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Better Information Management Policies Needed: A Study of Scientific and Technical Bibliographic Services

PSAD-79-62 Published: Aug 06, 1979. Publicly Released: Aug 06, 1979.
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The Federal Government needs to recognize the value of the scientific, technical, and other specialized information it produces and take steps to manage it as carefully as it does other valuable resources. A study was made of the biblographic systems of 38 information centers in five agencies. The study confirmed the need for better information management cited in many reports over the past decade, and identified problems of duplication of services and facilities and failure to recover costs in the operation of scientific and technical bibliographic information systems.

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Computer software industryContract administrationGovernment informationInformation resources managementInformation systemsInteragency relationsTextual databasesInformation managementDatabasesPrivate sector