR研究人员和私营部门伙伴公司的实验室，以便能够向研究人员的桌面提供信息。

Abstarct 744 Happ EPSCoR States Information Network The project, involving four EPSCoR states (Vermont, West Virginia, Idaho, and Arkansas), will establish a pilot electronic document delivery network utilizing transmission of digitized information over networked telecommunications systems to meet the information needs of over one hundred widely-disbursed EPSCoR researchers. By providing immediate access to high-quality copies of articles from scientific journals in multiple research collections, the base of scientific and technical information accessible to these researchers will be greatly enhanced, thus stimulating the development of competitive research in many arenas. Rapid access to essential scientific information is a critical component in the development of a fully competitive research environment. Although the resources of major research collections in other states have long been available to institutions supporting EPSCoR projects through conventional interlibrary loan arrangements and systems such as OCLC, the time involved in processing such requests often lessens their usefulness in the conduct of competitive research. Commercial document delivery services based upon fax technology have recently emerged, but their viability is limited by restricted coverage of the scientific/technical literature and dependence upon a transmission medium which lacks the high resolution necessary for accurate copying of critical plates, photographs, formulae, and tables. The enhancement of existing resource sharing networks in the four participating states with electronic transmission technology will be a one-time investment with a lasting effect upon the quality and timeliness of information delivery in support of research. Extending this access to the four states' pooled collections and strengthening research journal holdings in specialized targeted areas in each of the lead institutions will further augment the base of available information. Once the i nitial investment in journal backfiles and transmission equipment has been made, the enhancements introduced in this project will be maintained by the institutions' base budgets, bringing about a systemic change in the information infrastructure necessary for competitive research. Once tested, this concept will be developed in later phases to include the remaining fourteen EPSCoR states, many of which have expressed interest in joining this project in the future. In addition, the opportunity for placing receiving equipment directly into the laboratories of EPSCoR researchers and partner corporations in the private sector may be considered, enabling information delivery to the researchers' desktops.