Assessment of Scientific and Technical Information Dissemination in the United States

该项目旨在对美国的科学技术信息(STI)传播进行评估。该项目分为两个阶段。第一阶段的重点是估计和审查不同用户对不同STI传播服务的需求规模和特点，以及通过各种来源提供STI传播服务的规模、质量和成本。第二阶段将由国家科学基金会在审查第一阶段的结果后选择进行，重点是审查有可能改善美国性传播感染传播的私人或公共行动。该项目将在很大程度上利用现有数据进行量化分析，这些数据将从各种来源获得。项目组将设计和实施一种格式，以整合这些不同的数据，以便进行有效的处理和分析。项目报告的信息来源于一系列论文，这些论文描述了一系列专题研究的结果、程序和数据。这些文件所载的最后实质性内容、调查结果和分析将来自临时草案，这些草案将根据外部专家对科学、技术和创新传播的密集评估进行修订。国家科学基金会一直关注国家在传播有关科学和工程研究成果和活动的及时信息方面的能力和表现。自联邦政府上次对科学和技术信息的传播进行全面评估以来，已经过去了二十多年。该项目旨在为国家科学基金会提供经验性研究和分析，作为一个整体，对美国性传播感染传播的现状、未来潜力和政策问题进行全面审查。

This project is to carry out an assessment of scientific and technical information (STI) dissemination in the United States. There are two phases to the project. Phase I is to focus on estimating and examining the size and characteristics of the demand for different STI dissemination services by various users and the magnitude, quality and costs of supplying STI dissemination services by various sources. Phase II, to be performed at the option of the NSF after a review of the results of phase I, is to concentrate on examining private or public actions with a potential for improving STI dissemination in the United States. This project will involve largely quantitative analyses using available data, which are to be obtained from a variety of sources. The project team is to design and implement a format for integrating these diverse data for effective processing and analysis. Information for project reports are to be derived from a series of papers describing the results, procedures, and data for studies on a number of focussed topics. Final substantive coverage, findings and analyses contained in these papers are to come about from interim drafts, which will be revised in response to intensive evaluations by outside experts on STI dissemination. %%% The NSF always has been concerned with the nation's capabilities and performance in disseminating timely information about science and engineering research results and activities. Over twenty years have elapsed since the Federal Government last undertook a comprehensive assessment of the dissemination of scientific and technical information (STI). This project is to provide the NSF with empirical studies and analyses, which, as a group, are to constitute a comprehensive examination of current conditions, future potentials and policy issues for STI dissemination in the United States.