Global science & technology information [[electronic resource] ] : a new spin on access / / Caroline S. Wagner, Allison Yezril

• Autore: Wagner Caroline S
• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : Science and Technology Policy Institute, RAND, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (84 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.97306
• Soggetto topico: Science - United States - Information services - Evaluation; Technology - United States - Information services - Evaluation; Government information agencies - United States - Evaluation
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: YezrilAllison
• Note generali: "MR-1079-NSF"--P. [4] of cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-76).
• Nota di contenuto: ""PREFACE""; ""FIGURE AND TABLES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""AN EVOLVING GOVERNMENT ROLE IN PROVIDING ISTI""; ""DETERMINING GLOBAL ASSESSMENT NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE""; ""OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THE THIRD TRANSITION""; ""ACCOUNTING FOR SUCCESS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OBJECTIVE AND APPROACH""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""DEFINITIONS""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT""; ""THE HISTORY OF PROVIDING ISTI SERVICES: RESPONDING TO CHANGING NEEDS""; ""THE ORIGINS OF GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: THE TRANSITION"" ; ""MEETING THE JAPANESE CHALLENGE: THE SECOND TRANSITION""""A THIRD TRANSITION IN THE DEMAND FOR ISTI SERVICES""; ""The Globalization of Industry""; ""U.S. Technological Strength""; ""The Information Revolution""; ""DETERMINING GLOBAL ASSESSMENT NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE""; ""INTERVIEW METHODOLOGY""; ""RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT GENERALLY (QUESTIONS 8â€? 14)""; ""Other Sources of ISTI and Their Usefulness (Questions 8, 9, and 12)""; ""Future Needs for ISTI Services (Questions 10, 11, and 13)""; ""RESPONSES BY USER CATEGORY""; ""CONCLUSIONS"" ; ""OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO USER NEEDS""""NEW CHALLENGES FOR GOVERNMENT IN PROVIDING ISTI NEEDS""; ""GOVERNMENT OPTIONS FOR MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE THIRD-TRANSITION USERS""; ""Applying New Tools: Information Gathering and Coordination""; ""Applying New Tools: Seeking Expert Judgment""; ""Applying New Tools: Dissemination""; ""SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""ASSESSING THE OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES OF GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT""; ""A NEW ERA OF ACCOUNTABILITY""; ""Applying Measures to Assessment Activities""; ""Qualitative Measures""; ""Quantitative Measures""; ""Impact Measures"" ; ""Matching Measurement Tools to Goals""""Setting Goals and Measuring Progress for an Alternative Approach""; ""RESULTS OF RESPONSE TO WTEC QUESTIONS ON STUDY USER INTERVIEWS""; ""HISTORY OF THE JTEC AND WTEC""; ""WTEC OPERATIONS""; ""WTEC CUSTOMERS AND SPONSORS""; ""Government Sponsors""; ""ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF WTEC REPORTS""; ""WTEC QUESTION RESPONSES""; ""Familiarity with WTEC/JTEC (Questions 1 and 2)""; ""The Usefulness of the Reports (Questions 3 and 4)""; ""Quality and Impact (Questions 5, 6, and 7)""; ""Response by Type of User""; ""WTEC-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS"" ; ""LIST OF WTEC REPORTS AND TABLES OF CITATIONS""""SERVICES PROVIDING SOURCES OF ISTI INFORMATION""; ""GOVERNMENT SOURCES OF ISTI""; ""Literature Reviews and Monitoring""; ""Snapshot Assessments""; ""Analytic Reports on Technology""; ""NONGOVERNMENT SOURCES OF ISTI""; ""SRI""; ""MCC""; ""ATIP""; ""FOREIGN SOURCES""; ""Journals and Publications""; ""EXAMPLES OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS FROM SRI, MCC, ONR (ASIA AND EUROPE), AND ATIP""; ""SRI""; ""MCC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES""; ""ONR ASIA REPORTS""; ""ONR EUROPE NEWSLETTERS""; ""ATIP PUBLIC REPORTS""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""
• Titolo autorizzato: Global science & technology information
• ISBN: 0-8330-4348-X; 0-585-24550-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455179303321
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