%0 Book %A National Research Council %T LC21: A Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress %@ 978-0-309-07144-4 %D 2000 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9940/lc21-a-digital-strategy-for-the-library-of-congress %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9940/lc21-a-digital-strategy-for-the-library-of-congress %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %K Education %P 284 %X Digital information and networks challenge the core practices of libraries, archives, and all organizations with intensive information management needs in many respects—not only in terms of accommodating digital information and technology, but also through the need to develop new economic and organizational models for managing information. LC21: A Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress discusses these challenges and provides recommendations for moving forward at the Library of Congress, the world's largest library. Topics covered in LC21 include digital collections, digital preservation, digital cataloging (metadata), strategic planning, human resources, and general management and budgetary issues. The book identifies and elaborates upon a clear theme for the Library of Congress that is applicable more generally: the digital age calls for much more collaboration and cooperation than in the past. LC21 demonstrates that information-intensive organizations will have to change in fundamental ways to survive and prosper in the digital age. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Developing a 21st Century Global Library for Mathematics Research %@ 978-0-309-29848-3 %D 2014 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18619/developing-a-21st-century-global-library-for-mathematics-research %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18619/developing-a-21st-century-global-library-for-mathematics-research %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Math, Chemistry, and Physics %K Surveys and Statistics %P 142 %X Like most areas of scholarship, mathematics is a cumulative discipline: new research is reliant on well-organized and well-curated literature. Because of the precise definitions and structures within mathematics, today's information technologies and machine learning tools provide an opportunity to further organize and enhance discoverability of the mathematics literature in new ways, with the potential to significantly facilitate mathematics research and learning. Opportunities exist to enhance discoverability directly via new technologies and also by using technology to capture important interactions between mathematicians and the literature for later sharing and reuse. Developing a 21st Century Global Library for Mathematics Research discusses how information about what the mathematical literature contains can be formalized and made easier to express, encode, and explore. Many of the tools necessary to make this information system a reality will require much more than indexing and will instead depend on community input paired with machine learning, where mathematicians' expertise can fill the gaps of automatization. This report proposes the establishment of an organization; the development of a set of platforms, tools, and services; the deployment of an ongoing applied research program to complement the development work; and the mobilization and coordination of the mathematical community to take the first steps toward these capabilities. The report recommends building on the extensive work done by many dedicated individuals under the rubric of the World Digital Mathematical Library, as well as many other community initiatives. Developing a 21st Century Global Library for Mathematics envisions a combination of machine learning methods and community-based editorial effort that makes a significantly greater portion of the information and knowledge in the global mathematical corpus available to researchers as linked open data through a central organizational entity-referred to in the report as the Digital Mathematics Library. This report describes how such a library might operate - discussing development and research needs, role in facilitating discover and interaction, and establishing partnerships with publishers. %0 Book %E Wright, Alex %T Glut: Mastering Information Through the Ages %D 2007 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11733/glut-mastering-information-through-the-ages %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11733/glut-mastering-information-through-the-ages %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Computers and Information Technology %K Explore Science %P 294 %X What do primordial bacteria, medieval alchemists, and the World Wide Web have to do with each other? This fascinating exploration of how information systems emerge takes readers on a provocative journey through the history of the information age. Today's "information explosion" may seem like an acutely modern phenomenon, but we are not the first generation—nor even the first species—to wrestle with the problem of information overload. Long before the advent of computers, human beings were collecting, storing, and organizing information: from Ice Age taxonomies to Sumerian archives, Greek libraries to Dark Age monasteries. Today, we stand at a precipice, as our old systems struggle to cope with what designer Richard Saul Wurman called a "tsunami of data." With some historical perspective, however, we can begin to understand our predicament not just as the result of technological change, but as the latest chapter in an ancient story that we are only beginning to understand. Spanning disciplines from evolutionary theory and cultural anthropology to the history of books, libraries, and computer science, writer and information architect Alex Wright weaves an intriguing narrative that connects such seemingly far-flung topics as insect colonies, Stone Age jewelry, medieval monasteries, Renaissance encyclopedias, early computer networks, and the World Wide Web. Finally, he pulls these threads together to reach a surprising conclusion, suggesting that the future of the information age may lie deep in our cultural past. %0 Book %T %D %U %> %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %P %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Developing a Digital National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education: Report of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-05977-0 %D 1998 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5952/developing-a-digital-national-library-for-undergraduate-science-mathematics-engineering-and-technology-education %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5952/developing-a-digital-national-library-for-undergraduate-science-mathematics-engineering-and-technology-education %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 136 %X In 1996, the National Science Foundation (NSF) released a report about ways to improve undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SME&T) education. One recommendation called for establishing a digital library, similar to those that are being constructed for many research communities, that would make available electronically a wide variety of materials for improving teaching and learning of SME&T. The NSF asked the National Research Council to examine the feasibility of and issues associated with establishing such a digital national library. In response, an NRC steering committee commissioned a series of papers and convened a workshop to consider these issues. This resulting book delineates the issues that should be considered and provides recommendations to resolve them prior to committing funds. %0 Book %T Serving the Needs of Pre-College Science and Mathematics Education: Impact of a Digital National Library on Teacher Education and Practice. Proceedings from a National Research Council Workshop %D 1999 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9584/serving-the-needs-of-pre-college-science-and-mathematics-education %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9584/serving-the-needs-of-pre-college-science-and-mathematics-education %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 44 %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Distributed Geolibraries: Spatial Information Resources, Summary of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-06540-5 %D 1999 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9460/distributed-geolibraries-spatial-information-resources-summary-of-a-workshop %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9460/distributed-geolibraries-spatial-information-resources-summary-of-a-workshop %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Policy for Science and Technology %K Computers and Information Technology %P 136 %X A distributed geolibrary is a vision for the future. It would permit users to quickly and easily obtain all existing information available about a place that is relevant to a defined need. It is modeled on the operations of a traditional library, updated to a digital networked world, and focused on something that has never been possible in the traditional library: the supply of information in response to a geographically defined need. It would integrate the resources of the Internet and the World Wide Web into a simple mechanism for searching and retrieving information relevant to a wide range of problems, including natural disasters, emergencies, community planning, and environmental quality. A geolibrary is a digital library filled with geoinformation-information associated with a distinct area or footprint on the Earth's surface-and for which the primary search mechanism is place. A geolibrary is distributed if its users, services, metadata, and information assets can be integrated among many distinct locations. This report presents the findings of the Workshop on Distributed Geolibraries: Spatial Information Resources, convened by the Mapping Science Committee of the National Research Council in June 1998. The report is a vision for distributed geolibraries, not a blueprint. Developing a distributed geolibrary involves a series of technical challenges as well as institutional and social issues, which are addressed relative to the vision. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Impact of Advances in Computing and Communications Technologies on Chemical Science and Technology: Report of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-06577-1 %D 1999 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9591/impact-of-advances-in-computing-and-communications-technologies-on-chemical-science-and-technology %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9591/impact-of-advances-in-computing-and-communications-technologies-on-chemical-science-and-technology %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Math, Chemistry, and Physics %K Computers and Information Technology %K Surveys and Statistics %P 236 %X The Chemical Sciences Roundtable provides a forum for discussing chemically related issues affecting government, industry and government. The goal is to strengthen the chemical sciences by foster communication among all the important stakeholders. At a recent Roundtable meeting, information technology was identified as an issue of increasing importance to all sectors of the chemical enterprise. This book is the result of a workshop convened to explore this topic. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Issues for Science and Engineering Researchers in the Digital Age %@ 978-0-309-07417-9 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10100/issues-for-science-and-engineering-researchers-in-the-digital-age %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10100/issues-for-science-and-engineering-researchers-in-the-digital-age %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %K Education %P 69 %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Avila, Bridget K. B. %T Integrating Research and Education: Biocomplexity Investigators Explore the Possibilities: Summary of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-08871-8 %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10627/integrating-research-and-education-biocomplexity-investigators-explore-the-possibilities-summary %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10627/integrating-research-and-education-biocomplexity-investigators-explore-the-possibilities-summary %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 90 %X The workshop summary provides guidance for researchers applying to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for funding. New NSF guidelines require applications to address the "broader impact" of the proposed research. Presentations at the workshop provided ideas on how to do this by engaging in undergraduate education, K-12 education or public outreach via museums or journalists. The workshop summary discusses issues to consider in choosing an appropriate collaborator for the education or outreach component of the project and how to build in methods for assessing the success of the project. It also provides lists of resources helpful in writing education proposals and discusses the similarities between research in education and scientific research. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications %@ 978-0-309-05540-6 %D 1996 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5280/computing-and-communications-in-the-extreme-research-for-crisis-management %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5280/computing-and-communications-in-the-extreme-research-for-crisis-management %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Computers and Information Technology %P 176 %X This book synthesizes the findings of three workshops on research issues in high-performance computing and communications (HPCC). It focuses on the role that computing and communications can play in supporting federal, state, and local emergency management officials who deal with natural and man-made hazards (e.g., toxic spills, terrorist bombings). The volume also identifies specific research challenges for HPCC in meeting unmet technology needs in crisis management and other nationally important application areas, such as manufacturing, health care, digital libraries, and electronic commerce and banking. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Casola, Linda %T Planning for Long-Term Use of Biomedical Data: Proceedings of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-67275-7 %D 2020 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25707/planning-for-long-term-use-of-biomedical-data-proceedings-of %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25707/planning-for-long-term-use-of-biomedical-data-proceedings-of %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Computers and Information Technology %K Health and Medicine %P 92 %X Biomedical research data sets are becoming larger and more complex, and computing capabilities are expanding to enable transformative scientific results. The National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) National Library of Medicine (NLM) has the unique role of ensuring that biomedical research data are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable in an ethical manner. Tools that forecast the costs of long-term data preservation could be useful as the cost to curate and manage these data in meaningful ways continues to increase, as could stewardship to assess and maintain data that have future value. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop on July 11-12, 2019 to gather insight and information in order to develop and demonstrate a framework for forecasting long-term costs for preserving, archiving, and accessing biomedical data. Presenters and attendees discussed tools and practices that NLM could use to help researchers and funders better integrate risk management practices and considerations into data preservation, archiving, and accessing decisions; methods to encourage NIH-funded researchers to consider, update, and track lifetime data; and burdens on the academic researchers and industry staff to implement these tools, methods, and practices. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop. %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Sproull, Robert F. %E Eisenberg, Jon %T Building an Electronic Records Archive at the National Archives and Records Administration: Recommendations for Initial Development %@ 978-0-309-08947-0 %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10707/building-an-electronic-records-archive-at-the-national-archives-and-records-administration %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10707/building-an-electronic-records-archive-at-the-national-archives-and-records-administration %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Computers and Information Technology %P 96 %X Like its constituent agencies and other organizations, the federal government generates and increasingly saves a large and growing fraction of its records in electronic form. Recognizing the greater and greater importance of these electronic records for its mission of preserving "essential evidence," the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) launched a major new initiative, the Electronic Records Archives (ERA). NARA plans to commence the initial procurement for a production-quality ERA in 2003 and has started a process of defining the desired capabilities and requirements for the system. As part of its preparations for an initial ERA procurement, NARA asked the National Academies' Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) to provide independent technical advice on the design of an electronic records archive, including an assessment of how work sponsored by NARA at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) helps inform the ERA design and what key issues should be considered in ERA's design and operation.Building an Electronic Records Archie at the National Archives and Records Administration provides preliminary feedback to NARA on lessons it should take from the SDSC work and identifies key ERA design issues that should be addressed as the ERA procurement process proceeds in 2003. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Information Technology Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2011 %@ 978-0-309-22002-6 %D 2011 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13250/an-assessment-of-the-national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-information-technology-laboratory %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13250/an-assessment-of-the-national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-information-technology-laboratory %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Engineering and Technology %P 42 %X Since 1959, the National Research Council (NRC), at the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has annually assembled panels of experts to assess the quality and effectiveness of the NIST measurements and standards laboratories. In 2011, the NRC evaluated three of the six NIST laboratories: the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) and the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL). Each of these was addressed individually by a separate panel of experts; this report assesses ITL. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Guidebook for Addressing Aircraft/Wildlife Hazards at General Aviation Airports %D 2010 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22949/guidebook-for-addressing-aircraftwildlife-hazards-at-general-aviation-airports %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22949/guidebook-for-addressing-aircraftwildlife-hazards-at-general-aviation-airports %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 180 %X TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 32: Guidebook for Addressing Aircraft/Wildlife Hazards at General Aviation Airports explores wildlife challenges that airports may face and potential techniques and strategies for addressing them.The guidebook examines the different species that can be found at airports and specific information that may be helpful in identifying and controlling them, and the various wildlife attractants and best management practices that can be employed by airport operators to minimize wildlife activity at and around airports. The report also highlights wildlife control strategies and techniques that may be appropriate at general aviation airports, and reviews how to develop a wildlife control program.Learn more about the webinar related to this product, scheduled for October 24, 2011.View the ACRP Impacts on Practice for this report. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Building an Electronic Records Archive: Letter Report %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10843/building-an-electronic-records-archive-letter-report %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10843/building-an-electronic-records-archive-letter-report %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %P 7 %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Information Technology (IT)-Based Educational Materials: Workshop Report with Recommendations %@ 978-0-309-08974-6 %D 2003 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10768/information-technology-it-based-educational-materials-workshop-report-with-recommendations %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10768/information-technology-it-based-educational-materials-workshop-report-with-recommendations %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %K Engineering and Technology %P 58 %X In the last half-century, we have witnessed the birth and development of a new era: the information age. Information Technology (IT), the primary vehicle of the information age, has transformed the modern workplace and is pervasive in the development of new knowledge and wealth. IT has also dramatically influenced our capacity to educate. Yet, the application of IT in education has been disorganized and uneven. Pockets of innovation in localized environments are thriving, but the promise of open access, greatly enhanced teaching and learning, and large-scale use has not been realized. IT-Based Educational Materials: Workshop Report with Recommendations identifies critical components that support the development and use of IT-based educational materials. The report points to three high priority action areas that would produce a transitional strategy from our fragmented environment to an IT-transformed future in engineering education--Build Community; Create Organizational Enablers; and Coordinate Action. The report outlines six recommendations, including a call to establish a national laboratory to carry out evidenced-based investigations and other activities to insure interoperability and effective teaching and learning. The report stresses the need to pursue open architectures and to engage multidisciplinary researchers, including social scientists and others who address the transformation of faculty cultures. The report also discusses the need to engage users and developers of the IT-products in activities that are driven by student learning outcomes. %0 Book %T Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications: Report of a Symposium %@ 978-0-309-09161-9 %D 2004 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10969/electronic-scientific-technical-and-medical-journal-publishing-and-its-implications %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10969/electronic-scientific-technical-and-medical-journal-publishing-and-its-implications %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Policy for Science and Technology %K Computers and Information Technology %P 122 %X The Symposium on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical (STM) Journals and Its Implications addressed five key areas. The first two areas addressed--costs of publication and publication business models and revenue--focused on the STM publishing enterprise as it exists today and, in particular, how it has evolved since the advent of electronic publishing. The following section reviewed copyright and licensing issues of concern to the authors and to universities. The final two sessions looked toward the future, specifically, at what publishing may be in the future and what constitutes a publication in the digital environment. %0 Book %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Cavagnini, Kyle %E Shore, Carolyn %E Snair, Megan %T Enhancing Public Access to the Results of Research Supported by the Department of Health and Human Services: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief %D 2024 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27480/enhancing-public-access-to-the-results-of-research-supported-by-the-department-of-health-and-human-services %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27480/enhancing-public-access-to-the-results-of-research-supported-by-the-department-of-health-and-human-services %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 14 %X The National Academies hosted a hybrid public workshop in Fall 2023, in Fall 2023, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, to explore approaches that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies could consider as they develop or update policies to enhance public access to the results of HHS-funded research. Workshop participants discussed how policy changes would promote equity in publication opportunities for investigators, provide ways to improve accessibility to publications by diverse communities of users, and increase findability and transparency of research results. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Preparing the Workforce for Digital Curation %@ 978-0-309-29694-6 %D 2015 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18590/preparing-the-workforce-for-digital-curation %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18590/preparing-the-workforce-for-digital-curation %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Policy for Science and Technology %P 104 %X The massive increase in digital information in the last decade has created new requirements for institutional and technological structures and workforce skills. Preparing the Workforce for Digital Curation focuses on education and training needs to meet the demands for access to and meaningful use of digital information, now and in the future. This study identifies the various practices and spectrum of skill sets that comprise digital curation, looking in particular at human versus automated tasks. Additionally, the report examines the possible career path demands and options for professionals working in digital curation activities, and analyzes the economic benefits and societal importance of digital curation for competitiveness, innovation, and scientific advancement. Preparing the Workforce for Digital Curation considers the evolving roles and models of digital curation functions in research organizations, and their effects on employment opportunities and requirements. The recommendations of this report will help to advance digital curation and meet the demand for a trained workforce.