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STI Bulletin

Scientific and Technical Information

Volume XlX, No. 1 Scientific and Technical Information Division January 1989

Focus On...

Each issue of the 571 Bulletin features a product or

service provided by personnel at the STI Facility. This

month the Bulletin will focus on:

CONTINUING

BIBLIOGRAPHY SERIES

This article is continued from the November/December issue of the Bulletin.

NASA Patent Abstracts Bibliography, NASA 5P-7039

NASA Patent Abstracts Bibliography (PAB), issued

semiannually, includes annotated references to

NASA-owned inventions covered by U.S. patents and

applications for patents announced in STAR during

the referenced six month period. Several thousand

inventions result each year from the aeronautical and

space research supported by the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration. The inventions having important use in government programs or significant

commercial potential are usually patented by NASA.

These inventions cover practically all fields of

technology and include many that have useful and

valuable commercial application. NASA inventions

best serve the interests of the United States when their

benefits are available to the public. This bibliography

is published as a service to companies, firms, and

individuals seeking new, licensable products for the

commercial market.

Format

Each issue of NASA PAB has a separately bound

Abstract Section (Section 1) and Index Section (Section 2). Although each Abstract Section covers only

the indicated six month period, the Index Section is

cumulative covering all NASA-owned inventions announced in STAR since 1969. Thus a complete set of

NASA PAB would consist of the.Abstract Sections of

Issue 04 (Janaury 1974) and Issue 12 (Janauary 1978)

and the Abstract Section for all subsequent issues and

the Index Section for the most recent issue.

Each entry in the Abstract Section consists of a STAR

citation accompanied by an abstract plus a key illustration taken from the patent or application for patent.

Entries are arranged by the 10 major subject divisions

and 76 subject categories found in STAR.

Technology for Large Space Systems, NASA SP-7046

Technology for Large Space Systems, issued semiannually, is designed to be helpful to the researcher and

manager engaged in the developing tecl_nology

within the discipline areas of the Large Space Systems

Technology (LSST).

The coverage includes documents that define specific

missions that will require large space structures to

achieve their objectives. The methods of integrating

advanced technology into system configurations and

ascertaining the resulting capabilities is also addressed.

A wide range of structural concepts are identified.

These include erectable structures which are Earth

fabricated and space assembled, deployable antennas

which are fabricated, assembled, and packaged on

Earth with automatic deployment in space, and space

fabricated structures which use pre-processed materials to build the structure in orbit. The supportive

technology that is necessary for full utilization of these

concepts is also included. These technologies are

identified as analysis and design techniques, structural and thermal analysis, structural dynamics and

control, electronics, advanced materials, assembly

concepts, and propulsion.

.

The selected items are grouped into categories especially selected for this publication, and differ from

those found in STAR and IAA.

Space Station Systems, NASA SP-7056

Space Station Systems, issued semiannually, is designed to be helpful to the researchers, designers,

and managers engaged in the design and development of technology, configurations, and procedures

that enhance efficiencies of current and future versions of Space Station. The coverage includes documents that define major systems and subsystems, servicing and support requirements, procedures and operations, and missions for the current and future

Space Station. In addition, analytical and experimental techniques and mathematical models required to

investigate the different systems / subsystems and

Continued on page 2

--IN THIS ISSUE

Focus On... Continuing Bibliography Series .......... 1

New Publications .................................................. 2

New Series on Aerospace Management ................ 2

BROWSE and TYPE:

Two Forgotten Commands ................................ 3

New Thesaurus Terms ........................................... 3
FocusOn...Continued from page 1

conduct trade studies of different configurations, designs, and scenarios are included. A general category

completes the list of subjects addressed by this document.

The selected items are grouped into categories especially selected for this publication, and differ from

those found in STAR and IAA.

Management, NASA 5P-7500

Management, issued annually, gathers together references to pertinent documents to assist the NASA

manager to be more productive. Items are selected

and grouped according to their usefulness to the

manager as manager.

The selected items are grouped into ten categories

especially selected for this publication, and differ

from those found in STAR and MA.

NASA Scientific and Technical Publications:

A Catalog..., NASA SP-7063

NASA Scientific and Technical Publications: A

Catalog .... includes publicly available reports from

four NASA report series. The scope of each series is

defined as follows:

Special Publications are often concerned with

subjects of substantial public interest. They report scientific and technical information derived

from NASA programs for audiences of diverse

technical backgrounds.

Reference Publications contain compilations of

scientific and technical data of continuing reference value.

Conference Publications record the proceedings

of scientific and technical symposia and other

professional meetings sponsored or co-sponsored by NASA.

Technical Papers present the results of significant

research conducted by NASA scientists and engineers.

The selected items are arranged by the 10 major subject divisions and 76 subject categories found in

STAR.

Availability of Continuing Bibliographies

The continuing bibliographies are distributed to

NASA Centers, NASA contractors and University libraries free of charge from the NASA STI Facility. All

other domestic organizations that are registered with

the STI Facility can obtain the bibliographies on a

pay basis. The general public may purchase any of

the bibliographies from NTIS. Cited documents are

available from multiple sources as noted in each

issue.

New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released by

the Scientific and Technical Information Division follow. The source from which the publication is available

is given following the description. Copies may be available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents,

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington,

DC 20402, or from the National Technical Information

Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161. The NTIS price

code, accession number, and the GPO order number

are given, where available, with the descriptions.

Advanced Turboprop Project (NASA SP-495)

At the direction of Congress, a task force headed by

NASA was organized in 1975 to identify potential fuel

saving concepts for aviation. The result was the Aircraft

Energy Efficiency (ACEE) Program, implemented in

1976. An important part of the program was the development of advanced turboprop technology for

Mach 0.65 to 0.85 applications having a potential fuel

saving of 30 to 50 percent relative to existing turbofan

engines. This document presents an historical perspective of that development and the accomplishments that

brought the turboprop to successful flight tests in 1986

and 1987. (Avail: NTIS, $19.95)

Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS] Catalogs

and Atlases (NASA RP-1190)

The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) was

launched on January 26, 1983. During its 300-day mission, IRAS surveyed over 96% of the celestial sphere

at four infrared wavelengths, centered approximately

at 12, 25, 60, and 100 microns. Volume 1 describes the

instrument, the mission, and data reduction. Volumes

2-6 present the observations of the approximately

245,000 individual point sources detected by IRAS;

each volume gives sources within a specified range of

declination. Volume 7 gives the observations of the

aproximately 16,000 sources spatially resolved by IRAS

and smaller than 8'. (Avail: NTIS)

New Series on

Aerospace Management

The first issue of a new series on aerospace management, Issues in NASA Program and Project Management, NASA SP-6101 was recently released. This collection of papers and resources on aerospace management issues is inspired by a desire to benefit from the

lessons learned from past projects and programs. Inherent in the NASA culture is a respect for divergent viewpoints and innovative ways of doing things. This publication presents a wide variety of views and opinions.

Good management is enhanced when program and

project managers examine the methods of veteran managers, considering the lessons they have learned and

reflecting on their own guiding principles.

(Avail: GPO)

2
1988 Index to NASA STI Bulletin

(January- December 1988)

-AAccession Numbers Range Searchable ............ OCT

ANSI-STD In/MIL-STD Out ................................ AUG

ARIN Users Meeting February 3-4, 1988 ......... MAR

-BBegin Menu, revised ........................................ MAY

°C"

Change of Address ........................ MAR, MAY, AUG

Commercial Thesaurus ............................. NOV/DEC

Computer Aided Indexing Article Published .... AUG

Continuing Bibliography Series ....... OCT, NOV/DEC

Corporate Sources, search techniques ................ JUL

Criss-Cross Directory Available Through SLA ...... JUL

Current Awareness Tool for Managers

Available Online ........................................... AUG

-DDND Updated ......................................... FEB, MAY

Document Distribution By STAR

Subject Category .......................................... OCT

Document Ordering Service ................................ SEP

Express Delivery Service ............................ JUN

°[:.

Export-Controlled Citations ................................ SEP

Express Delivery Service ................................... JUN

-F °

FAR Supplement Requires Data Delivery JUL

File Directory ..................................................... FEB

Foreign Technology Bibliographies, 1987 ........... JUL

From the Centers

Johnson ...................................................... SEP

LeRC ......................................... FEB, MAR, JUN

NSTL Name Change .................................. JUN

-|°

Integrated Libray System Meeting ........................ SEP

Israeli STI Exchange Program. ............................. SEP

-LLeRC Automates Bibliographic Process .............. FEB

LeRC Personnel Change .................................... MAR

-MMachine Aided Indexing Demonstrated

at NFAIS Seminar ............................................ JAN

Management Operations Working Group

to meet ....................................................... JAN

1988 Membership List ............................. MAR

meeting highlights ..................................... APR

Meetings with Israeli STI Exchange

Program Manager ............................................ SEP

Milestone Firsts ................................................... ALL

-NNASA Tech Briefs, New Fields ........................... APR

New Thesaurus Terms ............. FEB, MAR, MAY, OCT

Notice

Change of Address ................. MAR, MAY, AUG

Literature Search Service ............................ FEB

SCAN ......................................................... FEB

NSTL Name Change .......................................... JUN

°O o

Older NASA TMs and SPs Now Available ........ JUN

.pPublications

A Bibliography of Dunes: Earth, Mars,

and Venus, NASA CR-4149 ................... OCT

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1978,

NASA SPo4023 ....................................... FEB

Atlas of Galaxies Used for Measuring the

Cosmological Distance Scale,

NASA Spo496 ............................... NOV/DEC

COSMIC Software Catalog, 1988 Edition,

NASA CR-181461 .......................... JAN, MAY

Criss Cross Directory ................................. JUL

European Science and Technology 1987,

NASA SP-7068 ....................................... JUL

Into the Thermosphere: The Atmosphere

Explorers, NASA SP-490 ........................ APR

Japanese Science and Technology 1987,

NASA SP-7067 ....................................... JUL

Microgravity Science and Applications

Bibliography 1987 Revisions,

NASA TM-4067 ............................ NOV/DEC

NASA Historical Data Book,

NASA SP-4012 (3 volumes) ..................... JUL

NASA Information Sciences and Human

Factors Program Annual Report,

NASA TM-4064 .................................... OCT

NASA Thesaurus: Astronomy Vocabulary,

NASA SP-7069 ....................................... SEP

NASA Thesaurus Supplement,

NASA SP-7053(Suppl. 4) ........................ JAN

NASA/Army Rotorcraft Technology,

NASA CP-24955 (3 volumes) ............... MAY

O Stars and Wolf-Rayet Stars,

NASA SP-497 ....................................... OCT

Planetary Geology: Goals, Future Directions,

and Recommendations,

NASA CP-3005 ..................................... OCT

Present State of Knowledge of the Upper

Atmosphere 1988: An Assessment Report,

NASA RP-1208 ..................................... OCT

Reflectance Spectroscopy in Planetary Science:

Review and Strategy for the Future,

NASA SP-493 ....................................... AUG

Reportsof Planetary Astronomy - 1988,

NASA TM-4063 ............................ NOV/DEC

Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics

Program - 1987, NASA TM-4041 .......... OCT

Sapping Features of the Colorado Plateau:

A Comparative Planetary Geology Field

Guide, NASA SPo487 ........................... MAY

Soviet Science and Technology 1987,

NASA SP-7066 ....................................... JUL

Spacelab: An International Success Story,

NASA SP-487 ....................................... MAY

SPINOFF ..................................................... JAN

The M-Type Stars, NASA SP-492 ................. JAN

Technology for Future NASA Missions: Civil

Space Technology Initiative (CSTI) and

Pathfinder, NASA CPo3016 ............ NOV/DEC

1988 NASA Thesaurus,

NASA SP-7064 (3 volumes) .................... JAN

-Ro

References Products Updated ............................ AUG

Report and Grant Numbers in IAA and STAR ... OCT

-SSearch Techniques

Accession Numbers .................................. OCT

Corporate Sources ...................................... JUL

Report and Grant Numbers ...................... OCT

Shuttle Launch .................................................. OCT

SPINOFF-Technology Twice Used ....................... JAN

Standing Order Service for NASA Sponsored

N&X Reports ................................................... FEB

STI Division Moves ............................................ JUN

STI Facility, User Services Section ..................... OCT

STI Services, Available to Eligible Universities .. MAR

-TTechnical Publications Program Productivity

Initiative ......................................................... JUN

Thesaurus Definitions

for Scope and Coverage .................. JUN, AUG

Now Online ............................................... JAN

Three-Volume NASA Thesaurus in 1988 .............. JAN

Training Schedule, NASA/RECON ............. JAN, MAY

-WWhat's New on NASA/RECON ........................... APR

r

BROWSE and TYPE: Two Forgotten Commands

Dial-Up Options for Online Support The following example would call up only the first

The August 1988 ST! Bulletin carried an article highlighting Managers, a weekly current awareness tool which

focuses on management developments and trends. In

that article, users were instructed to run the stored Managers search by entering QUERY EXECUTE MANAGERS(NAHQ), then DISPLAY, BROWSE, or TYPE to review citations.

Some infrequent users of the NASA/RECON system

have since indicated that they are confused about the

difference in the commands and the results that are

produced by each. The DISPLAY command may be

used by either dedicated line or dial-up users, BROWSE

and TYPE, however, are available only through dial-up

access to RECON. The question for dial-up users over

which command to use is answered simply by their

preference for viewing citations.

The DISPLAY command enables users to view accession

numbers, citations, or parts of citations from sets created

during a RECON session. This command, which may

be input by entering DISPLAY or D, must be combined

with an operand such as an accession number to view

a single citation.

EXAMPLE: DISPLAY 88N10001 or

D 88N10001

Entering the DISPLAY command followed by a set

number allows users to view citations within the set,

one screen at a time.

EXAMPLE: DISPLAY 1 or

D1

Once the first citation has been reviewed, the DISPLAY

or D is necessary to view each of the succeeding citations in the set.

The BROWSE and TYPE commands were created before

many users had access to dedicated printers. At that

time, the TYPE command was the only way for users

to print citations as they were being viewed. With dedicated printers, as most users now have, simply activating the printer will cause citations to be printed regardless of the command used to view them, making the

functions of BROWSE and TYPE indistinguishable.

The BROWSE and TYPE commands are available only

to dial-up users. They are similar to the DISPLAY command in that they allow users to view citations or parts

of citations in a set. However, to DISPLAY each full

record in a set consisting of 25 items, the DISPLAY

command must be entered 25 times. To BROWSE or

TYPE the same set, the command is entered only once.

EXAMPLE: BROWSE 1/2/ALL

TYPE 1/2/ALL

citation in the set.

EXAMPLE: BROWSE 1 or TYPE 1

BR 1 orT 1

If, however, the user specifies a range of items to be

BROWSEd or TYPEd, the citations within that range

will continuously scroll up the screen until the end of

the range is reached. If the printer is activated, the

citations will also be printed as they scroll.

EXAMPLE: BR 1/2/1-500 or

T 1/2/1-500

Users of TTY-type terminals who are not using a communications software package such as Crosstalk or

Smartcom may pause the BROWSE or TYPE functions

by typing CTRL-s, and continue by typing CTRL-q.

Hitting the BREAK key twice will interrupt the

BROWSE or TYPE in progress and return the user to

an ENTER prompt. Searchers who are using communications software may execute these functions

using the commands listed in the documentation for

their software package.

New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recently added to the NASA Thesaurus

are listed. These terms are currently available on

NASA/RECON. Definitions are given for selected

terms. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI Facility

(301) 621-0103.

ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMAS

EXTRAVEHICULAR MOBILITY UNITS

Added Scope Note

SN (LIMITED TO SPACESUIT UNITS OF

THAT NAME DESIGNED FOR THE

SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM)

FIELD ALLIGNED CURRENTS

FUEL CONSERVATION

use FUEL CONSUMPTION

GALACTIC BULGE

GRID GENERATION (MATHEMATICS)

HELIOTRONS

HOLES (MECHANICS)

HORIZONTAL SHEAR WAVES

use SH WAVES

HORIZONTALLY POLARIZED SHEAR WAVES

use SH WAVES

K-EPSILON TURBULENCE MODEL

KAPPA EPSILON TURBULENCE MODEL

use K-EPSILON TURBULENCE MODEL

Continued on page 4

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Thesaurus Terms Continued from page 3

LARGE DEPLOYABLE REFLECTOR

LASER BEAMS

Added Scope Note

SN (LIMITED TO THE TRANSMISSION

AND INTERACTIONS OF LASER

RADIATION; FOR THE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RADIATION PRODUCED BY A LASER USE 'LASER

OUTPUTS')

LASER OUTPUTS

Added Scope Note

SN (LIMITED TO THE QUANTITATIVE

AND QUALITATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RADIATION PRODUCED BY A LASER; FOR THE

TRANSMISSION AND INTERACTIONS

OF LASER RADIATION USE 'LASER

BEAMS')

MANNED MANEUVERING .UNITS

Added Scope Note

SN (LIMITED TO ASTRONAUT

PROPULSIVE MANEUVERING UNITS

OF THAT NAME DESIGNED FOR

THE SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND THE SPACE STATION)

MESH GENERATION (MATHEMATICS)

use GRID GENERATION (MATHEMATICS)

MICROWAVE SIGNATURES

MIXING LAYERS (FLUIDS)

N-BODY PROBLEM

use MANY BODY PROBLEM

NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS

NUCLEAR BULGE (GALAXIES)

use GALACTIC BULGE

OPTICAL MATERIALS

PHASE SEPARATION (MATERIALS)

RESONANT TUNNELING

RHODAMINE

SH WAVES

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Volume XIX, No. 2 Scientific and Technical Information Division February 1989

Focus On...

Each issue of the STI Bulletin features a product or

service available through the STI Facility. This month

the Bulletin will focus on:

Selected Current

Aerospace Notices (SCAN)

5elected Current Aerospace Notices (SCAN) is a

semimonthly current awareness publication that

brings to your attention recently issued report and

journal literature pertaining to aeronautic and aerospace research. SCAN covers the full spectrum of

aeronautic and aerospace information, but segments

it into subject groupings or topics, which are narrower in scope than those provided by Scientific and

Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR) and International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA) from which SCAN

is compiled. SCAN announces documents in all

relevant topics.

Scope

Each of the separate SCAN topics is carefully tailored

to fit the needs of a specialized research activity.

New topics are added as the need arises, and others

are retired or redefined as research demands dictate.

Format

A SCAN topic resembles a newsletter. Readers may

skim it to find documents of interest to their research

needs. Acquisition librarians find SCAN useful in

identifying documents for theirspecialized collections.

How the SCAN Program Works

SCAN topic announcements are published twice

monthly to coincide with the semimonthly STAR and

IAA issues. Each announcement identifies the issue

number and date of the STAR and /AA issues from

which the cited references were selected.

Organizations that subscribe to SCAN determine a

point of contact known as a SCAN representative,

usually someone working in the technical library or

corporate information center. SCAN representatives

act as service agents between the STI Facility and

their patrons who wish to receive selected SCAN topics. They control the number of topics ordered from

the STI Facility and distribute them to their patrons.

Two SCAN order forms are used to provide this service. The Patron Order Form is for use by patrons

who wish to receive all or selected SCAN topics.

Once the form is complete, it should be forwarded

to their organization's SCAN Representative for processing and record keeping. Patrons will be placed

on internal distribution and receive topics twice a

month.

The SCAN Representative Order Form is used to consolidate individual patron orders, as well as any topics representatives wish to receive. This form should

also be used to change or update the topics and

quantities currently being received. Once the total

quantity of topics is determined and the form completed, it should be forwarded to Registration Services at the STI Facility for processing. Twice a month

the requested topics will be sent to the SCAN Representative for disbursal within their organization.

Charges for SCAN

SCAN topics are available without charge to NASA

employees, university libraries, and NASA contractors registered with the NASA STI Facility. For other

registrants, distribution is available for a nominal

charge as follows:

One Set (All 191 SCAN Topics) .................... $350.00

Extra Sets (All 191 SCAN Topics) .................... 175.00

Selected SCAN Topics--Each Topic .................. 50.00

Selected SCAN Topics--Extra Copy per Topic .. 25.00

Document Availability

Documents announced in SCAN are available for purchase according to provisions given in the introductions to STAR and MA. They may also be requested

through NASAJRECON's online ordering capability.

-IN THIS ISSUE

Focus On... SCAN .................................................. 1

New LaRC Phone Numbers ................................... 2

New Publications .................................................. 2

SCAN Catalog Updated .......................................... 2

New Thesaurus Terms ............................................. 3

NTIS Price Codes Online ........................................ 3
The SCAN Catalog Updated

The SCAN catalog, designed to help users select SCAN

topics of interest to their research areas, was recently

published. The catalog is divided into three parts:

• The Subjects section is a listing of the topical areas

covered as related to STAR and IAA subject divisions

and categories

• The Catalog of SCAN Topics is arranged according

to STAR and IAA subject categories and gives a brief

description of each topic

• The Index to SCAN Topics provides a subject index

to the SCAN topics

A limited number of the SCAN Catalogs are available

free of charge from the NASA STI Facility. For your

copy, call (301) 621-0153 or -0148.

New Telephone Numbers for

NASA Langley Research Center

NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) has completely new telephone numbers. The new main

commercial number is (804)864-1000, and the

new FTS number is 928-1000. Individual, 4-digit

extension numbers of employees have also

changed.

These extensions are listed for selected key contacts at langley.

Nadine Batkins .................. (804)

Doris Crumpler ................. (804)

Willie Curtis ...................... (804)

Carolyn Floyd .................... (804)

Andrew J. Hansbrough ...... (804)

Jane Hess .......................... (804)

Jeanne Huffman ................ (804)

Sue Miller .......................... (804)

Susan Motley ...................... (804)

Bill Owens ........................ (804)

Barbara Past_rnak .............. (804)

John Samos ....................... (804)

864-2382

864-2391

864-2388

864-2381

864-2494

864-2355

864-2505

864-2389

864-2390

864-2387

864-3285

864-5482

New Publications Supervisor

We are pleased to announce that Debbie Drumheller

has joined the NASA STI Facility staff as Supervisor

of Publications. She comes to us with experience in

the printing/publishing field that stretches over a

dozen years and in various production capacities.

New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released

by the Scientific and Technical Information Division

follow. The source from which the publication is

available is given following the description. Copies

may be available for sale from the Superintendent of

Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO),

Washington, DC 20402, or from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161.

The NTIS price code, accession number, and the

GPO order number are given, where available, with

the descriptions.

Infrared Observations of Comets Halley and Wilson

and Properties of the Grains (NASA CP-3004)

This report summarizes the presented papers and discussions at a workshop held at Cornell University,

August 10-12, 1987 to review the infrared observations of Comet Halley and Comet Wilson and to relate them to optical properties and composition of

cometary grains. Relevant laboratory studies are also

discussed. Recommendations are made for future infrared comet observations and supporting laboratory

investigations. (Avail: NTIS)

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1985

(NASA SP-4025)

This book has just been published by the Scientific

and Technical Information Division and the NASA

History Office. This publication is a chronology of

events during the year 1985 in the fields of aeronautical and space research, development, and policy.

This paperbound volume of 564 pages includes appendixes, an index, and illustrations. An important

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New Online ORDERing

Option Available

Users of NASA/RECON now have the capability

of ORDERing documents online by Report Number

in addition to ORDERing by set number and accession number. To ORDER by Report Number, use

the following syntax:

Ex: ORDER RN/'NASA-SP-489' or

O RN/'NASA-SP-489'

As with other types of online ORDERs, additional

parameters may be included, but are not required.

The optional parameters are request type (HC, MF,

or BOTH), number of copies, and address.

Details about how to use the online ORDER

by Report Number capability will appear in the

March issue of the STI Bulletin.
New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recently added to the NASA Thesaurus are listed. These terms are currently available on NASA/RECON.

Definitions are given for selected terms. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the

NASA STI Facility, (301)621-0103.

COMET RENDEZVOUS ASTEROID FLYBY

MISSION

COMMUTER AIRCRAFT

COMPACT GALAXIES

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

USE ARCHITECTURE (COMPUTERS)

CRAF MISSION

USE COMET RENDEZVOUS ASTEROID

FLYBY MISSION

DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS)

DOS (OPERATING SYSTEM)

USE DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS)

GALACTIC CLUSTERS

ADDED SN (RESTRICTED TO CLUSTERS

OF GALAXIES; EXCLUDES

OPEN CLUSTERS)

GALAXY GROUPS

USE GALACTIC CLUSTERS

INTERACTING GALAXIES

KNOWLEDGE BASES (ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE)

LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER SEPARATION

USE BOUNDARY LAYER SEPARATION

LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER

(revised entry)

LDR (TELESCOPE)

USE LARGE DEPLOYABLE REFLECTOR

MS DOS (OPERATING SYSTEM)

USE DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS)

OPEN CLUSTERS

PC DOS (OPERATING SYSTEM)

USE DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (DOS)

PECULIAR GALAXIES

PULSAR MAGNETOSPHERES

RIBLETS

RING GALAXIES

SATELLITE REPAIR

USE ORBITAL SERVlClNG

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY

SHELL STARS

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NTIS Price Codes Online

NASA/RECON announces the online availability of the NTIS Price Schedule as of January 1989. By typing

HELP NTIS, users may access this alternative reference function, providing them with a quick, easily accessible

guide to document prices.

When a document's availability is listed as NTIS, a price code for hardcopy (HC) and/or microfiche (MF) is

listed in the SAP field. Price codes are based on page count.

The price codes are identified according to the National Technical Information Service schedule, which is

updated annually. The HELP screen matches the code found in the document to the actual dollar amount

associated with it. The following is a sample of the actual HELP display.

STANDARD PRICE DOCUMENTS AND MICROFICHE

Price North American Foreign

Codes Prices Prices

A01 $ 6.95 $13.90

A02 9.95 19.90

A03 12.95 25.90

A document which, for example, lists a price code of HC A03/MF A01 is available in hardcopy to North

American users at a price of $12.95 and in microfiche at $6.95.

Requesters are invoiced monthly for documents received from the NASA STI Facility. For more information

on how to order documents, cali the Facility at (301)621-0146. For online ordering assistance in NASA/

RECON, type HELP ORDER.

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New Thesaurus Terms

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SINGLE INPUT SINGLE OUTPUT SYSTEMS

USE SISO (CONTROL SYSTEMS)

SISO (CONTROL SYSTEMS)

SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTS

Added Scope Note

SN (LIMITED TO SPACECRAFT INTERNAL

COMPARTMENTS AND CABINS; FOR

SPACECRAFT EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS REFER TO 'EXTRATERRESTRIAL

ENVIRONMENTS')

STELLAR MAGNETOSPHERES

STRATOSPHERIC WARMING

THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELS

TOMS

USE TOTAL OZONE MAPPING

SPECTROMETER

TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER

TRIPLE STARS

TURBULENCE MODELS

TWO DIMENSIONAL MODELS

UNIX (OPERATING SYSTEM)

WATER SPLITTING

WHISPERING GALLERY MODES

New Publications (continued from page 2)

reference work, it should be very useful to historians,

NASA personnel, government agencies, congressional staffs, and the media.

(Avail: GPO, No. 033-00-01022-2, Price: $22)

USSR Space Life Sciences Digest Issue 19

(NASA CR-3922(22))

This document contains abstracts of 47 papers published in Russian language periodicals or presented

at conferences and of five new Soviet monographs. Selected abstracts are illustrated with figures

and tables from the original. Reports on two conferences, one on adaptation to high altitudes, and one

on space and ecology are presented. A book review

of a recent work on high altitude physiology is also

included. (Avail: NTIS

5T] BuHetiR is distributed to established users to inform them about NASA'sscientific and technical information

products and services.

Suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Jackie Streeks at the above

address or telephone (301) 621-0105, or JohnWilson, NASA

Headquarters, Code Nn-2, Washington, DC 20546, (202)

755-1246.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

P.O. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, MD 21240

(301) 621-0300

Detach label with instructionsfor addressor distributionchange

and mail to: A'I-I'N: Registration Services,NASA STI Facility.
STI Bulle,in National Aeronautics and

Scientific and Technical Information Space Administration

Volume XlX, No. 3 Scientific and Technical Information Division March 1989

Focus On...

Each issue of the STI Bulletin features a product or

service available through the STI Facility. This month

the Bulletin will focus on:

Research and Technology

Objectives and Plans Summary

(RTOPs)

The RTOP Summary is an annual guide to NASAsponsored research in progress. It includes the technical

summaries and indexes of all Research and Technology

Objectives and Plans submitted by the NASA Centers

to the NASA Headquarters Office of Aeronautics and

Space Technology for management review.

Scope

The RTOP Summary represents the NASA research

and technology program for the current fiscal year. It

is a compilation of the "Summary" portions of each of

the RTOPs used for management review and control

of research in progress throughout NASA. The RTOP

Summary is designed to facilitate communication and

coordination among concerned technical personnel in

government, in industry, and in universities, and to

expedite the technology transfer process.

Format

The RTOP Summary is arranged in five sections. The

first section contains citations and abstracts of the

RTOPs. Following this section are four indexes: Subject,

Technical Monitor, Responsible NASA Organization,

and RTOP Number.

• The Subject Index is a listing of the main subject

headings by which the RTOPs have been

identified.

• The Technical Monitor Index is a listing of the

names of individuals responsible for the RTOP.

• The Responsible NASA Organization Index is a

listing of the NASA organizations which

developed the RTOPs contained in the journal.

• The RTOP Number Index cross-indexes the

RTOP number assigned by the NASA responsible

organization to the accession number assigned

sequentially to the RTOPs in the RTOPSummary.

Citations for the individual RTOPs are included in

the NASA STI Database as the W70,000 accession

series. The RTOP file contains citations for all RTOPs

submitted beginning in 1971 through the current fiscal

year.

Frequency

The RTOP Summary is an annual publication. Each

issue covers the research programs approved for a single

fiscal year, and is published in January.

Availability

The RTOPSummary is distributed annually to NASA

Centers and NASA contractors free of charge from the

NASA STI Facility.

New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released by

the Scientific and Technical Information Division follow. The source from which the publication is available

is given following the description. Copies may be available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents,

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington,

DC 20402, or from the National Technical Information

Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161. The NTIS price

code, accession number, and the GPO order number

are given, where available, with the descriptions.

Microgravity Science and Applications Flight Programs, January-March 1987, Selected Papers (NASA

TM-4069)

This report is a compilation of selected papers written by the flight program principal investigators. The

Microgravity Science and Applications Flight Program

was reviewed by a panel of eight chaired by Professor

J. Robert Schrieffer in 1987. Dr. Schrieffer and his committee reviewed the flight program and made recommendations to the Director of the Microgravity Science

and Applications Division as to the quality of the science contained in the program and improvements that

could be made in some of the research efforts.

(Avail :NTIS)

Publications of the Biospheric Research Program:

1981-1987 (NASA CR-4204)

This document contains a list of publications of in-

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-IN THIS ISSUE

Focus On... RTOP5 ................................................ 1

New Publications ................................................... 1

NASA/RECON MOWG Meeting ......................... 2

ORDER By Report Number ..................................... 3

Have You Moved? .................................................. 4
NASA/RECON MOWG HOSTED MARCH 7-8

The NASA/RECON Management Operations Working Group (MOWG) met on March 7 and 8 at the NASA STI

Facility near Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting followed a varied agenda, and included presentations on new pricing

strategies, the re-design of the NASA/RECON system, and the ongoing research into digital document storage

capabilities.

Also discussed was the STI Facility's proactive acquisitioning policy, whereby Facility personnel attempt to acquire

documents that are not currently in the system, but have been requested by users. The documents are then evaluated,

and if found to be within scope, accessioned into the STI Database.

Current members and ex-officio members are listed below.

NASA/RECON MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS WORKING GROUP 1989 MEMBERSHIP

Mr. Steve Gass

Stanford University

Terman Eng. Library

Stanford, CA 94305

Ms. Patricia Marshall

AIAA/TIS

555 W. 57th Street

New York, NY 10019

Mr. Garland Gouger

NASA/LaRC

MS-185

Hampton, VA 23655

Ms. Jane Riddle

NASA/GSFC

Building 21, Room 205

Greenbelt, MD 20771

Mr. Richard Tommey

Rohr Industries Inc.

P.O. Box 878

Chula Vista, CA 92012

Mr. Wayne Dominick

Southwestern University

Dept. of Computer Science

P.O. Box 44330

Lafayette, LA 70504

Ms. Barbara Newton

AFWL/SUL

Kirtland Air Force Base

Albuquerque, NM 87117

Ms. Mary Walsh

NASA/ARC

Building 202, MS202-3

Moffett Field, CA 94035

Ms. Rajeana lensen

Hughes Aircraft Company

2000 E. El Segundo Blvd.

E0 E01/E116 Info. Res. P.

El Segundo, CA 90245

Ms. Nan Paik

Rockwell International

Spc. Transp. Sys. Div.

12214 Lakewood Blvd.

Downey, CA 90241

Mr. Mike Goehring

ARAC_Jlndiana University

611 N. 'Capitol Avenue

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Ms. Lee Jarabek

NASA/LeRC

21000 Brookpark Road

Library Mail Code 60-3

Cleveland, OH 44135

Mr. Walter Hoegy

NASA/GSFC

GSFC Code 614, Bldg. 21

Greenbelt, MD 20771

Mr. Ralph Lewis

Lockheed Missiles & Space

Technical Info. Center

3251 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Jean Anderson

California Institute of Technology

Aeronautical Library, 205-45

1201 E. California Boulevard

Pasadena, CA 91125

EX-OFFIClO MEMBERS

John Wilson

NASA/NTT-2

Manager,

NASA/RECON Retrieval Services

Royal Bivins

NASA/CU

Manager,

Information & Network Operations

Jeanette Scissum

NASA/DT

Chief,

Agency Applications

Adelaide Del Frate

NASA/NTT-1

Administrative Librarian

Eleanor Burdette

NASA/DB-12

Chief,

S&T Library & System Support

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ORDER By Report Number Feature

Added to NASA/RECON

For many NASA/RECON users, the advent of the online ORDERing capability a few years ago significantly

enhanced the convenience and speed of document

ordering. As of February 1989, a new step-saver was

added to further increase ordering efficiency. The

online ORDER by Report Number capability was announced in February. This article provides a more

detailed introduction to the new feature's use.

When a user has only the report number of a document rather than the accession number found in NASA/

RECON, the ORDER command can be input with the

report number. This saves the user the time it would

have taken previously to search the report number in

RECON to get the document's accession number to

place an online ORDER.

Syntax

An ORDER by Report Number must be input as follows:

ORDER RN/'NASA-SP-489' or

0 RN/'NASA-SP-489'

The RN mnemonic, the slash, and the report number

itself surrounded by single quotes make up the only

required parameters for execution of this command. As

with an ORDER by set or accession number, however,

other parameters may be added if desired. They include:

Request Type:

0 RN/'NASA-SP-489'/HC

Number of Copies:

0 RN/'NASA-SP-489"IMFI2

Address:

0 RN/'NASA-SP-489'/MF/11John Doe, Room 200

(Note: For Request Type, users may enter HC for

hardcopy, MF for microfiche, BOTH for both hardcopy

and microfiche, OR for either type, or STK for stock

copy only. For Address, requesters may enter their own

information for internal routing, or may enter **FED

EX**for overnight delivery, with charges invoiced at a

later date.)

But the former capabilities of the ORDER command

are not diminished. Through the SELECT command,

users may still create sets and ORDER all documents

within that set (up to 50), simply by specifying the set

number with the ORDER command. For individual

documents, the ORDER command and the accession

number are needed.

Errors

Error messages Under the ORDER by Report Number

command are generally self-explanatory, and direct the

user toward methods of correction. Errors most commonly made are those involving incorrect or inexact

syntax. If, however, there is more than one document

associated with a particular report number, the following error message will be generated:

"MULTIPLE ITEMS FOUND. PLEASE ORDER

BY ACCESSION NUMBER."

To find the accession number of the document,

EXPAND the report number, and SELECT the E-number

that is shown for that report number to create a set.

The set can then be displayed until the correct document is located, and an online ORDER by accession

number can be placed.

For more information about the ORDER by Report

Number feature, enter HELP ORDER in NASA/RECON.

NEW PUBLICATIONS (continued from page 1)

vestigators, supported by the Biospheric Research Program of the Biological Systems Research Branch, Life

Sciences Division, Office of Space Science and Applications. It includes publications published as of December 31, 1987 and entered into the Life Sciences

Bibliographic Database by the George Washington

U niversity. (Avail: NTIS)

Space Medicine Research Publications: 1984-1986

(NASA CR-4184)

This document lists publications of investigators supported by the Biomedical Research and Clinical

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Revised Scope and Coverage

Now Available

The NASA Scientific and Technical Information System...its Scope and Coverage has been revised and reissued as NASA SP-7065. This publication lists the subject

criteria applied to the various documents to govern the

decisions for accepting additions to the NASA STI

Database. It also establishes subject guidance for those

desiring to add documents to the STI Database or to

search the database for documents of interest. Scope

and Coverage is not intended to be an exhaustive, allinclusive listing of subjects included in the NASA STI

Database. Rather, it is an attempt to provide a broad

look at the subject content of the STI Database to assure

an understanding of its holdings.

This revision of the September 1978 edition reflects

NASA's changing interest in both depth and scope in

areas such as the environment, energy production and

sources, oceanography, and the social sciences.

NASA's interest in scientific and technical information

for its database is broadly summarized under the 76

subject categories used in the abstract journals Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports and International

Aerospace Abstracts. The level of interest is defined in

each case as exhaustive, selective, or negative. Sections

entitled Input Subjects of Specific Interest list representative subjects of interest to NASA within each subject

category. They may be disciplines, pure science,

technology, applications, or in human factors relative

to NASA's missions and programs.

Scope and Coverage is available from NTIS.
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Have You Moved?

The NASA Scientific and Technical Information

(STI) Facility maintains the mailing lists and address

file for most of the NASA network. In order to ensure

the timely receipt/delivery of NASA products and

services, it is very important to maintain complete,

accurate and up-to-date addresses and contact points

for each user registered with the NASA STI Facility.

Due to the recent circularization many address

changes have been reported. So that we can continue

to deliver our products and services efficiently, please

provide us with any unreported or additional changes

on the form below and mail to:

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Attn: Registration Activity

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Baltimore / Washington International Airport,

Maryland 21240

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Facility ID No.

Organization:

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Address:

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NEW PUBLICATIONS (continued from page 3)

Medicine Programs of the Space Medicine and Biology

Branch, Life Sciences Division, Office of Space Science and Applications. It includes publications entered

into the Life Sciences Bibliographic Database by the

George Washington University as of December

31, 1986. (Avail:NTIS)

NASA SpaceGravitational Biology Accomplishments

(NASA TM-4079)

This report consists of individual technical summaries of research projects of NASA's Space/Gravitational Biology Program, for research conducted during

the period January 1987 to April 1988. This program is

concerned with using the unique characteristics of the

space environment, particularly microgravity, as a tool

to advance knowledge in the biological sciences.

(Avail:NTIS)

5TI Bulletill is distributed to established users to inform them about NASA's scientific and technical information

products and services.

Suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Jackie Streeks at the above

address or telephone (301) 621-0105, or John Wilson, NASA

Headquarters, Code NTT-2, Washington, DC 20546, (202)

755-1246.

RECON operational problems may be directed tO the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

P.O. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, MD 21240

(301) 621-0300

Detach label with instructionsforaddress or distribution change

and mail to: AnN: RegistrationServices, NASA STI Facility.
STI Bulletin National Aeronaut,s and

Space Administration

Scientific and Technical Information

Volume XlX, No. 4 Scientific and Technical Information Division April 1989

Focus On...

Each issue of the STI Bulletin features a product or

service available through the 5TI Facility. This month

the Bulletin will focus on:

Microcopy Service

If the library or information center at your installation

has registered with the NASA STI Facility to receive

copies of documents announced in STAR, it probably

receives those copies in the form of microfichesmall sheets of transparent film that contain up to 98

document pages photographically reduced to a fraction of their original size.

Scope

The NASA STI Facility produces microfiche for NASA

and NASA-sponsored documents announced in

STAR except those that are copyrighted and those

that cannot be reproduced due to unusual physical

characteristics. About 80 percent of NASA's annual

document output is available from NASA only on

microfiche.

Microfiche of NASA and NASA-sponsored documents that bear either security classifications or distribution limitations are prepared and distributed

under appropriate restrictions. Classified and limited

documents received from other organizations are not

routinely made available on microfiche except to

NASA Centers. Requests for them may be referred to

the originating organization for response.

Documents available on microfiche are identified in

the NASA announcement journals and continuing

bibliographies by a pound sign (#) following the accession number, i.e., N87-12345#.

Volume. The NASA STI Facility produces microfiche

for about 22,000 documents a year. Approximately

3,500 of these documents are filmed at the Facility,

90% of which are NASA or NASA-sponsored. The

remaining documents are received in microfiche

form from other agencies, such as DTIC, DOD, ESA,

and NTIS, and converted for use in the NASA STI

system. The Facility produces about 6,000 silver master microfiche from the NASA or NASA-sponsored

documents and converts about 16,000 microfiche

from the other agency microfiche for use as working

masters. From these masters and converted fiche, the

NASA STI Facility makes more than 2 million microfiche copies a year for distribution to U.S. government agencies and their contractors; universities,

colleges, public and special libraries; and foreign

governmental and private organizations that agree to

exchange scientific and technical publications of

value to NASA and to other organizations approved

by NASA whose scientific and engineering activities

relate to aeronautics. There are about 300 users on

automatic distribution and some 2,500 users who receive microfiche on special request.

Format. The first microfiche for every document carries a "header strip" that is legible without magnification. The header strip identifies the document accession number, classification, title, and other descriptive information. If more than one microfiche is required for a document, subsequent fiche carry only

the accession number and classification indicators.

On "conversion" microfiche, the NASA accession

number replaces the number used by the originator.

All microfiche produced by the NASA STI Facility

conform to the AIIM Industrial Standard. They measure 105mm by 148mm and contain up to 98 images

at a reduction of 24X.

Frequency

The production and distribution of microfiche are

geared to the publication cycles of STAR. That is, the

microfiche copies of documents announced in a particular issue are mailed to user organizations within

two days of the publication date of the issue.

Applications

Microfiche can be read through enlargement viewers

or "readers"; then they can be reproduced for further

dissemination; or they can be "blown back" (enlarged and reproduced in papercopy) for greater user

convenience. Besides major economies in mailing

and handling, this flexibility allows many variations

on simple bulk storage in central files. Selected

microfiche, for example, can be grouped, reproduced, and stored in separate facilities for the convenience of subject specialists. They can be circulated as a means of maintaining current awareness

among selected users, particularly in active and

rapidly progressing fields of science and engineering.

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--IN THIS ISSUE

Focus On... Microcopy Service .............................. 1

ASTM Receives Results .......................................... 2

Dial-a-Shuttle ......................................................... 2

New Publications ................................................... 2

Notice .................................................................... 2

NASA/RECON Training .......................................... 3

New Thesaurus Terms ............................................ 3

Dryden FRC Directory Changes ............................. 4
ASTM Receives Results

of Cooperation with NASA

Robert L. Meltzer, Vice President of ASTM was presented with a copy of the new NASA Thesaurus Definitions by a NASA Scientific and Technical Information Facility lexicographer, during the Committee on

Terminology meeting held on February 23, 1989.

ASTM cooperation with NASA dates back to 1987

when the Facility, operated by RMS Associates, contacted Mr. Meltzer and sought cooperation in NASA's

effort to present standardized definitions of NASA

Thesaurus terms to its public. Initially, ASTM definitions were published in the fourth 1985 NASA

Thesaurus Supplement along with other standardized

definitions from the Department of Energy Thesaurus,

NASA SP-7, Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use. Also, definitions are constructed by NASA

Notice to

STI Bulletin Readers

If you have announcements or articles of general

interest to the STI community or search

techniques you would like to share with other

NASA/RECON users please provide them to us.

This is your publication and your input is vital to

its success. Contact Jackie Streeks at the NASA

STI Facility (301) 621-0105 or John Wilson at

NASA Headquarters (202) 755-1246.

lexicographers after consulting with numerous

sources and experts. Standardized definitions were

edited to conform to NASA's form of entry. Volume 3

of the recently published NASA Thesaurus, NASA SP7064, now contains ASTM definitions for appropriate

NASA Thesaurus terms.

Dial-a-Shuttle has Resumed

When the Space Shuttle Discovery returned America

to space flight, a special telephone service, called

Dial-a-Shuttle, provided callers with live broadcasts

of conversation between the astronauts and Mission

Control at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

The call-in service, produced by the National Space

Society, operates continuously beginning two hours

before each space shuttle launch and concluding

with the post-landing press conference.

Dial-a-Shuttle provides real-time communications

when available. During other times, announcers

highlight activities aboard the Shuttle and play prerecorded tapes of earlier communications.

Broadcast from JSC and produced with the cooperation of NASA, the service is available in the continental United States by dialing 1-900-909-NASA. Toll

charges are $2 for the first minute and 45¢ for each

additional minute.

New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released by

the Scientific and Technical Information Division follow. The source from which the publication is available

is given following the description. Copies may be available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents,

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington,

DC 20402, or from the National Technical Information

Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161. The NTIS price

code, accession number, and the GPO order number

are given, where available, with the descriptions.

Microgravlty Science and Applications Program Tasks

1988 Revision (NASA TM-4097)

This report is a compilation of the active research tasks

as of the end of the fiscal year 1988 of the Microgravity

Science and Applications Program, NASA Office of

Space Science and Applications, involving several

NASA centers and other organizations. The purpose of

the document is to provide an overview of the program

scope for managers and scientists in industry, university, and government communities. The report includes

an introductory description of the program, the strategy

and overall goal, identification of the organizational

structures and people involved, and a description of

each task. The report also provides a list of recent publ ications. (Avail: NTIS)

Microgravity Science and Applications Bibliography

1988 Revision (NASA TM-4098)

This edition of the Microgravity Science and Applications (MSA) Bibliography is a compilation of government reports, contractor reports, conference proceedings, and journal articles dealing with flight experiments utilizing a low-gravity environment to elucidate

and control various processes or with ground-based

activities that provide supporting research. It encompasses literature published but not cited in the 1984

Revision and that literature which has been published

in the past year. (Avail:NTiS)

NASA Geodynamics Program Summary Report: 1979-

1987 (NASA TM-4065)

This document, the sixth Geodynamics Program report,

summarizes the program's achievements from its initiation in 1979 through the end of calendar year 1987.

(Avail: NTIS)

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New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recently added to the NASA Thesaurus are listed. These terms are currently available on NASA/RECON.

Definitions are given for some selected terms previously announced. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged.

Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI Facility, (301) 621-0103.

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

AUSTRALIAN SPACE PROGRAM

BACKFIRE ANTENNAS--Antennas consisting of

radiating feeds, reflector elements, and reflecting surfaces such that the antennas function as open resonators, with radiation from the open end of the resonator.

BLAZARS--Strongly optical polarized active galactic nuclei objects exhibiting BL Lacertae-like and

quasar-like characteristics.

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN SPACE PROGRAM

DJIBOUTI

DOPPLER RADAR--Radar which utilizes the Doppler effect to determine the radial component of relative radar target velocities or to select targets having

particular radial velocities..

FIELD ALIGNED CURRENTS--Ionospheric and

magnetospheric currents aligned along the electric

field of a planet.

GRENADA

ISRAELI SPACE PROGRAM

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NASA/RECON Training Schedule

Below is listed the NASA/RECON training schedule for the latter half of 1989. All classes currently scheduled will

be held at the STI Facility near Baltimore, Maryland. Prices listed are for non-NASA personnel.

1989 Basic RECON Session

for New Users:

1989 Advanced RECON Session

for Experienced Users:

Wednesday, July 19.

Wednesday, August 23

Wednesday, September 27

Thursday, October 19

One day

$100/person

Class size: 12

Thursday, September 28

Wednesday, November 15

One day

$160person

Class size:6

The Basic training session is designed for the beginning

NASA/RECON searcher, preferably with some online

experience. The STI database, file, and record structure

are covered along with the basic RECON system commands. Search strategy formulation, Boolean logic, and

query analysis are emphasized as they pertain to the

NASA/RECON system. A series of lectures are combined with hands-on practice. Refreshments and lunch

are provided.

The Advanced training session is designed for the experienced NASA/RECON searcher. Basic text searching

is reviewed as well as more indepth text searching

techniques. Advanced RECON system features and

stored search formulation and editing are covered. A

series of lectures are combined with hands-on practice.

Refreshments and lunch are provided.

NASA/RECON Training Registration

Pre-registration is required for all training sessions. To register, call RECON Services at (301) 621-0150 between

8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday. Ifa preferred session is closed, ask to be wait-listed. A confirmation

letter and registration package will be forwarded for each reservation placed.

Reservations may be cancelled or changed up to five (5) business days before the session. Cancellations after that

date and no-shows will be billed for the full amount. New users are entitled to one free training class.

You may be billed to a standing RECON purchase order, to a new purchase order, or you may pay with a company

or personal check.

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LUXEMBOURG SPACE PROGRAM

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC WAVES--Low frequency waves in an electrically highly conducting

fluid (such as a plasma) permeated by a static magnetic

field. The restoring forces of the waves are, in general,

the combination of a magnetic tensile stress along the

magnetic field lines and the comprehensive stress between the field lines and the fluid pressure. Used for

Alfven waves, hydromagnetic waves, and plasma

sound waves.

MAI-IER-ANTIMATTER PROPULSION -- Spacecraft propulsion by use of matter-antimatter annihilation reactions.

Focus On ...

(continued from page I)

Availability

NASA microfiche are delivered to a central point,

such as the library or information center, in each organization that has registered with the NASA STI

Facility to receive document delivery service.

Microfiche are distributed in one of three ways:

• Automatic distribution of all microfiche to organizations with broad information needs,

• Selective distribution to organizations that have

specified certain STAR subject divisions as

adequate to meet their needs; and

• On-request distribution to academic and government communities that choose not to receive copies automatically.

Dryden Flight Research

Center

The following are recent corrections/changes to the

Directory of NASA Scientific and Technical Information and Related Organizations.

Ames Research Center

Dryden Flight Research Facility

P.O. Box 273

Edwards, CA 93523

(805) 258-3311 FTS 961-3311 (961-extension)

Linda J. Quinby, Chief, Dryden Reports &

Presentations Branch

Mail Code: D-ATD

Telephone Extension: 3717

Jean Leonard, Library

Mail Code: D-ATL

Telephone Extension: 3702

STI BuHetig is distributed to established users to inform them about NASA's scientific and technical information

products and services.

Sug8estions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to ]ackie Streeks at the above

address or telephone (301) 621-0105, or John Wilson, NASA

Headquarters, Code NTT-2, Washington, DC 20546, (202)

755-1246.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

RO. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, MD 21240

(301) 621-0300

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and mail to: AnN: Registration Services, NASA STI Facility.
STI Bulletin National Aeronautics and

Scientific and Technical Information space Administration

Volume XIX, No. 5 Scientific and Technical Information Division May 1989

Focus On...

Each issue of the 5TI Bulletin features a product or

service available through the STI Facility. This month

the Bulletin will focus on:

NASA/RECON

NASA/RECON (REmote CONsole) is a computerized,

online, interactive system for information search and

retrieval. It enables users at remote locations to interact directly with NASA's Scientific and Technical

Information (STI) Database maintained at the NASA

STI Facility.

NASA/RECON is designed:

• To display bibliographic information in ways

that help you define your retrieval needs with

maximum precision.

• To guide you, through the use of Boolean logic,

to the documents relevant to your requirements,

and

• To permit simultaneous access for other users

throughout the United States.

Scope

NASA STI Database. NASA/RECON offers quick access to comprehensive bibliographic information on

more than three million reports, journal articles, and

miscellaneous documents of worldwide origin and

of special interest to the aerospace community. The

major document series accessible on NASA/RECON

include:

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR)

International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA)

NASA Research and Technology Objectives and

Plans Summary (RTOPS)

NASA Research and Development Contract Search

(R&DCS)

Computer Software Management and Information

Center (COSMIC)

NASA Tech Briefs

NASA Library Collection

NACA Historical Shelflist

5pace Commercialization

Online Access

Online access to NASA/RECON is available to NASA

centers, NASA contractors, other government agencie_ and their contractors, universities, and other

organizations with aerospace related contracts or

grants. Eligible domestic organizations desiring

access to NASA/RECON services should submit requests in writing to the Scientific and Technical Information Division at NASA Headquarters (NTT-2).

Non-NASA organizations are charged a one-time enrollment fee and an annual maintenance fee, and are

invoiced monthly for per-hour connect fees and peroffline printed citation fees.

The NASA STI Database is accessible on NASA/

RECON daily, Monday through Friday, between

8:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. ET, excluding holidays.

Registered NASA/RECON users can access the system through either a dedicated (hard wired) terminal

or a dial-up terminal. A dedicated terminal is an IBM

3270 type device directly connected to NASA/

RECON and a dial-up terminal is any other type

which accesses NASA/RECON via a telephone line.

The NASA/RECON information retrieval system enables the terminal user to search the inverted files or

indexes using desired terms. Search results could be

the yield from a single set--or the combination of

several sets resulting from Boolean operations of OR,

AND, and NOT. A search is formulated and displayed

on a video screen or teleprinter through Boolean interaction between or among sets. A live interplay between the analyst and the online file affords an expansion or narrowing of search results through optimization of the search strategy.

The user may order a complete printed record of

search results by use of the PRINT command. Search

results are printed offline on a high-speed Xerox

8700 Laser Printer at the NASA STI Facility overnight.

The print is then mailed to the user the following

morning.

User Support

Hotline Assistance. The NASA STI Facility provides

an ongoing hotline telephone service to all users.

Hotline, located at the NASA STI Facility, monitors

the daily performance of the online retrieval system.

(continued on page 2)

--IN THIS ISSUE

Focus On... NASA/RECON ..................................... 1

Express Delivery ..................................................... 2

Making of NASA Thesaurus ................................... 2

Notice .................................................................... 2

NASA/RECON Help Menu ..................................... 3

New Thesaurus Terms ............................................ 3

New Publications ................................................... 4
FOCUS On ... (continued from page I)

A user experiencing problems with the performance

of the NASA/RECON system may alert hotline staff

so that action may be taken to restore normal operations.

The hotline number is (301) 621-0300. The hotline

assistance is available 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. daily,

Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

RECON/Reference Services. This service gives users

direct access to RECON/Reference analysts who can

provide specific, on-the-spot assistance to searchrelated problems. Analysts may be reached by calling

(301) 621-0150 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM ET, Monday

through Friday, excluding holidays.

User Guides. A series of user guides is available to

serve the reference needs of all levels of users, novice

to advanced.

NASA/RECON User's Reference Manual is a

comprehensive guide to the NASA STI Database.

and the retrieval system.

NASA/RECON Basic Reference Guide is a ready

reference tool designed to help the novice user

to sign-on to the system and conduct a basic

search. It also serves as a "memory jogger" for

the experienced user.

NASA/RECON Primer is an introduction to

searching the NASA STI Database. It includes

an overview of the database files as well as basic

commands, search techniques, display of citations, and off-line printing.

NASA STI Bulletin is a monthly newsletter that

informs users about NASA's STI products and services.

Systems Enhancements. The Database Products

and Services Branch of the NASA STI Division

routinely evaluates NASA/RECON performance in

order to identify and make improvements that will

increase the effectiveness of the system. Users are

informed of completed program improvements

through the NASA STI Bulletin.

Express Defivery Service

Need a document in a hurry? At your request

your documents will be sent by Federal Express

and your organization will be billed accordingly. To request Express delivery online, please

use *EX* for the first 4 characters before the

requester name.

Example: ORDER 2///*EX* JOHN SMITH

The Making of the

1988 NASA Thesaurus*

by

Ronald L. Buchan, Lexicographer

NASA STI Facility

The NASA Thesaurus had its beginnings in the sevenpage report entitled "Nomenclature for Aeronautics"

first published by the National Advisory Committee

for Aeronautics in 1916. The present NASA Thesaurus

(NASA SP-7064) is three volumes and 1,440 pages.

The first volume is the basic volume and gives full

hierarchies of each term. There are over 160,000 interrelationships developing out of 17,000 main entries and 4,000 use references. The second volume,

the Access Vocabulary, consists of 40,000 entries and

gives all permutations of term words excluding some

articles, etc. It also gives access to embedded terms,

i.e., listing chemistry as a cross reference to

geo.chemistry. The third volume is a volume of definitions. This volume contains over 3,000 definitions,

most of which are from standardized sources including ASTM, the Dept. of Energy, and NASA.

Products which use the NASA Thesaurus include

SCAN (Selected Current Aerospace Notices) and UPDATE, both selective dissemination of information

services. Publications which use NASA Thesaurus

terms include STAR (Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports), IAA (International Aerospace

Abstracts), and COSMIC Software Catalog (NASA's

Computer Software Management and Information

Center at the University of Georgia). NASA Thesaurus

terms are used in 25 NASA/RECON files containing

over 3 million titles and 17 million postings. The distribution of postings to NASA Thesaurus terms is

found in the semiannual NASA Combined File Postings Statistics. Many libraries and information centers

other than NASA libraries use the NASA Thesaurus

in information work since it is the virtual standard for

aerospace terminology.

* Abstract of talk given at NFAIS at NLM, January 1989.

Notice to

STI Bulletin Readers

If you have announcements or articles of general

interest to the STI community or search

techniques you would like to share with other

NASA/RECON users please provide them to us.

This is your publication and your input is vital to

its success. Contact Jackie Streeks at the NASA

STI Facility (301) 621-0105 or John Wilson at

NASA Headquarters (202) 755-1246.

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NASA/RECON Help Menu Revised

RECON/Reference Services staff at the STI Facility

recently revised the main HELP menu to facilitate

users' online access to information about RECON

commands, files, and functions. Many old screens

were deleted or updated, and some new screens

were added. As before, users may display the main

menu simply by entering HELP or H.

RECON users who need to access a HELP screen, but

do not know the name of the screen or its corresponding number may get that information from the

main HELP menu. Entering HELP or H causes a menu

to display, listing the names and numbers of nearly

80 HELP screens, some leading to sub-menus for access to more screens. Once users locate the specific

screen desired, they may access it as in the following

example:

Example: HELPACC RANGE or HELPxl00

H ACC RANGE or H xl00

Below is the main RECON HELP menu, with newly

added or recently revised items in bold type.

EXPLANATORY TEXT FOR XO

ACC-RANGE -X100 FIELDS9 -X029

ASRDI -X017 FIELDS10 -X350

BEGIN -X431 FIELDS11 -X351

CMD FORMATS -X003 FIELDS12 -X352

COMBINE -X433 FILE CONTENT-A -X800

COMMAND STATUS -X434 FILE CONTENT-B -X802

COMMANDS -X330 FILE CONTENT--C -X804

CURRENT -X435 FILE CONTENT-D -X806

DISPLAY -X436 FILEINFO -X013

END -X437 FREQUENCY -X439

ENEWS -X010 GLOSSARY -X400

ERROR MESSAGES -X360 HELP -X300

EXPAND -X438 KEEP -X311

FIELDS -X020 LIMIT -X312

FIELDS0 -X030 LIMIT ALL -X313

FIELDS1 -X021 LIMIT RELEASE -X314

FIELDS2 -X022 NEWS -X019

FIELDS3 -X023 NTIS -X037

FIELDS4 -X024 ORDER -X315

FIELDS5 -X025 PAGE -X316

FIELDS6 -X026 PRINT -X317

FIELDS7 -X027 QUERY -X318

ENTER:

RANGE SEARCH -X451

RECON -X310

RECON FAILURE -X260

RECON QUEUE -X250

RECONST -X011

RELEASE -X319

ROOT SEARCH -X452

ROOT -X320

SEARCH COLL-A -XOOS

SEARCH COLL-B -XO06

SEARCH COLL-C -XO07

SEARCH COLL-D -XO08

SEARCH COLL-E -X012

SEARCH COLL-F -X015

SEARCH COLL--G -X014

SEARCH COLL-H -X016

SEARCH COLL-I -X017

SEARCH COLL-J -X002

SEARCH COLL-L -X018

SEARCH COLL--M -XO04

SEARCH COLL-N -X808

SEARCH COLL-O -X031

SEARCH COLL-P -X032

SEARCH COLL-Q -X033

SEARCH COLL-R -X034

SEARCH COLL-T -X035

SELECT -X321

SELECTOPTIONS -X450

SET STATUS -X322

SIGNOFF -X323

SIGNON -X324

SORT -X325

SPECIFY FORMAT -X326

TEXT SEARCH -X440

TRAI NI NG -X101

TYPE -X327

New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recently added to the NASA Thesaurus

are listed. These terms are currently available on

NASA/RECON. Definitions are given for some

selected terms previously announced. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged. Contact Ron

Buchan at the NASA STI Facility, (301) 621-0103.

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION

MODELS

BROWN DWARF STARS

COMPUTER VIRUSES

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS

(ATMOSPHERIC)

USE ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL

CIRCULATION MODELS

GRAUPEL

ICE CLOUDS

MARS ROVER SAMPLE RETURN MISSION

USE MARS SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS

MARS SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS

MAURITIUS

MEXICAN SPACE PROGRAM

NETHERLANDS SPACE PROGRAM

PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH

QATAR

SEYCHELLES

SIS (SUPERCONDUCTORS)

SUPERCONDUCTOR INSULATOR

SUPERCONDUCTORS

USE SIS (SUPERCONDUCTORS)
National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

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New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released by

the Scientific and Technical Information Division follow. The source from which the publication is available

is given following the description. Copies may be available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents,

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington,

DC 20402, or from the National Technical Information

Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161. The NTIS price

code, accession number, and the GPO order number

are given, where available, with the descriptions.

10 to 100 GHz Satellite Links with Techniques for System Design (NASA RP-1082(04)

The NASA Propagation Effects Handbook for Satellite

Systems Design provides a systematic compilation of

the major propagation effects experienced on spaceEarth paths in the 10-100 GHz frequency band region.

It provides both a detailed description of the propagation phenomena and a summary of the impact of the

effect on communications system design and performance. (Avail: NTIS)

Planetary Cartosraphy in the Next Decade: Digital

Cartography and Emerging Opportunities

(NASA TM-4092)

Planetary maps being produced today will represent

views of the solar system for many decades into the

future. The primary objective of the planetary cartography program is to produce the most complete and

accurate maps from the hundreds of thousands of planetary images in support of scientific studies and future

missions. This document emphasizes the utilization of

digital techniques and digital data bases in response to

recent advances in computer technology. (Avail :NTIS)

Propagation Effects Handbook for Satellite Systems

Design--A Summary of Propagation Impairments on

STI Bullfftill is distributed to established users to inform them about NASA'sscientific and technical information

products and services.

Suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Jackie Streeks at the above

address or telephone (301) 621-0105, or John Wilson, NASA

Headquarters, Code NTT-2, Washington, DC 20546, (202)

755-1246.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA ST! Facility

P.O. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, MD 21240

(301) 621-0300

Detach labelwith instructionsfor addressor distributionchange

and mail to: ATIN: RegistrationServices,NASA STI Facilily.
STI Bulletin

Scientific and Technical Information

National AeronautE.s and

Space Administration

Volume XIX, No. 6 Scientific and Technical Information Division June/July 1989

Focus On...

This month the Bulletin will focus on several online

referral and/or bibliographic files for which there is

not a corresponding published version, unless otherwise noted.

NASA Research and

Development Contract

Search File

The NASA Research and Development Contract

Search (R&DCS) File (KIO, O00 series) contains information about NASA R&D contracts, grants, and orders issued since January 1, 1971. Information in the

file is available as a supplement tO the on-going research information contained in the Research and

Technology Objectives and Plans (RTOPs) Summary

(WTO, 000 series).

Scope

The Research and Development Contract Search File

contains information on contracts and grants issued

since January of 1971. The file contains records of

contracts or grants currently in force and contracts or

grants that have expired or have been terminated.

Record data: Each R&DC5 record is comprised of the

following standard data elements.

Contractgrant number

Contractgrant title

Name and address of contractorgrantee

Inclusive dates of the contractgrant period

Name and business address of the NASA

technical monitor

Cognizant NASA installation

Sponsoring NASA Headquarters office

RTOP number

Security classification of the work

Name of principal investigator

Technical reporting requirements for the work

Dun and Bradstreet Number

Contractor Identification Code

Technical reports produced under the contract/

grant

Modification Numbers

5ubject terms derived from the title and

statement of work to describe the contract

scope and substance.

Availability

The NASA Research and Development Contract

Search File is accessible on NA5A/RECON as the

KIO, O00 series in File Collections B, C, D, E, N, O,

and P to all registered users.

(continued on page 2)

Document Ordering Via FAX

For registered users who may not have access to

NASA/RECON and its online order capability, the

NASA Scientific and Technical Information Facility

now offers the option of telefaxing document order

requests. Telefaxing affords a convenient and expedient alternative to mailing document requests. Orclers will be received at the NASA STI Facility almost

instantaneously, eliminating the unavoidable time

spent by a request in transit via the US mail.

Fax requests must include your Facility User ID, organizational telephone number, the title of the

desired document and any pertinent bibliographic information (i.e., accession number, report number, author) available. For NASA Tech Briefs and Technical

Support Packages, continue to write or phone the

Technology Utilization Office at (301) 621-0243.

If NASA/RECON is available, online ordering is still

the most expeditious method of relaying document

requests. If NASA/RECON is not an available option,

telefaxing can be a viable alternative. Of course,

users may still phone (301) 621-0147 to place an

order.

To take advantage of this speedy method of transmission, send requests to the attention of Document Request Services. The NASA STI Facility Fax telephone

number is (301) 621-0134.

-IN THIS ISSUE

Focus On ............................................................... 1

Document Ordering Via FAX ................................. 1

Thesaurus Terms .................................................... 3

RECON Training Classes ........................................ 3

New Publications ................................................... 3
Focus On ...

(continued from page 1)

NACA Historical Shelflist

The NACA Historical Shelflist (H 10,000 series) is an

online version of a collection of over 100,000 cards,

covering the period from approximately 1915 through

the early 1960's. This card collection served as the

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

(NACA) Headquarters Library shelflist.

Scope

Along with NACA reports the card collection references reports of other U.S. government agencies, U.S.

industry, foreign government agencies and industry,

including British, German, and Scandinavian. The

collection is located at the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Facility where it has served as a

reference source. Renewed interest in the basic

aeronautical research represented by these documents and the many development projects underway

in subsonic, transonic, and supersonic flight that

could benefit made it imperative that the file be made

more generally available. Making it accessible on

NASA/RECON has been jointly supported by the

NASA Headquarters Aeronautics Division (OAST)

and the Scientific and Technical Information Division.

The information contained in the file was extracted

from approximately 100,000 of the NACA shelflist

cards and not source documents. Also, the information was not formatted to correspond to pre-existing

cataloging standards. Therefore, this'file has several

unique characteristics which differentiate it from

other files. These include:

Subject terms are not taken from the NASA

Thesaurus, but are extracted from the catalog

cards. For the most part the terms used are consistent with the Subject Headings for Index of

NACA Publications.

Corporate Name entries do not correspond to

the Corporate Source Authority List.

All text fields, i.e., the titlei the corporate name,

the miscellaneous notes, shelflist number, and

the abstract, are single-word searchable using

the mnemonic TXT. These fields can be

searched simultaneously using only one command.

The'Publication Date is an 8-character value in

the fixed form of yyyymmdd, i.e., 19251024.

This format permits clarification of dates entered for documents produced prior to 1900.

This field is term searchable using the

mnemonic PDT.

Record data: Each record is comprised of 10 standard

data elements:

Accession Number

Report Number

Publication Date

Pagination

Title

Author

5helflist Number

Miscellaneous Notes

Subject Terms

Abstract

Availability

The NACA Historical Shelflist is accessible to registered users of NASA/RECON as the H 10,000 series in

File Collection T. Although the records are fullysearchable online, the documents currently are not

available for purchase through online ORDERing.

Users must call the NASA STI Facility to place document orders.

Directory of Numerical

Databases

The Directory of Numerical Databases (DND)

(FIO, O00 series) is an online referral directory of

selected numerical, imagery, and textual databases

funded or administered by NASA.

Scope

The DND describes over 1200 databases of interest

to the aerospace research community. Over 50% of

the references relate to imagery and numerical data

acquired by satellites and interplanetary spacecraft;

another 40% describe Space Shuttle aerothermodynamic test data; and the remainder cover materials, chemical properties, and meteorology.

Record data: Each DND record is comprised of the

following standard data elements:

Database name and acronym

Technical program name and acronym

Data description abstract

Data collection method

Geographic coverage (if applicable)

Contract/grant number

Contractor and generating organization

NASA Center submitting information

Principal investigator

Contact name and phone number

Associated documentation (report numbers)

Timespan of data (if applicable)

Availability

The Directory of Numerical Databases is accessible

on NASA/RECON as the F10,000 series in File Collection Q to all registered users.

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S t r e t c h i n g Your Travel

Budget-- RECON Training

Classes Rescheduled

Since many users are faced with tight travel budgets,

it is frequently difficult for them to attend NASA/

RECON training sessions held at the NASA STI Facility. In order to help stretch users' travel dollars, we

have rescheduled two of the Fall 1989 training

classes to coincide, but not conflict, with the upcoming annual DTIC Users' Conference.

The Basic NASA/RECON training class previously

scheduled for Thursday, October 19, has been rescheduled for Friday, October 27. The Wednesday,

November 15 Advanced session has been moved to

Friday, November 3. Both classes will be held at the

NASA STI Facility near the BWI Airport as originally

planned. The DTIC Conference, scheduled for October 28 through November 2, will be held in Alexandria, Virginia.

Users who plan to attend the DTIC Conference can

take advantage of this opportunity to attend NASA/

RECON training while in the area, extending travel

money and adding to travel justification.

For information about other scheduled NASA/

RECON training classes, type HELP TRAINING online, or call (301) 621-0150.

New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recently added to the NASA Thesaurus

are listed. These terms are currently available on NASA/

RECON. Definitions are given for some selected terms

previously announced. User suggestions for new terms

are encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI

Facility, (301) 621-0103.

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

ARGENTINE SPACE PROGRAM

ASIC

USE APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED

CIRCUITS

BIRKELAND CURRENTS

CUSTOM INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

USE APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED

CIRCUITS

ENDEAVOUR (ORBITER)

EVA

USE EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY

LEARNING MACHINES

Transferred to MACHINE LEARNING

LEARNING MACHINES

USE MACHINE LEARNING

New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released by

the Scientific and Technical Information Division follow. The source from which the publication is available

is given following the description. Copies may be available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents,

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington,

DC 20402, or from the National Technical Information

Service (NTIS), Springfield, VA 22161. The NTIS price

code, accession number, and the GPO order number

are given, where available, with the descriptions.

Probabilities and Statistics for Backscatter Estimates

Obtained by a Scatterometer with Applications to

New Scatterometer Design Data (NASA CR-4228)

The values of the Normalized Radar Backscattering

Cross Section (NRCS) _° , obtained by a scatterometer

are random variables whose variance is a known function of the expected value. The probability density

function can be obtained from the normal distribution.

The expected value is obtained as a function of the

properties of the waves on the ocean and the winds

that generated the waves. Point estimates of the expected value, _, , are found from various statistics

given the parameters that define the probability density

function for each value. Random intervals are derived

with a preassigned probability of containing the value,

_,",. A statistical test to determine whether or not successive values of _ ° are truly independent is derived.

The maximum likelihood estimates for wind speed and

direction are found, given a model for backscatter as

a function of the properties of the waves on the ocean.

These estimates are biased as a result of the terms in

the equation that involve natural logarithms, and calculations of the point estimates of the maximum likelihood values are used to show that the contributions of

the logarithmic terms are negligible and that the terms

can be omitted. (Avail :NTIS)

NASA Directions in Space Propulsion for 2000 and

Beyond (NASA TM-102281)

In his National Space Policy of 1988, President Reagan

set a goal to expand human presence and activity in

the solar system. This goal has provided the impetus

for a resurgence of activity in a broad range of space

technology efforts in general and for a number of propulsion technology programs in particular. Building on

recommendations from several detailed studies of the

U.S. space program, NASA has increased the level of

investment in propulsion technology development.

The Civil Space Technology Initiative is developing

propulsion technology in support of near-Earth

operations. These efforts are focused on both main and

booster engines and seek to provide design methods

and databases to support future development of low

cost, reliable transportation systems. (Avail:NTiS)

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Nutritional Models for a Controlled Ecological Life

Support System (CELSS): Linear Mathematical Modeling (NASA CR-4229)

NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System

(CELSS) Program is developing a bioregenerative life

support system to supply food, air, and water to space

crews on long duration missions. An important part of

this effort is development of the knowledge and

technological capability of producing and processing

foods to provide optimal diets for space crews. This

involves such interrelated factors as determination of

the diet, based on knowledge of nutrient needs of

humans and adjustments in those needs that may be

required as a result of the unique conditions of longduration spaceflight; determination of the optimal mixture of crops required to provide nutrients at levels that

are sufficient but not excessive or toxic; and consideration of the critical issues of spacecraft space and

power limitations, which impose a phytomass minimization requirement. This publication examines the

complex interactions among these factors, with the

goal of supplying a diet that will satisfy human [_eeds

while minimizing the total phytomass requirement.

The approach taken was to collect plant nutritional

composition and phytomass production data, identify

human nutritional needs and estimate the adjustments

to the nutrient requirements likely to result from spaceflight, and then to generate mathematical models from

these data• (Avail :NTIS)

Seventeenth NASTRAN Users" Colloquium (NASA

CP-3029)

This document is the proceedings of a colloquium and

contains technical papers contributed during the

Seventeenth NASTRAN Users' Colloquium held in San

Antonio, Texas, April 24-28, 1989. The authors review

general application of finite element methodology and

the specific application of the NASA Structural Analysis

System, NASTRAN, .to a variety of static and dynamic

structural problems. (Avail:NTiS)

STI BuHetitl is distributed to established users to inform them about NASA's scientific and technical information

products and services.

Suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments may be directed to Jackie Streeks at the address

below or telephone (301) 621 -O105, or John Wilson, NASA

Headquarters, Code NTT-2, Washington, DC 20546, (202)

755-1246.

RECON operational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at:

NASA STI Facility

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B.W.I. Airport, hAD 21240

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STI Bulletin _ Scientific and Technical Information

Volume XlX, No. 7 Scientific and Technical Information Division Aug./Sept. 1989

New Special Publication

Coincides with 20th Anniversary Of Apollo 11

This second edition of Orders of Magnitude, A History

of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 was published to

coincide with and to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. This volume brings

up to date the history of U.S. agencies for space exploration, the NACA and the NASA. Early aviation and

aeronautics research are described, with particular emphasis on the impact of the two world wars on

aeronautics development and the "postwar exploitation

of those technologies. The reorganization and expansion of the NACA and NASA is described in detail as

well as NASA's relationship with industry, the university

system, and international space agencies such as the

European Space Agency (ESA).

The dramatic 'space race' during the 1950s and 1960s

is recounted through a detailed history of the Gemini

and Apollo programs and followed by a discussion of

the many valuable social/scientific applications of

aeronautics technologies, many of which have been

realized through the launching of successful satellite

projects. The solar system explorations of the Voyager

missions are described, as is the Challenger tragedy

and the 1988 return to space of the Shuttle program.

Future plans are outlined for a cooperatively funded

international space station to foster the ongoing study

of space science.

This addition to the NASA History series offers a readable blend of the dates, facts, and technical elements of

aeronautics history and lively accounts of the personalities and philosophies behind the national space

program.

Orders of Magnitude will be available on NASA

Spacelink. Conceived and implemented by NASA

Headquarters Educational Affairs Division and the Marshall Center Public Affairs Office, NASA Spacelink is

an educational database designed to be used by

teachers throughout the country. In addition to historical information, the system contains current NASA

news releases, shuttle processing reports, lesson plans

and other materials useful to teachers. It is available to

anyone with a computer and a modem for just the cost

of a telephone call. NASA users can also access NASA

Spacelink using their NPSS accounts (the service name

is SPLINK) or by dialing (205) 895-0028.

(Avail:GPO $6.00;

GPO 5tock No. 033-000-01053-2)

Focus On...

Each issue of the STI Bulletin features a product or service available through the STI Facility. This month the

5TI Bulletin will focus on NASA's Technology Utilization (TUYOffice, located at the NASA STI Facility, the

NASA Headquarters' Office of Commercial Programs

and, in particular, the Technology Utilization Division

which provides low or no cost services to the user community. The TU Program is designed, in a comprehensive nationwide network, to increase public and private

sector benefits by broadening and accelerating the secondary application of aerospace technology. This twiceused technology represents an added dividend to the

national investment in the space program and increased

national productivity. The products and services provided by the TU Office are available to the U.S. engineering and scientific community as well as other

domestic professionals interested in technology utilization. They supplement the mechanism of technology

transfer exercised by the elements of the TU Network.

COSMIC Software Catalog

NASA's Computer Software Management and Information Center is the central office established to distribute

software developed with NASA funding. The COSMIC

Software Catalog contains descriptions of the computer

programs available for use within the United States as

of January of the issue date.

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-IN THIS ISSUE

New Special Publication ............................................ 1

Focus On ................................................................... 1

RECON II ................................................................... 2

Document Delivery by FAX ....................................... 3

New Publications ....................................................... 3

RECON Training Rescheduled ................................... 4
Introducing RECON II

Major Enhancements Planned For NASA/RECON

Since 1969, searchers have seen the NASA/RECON system changed, improved, expanded, and enhanced. But

the twenty plus year old retrieval software never has

had a complete overhaul. Implementation of a new version, RECON II, is planned for early 1990.

RECON II will offer many capabilities that users have

requested over the years, that are not provided by the

current version, as well as some not found in other commercially available retrieval systems. Using command

language influenced by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), RECON II will allow both

frequent and occasional users to search more easily the

NASA STI Database.

New Features

Some of the additional capabilities planned for RECON

II will allow users to:

FIND (SELECT) a term or text string in combination

with an existing set, saving time and keystrokes.

Example: FIND airfoils AND sl

customize RECON to their needs through user-defined file collections, search mnemonics, and output

tags.

Example: MNEMONIC auth

SCAN (EXPAND) an index within a user-customized

search environment, and see the postings for that environment only, as opposed to the entire database.

Searchers then can better gauge the number of hits

that will result from a FIND command.

• search without limitations currently imposed by --_

RECON such as 1,539 citations to a KEEP set or 100

sets to a search, for increased flexibility.

• SAVE a completed search, and modify or execute a

saved search with ease. This eliminates the need to

rekey a good strategy because the user was not in

query mode.

Many other changes are planned for RECON II. These

are primarily geared toward increased searching flexibility and ease of use. Of course, popular functions currently available will be retained.

User Assistance

An online interactive tutorial for RECON II is planned

for later implementation. Help screens, a complete

error messaging system, and strategy, command, and

telecommunications assistance will continue to be

available by telephone. A schedule for RECON II training classes will be released later this year.

Information about specific RECON II functions will appear in future issues of the STI Bulletin and will be

mailed to all STI registrants as it becomes available.

New user documentation will be issued to RECON subscribers, and periodic messages will appear on the

HELP NEWS screen currently available on RECON. All

of these measures are designed to ensure a successful _")

transition to RECON II by all users, frequent and occasional.

Focus On...

(continued from page I)

Scope

The Catalog is the major reference on NASAdeveloped software. However, on request, the

COSMIC staff will review the database to determine

whether programs for your applications have been

made available since the catalog's publication. The information found in the Catalog is available on NASA/

RECON as the M10,000' series. This file "includes

abstracts and indexes for the current year only. The first

section of the Catalog contains citations and abstracts

for each of the computer programs. The entries in the

abstract section are arranged by the 76 categories found

in STAR. Four indexes are included: keyword, author,

program number/accession number, and accession

number. The NASA Thesaurus is used as the authority

for the keywords; however, other subject term entries

are also available.

Frequency

The COSMIC Software Catalog is issued annually. Each

issue supersedes the previous issue.

Availability

The COSMIC Software Catalog is available from

COSMIC, Athens, Georgia 30603, at $25.00 per copy.

Approximately 1400 computer programs and related

documentation announced in the Catalog are also available from COSMIC. An order form is provided in the

Catalog. Some of the computer programs are available

for use within the domestic United States only.

NASA Tech Briefs

NASA Tech Briefs is both a current awareness medium

and a problem solving tool. Tech briefs are short announcements of new technology derived from the research and development activities of the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Scope

The NASA Office of Commercial Programs issues approximately 500 tech briefs each year in the monthly publication, NASA Tech Briefs. These briefs emphasize information considered likely to be transferable across industrial,

regional, or disciplinary lines and are issued to encourage

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_)
Document Delivery by FAX

To expedite the receipt of a document ordered from the

STI Facility, a trial FAX document delivery service was

initiated September 1, 1989. This is a six-month pilot

study to determine appropriate procedures and the demand for the new service.

How To Use

To request FAX document delivery, phone Document

Request Services at (301) 621-0147. Be prepared to provide bibliographic information, i.e., title, report

number, accession number, and your STI Facility User

ID, organization telephone number and FAX telephone

number. All orders received requesting FAX delivery are

treated as RUSH orders. They are processed and FAXed

within 24 hours of receipt at the STI Facility. Do not

mail, FAX, or ORDER online requests for documents

you wish to have delivered by FAX.

It is not possible to FAX classified or limited distribution

documents.

User Charges

Documents are priced according to current NTIS pricing schedules, available in a recent issue of STAR and

on RECON by entering HELP NTIS. For FAX service,

Focus On...

(continued from page 2)

commercial application. They announce potential products, industrial processes, basic and applied research,

shop and lab techniques, computer software, new sources

of data, concepts, etc. resulting from the secondary application of aerospace technology. A second publication, the

Index to NASA Tech Briefs, is an annual listing of tech

briefs issued by the NASA Office of Commercial Programs, Technology Utilization Division. The index contains an abstract/citation section and four indexes: subject, personal author, originating center, and tech brief

number. The entries are arranged according to the nine

categories especially developed for NASA Tech Briefs.

The NASA Thesaurus is used as the authority for the indexing vocabulary that appears in the subject index.

Frequency ..

NASA Tech Briefs is issued monthly. The Index to NASA

Tech Briefs is issued annually, covering items released

during the preceding year. Also, every five years a cumulative index is prepared.

Availability

•NASA Tech Briefs is distributed, free of charge, to engineers in U.S. industry and to other domestic technology

transfer agents. Send requests for either the individual

tech briefs or the monthly publication to Manager,

Technology Utilization Office, NASA STI Facility, RO. Box

8757, BWI Airport, MD 21240. The Index to NASA Tech

Briefs is also available upon request from the NASA STI

Facility, at $10.00 per copy. (continuesnext month)

add $10 for the first 30 pages and $2 for each additional

10 pages.

Facsimile transmission of large documents can be

costly. Also, the STI Facility may encounter difficulties

transmitting to Group I or 2 facsimile machines.

Other RUSH Handling

For those who require overnight delivery service but do

not have access to a FAX machine or when the cost is

prohibitive, phone in your request and have the STI

Facility provide delivery via Federal Express (standard

Federal Express rates apply).

Other Services

You may request Federal Express handling using the online ORDER command on NASA/RECON, by mail, or

by FAX for less time critical orders. To use the online

ORDER command, enter **FED EX** in the attention

line of the ORDER command. For example:

ORDER 89N11553/HC/1/**FED EX**

FAX and FED EX delivery charges will be reflected on

your monthly invoice. Don't forget that you also may

place non-RUSH orders via FAX. With all FAX orders

include your STI Facility User ID, organizational telephone number, and bibliographic information, i.e, title,

report number, and accession number. The STI Facility

FAX number is (301) 621-0134. If you have access to

NASA/RECON, we recommend that you place your

orderonline as the most expedient method for the STI

Facility to process your order.

Remember, all orders to be delivered via facsimile transmission are handled as RUSH orders, and must be received as telephone requests, NOT by FAX, mail, or

online.

New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released by the

Scientific and Technical Information Division follow. The

source from which the publication is available is given

following the description. Copies may be available for

sale from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, DC 20402, or

from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS),

Springfield, VA 22161. The GPO order number, the NTIS

price code, and the NASA accession number are given,

where available, with the descriptions.

NASA Scientific and Technical Publications: A Catalog of

Special Publications, Reference Publications, Conference

Publications, and Technical Papers, 1988

(NASA SPo7063(03))

This Catalog provides bibliographic citations, abstracts,

and related indexes of the 179 NASA scientific and tech-

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New Publications

(continued from page 3)

nical publications announced in the NASA scientific and

technical information database during accession year

1988. The entries are grouped by the 76 subject categories

found in STAR, and subject, personal author, and NASA

report number indexes are included. This 58-page paperbound volume is intended for wide distribution among

present and potential users of NASA scientific and technical documents. This is the second supplement to the 10-

year cumulation published in 1987.

(Avail:NTiS, no cost, refer to PR849)

Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of Apollo

Lunar Exploration Missions (NASA SP-4214)

A narrative account of the development of the science

program for the Apollo lunar landing missions is presented. Emphasis is placed on the interaction between

scientific interestsand operational considerationsin such

matters as landing site selection, choice of experiments

and planning of lunar surface activities, selection and

training of crews, quarantine and-back-contamination

control, and presentationof resultsfrom scientific investigations.

(Avail:GPOfor$19.00;

GPO StockNo. 033-000-01047-8)

RECON Training

Rescheduled

The Fall session Of RECON training has been rescheduled

to coincide with the annual DTIC User's Conference:

Basic--Octo .her27

Advanced--November 3

For more information, enter HELP TRAINING online, or

call (301) 621-0150.

The ST_ Bulletin informs NASA STI users about NASA's

scientific and technical information products and services.

Direct suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments to Jackie Streeks at the address below or telephone

(301) 621-0105, or John Wilson, NASA Headquarters, Code

NTT-2, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 755-1246.

Direct RECON operational problems to the RECONCoordinator

at:

NASA STI Facility

RO. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, MD 21240

(301) 621-0300

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Scientific and Technical Information Space Administration

Volume XIX, No. 8 Scientific and Technical Information Division October 1989

Focus On...

Each issue of the STI Bulletin features a product or service available through the STI Facility. This month the

Bulletin continues its focus on NASA's Technology Utilization (TU) Office, located at the NASA STI Facility, the

NASA Headquarters' Office of Commercial Programs

and, in particular, the Technology Utilization Division

which provides low or no cost services to the user community. The TU Program is designed, in a comprehensive nationwide network, to increase public and private

sector benefits by broadening and accelerating the secondary application of aerospace technology. This twiceused technology represents an added dividend to the

national investment in the space program and increased

national productivity. The products and services provided by the TU Office are available to the U.S. engineering and scientific community as well as other

domestic professionals interested in technology utilization. They supplement the mechanism of technology

transfer exercised by the elements of the TU Network.

Space Commercialization

Database (SCD)

The Space Commercialization Database (SCD) is an online bibliography covering the technical, business, and

popular literature of space commercialization and

microgravity applications.

Scope

The SCD contains citations to books, technical reports,

conference presentations, periodical articles (including

professional journals, business and popular periodicals,

and newspapers and newsletters), and patents--

worldwide--on the industrialization of space and on

microgravity applications. Selected trade newsletters

and magazines are indexed on a cover-to-cover basis.

The Space Commercialization Database complements,

but, with rare exceptions, does not duplicate, STAR,

IAA, and other NASA/RERCON items. Online database

• creation began in 1986, although some SCD items date

from the 1960s. Creation of the database was jointly

supported by the NASA Office of Commercial Programs, Technology Utilization Division and NERAC,

Inc. A subset of the SCD corresponds in part to the

annual bibliography series, Microgravity Science and

Applications.

Size and Frequency

At present the SCD contains over 8,500 items. It is updated monthly, with approximately 150 to 200 new records per update.

Availability

The SCD is accessible on NASA/RECON as the CIO, O00

series in File collections J and D. It is also accessible

via NERAC, Inc.

Spinoff

Spinoff, an annual publication, is devoted to secondary

benefits from aerospace research and development programs. 5pinoffis intended to foster increased awareness

on the part of the general public of the practical benefits

resulting from government sponsored aerospace research and development and of the aerospace technology available for transfer. It also presents a synopsis of

the agency's major mission oriented programs and an

overview of the elements of the Technology Utilization

Network. 5pinoffis published annually and is available,

free of charge, from the TU Office, NASA STI Facility.

Color Copies Available

The STI Facility now has the capability to reproduce color

pages from hardcopy documents. Since black-and-white

copies of most color photographs, charts, etc. are virtually

useless, this new capability will improve the quality and

usefulness of the reproduced document. Due to the special handling required to produce the color copies, we

will contact you to indicate the anticipated delay in processing. This delay will vary dependent upon the number

of color pages to be copied. For further information, contact Document Request Processing at the Facility, (301)

621-0147.

--IN THIS ISSUE

Focus On ................................................................... I

Color Copies Available .............................................. I

NASA/RECON File Directory ..................................... 2

New Publications ....................................................... 3

New ThesaurusTerms ................................................ 3
NASA/RECON File Directory

For your use, we have prepared a revised list of accession series (files) currently available on NASA/RECON.

Column one indicates the accession series. Column two shows the File Name and acronym, as appropriate.

Column three gives the accession years covered in the file. Column four shows the file collections in which each

series is available.

Accession

Series

A-10,000

A-80,000

B- I 0,000

C- I 0,000

D-I 0,000

D-30,000

D-50,000

F-I 0,000

H-I 0,000

K-I 0,000

M-10,O00

N-I 0,000

N-60,000

N-70,000

N-80,000

N-90,000

T-10,000

U-50,000

V-10,000

W-70,000

X-10,000

X-36,000

X-50,O00

X-70,O00

X-80,000

X-90,000

Y-I 0,000

File Name

International Aerospace Abstracts (IAA)

Aerospace Medicine and Biology Bibliography

NASA Tech Briefs

Space Commercialization

Aerospace Safety Research and Development Institute (ASRDI)

-- Fire Technology

--Cryogenic Fluids

--Mechanics of Structure Failure

Directory of Numerical Databases (DND)

NACA Historical File

Research and Development Contract Search (R&DCS)

Computer Software Management and Information

Center (COSMIC)

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR)

Index of NASA Technical Publications with Abstracts

Technical Publications Announcements

Older Scientific and Technical Aerospace

Reports Extended

Older Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Documents for Record Only

DTIC Work Unit File (DWUF)

NASA Library Network Periodicals (NALNET)

NASA Library Books (NALNET)

NASA Research and Technology Objectives and Plans (RTOP)

Limited Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Classified Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Preview File

Classified STAR Secret Supplement

Older Classified Scientific and Technical Aerospace .

Reports Extended

Older Classified Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Classified Documents for Record Only

NASA Safety Databases

(foraccesscontact NASAHeadquartersSafetyOffice)

File

Coverage Collections

1968-DATE A,B,D,N,O,P

1963-67 G,H

1964-69 G,H

1963-DATE B,D,N,O,P

1986-DATE D,J

1975-76 D,I,N,O,P

1983-DATE Q

1915 + T

1972-DATE B,C,D,E,N,O,P

Current Year B,D,N,O,P

Only

1968-DATE A,B,D,N,O,P

1962-67 G,H

1962 G,H

1968-DATE B,D,N,O,P

1963-1967 G,H

1963-DATE G,H

Current Year E

Only

1973-86 M

1972-86 F,N,P

1971 -DATE B,D,E, N,O,P

1968-DATE D,N

1962-67 G

1988-DATE D, N

1964-70 G

1968-DATE D,N

1963-67 G

1963-DATE G

1983-DATE R
New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recently added to the NASA Thesaurus are listed. These terms are currently available on NASA/RECON.

Definitions are given for some selected terms previously announced. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged.

Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI Facility, (301) 621-0103.

ATMOSPHERIC SEEING

USE SEEING (ASTRONOMY)

BLOWOFF (COMBUSTION)

USE FLAMEOUT

BURAN SPACE SHUTTLE

CAMBRIAN PERIOD

CENOZOIC ERA

CHAOS

SN (LIMITED TO PHYSICS)

Scope Note deleted

CRETACEOUS PERIOD

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY

CVD (DEPOSITION)

USE VAPOR DEPOSITION

ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

USE ECOLOGY

Deleted

ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

USE ECOSYSTEMS

FLUX TRANSFER EVENTS

HAIRPIN VORTICES

USE HORSESHOE VORTICES

HORSESHOE VORTICES

HUNGARIAN SPACE PROGRAM

K-T BOUNDARY

USE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY

LASER DIODES

USE SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS

LIGHT HELICOPTERS

MAN TENDED FREE FLYERS

MASER MATERIALS

MASER PUMPING

MESOZOIC ERA

MOONLETS

MTFF (SPACE STATION)

USE MAN TENDED FREE FLYERS

NEPTUNE SATELLITES

NEREID

NEW ZEALAND SPACE PROGRAM

PALEOZOIC ERA

PROPELLER NOISE

RECORDS MANAGEMENT

ROTATIONAL SPECTRA

ROTORDYNAMICS

USE ROTOR DYNAMICS

ROTOR DYNAMICS

SEEING (ASTRONOMY)

SPACECRAFT COMPUTERS

USE AIRBORNE/SPACEBORNE COMPUTERS

SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTS

Scope Note Change

SN (LIMITED TO SPACECRAFT INTERNAL

COMPARTMENTS AND CABINS; FOR

SPACECRAFT EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS

REFER TO 'EXTRATERRESTRIAL

ENVIRONMENTS')

STARQUAKES

TERTIARY PERIOD

TOTAL VARIATION DIMINISHING SCHEMES

USE TVD SCHEMES

TRANSPUTERS

TRAPPED VORTEXES

Transferred to TRAPPED VORTICES

TVD SCHEMES

UARS (SATELLITE)

USE UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITE

UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH SATELLITE

VECTOR PROCESSING (COMPUTERS)

VECTOR QUANTIZATION

New Publications

Brief descriptions of publications recently released by the

Scientific and Technical Information Division follow. The

source from which the publication is available is given

following the description. Copies may be available for

sale from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, DC 20402, or

from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS),

Springfield, VA 22161. The GPO order number, the NTIS

price code, and the NASA accession number are given,

where available, with the descriptions.

Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1989 (NASA TM-4120)

Abstracts of reports from Principal Investigators funded

through NASA's Planetary Astronomy Program, Office of

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New Publications

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Space Science and Applications provide a summarization

of work conducted in this program for 1989. Each abstract

contains a brief statement on the strategy of investigation

and lists significant accomplishments within the area of

the funded grant or contract, plans for future work, and

publications. (Avail:NTIS)

NASA Information Sciences and Human Fadon

Program--Annual Report, 1988 (NASA TM-4126)

This report contains FY 1988 descriptions of technical

accomplishments in seven sections: automation and

robotics, communications systems, computer sciences,

controls and guidance, data systems, human factors, and

sensor technology. (Avail:NTIS)

Planetary Geosciences--1988 (NASA SP-498)

This book has just been published by the Scientific and

Technical Information Division and the Office of Space

Science and Applications. The reader will find here a collection of the outstanding research topics in the NASA

Planetary Geosciences Program, covering a broad range

of activity in the fields of planetary geology, geophysics,

materials, and geochemistry.

This illustrated paperbound volume of 114 pages should

appeal to NASA managers and to the general public as

well as to planetary geoscientists.

(AvaihGPO for $13.00;

GPO Stock No. 033-000-01055-9)

Thermal Protection System of the Space Shuttle

(NASA CR-4227)

One of the most important and successful accomplishments of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the thermal protection system (TPS) introduced and

continues to incorporate many of the advances in materials development over the past two decades. This comprehensive, single-volume provides a summary of the

space shuttle's thermal protection system (TPS). The review includes system design rationales, key design features, and broad descriptions of the subsystems of TPS

(e.g., reusable surface insulation, leading edge structural

and penetration subsystems). Details of all elements of

TPS development are covered--materials properties, manufacturing, modeling, testing, installation, and inspection.

Disclosures and inventions are listed and potential commercial application of TPS-related technology is discussed. (Avail:NTiS)

The STI Bulletin informs NASA STI usersabout NASKs

scientificand technical informationproductsand services.

Direct suggestions,materialto beconsideredforinclusion,and

commentsto JackieStreeksat the addressbelow or telephone

(301) 621-0105, or JohnWilson, NASA Headquarters, Code

NTT-2,Washington, DC 20546, (202) 755-1246.

DirectRECONoperationalproblemstothe RECONCoordinator

at:

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STI Bulletin

Scientific and Technical Information

National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

Volume XlX, No. 9 Scientific and Technical Information Division November/December 1989

Focus On...

Each issue of the 5TI Bulletin features a product or

service available through the 5TI Facility. This

month the 5TI Bulletin will focus on:

Literature Search Service

For researchers who do not have online access to

the NASA STI Database through NASA/RECON,

the NASA STI Facility provides individual literature

searches on request for a fee. This fee is waived,

however, for NASA organizations.

Scope

NASA STI Database. The entire NASA STI

Database is available for search-including references to all documents announced in STAR and

IAA and to all unannounced documents in the

NASA collection through NASA/RECON. NASA/

RECON is a computerized, online, interactive system for information search and retrieval. It enables

registered users at remote locations to interact directly with the NASA STI Database. References to

classified and limited distribution documents are

provided to requesters based on their registered

organizational affiliation with the NASA STI Facility.

Other Databases. The NASA STI Facility has direct

access to the Defense RDT&E Online System

(DROLS), ORBIT Search Service, DIALOG Information Services, Inc., BRS Search System, and Pergamon Infoline. Literature sear.ches on these services

are only available upon request to NASA organizations.

Search Processing. Individual searches are performed for a fee by retrieval specialists at the NASA

STI Facility in response to written requests from

registered users. Printed search request forms are

available at the library or technical information

center in all registered user organizations. As a requester, you are asked to specify the object of your

search, the segments of the database you would

like to have queried, and any keywords or document references you think may be pertinent. The

retrieval specialist formulates an individual strategy for your search, consulting with you by telephone if necessary to clarify your information

needs.

The specialist requests a computer printout of the

search results, which is mailed to you, together

with information about the availability of the documents identified by the search.

Response Time. Turnaround time for this service

averages less then four days. In an emergency, telephone requests can be processed more quickly.

Availability

NASA and Affiliates. NASA literature searches are

available for a fee to employees of NASA contractor organizations, organizations involved in research related to the NASA mission, and other

Government agencies that have registered with the

NASA STI Facility'l_o receive this service.

NASA employees at installations where NASA/

RECON is available should request search assistance form the staff at their local technical library.

General Public. The STI Facility does not provide

literature search service to the public. Portions of

the NASA STI Database are, however, publicly

available from ten NASA-sponsored Industrial Applications Centers throughout the United States.

All documents announced in STAR and IAA since

1962 are available as The Aerospace Database (File

108) through DIALOG.

-IN THIS ISSUE

Focus On... Literature Search Service ........................ 1

RECON Ih Frequency Power ..................................... 2

New STID Director .................................................... 2

Cost Estimate Available .............................................. 3

New Publication ........................................................ 3

New Thesaurus Terms ................................................ 4

Hargrave Retires ......................................................... 4

One Millionth IAA Record Published ......................... 4
RECON Ih Frequency Power

m _ n m B ,

I This article is part of a continuing series to pro- I

vide readers with information about RECON II,

I the upgraded retrieval software scheduled to be I

I released in Spring 1990. I

Under the current version of RECON, users have

for years enjoyed the availability of the

FREQUENCY command to aid them in analyzing

sets. This feature, which is nearly unique to

RECON, rank-orders the terms indexed in a sample

of citations within a given set, and displays them

by frequency of occurrence.

Once RECON II is operational in Spring 1990, the

FREQUENCY command's function will be greatly

expanded. In addition to analyzing subject terms,

FREQUENCY will analyze and rank-order information in other fields such as author, contract

number, corporate source, or any other field. In

the event that no field is identified for analysis,

RECON will default to the subject terms.

To use the FREQUENCY command for other fields,

enter:

FREQUENCY (Set number) (Field Mnemonic)

Example:

FREQUENCY $1 AU

This will display a sample of the authors cited in

set 1 in order of frequency of occurrence, with

each given an F-number. Selections can then be

retrieved by using the F-number.

Remember, the expanded version of FREQUENCY

will not be available until Spring of 1990 when

RECON II is implemented. Until then, the

FREQUENCY command will continue to aid you

in analyzing subject terms within your sets. (See

the sample screen below.)

REF

FO01

F002

F003

F004

F005

F006

F007

F008

FO09

F010

F011

F012

F013

1=014

I=015

F016

F017

FO18

F019

F020

SUBJECT TERM FREQ

INFORMATION ......................... 0443

DATA PROCESSING ................... 0055

INFORMATION SYSTEMS ........... 0052

• INFORMATION DISSEMINATION - 0041

DATA BASES ............................ 0037

COMPUTER PROGRAMS ............. 0035

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT --- 0034

MATHEMATICAL MODELS ......... 0034

CONFERENCES ......................... 0032

DECISION MAKING ................... 0032

LIBRARIES ............................... 0028

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL ........ 0027

DATA ACQUISITION .................. 0021

HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING - 0021

DISPLAY DEVICES .................... 0020

ECONOMICS ............................. 0019

INFORMATION THEORY ............. 0019

ALGORITHMS .......... -................ 0018

BIBLIOGRAPHIES ....... -'.............. 0018

COMPUTERS ............................ 0018

F021 EVALUATION ........................... 0018

ENTER:

F022

F023

F024

F025

F026

F027

F028

F029

F030

F031

F032

F033

F034

F035

F036

F037

F038

F039

F040

F041

F042

COMMUNICATING .................... 0017

COMMUNICATION ............... -.... 0017

DATA TRANSMISSION ............... 0017

MANAGEMENT PLANNING ......... 0017

SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION .... 0017

TABLES (DATA) ........................ 0017

USER REQUIREMENTS ............... 0017

DOCUMENTATION .................... 0016

MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS .......... 0016

PROJECT MANAGEMENT ........... 0016

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - 0016

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ................. 0016

TECHNOLOGIES ........................ 0016

CODING .................................. 0015

HUMAN PERFORMANCE ............ 0015

INFORMATION FLOW ................ 0015

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYS 0015

TEMS ......................................

RESEARCH ............................... 0015

UNITED STATES ....................... 0015

AUTOMATIC CONTROL .............. 0014

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER .......... 0014

MORE

Gladys A. Cotter- STID Director

Gladys A. Cotter is the new Director of the Scientific and

Technical Information (STI) Division. She was formerly

the Director of the Defense Applied Information Technology Center, a component of the Defense Technical Information Center. In addition to other positions related to

the management of technical information and the associated technology, she was also employed briefly at the

NASA STI Facility. She has masters degrees in business,

information systems management (MBA, George

Washington University), and library science, automated

systems(MLS, University of Maryland).
Cost Estimate For Online Charges

Available in NASA/RECON

It's been said that budgets and time are the two

commodities in shortest supply in modern society.

And, unfortunately, their parallel relationship often

requires the expenditure of one to improve the

other. Since online searching can be expensive,

and the budget estimating and cost recording time

consuming, we are happy to announce RECON's

latest feature-the capability to display an up-tothe-minute estimate of RECON and Telenet costs

while online.

Designed as part of the CURRENT command, this

feature can be accessed by entering CU for a full

CURRENT screen. The estimated cost of the session displays on lines three and four.

ENTER: CU

CURRENT SESSION STATUS

DATE ...................... NOVEMBER 06, 1989

NASA/STIF TIME ........ 09:07

EST RECON COST .....

EST TELENET COST ..

FILE COLLECTION .....

EXPERIENCE LEVEL ..

SECURITY ................

ACCESS LEVEL .........

MODE .............

$2.80

NO COST

A

EXPERT

SECRET RESTRICTED

DOM. NASA

STANDARD

SPECIFY FORMAT ...... NOT IN EFFECT

LIMIT ALL ................ NOT IN EFFECT

SET(S) IN USE ........... NO SETS CREATED

ACCESSIONS KEPT ..... KEEP SET IS EMPTY

PRINTS .................... NO PRINTS REQUESTED

For a quick check on cost only, enter CUC. Both

CU and CUC witl replace the screen you ate displaying with session status information.

This feature can be accessed at any time during

the search session without interrupting the strategy

or signing off the system. And execution of the

cost command immediately before SIGNOFF

makes recording online charges a much simpler

process. But remember: once a SIGNOFF is executed, the cost information is no longer available

online.

Searchers who do not use Telenet to access

RECON will simply get a "NO COST" message on

the Telenet line of the CURRENT display. Since

AT&T charges are not calculated, those users must

refer directly to their phone bill for the telecommunication portion of their search cost. For

hardwire terminal users, the CURRENT display

says "NO COST" in place of an actual estimates

for both RECON and Telenet. Both charges are estimates only, so some variation may be noted between the online listing and your monthly invoice.

For additional information on the cost command,

enter HELP CURRENT (x435).

New Publication

A brief description of a new publication recently released by the Scientific and Technical Information

Division follows. The source from which the publication is available is given following the description.

Copies may be available for sale from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, DC 20402, or from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS),

Springfield, VA 22161. The GPO order number, the

NTIS price code, and the NASA accession number

are given, where available, with the description.

Time-Variable Phenomena in the Jovian System

(NASA SPo494)

NASA SP-494, Time-Variable Phenomena in the Jovian System, has been published by the Scientific

and Technical Information Division and the Office

of Space Science and Applications. This book presents the theoretical framework for understanding

and interpreting various phenomena in the Jovian

system as well as a comprehensive synthesis of the

state of our knowledge. The book has three sections:

satellite phenomena and rings; magnetospheric phenomena, Io's torus, and aurorae; and phenomena in

the Jovian atmosphere.

This paperbound volume of 413 pages is illustrated

with charts, graphs, and photographs. It is a technical work, targeted toward planetary scientists.

(Avail:GPO for $29.00;

GPO Stock No. 033-000-01058-3)

3
National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

Code NTT-4

Washington, D.C.

20546

Official Business

Penalty for Private Use, $300

THIRD-CLASS BULK RATE

POSTAGE & FEES PAID

NASA

PERMIT No. G27

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New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recently added to the NASA Thesaurus

are listed. These terms are currently available on

NASA/RECON. Definitions are given for some

selected terms previously announced. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged. Contact Ron

Buchan at the NASA STI Facility, (301) 621-0103.

CONGRESSES

USE CONFERENCES

EFFECTORS

(USE OF A MORE SPECIFIC TERM IS

RECOMMENDED--CONSULT THE TERMS

LISTED BELOW)

ADVANCED LAUNCH SYSTEM (STS)

ADVANCED SOLID ROCKET MOTOR (STS)

ALS (LAUNCH SYSTEM)

USE ADVANCED LAUNCH SYSTEM

ASRM (STS)

USE ADVANCED SOLID ROCKET MOTOR (STS)

C. W. Hargrave Retires

The Chief Of the Acquisition and Dissemination

Branch for the last 10 years,. Charles W. Hargrave

was with the NASA Headquarters Scientific and

Technical Information (STI) Division for more than

27 years. With a total of 35-1/2 years in federal service, Charles W. Hargrave retired on December 2.

His expertise in the procedures and processes required for the management of the NASA STI system,

particularly of the STI database, will not be easily

replaced. Along with already retired Van Wente,

who left last May, this marks the end of service for

the group who started and developed NASA's STI

system. We heartily wish "CW" a well earned and

successful retirement.

A Milestone

International Aerospace Abstracts

Publishes One Millionth Record

The December 16, 1989 issue of International Aerospace

Abstracts (Vol. 29, Number 24) will contain the one millionth IAA record added to the RECON database. The

record references a paper entitled "Analysis of a SecondOrder-Accurate Finite-Volume Method for TemporallyGrowing Compressible Shear Layers," authored by H. L.

Atkins of NASA Langley Research Center.

The 5TI Bulletin informs NASA STI users about NASA's

scientific and technical information products and services.

Direct suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion, and

comments to Jackie Streeks at the address below or telephone

(301) 621-0105, or John Wilson, NASA Headquarters, Code

NTT-2, Washington, DC 20546, (202) 755-1246.

Direct RECONoperational problems to the RECONCoordinator

at:

NASA STI Facility

P.O. Box 8757

B.W.I. Airport, MD 21240

(301) 621-0300

Detach label with instructionsfor address or distribution change

and mail to the above address,AnN: RegistrationServices.
1990

Bul letin • .- • . ..... '_' _ National Aeronautics and

Scientific ancl Technical Information - Spa 

f

Volume XX, No. 1 Scientific and Technrcal Information Division JanuaryFebruaryMarch 1990 ;.

c

NASA Science Net

Ties to NASA/ARIN

The National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) will be

interconnected to NASA's Scientific and Technical |nfor -_

mation Facility via _ direct communications line. A tail

circuit has been Installed from the NASA Science Network

-(NSN)to the Facility.. -- .

The establishment of a direct connect]onto the NSN will

_enable NASA's scientists and principal investigators to logout of their current application,or hotkey out and Iogin to

the STi Facility. Ease of accessibility to the STI Database

will enable NASA'sscientists and principal investigators

to perform their research more efficiently:

Connecting the STi Facility and the National Space Science

Dath Center via the NSN will provicle experibnce'for tying

NASA STI Database

Adds 3,000,000th Record

There are now over three million records in NASA's STI

Database• The record setting volume was accessioned-as

N89-22969, and is listed under Category 42, Geosciences

(General). The document consists of a folder containing

amain report, a companion report, four brochures, and

seven color images. These colorful components totaling

305 pages were published under the auspices of the Earth

System Sciences Committee (ESSC) and the National

Aeronautics and Space Ad rninistration in Wash ington, DC.

The report entitled "Earth System Science: A Program for

Global Change" gives a vivid and sweeping view.of Earth

-sciences work in the space program and for the_future.

Tills landmark report joins over'40,000 records .dealing

into Other hard-data clearinghouses' and networks. Initial. - with the Earth ,sciences]n NASA/RECON. These include

testing w_lenroll a sinai| number of usersofthe STI Facik . government reports, jottrnal articles,-and books that deal

ity s NASA/ARIN (Aerospace Research Information ,Net- _ ' mainly with remote sensing of Ea_rthresources and related

work)and the SPAN (Space Physics_Analy_is Networki at _'_.._ top.ie_s_suchas atmospheric ,sciences, geophysics, andthe Goddard Space Flight Center. " oceanography: T.here are over. _,S00 NASA Thesaurus

The big benefit for users Ofthe NASAt,_R1N online cataiog-. _ terms that relate to Earth sciences. These terms and their

_system will be the ability, right from their office, to locate hierarchies and selected definit_!ons are available in the

information related to a bibliographic title held by any of _,._ printed and online versions of the NASA Thesaurus.

the participating NASA libraries, as_well as the ana[ytical _ __.. .._c. , "-

and graphics toolsavailable through SPAN. The N_SDC:_, ; -._-_.- . _ ; ,

Master Directory will serve as a readily:avaitable,,qhline_ ..... " " '' system for locating and browsing summary_irfformatibn _ "_ NASA -_

about space and earth science data. _(con_uedo, mSe,_) .7 TMIS CONNECTION )

i

-IN THIS ISSUE - i -

NASA/RECON -- TMIS Connection .._........ :....._J..z.._ _1

NASA STl'Database Adds 3,000,000th Record ..., ..... _1

NASA Science.Net Ties to RECON ._....... ._......... _........ 1

Focus On... Document Ordering Se_ice ..]......_..._...-=."2 '

NewPublications_ ................................... _ ........... ,...: 2

CASET Database on RECON .................................. -._. 3

Integrated Astronomy _rhesaurus_.._;...._......;,_: ......_...,: _3 i

NASA ST[ Directory Updated .C...,•....•-_.... -...... ..........._:3. ;

Payment for STi Products and Serv,ces _................ _.

Definin_Yom:'En_,ironment in .RECON II ._.'..L.:..'....._-'..._'4

NACA FileTo Be Completed-. ............ :....._............... C. 5

I?,ECON/ RECON II Command Comparisor_ .:......_....... '_5

Domestic Resoqrce B_bhograph_es,....... ;.......... __...,. 6""

SCAN Available Online _ .... o._ ,Z.. • ..:•.. :_ 6 " ' _' _"

AGARD Bibliographies ............ :'..._.,.:..;.,._.;.........._.:...__7. i

NARA Plans Online Access].......... ... ..... _........ •.......... 7.

! "%' 7 ' New Tbesaurug Terms ........ ;............... "......"...................

NASA's Three-Year Printing Plan _ " 8

STI Program in GIQ ........................ -...... :.;................. 8

Index to STI Bulletin for 1989 ............................. Insert

.F

• _'_.-_NA_SA's Scientific and' Technical -]nformation Division

(Code N_'I-F)is exploring with'the Space Station Freed()m.-

_- Progra'm(SSl:P) (Code SSi ]inking NASA/RECON andtheir

Te_:hnical and Management Information System (TMIS).

Users of NASA/RECON would be'able to log onto TMIS

_:directly from their keyboard, and TMIS users onto NASA/ ..

RI_CON.TMIS contains full textand graphics of documents

• ,'_elatc_lto Space Station requirements. TMIS comprises the

._-foIIdwlng: , _" • _ " _ - _ _.- _].-- -- _ I. ._

.TMIS Admini_rat|ve Workstation.'An IBM-AT orAT com--

patibl_ persohaJ computer that ruinsthe MS-DOS operating

system.. - " . - '

,TMIS Documentation Workst_ation. An Apollo Domain

300 computer that runs both' theAEGIS operating system ..

•and the_ Ms-Do_ operating W_,tem. " ' "

• • , . L

TMIS Document Management System. All of the necessaP/ components for user_, to create, manage and store

documentation, reports, drawings, or any electronic file.

(continuedon page 3)

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"" OF _OOR Q'JALITY
On;;. . , yc,e v..,.ca,,o.-o

: _, ._' _ _;-: ,_.:'. L _-. --'; vice elil_tbthty.Requestersare glveo_rompt notification '

_':" "','_ ' _ ";-%"- "_ _" ,'-'_1 ,. . ;. -: ", Z' _ " ' " " " - • " " : , . "

'" . , ,.. r - -'_0f'anyp_.,.sibledl_ys i_processing."'_-';I _._:•..- ,

Each:,issue'of the STl_'Bu[letir featuresa produ_:t _#: ser- • , _-, '._, , < _ ".'. . " - "_- _; , "

v_ce available "throUgh the STI Facility This_monththe.__ . _ Delivery -.: ; " : -' _-_-:_'_ _ :"_ _ :"_' ' . -_ ,.

Me)st orders and Work"- STIBulletjn will_ocus on: -'_- -> " are pro'c:e'ssed maiied_within five !_

Document Ordering Service i

In order to.provide members of the NASA "i_esearch and

development community with fu[I-te_ copies of i_dividual documents cited in the NASA STI Database, the

NASA STI Facility offers an on-demand .document redays after receipt. Completed orderS, are shippecl via first

class mail or UPS with no additional postage or handling _

charges. Overnight mail delivery can be supplied at the

-customer's request at the current.-express..klail rate. The, -

cha_es for overnight services are itemized on the •Users'

monthly invoice:

quest service.This service affords registered _ers quick

and convenient access to the vast referenceholdings of

stockcopies and microfic_hestored atthe NASA STI

Facility. . ....

c

Scope

'Generally, all I_IAsA sponsored reports are available in

paper copy and/or microfiche• NASA supported reports

are identified on NASAJRECON or' in NASA -publica_

Documen_ are delivered to a central point; such as the

library 0r information center, in-each organization that

has registered ,with the NASA STI Facili_ to receive docu-

• ment' delivery service.

New Publications -

Brief descriptions of publications recently _released •by the

Scientific,and.Technical Information Division follow. The

turnaround period.roY a,_minlmum charge. Reports are .-_.:tlftaircr_ft are included in_the discussion: 36 pages, Color

avattame m papercOpyOr microfiche iormat. For_paper'_-.:'-_ anc]-biack-and-white'iflustration_ _-_ " _ - - _-

copy requests, stockCopies areUsed until_tock supplies - - _--_, - .-" .... :-- .... - y "L. ,,. :,:_,,-, t.._.;_;,_

"-, "-'1- _l/_*_/'. _-•X _ .... */.. _ l/ . , . ' '_" • ,_. _'--__'- ' ,I .• • . _/_ [/'tVdll;t._l-UIUi,_'_._._;,

are (lepleteo. when stock__copies are' no:lonRer_av, ai_ _ ,'- ,' .;;_ _:/ : _ - "' - _'=_p/')-_t,-_-_- _,_t)_._rL_,_ r)"

- able,_.a blowback fs made _frorn. the rn_c_e _.Ihe "'., :'; _ _'-_.:, - ;'-'_ ;._ _ " 1- /_ '-''_ , . _ " • _" _

_. _requested document.'-Users are -i_voiced-,m0nthh/..for_._ 4ssues in NASA P .r_ram and ProjeL't Managementdocumenf._'orders. Basec!_ 0n.star_da_d_NTIS' prices for . .{NASA SP_6101(02))"_ .: : '_ '."' .:_. :-" .:

j_aper copy and mlc(ofiche, requesters are-charged,for •-_, This new collection_of papers on{.aemspa'ce management.

_ _ _- _ -__ _ . , ,\ '..,_.... _- !ssuescon_ins a.managemen thistoryof theT.racklngand

• ._- - .x .... _:...... " __ _, ._ Data Relay SatelliteSystem (TDRSS) program together

Document orders rhay.be ;plac:ed_via _[etier_'request,_" .....

tions such as STAR,: by an asterisk.,immediately follow -_ source frOm _hich the publication .is available is given

ing the accession number. Thosedocuments whicfi are, '-following _l_e "descripti0n. Copies may be available for "

available on michrofiche Will have a poun'_ sign,folldw-: - o sale from the Supilrintendeht of Documenfs, U.S.GOvern- _

ing the accession number. '-_'_, " - " .'/ "_ ._" -_ " _.? _rnent PrintingOffice]{GPO),.,CWashington,DC 20_02, or " --"

- ._ _ _'_• . r __,- ._ _, from the Natioilal ;Tec'hnical, _nformationService (NTIS)," "

Availability ..... " '.-

..- ._ _.._ .,_:_ _'" ..,-'-;__,.. . . . '_,,"=_-_' _, ' SprJngfield,VA2_2161:The_GPO order nomber,"'theNTIS

Scientists and engineers working -_t NASA centers or _ .price code, and .the"NAS_A accessi0n nurnbera_e given,

working for contractors an_l subcontractors-nprmally-._.=,,whereavail_ble,_with the'descrTpt_r_s. - . _

obtain documents from the NASASTI F_lcility by making . . - .... ,.... '_'. _ - . . _.

requests directly through their local tecEni_t-libl'a_ '_ .Powered-riftAircraft Technelo_/(NASA TP-S01) . _,

,' -_ ->_- --.. .. -_,_.;< ._. _._._ For more than 30 yearspowered-l_ researc.hand technol-. .,

Unclassific:_d,-|imited, and _:]assifiedclocibr_nents mayb_ :....ogy--havebeen :perce-ivedin "the_con_xt Of enab-lln_.an _-'c:.

ordered depending on :•the requesiersreglstratlpn pro_ , • aircraft-to openate,from-short,or re¢lucecl-length runways-> - -

.file, secur'ty classification_as tegiste'red with_"tli_e".NASA _-_r,from [nin_mum-size'terrninal Sites.-:Powered_lifi aircraft.-" -'_,

..... . . -. :, _. '+ - -_tl. _., , .'_... _ . _, c. ",,-, , l , -,. • _ .

STI Facihty, and any hmitation Wh_"_hm.ay be, lmpo_dd :-- ,hay# ,been catego'rlzed-by acrorwm.s such as STOL Jshort ;:.

on the document. Those requesters _sth_.are ineligible_ % . takeoff anc]JaBding_and,VTOL_verttca|,takeoKand land- - "

. ..,. _- . _,..... ,. , . p . _ , _ ..., _,'.,, ..,, _ • _ . . . - .._ . _ . - _ , -

•to receive their' desired documents' aref_romptly "11_, borre_pondlngto.tfle air_raft'scapabilities. Power_e_- " . _

.notified of their.inehglblhty and,"w.henevjer pQssible_i : Lift )_urcr'pt);.Technology provides an overview of this field . '

:directed to another source. '.. ' • " --_ ," - ,OLaeron_utlcal._echnology for several types of powered-\-

- - - " ';\>%" - :, -, .... ......

The document-ordering's_i_,ice gelikers_o.the'NASA ":'...4ifi,air_raft.--It, . , . ,f°cuses'°n. :- -...the -,describti°n.. . -. of various.: pow- _.'- ered-llftconcepts and their operatio_alcapability:Aspects _-"

community essential research., reports in a minir_m _ ..1 b(aerodyn#mics and flight,c0nt-rols.pertinent to power_i:

-f

phone request FAX (see.STI •Bulletin VQJ, XIX, No. 6),'5

Or asin mos_tCases,e]ectronica!ly.by, _ ' " using " the' _online _" -

ORDEI_ command On the,NASA/RECON retrievalsystem. To expedite processing, requesters are asked to

,referto theirNASA STI FacilityIdentific'ati0nNurnber..

In all cases, document requests enter the processing

,,with lessoj_s learned therefrom; reflections on-manage- ....

ment. from the former-director of "Marshall SI0ace Flight" •.

Center; a l(x_kat I_ASA program management from an

_dustry".vie.wpoint;an analysisof systems management _ _

ih the Apollo era;management and budget lessonsfrom _---_-

the ShuttleProgram; a summaryof NASA management

(continued on page 6)
CASET Databas forRECON il i

In'collaboration with NASA Headquarters C0de U, Office

of Equal Opportunity Programs, a database of theeCenter

for Advancement of Science,Engi neeri ng, and Technology

(CASET), Huston-TillotsonCollege, will be made available

on NAS,_/RECON. _

The CASET Database contains data onthe supply of minority and women scientists, engineers, and technologists for

government and industry. The CASET Database is designed

for keyword.searches with quantitative information from

the growing body of literature on minorities and women

in technical fields. It is hoped that by use of-the CASET

Database these persons can be helped to achieve careers

in science and engineering.

Maximum retrieval flexibility will be maintained by storing

the majority of the data fields as searchable text with inverted indexes tailored for each field so as to permit retrieval on individual words and/or multiple words as a

string for each field. -

Tl_e database will exist in a separate file collection. CASET

will provide records to the STI Facility on magnetic media -

(either floppy discs or tape) in a format mutually agreeable

- to technical staff of CASET and the STI Facility:This applies

to both the initial file to be loaded as well as to all'future

replacement files. ..: ., F

J

The NASA Thesaurus controlled vocabulary will not be

used/CASET will prepare a separate _esaurus rile'which "

will be used to control indexing vocabulary at loadtime. _-

1

Integrated Astronomy Thesaurus

.NASA STI Division is cooperating ir)_a project to develop

a world-ciass astronomy vocabularybased upon existing

major astronomy thesauri. A computer tape of the NASA

Thesaurus--Astronomical Terms has been sent to the

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Cambridge, Massachusetts.

SAO proposes tO dev.elop an, integrated astronomy

thesaurus which would be the recognized authority in

astronomy. The International Astronomical Union (IAU)

has recently developed an astronomy thesaurus and has

also been cooperating in the project. The project is international in that the IAU list comes from Australia.

On the basisof its analysis, SAO Will propose how_to

proceed, with possible NASA support. Such an astronomy

thesaurus would be most useful to the NASA Thesaurus

and could result in the enhancement of the 1991 edition.

NASA STI Division will be kept informed of developments,

:- and will assure that it is of assistance to NASA STI users.

" TMiS Connection

(continuedfrompage I) _" _ _ __

The TMIS Document M -" anagement System includes components for_the VAX host, workstatiof% network, file-trans-

"- fe_,_and common user interlace. Includes PAYS (EDCS,

BRS), Iriterleaf, DW4, CUI scripts, fi_letransfer scripts, filters, and the custom interfaces written for TMIS.-

_EDCS: EItgineering Data Control System. The Digital

NSN Ties to ARIN ' -•_ ._ - - _Equipment Corporation COTS product being used for the

(continued .(tom page 1_ - - : • ' _ -.

' . - LIBRARY • . CONTROL •SYSTEM..EDCS is a_file management

Users of the SPAN network, a great number of scientists 'package;.. _" _.,. ,_

and engineers with NASA and NASA contrac'tors, will be " BRS or "l_RS/Search. The BRSlnformation Technologies

able to come into NASA/ARIN to access the information -_ COTS procluct (BRS/Search) being used for the LIBRARY

typically available in the traditional card catalogs familiar :: =_ 'SEARCHSYSTEM. BRS/Search isafuil-textdatabase search

to library users:This will greatly expand the ST) Facility'S' _ package,'-" _ i : - _ _ _ _- _ , :..

usefulness to the, NASA R&D community. . -., • PALS: Program Automated Library System. -The VAX Host

Through NSSDC and NSN, users have ac(:ess to the-As-:: components of the Document Management System. PALS

trophysics Master.Directory, ihe Climate Data System, the !. _ iscomposed Of two subsystems: LIBRARY CONTROL SYSPlanetary Data System, the NASA Ocean Data System,, -/_;,TEM .and LIBRARY SEARCH SYSTEM. _ ._

and the PilotLand Data System. Access can also_oe had

via NSN to directories,and.databases all over the wor!d.,_ NASA STI Directory Updated

In recent demonstrat!on, the Master Directory was acces- .... " -The £)irectory of NASA_Scientificand Technical lnformased from Prague, Czechosl0va'kia. LFdr, further _ in- tion and Related Orgardzationsfor1990 has been printed.

formation, call Dickluey, 202-755-I0300r FTS755-1030:. Induded._are names and telephbrle numbers, and area

. _ of act!vity for the scientific and technical information

: :" , people at._ _'. Payment for STI Products , ':'. .. -- N/_SA Headquartersand Services • " •_ -- American Institute of AeronaUtics and

, Astronautics, Technical Information Service

The co_ntract0r for the NASA Scientific and Techni- -- NASA Scientific and Technical Information

cal Information (STI) Facility.has been directed to _ Facility

implement procedures immediately for colic, cLing -- NASA Centers

overdue bills for STI services and products.-These -- Technology Utilization Centers

are to be discontinued if bills are not paid. Requests for copies shoul d be forwarded to Sue Floyd,

NASA STI Facility, (301) 621 )0160.

OF POOR QUALITY
Defining Your Environment m RECON II ...... ....

This:year when.RECONII. 8oesouline, searchers will _ In _this _exampte, : "-- ""

have the capability of_stru_uHng their own search uni- _ _ .c_umn five, labeledthe ACCESSION accession nui_beT =. The author's _,i|l begin, namei_

_ve-rse, or defining their search environment. Users who

wish to search a more limited part of the database or

combine files that do not reside together in a standard

file collection may do so by using the newly created

ENVIRONMENT command. The old familiar RECON

fi|e collections will still be available.

ENVIRONMENT consists of three parts or commands,

and eachmay he,manipulated separately. The first is the ..

COLLECTION command, which is similar to the ol d

LIMIT-/U.L command. To create a file,collection of your

own in RECON IL simply enter your desired c011ection'_

name and attributes such as accession series and accession year(s) as in the following example:

COLLECTION 119 85-89 STAR.C

i _. T--F---F-"

command series year(s) name.

Jn this example, by using the collection command you

will have created and stored a file collection named _you specify anotherfield in which you want to search, _.

STAR.C. That collection will consist only of STAR (File RECON only will search major and minor terms. With

119) records from accession years 1985 .through 1989. the MNI_MONIC command under RECON II, you may

As you search, your SCAN screens (similar to the old change the default mnembni_: .to-any_ field _you-desire.

EXPAND) and your set postings wil| reflect on!¥_ithe pot- - Forrexample, if Y_Ur are searching-a series of _ontract.

tion of the database thaLyou have requested. Notethe . numbers, _ou may find it easier to chan'ge the defduff

.C extension on the name given to the_ rilecollection. _ .mnemonic to CN so that. you_ do not" have' to' key_the ' _

This is required as the extension for any colleCtion, - _field mnemonic each'time.This is:dc_nesimply b_yenter 7 ""

name sothat RECON II may _entifyit as a collection.. _ ing: .' - _: ._ --

(You will learn that other definable features require simi:, _..... ' MNEMONIC CN - - -

lar extensions, i.e., a stored query or searchname re,- _ ,

quires a .Q, etc. You always will-be able to tell what it 4:or example, io FINDS(SELECT) a series_of documents by

is you have store&by the extension you bare g|_en ,t.) ; _ the!r cQntract ,numl_. r,you .must.only enter, F!_D NSG-

.... :_ _:_.J ,L ........... ...... ,_,,,, .... bet of ac_ces __- 12345' ir_steao oT rtr_ _r_ = r_:_-a,c._,_:Y. , _-._ .

_,l_J Ill IIlIIIU ILliCit yUU III1_ Ili_JUL CI._ IIUlll ' "_-_ ' ' r _e- . C" ' -- " _. "

stun series that you w_sh to search as part of_hl s co!l,ec-_,:_.. Cont_a_t Numberwili. rema!n the default mnemonic

tion. " " -' " ' _ _ ._ ' '-; " ; "_ uqti),_QU change it or end_our Search'session. _ - -

. . , . %.% - j ,

The second definable feature w,th_ 9 tl_e ENVIRQN_ "_L IF _OLLECTtON _FORMAT. and MNEMONIC can be

com ao < o, ac,;o, er where :

SPECIFY FORMAT, but a great deal more e . " " . : _ /_;_RONMENT Command come inl ENVIRONMENT is the

• • , • . , - . o . . o )_ , _ , - / , _ , -

command m _tself contains three parts._a pos_hon rod!- command you would'use" if you want to save all three

cator, so that you may-specify _the exact column "in. " _of_hese features as a single element, able to be recalled

which a field will appear; a field mnemonic, so that , :. Iogether. This is-'use'fUl if yo_u have specialized tasks _

you may designate the fieldyou want in the' columi_, which require frequeht.or'periodi_c_searches'in the same

and an output label,'so that you may customize the

field tags on your screenand printout to, ones that maEe

sense=to yOu oryour patr_)n. This souhds r_ather¢-ompl!-_-'

cated, but really ,s just very pre_se; You..can v,_uahze

it better with the following example: _- _ "_ i_ ._ _;_._ ,_

position indicator ; field mnemonic ;.output label_

=5 -. ; au -" ;._AUTHORS=,

Thi_, Will print the authors' names be_"nning Fn column

five, and I_receded by AUTHORS= ..... -_ _

Of course, you will often want to format morF th_n jus(

one field• To doso, repeat the above,sequence, changing the columns and mnemonics. For example:

= 5;acc;accession = +2;au;AUTHOR = %1 ;utp myformat.F

will print two spaces ,after the accession number, _and

Will be labeled AUTHOR=., RECON il will then-issue

a single line feed, and print the title I_eginniog in cdlumn one, with the standard system label UTTL:, since

_ you have specified _o other. Seethe example below to

view the actual format described. Note that this format

will be stored under the name MYFORMAT.F; the .F

extension identifies it as a formal for RECON IL

ACCESSION NUMBER = 8911923367 AUTHOR ='Richardson, D.I.

u'n'l.:Slandardizing bibliographic processing

_Later _ssues of the 5TI Bulletin will'carry more informalion about the FORMAT command and all of its avail-

'able options. - .

. " I

The final feature_of the ENVIRONMENT-command is

thedefault field mnemonic. Under current RECON, the

default mnemonic is always subject terms (ST). Unless

file(s). To combine all of. the examples sh0wnso far into

.-one_element,-enter: ' _ - : .... " :

,_ _ . _ ' _., - ,j : .. _-

C,ENVIRONMENT STAR.C MYFORMAT.F CN ENV1.E , s.-_ . _"

" com nd collectionT-f0rmat_mnemonic T _ T---rname . -

' Now tha_you have iset up the individual pieces, in order

to recall a file collection limited to'STAR citations for ....

1985 through 1989, with theformat sPec_ified, witha default field mnemonic of CN, you heed only enter-ENVIRONMENT E_V1.E. That single command creates for you

that frequently searched environment that you require,

• without you having to@member the individual elements

or re-key them. If_ou later want to change any of the

elements, you may edit them at any time.

_ " (continued on page 5)

4
1989 Index to NASA STI Bulletin

¢

(January- December 1989)

-AASTM Receives Results ........................................... APR

Aerospace Management, New Series on ................. JAN

-BBROWSE and TYPE: Two Forgotten Commands ...... JAN

-CColor Copies Available ........................................... OCT

Continuing Bibliography Series ............................... JAN

COSMIC Software Catalog .............................. AUG/SEP

Cost Estimate For Online Charges ................. NOV/DEC

°D o

Dial-a-Shuttle .......................................................... APR

Directory of Numerical Databases .................. JUN/JUL

Document Delivery by FAX ............................ AUG/SEP

Document Ordering Via FAX ........................... IUN/JUL

°EExpress Delivery Service ........................................ MAY

-LLiterature Search Service ............................... NOV/DEC

-M °

Making of the 1988 NASA Thesaurus, The ............. MAY

Management, NASA SP-7500 .................................. JAN

Microcopy Service .................................................. APR

Milestone, IAA Publishes One Millionth

Record ...................................................... NOV/DEC

MOWG ................................................................. MAR

-NNACA Historical Shelflist ................................. JUN/IUL

NASA/RECON ........................................................ MAY

Notice

C. W. Hargrave Retires .......................... NOV/DEC

Change of Address ........................................ MAR

Dryden Flight Research Facility Changes ........ APR

Express Delivery Service ................................ MAY

Gladys A. Cotter, New STID Director ... NOV/DEC

New Pubs. Supervisor ..................................... FEB

New Telephone Nos. for Langley ................... FEB

To STI Bulletin Readers ......................... APR, MAY

NTIS Price Codes Online ........................................ FEB

-OOnline ORDERing Option Available ....................... FEB

.pPublications

Advanced Turboprop Project,

NASA SP-495 ............................................. JAN

Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1985,

NASA SP-4025 ........................................... FEB

Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) Catalogs and

Atlases,

NASA RP-1190 ............................................ JAN

Infrared Observations of Comets H alley and Wilson

and Properties of the Grains,

NASA CP-3004 ........................................... FEB

Microgravity Science and Applications

Bibliography 1988 Revision,

NASA TM-4098 .......................................... APR

Microgravity Science and Applications Flight

Programs, January-March 1987, Selected Papers,

NASA TM-4069 ........................................ MAR

Microgravity Science and Applications Program

Tasks 1988 Revision,

NASA TM-4097 .......................................... APR

NASA Directions in Space Propulsion for 2000

and Beyond,

NASA TM-102281 ............................... JUN/JUL

NASA Geodynamics Program Summary Report:

1979-1987,

NASA TM-4065 .......................................... APR

NASA Information Sciences and Human Factors

Program--Annual Report, 1988,

NASA TM-4126 ......................................... OCT

NASA Scientific and Technical Publications:

A Catalog of Special Publications, Reference

Publications, Conference Publications, and

Technical Papers, 1988,

NASA SP-7063(03) ............................. AUG/SEP

NASA Space/Gravitational Biology

Accomplishments,

NASA TM-4079 ........................................ MAR

Nutritional Models for a Controlled Ecological

Life Support System (CELSS): Linear

Mathematical Modeling,

NASA CR-4229 ................................... JUN/JUL

Orders of Magnitude, A History of the NACA &

NASA, 1915-1990 ................................ Aug/SEP

Planetary Cartography in the Next Decade: Digital

Cartography and Emerging Opportunities,

NASA TM-4092 ......................................... MAY

Planetary Geosciences-- 1988,

NASA SP-498 ............................................ OCT

Probabilities and Statistics for Backscatter Estimates

Obtained by a Scatterometer with Applications to

New Scatterometer Design Data,

NASA CR-4228 ................................... JUN/JUL

Propagation Effects Handbook for Satellite Systems

Design--A Summary of Propagation Impairments

on 10 to 100 GHz Satellite Links with Techniques

for System Design, NASA RP-10802(04) ..... MAY

(confinuedonbac_
1989 Index to NASA STI Bulletin

(January - December 1989)

(continued from other side)

Publications of the Biospheric Research Program:

1981-1987,

NASA CR-4204 ........................................ MAR

Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1989,

NASA TM-4120 ......................................... OCT

Seventeenth NASTRAN Users' Colloquium,

NASA CP-3029 .................................... JUN/JUL

Space Medicine Research Publications: 1984-1986,

NASA CR-4184 ......................................... MAR

Time-Variable Phenomena in the Jovian System,

NASA SP-494 ................................... NOV/DEC

Thermal Protection System of the Space Shuttle,

NASA CR-4227 ......................................... OCT

USSR Space Life Sciences Digest Issue 19,

NASA CR-3922(22) .................................... FEB

Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History of

Apollo Lunar Exploration Missions,

NASA SP-4214 .................................... AUG/SEP

-RRECON

Cost Estimate for Online Charges ......... NOV/DEC

File Directory (revised) .................................. OCT

Help Menu Revised ....................................... MAY

Introducing RECON II ............................. AUG/SEP

MOWG Meeting ........................................... MAR

NASA/RECON ............................................... MAY

RECON I1: Frequency Power ................ NOV/DEC

Training Classes Rescheduled . JUN/JUL, AUG/SEP

Training Schedule ........................................... APR

Research & Development Contract Search File. JUN/JUL

Research & Technology Objectives & Plans Summary

(RTOPs) ........................................................ MAR

-SSCAN Catalog Updated ........................................... FEB

Scientific & Technical Publications:

A Catalog .... NASA SP-7063 .......................... JAN

Scope and Coverage (Revised) Now Available ...... MAR

Selected Current Aerospace Notices (SCAN) ........... FEB

Space Commercialization Database (SCD) ............. OCT

Space Station Systems, NASA SP-7056 .................... JAN

Spinoff .................................................................... OCT

-1"-

Tech Briefs ....................................................... AUG/SEP

Technology for Large Space Systems,

NASA SP-7046 ................................................ JAN

Thesaurus Terms ............................ JAN, FEB, APR, MAY,

JUN/JUL, OCT, NOV/DEC
C

REC0N/RECONil COMMANDCOMPAR'SON

<. , . • , _ _ . - :. I- - " / __ • ":- n The following chartcompares commands used in .the current version of RECON to their propgsed ctosest-equivale ts

inRECON II. Though'the command name may ' be the same" in" both versions, " a command' 's_function'-" may be" expanded "

,or enhanced in the RECON II version "This Chart was compi ed as of January 1990, and may be subject to n_odifications_

We will begin releasing more specific information about individual commands later in thls and ,n future issues,of theST/'Bulletin. " : - _ "

RECON Command RECON II C0mmand(s)

TUTOR .. ........................... :...- ............ ... ........ '..... 'TUTOR

N/A ............................ :.... :........... ...... COPY (ENTITIES)

N/A ...... .:........................................ ..._....... DIRECTORY

N/A ................................................................. ... HOME

N/A_ .................... .'............................. '......... MNEMONIC

. N/A ......... .-..... •.................. •............................. RETURN

N/A .... ........ •.................. _........... ._. ................. UNSORT

-- -- STORED SEARCHES -- --

: /

QCIERY ALTER ALTER

QUERY CONTINUE ..... CONTINUE

QUERY DELETE .................. :............................. DELETE

QUERY DISPLAY ............. ............ •............ .............. LIST

QOERY' EDIT, QUERY CREATE " EDIT

QUERY EXECUTE- .... ,..... _............................. :. EXECUTE

QUERY LIST ....... Z.... :..... "..: ........... _................... .... LIS

QUERY MEMBER ................ _...................... DIRECTORY

" QUERYPAUSE .-....... ................... --...,_.._..-_..... :_... PAUSE

QUERY PURGE ,.o°,.oo .....'

.,o .... _°o,°, ..... •

'

.... °,°o•.o.o,.,._ DELETE

RECON Command RECON il Command(s)

BEGIN .i ....... ._................................ J3EGIN, EXPERIENCE• "

BEGIN BYPASS " ENVIRONMENT

BROWSE, DISPLAY, TYPE ......... :..................... DISPLAY

COMBINE ..... : ..................... :.-................. :......... •.... FIND

COMMAND STATUS ........... (under ClCS noprovisions made)

CURRENT ............................................. _-.... CURRENT

•DISPLAY • " DISPLAY

END .............. •....................... "................ END, ADDRESS

EXIT ....................................................... ESCAPE (HELP)

EXI_AND ...... '........ . ........ :....: .................... SCAN, RELATE

FREQUENCY _ ..... ....._...: ...... _.................. I=REQUENCY

HELP " HELP

KEEP " ' KEEP >: .o,, ,.).o, .o•••,._.,._,, ,_t °°, Nr°°•°,•°*o°,..o.°,•,°,•* **,; °,°,,o°*o

LIMIT ....................................... .: ......................... .. LIMIT

LIMIT ALl_; LIMIT RELEASE ......'..:..: ......... COLLECTION "

ORDER : " ORDER

PAGE ,°,,_., °°; °o°°,,, ,°o,, ,°_o°, °,°° .... °,,,,°.,,,_°.o,o,,o°,° " ..... _° ..... PAGE.

PRINT. ........... .:....::._: ............... :_:' - _ I_RINT

-.,F

RELEASE ,,:._ .................................. •..,,.. DELETE

SEARCH EXPRESSION _ FIND_ _ ." QUERY_UIT .............. ............ ...._ ........ - ...... -........ QUIT

............................. _"--'" .... (_UERY REPLACE-........'.Z....L ....... L..._... COPY, REI_IAME SELECT .i..................... -................. _'-";": ...... "'_-...... LIND _-

SET STATUS ........................................... ....._;.. REVIEW _(_UERY SAVE .... .._............. _...:..]....... ..................... SAVE.

SORT " - • ' SOl,q=" :" NIA ' "

......... :.................................. _......... - ESCAPE .......... _. .......... ,':. .......... ; ................... ,-e.-_. -;--- "'" "" _....

SPECIFY FORMAT ............... .......... ........_ ....... FORMAT- - N/A ...................................... :......... -_........... INSERT

k. SIGNON ............. ........................... ............... SlGNON _ - N/A .................. . ................ ..._............... -.......... LOCATE

_ NI4:..._..:..:......:....... ....... ....... ._._...:.....: ..... :.:,..._. MOVE SlGNOFF ........................ _ .. .... ........:._ ,.:-SIGNOI_F,. < _ "" ,

Defining Your Environmen!.in RECONII ": : - • - - . NACA File Completio n Pla nned - --

(continued from page 4) .

• / - _ A file,0f 200,000 references tO _;c_ld-wicle aeronautical

The bottom line is tl_at under_RECON II, if_ou wa/lt to =_ / research Will be made c'omplefely av_ilableonlin:e: This

search the Directory of Numerical Databases (F10K) a!0n _ file co_,ers the years _1915 to 1960 and was; collected b_

with ISS (A10K) for the years 198Oto 1985,,you:can create ............. -, ._ .......... _--..: _

• _,. . ,, __ . . : ., _ ." through.the NASA/RECON bibliographical system. New

you-see on me screenswiu DeatruepictureottneniLs _ '_ _.,: .,,,, . , , , ., _.,.. • - •

.... _ " '_' " -- " ' "" h_ lerms to De aac_ incluae valuaDle i_,u in sup_ersonlc

you wm get in your,searcn.'You must De careml, moug ,, _ - -

when grouping files int0 one collection, :For example, .

searching subject,terms r(s_ iil'a filecolleclion containing

STAR and NACA records will retrii_ve only from the STARrecords, since NACA :ecords d0n0t, contain.subject'

terms.:NACA records contain subject: %eadings (SUB),

: and_l_ypersonic aircraft, hydrodynamics, wind.shear, tires:

'.and safety, ,an_l ffiel and engine research. Makiilg this

, .infuriation available will help prevent-dupl_ation of ef-

_ fol_ and could savemillions of' dollars of federal funds.

:, , _ -

Howeve_r, you Could searchtitles In both series under a _,

s'ingle mnemonic, as well as abstracts. - _ , , ,, - _ . _ _. _." _ " - -

we hopethat through:care_l use of tl_e E_/IRONMENT ,_retrieval'0t _frequeritly needed information as easy as en-_

command and its associated commands, {'OLLECTION, tering a single command. _ '

under RECON II, you rnay create and store yourown'file FORMAT, and MNEMONIC, you will find creative.ways

to exploit RECON I1_ flexibilityto your advantage. Once

you master the RECON II basics, features like ENVIRON=

MENT.can be an instant productivity boost, helping you

to maximize staff time and monetary resources by making

collections and formats, and may-change thedefault field

mnemonic_for searching. These features ,can be exercised

individually or stored as a user-defined search ENVIRONMENT.

5 :

ORIGINAL PAGE IS

OF POOR OLI_t3"T_
DOMESTICJ SOURCE U,'ill..'ll_l'li.IIIIll/_'' '',lLa

IRMB'b!i°graphy3o BelAvailable,,) [[';i :,t '-.,, ' :-. i_d_usefu}-it covers 19B4:thr0ugh :!98_J and shgu!¢ I_t, ._ '.

The Concept and initiationoflnformation ResourcesMan-, out this Spring.' _ _ " - * . :- "_z'- j_..(" _ -_ -

agement fiRM) may be one of the most significantreforms '

since the Hoover Commission 50 years ago.. IRM in its

simplest form_'is the management of data and information

in a manner that encourages and promotes achievement

of agency and Program goals and ob_ectives..The Paper- .

work Reduction Ad of 1980 established IRM principles.

- and led to its initiation in many federal agencies.

- i

NASA has provided .leadershi p in implementing IRM.[ "

Within NASA,, 1RM:ha.s become a basisfor planning more_

responsive and _coordinated information management

.structures and procedures. IRM supports the larger

technological, managerial, and legal frameworks inwhich

NASA'must continue,(o manage as a federal; agency. :]_

. -,

To_he!p managers to clarify their own thinking about what

they are doing, and to takeadvantage of what other IRM

• : r _"

Produdivityand Quality BibliograPhy Issued,- -_.

Sharing quality and productivity information is a key to

_achieving excellence through teamwork for NASA arid its.

contractors. - " /. - _ •)

Managers are most effective When "they share, th_eir

thoughts, plans, and activities, thus arriving at a concensuson adions to increase the quality of goods and services _

and the productivity of the workforce. , " .

-Entries are d_awn from'the literature entered into the NASA

Scientific and.Technical Information Database 1984-1989,

It is hopedthat managers will be able to follow up on

leads they find here, to improve their management of

human resources and thIJs the processesand services of

{ederaJ agencies and their contra_ors (SP-7078, O c-_ber "

1989)_. " _ _ '; ./:_ < [ _ . ."

pages; illustration's .... - _ -_r,"'. _ ... ', ,, • " ....... .',-:<-,, ...... - ....

• " _ I' , :" -- _ "- _-; '. . =. _ _\ .,slmply _elect_lhe lopE.as _n_hefollow,ng example: .

-_ ',..._:;:_ - ' _ _4vaihGpOfor,$2.SO;:.._'-t',. :-,. ;.) ,.:..., i [_--,.. ; 4:,/, _. _, :....: .t;'i. _, ' , - . Gt_O.5tdck_to: '033-ZXX_IO64-B) _." .,]r _ "[• •:: " " / -_ SEL_ECT $CN/02,-O_7_,"--.' r " - "" _: "

_' - , _'3. ' -' .:;_'[his-'will, produ_:e 'a '_=t of,all cltations'include8 ifi_the

" F_l(Stars and TTauri Stars , ; . __ _ s ¢•- Z : "" ..... " ' -- .....

I'NA_, ¢1_,_n?'_ " .' ' '-": '( , " , . ":[ :£-:,_,":- ,.'_', _current3ss_e or _L_r_ "unoer _opic _2_1, Aerodynamic

A new Speoal Pubhcation has been-pubhshed _¥ t_e ;:,-:,_.- .-:- _>,_ _.-" ._,:..'_ -_-, . • _ .'. : ;.

" i .; . '- .-,- . . , ...._-, ' : ._z- -. . ". ,- <- . , -. :'" . . ..._, Scent,tic and Techrhcal Informatmn Dw_s_on and :tl_. Fora hst ofthe available top,csby-number, enter: -.

Goddard Space FlightCenter. This is.the seveh_ volume - - r _ " '%HE_R_CAN:,TOPIC_S " -Y

in .the monograph series on_Non-'rherr_al Phenomena in-_. '>" _'' i .... ,.. ,. " " "

Stellar Atmospheres. It provid_ a'-(:ontemDoraPv-surhmarv ', / Moretnfol'mati0n off the.feature_tselfis available.through:

ofthebest space-am:] 8ro_ni:l-basEt.0bse_atibns. 0f_es_ _.-._: .' -': " ::.'x_ ' " -.,_.. " _ .... '"HELP' - ' __SCAN' j' :" "\ ' - ': -

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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION DIVISION

In ThisIssue...

AllanBromley ... 1

CENDIAppointments... 2

From the STIDirector's Office ... 2

GlobalNetworking... 3

NAS EstablishesSTI Board ...3

RECONEnhancements... 4

18Millionth ThesaurusTerm... 5

75 Yearsof Achievement... 5

Online atKSC ... 7

Color Copies Provided ... 8

Deposit Accounts... 8

GIQ Available... 8

President's Science Advisor Explores STI

Allan Bromley, Assistant to the President

for Science and Technology, and Director of

the Office of Science and Technology Policy

(OSTP), made recently what may amount to

a major policy statement in support of STI.

There has been little evident support for STI

in the higher levels of the Federal Government

in Washington in recent years. Bromley's

encouraging words may be a harbinger of

better times to come for STI. In an address

to the Forum on Federal Information Policies

of the Federal Library and Information Center Committee, at the Library of Congress,

he proposed:

As part of the restructuring of the Federal

Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology (FCCSET), I am broadening the charter of the Computer Resei_h

and Applications Committee to include all aspects of information science and technology.

STI issues, such as questions of standardization and the planning and management of

very large databases are closely related. An

alternative approach might be to expand the

interagency STI group known as CENDI

(for Commerce, Energy, NASA, NLM, Defense Information) into a full FCCSET commiRee. I believe that we must begin to address the issues posed by the special character

and explosive growth of federal scientific and

technical information. If we do not, we risk

failing to reap the benefits of the emerging

Information Age.

Dr. Bromley's insights into the issues, realities, and future of STI are provocative.

STI in the Information Age

The Information Age has resulted from the

confluence of several technologies, including

electronics, computer,J, and optical data storage

and transmission. These forcing technologies

are evolving at an accelerating pace and will

create truly remarkable opportunities that, as

a nation, we cannot afford to let pass by.

It was just a little over 50 years ago that

Aiken performed his pioneering work on the

Mark I digital computer at Harvard. Only a

little more than 20 years have passed since

the first fully commercial communications

satellite, Intelsat I, was launched. Yet today

the work is bound together in a global communications network, and information has

become one of our most important media of

exchange ....

STI has several unique characteristics ...

comprising three broad types--traditional bibliographic information, numeric data such as that

arising from physical measurements or computations, and graphic images such as those produced by space-hased observing systems. These

types generally have distinct sources, formats,

and processing systems. But the trend is

clearly toward electronic or optical systems

that will store and transmit all three types.

A second distinguishing characteristic of

STI is its audience. Scientific and technical

information is used primarily by specialists.

Relatively little STI is directly of interest to a

(cont_ued on page 3)

N,I_I_A National Office Aeronautics and Space Administration of Management

Scientific and Technical Information D=vis_on

Washington.DC 1990
STI BUll FTIN • APRIL-MAY 1990

FROM THE STI DIRECTOR'S OFFICE

NASA STI for the 1990s

The entire Spring 1990 issue of Government Information

Quarterly is devoted to the NASA STI program. Selections

from the projection of NASA STI for the 1990s by Gladys

Cotter, NASA STI Division Director, are presented.

Confronting Our New Decade

NASA is by concept and by practice an advanced technology agency. The thrust of the 1990s will be toward a

more comprehensive, systematic use of computer and

communications technology for all phases of NASA STI.

Computers for STI use in the 1960s and 1970s and continuing into the 1980s were tools to assist and, where possible, replace manual operations. STI managers hoped that

computerization would prove cost-effective. This was not

always so, although many new capabilities were realized.

Hard Realities of the 1990s

As the 1980s closed, neither scientist, engineer, nor STI

professional had to be convinced that menu-driven systems,

common command languages, gateways, and networking

were hard realities. We all use them; available hardware

and software determine our methods of working. Anticipated technology influences the systems we install: a welldesigned system is developed and implemented to interface

with and evolve into the next generation system. Available

technology controls STI to a degree most of us never anticipated, and to an extent as yet undetermined. Most of

us still think and act as though we still lived and worked

in anon-computerized environment. We don't know yet

what we can reasonably expect from our personal computer or workstation, our local area network (LAN), our

mainframe, our search and retrieval software, or oar database management system. Workstation technology as pioneered for the Space Station may become the prototype for

what the efficient workplace will become: more comfortable, less stressful, encouragingly relaxed but alert attentiveness. STI access will be an integral part of this workstation developmenL

Artificial intelligence (AI), expert systems, and knowledgebased systems will be used in the development of future STI

systems and to focus design and engineering of new and

modified STI subsystems. These technologies are workable for'narrowly defined activities. They are largely simulation routines, but they frequently try to simulate the wrong

thing: manual performance of an activity or too broadbased an application. As we become more comfortable in

our computerized environment, we will be better able to

develop and use systems that will increase the efficiency of

STI input, processing, search, retrieval, and networking.

Electronic Input and Output

While the NASA installations have indicated interest in a

NASA-wide STI system, they will have to agree on common elements and convert to compatible hardware, software, and formats. The next step will be to obtain electronic input from NASA contractors. NASA installations

and contractors already process their documents electronically; given standard formals and instructions, they will

be able to transmit their documents electronically, thus

moving toward a tightly-knit, agency-wide STI activity.

Networking

The NASA STI professionals must be at home with different computer hardware and software and with a variety

of networks. Nearly every researcher in the NASA community has his or her own personal computer or workstation and is on at least one LAN. Pointers to data provided by traditional STI tools are becoming less and less

useful and effective for the NASA scientist or engineer.

Documents retrieved can be as often frustrating as useful.

Searches resulting in a long printout of NASA/RECON entries, or a series of entries viewed on the screen, may be

baffling to the untrained user. Documents or substantial

abstracts may supply facts, but the researcher's immediate need is for data that can be manipulated on the computer. Receiving a tape in the mail may be helpful, but

more helpful is the ability to target and access the necessary data within minutes via a network the researcher.

hadn't known existed, using protocols that were previously unfamiliar.

(conttnue#on page 7)

CENDI Appointments

Gladys Cotter, STI Division Director, has appointed two

new members to working groups of CENDI -- tic interagency group of STI managers from the Federal Departments of Commerce, Energy, and Defense; and NASA; and

the National Library of Medicine.

Judy Hunter, Networking, has been named to the CENDI

Standards Working Group. The Group is focusing on

standards for eleclronic information exchange, which

covers areas of concern to NASA STI such as networking,

electronic publishing, and full text input.

Patt Sullivan, STI Operations, has been named to the

CENDI Users Education Working Group. First project for

this group is a workshop for cross-training members of

the processing staffs of the CENDI member organizations.

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A Step Toward Global Networking -

STI Division Joins ICSTI

NASA HQ Scientific and Technical Information Division

has joined the International Council for Scientific and

Technical Information (ICSTI). ICSTI provides a forum

for the exchange of information and the sharing of experiences among international peers.

The expectations, indeed the demands of users of the

1990s will be far different from those of users in the late

1950s when ICSTI (then ICSU AB) was organized. New

challenges will confront providers of information services.

Users oftbe 1990s will expect far more from their informarion systems than bibliographic searches. They will

expect facts, data, images, analytical support, and systems

capable of generating options. More end users will directly

interface with factual, numerical, and image databases.

The librarian-information specialist interface services will

require depth of subject knowledge, as well as greater

ease of database to database transfer, regardless of country

or language of origin, or discipline. Delivery formats will

change from print to electronic, and from delivery of documents or their surrogates to analytics, frequently in graphical form, and other forms related to what we loosely call

today a 'knowledge base'.

To effect these developments, communications among

members of ICSTI must be continuous. The ST[Division

will make a determined effort to keep in touch, and to assure the success of ICSTI.

NAS Establishes STI Board

The National Academy of Sciences has reconstituted

the Numerical Data Advisory Board as the Scientific and

Technical Information Board. The board consists of an interdisciplinary group of scientists who use information

technology and scientific data for research and development. It is charged with overseeing and advising on the

utilization of scientific data and information technology by

the research and development community. It fosters improvement in the availability, utility, accessibility, quality,

reliability, and management of scientific data. It fosters

utilization of, and improvement in, the information technologies that can deliver reliable data to the R&D

community.

Initial issuance of the STI Board will be a report: "'Very

Large Databases: Major Issues -- Managing Growth for

Maximum Use." NASA Center and HQ representatives

have participated in preparation of the report. Of direct concern to NASA STI is building a directory of databases and

database systems and networks to support NASA's mission.

BROMLEY... (continuedfrompage 1)

broad audience, although summary conclusions or findings

based on that information may be. Thus the patterns of

dissemination and the issues and needs regarding access to

STI are rather different than those arising with, for example, census data.

A third distinguishing characteristic of STI is its sheer

volume and growth rate. STI is the primary product of a

major Federal activity--research and development--in which

the government invests about $70 billion per year. As a

result, the Federal government is the world's most prolific generator of STI. The magnitude of science and

technology information is generally, unappreciated ....

Moreover, this staggering amount of information is a mere

trickle compared to the flood of STI that is expected in the

1990s .... Overall, STI is expected to increase by two orders of magnitude-:a hundredfold--daring the 1990s.

Present STI budgets and technology do not even allow for

such a quantity of data to be stored, much less efficiently

managed or made available to intended users. Coping with

a flow of such unprecedented volumes of information is

clearly a monumental task ....

... the need for a national directory of directories of very

large databases, a kind of electronic card catalog comparable to the card catalog of the Library of Congress.

Information Literacy

Unfortunately, even many of our educators, scientists, and

engineers are not literate in today's information technology

and thus cannot exploit the results of our large national investment in research and development .... We have seen

only the beginning of the tremendou_ advances on the horizon in the area of user-friendly software.

Standards

There are over 1,700 separate entities around the world

that maintain at least one, and often many, databases.

But because of the lack of any agreed-upon standards,

these databases span a wide variety of systems, services,

command languages, protocols, and terminologies. In

effect, we are building an electronic Tower of Babel that

will sharply limit the utility of these resources.

Foreign STI

The United States is not making effective use of foreign

science and technology to enhance our economic competitiveness. Current efforts by federal agencies to collect and

assess foreign STI are fragmented, with no central clearing-

(cont_ued on page 6)
STI BULLETIN • APRIL-MAY 1990

Planned RECON Enhancements Respond to Long-Time User Wishes

Ask the searchers who started in the early 1970s how far support it was balloted within the general membership last

online systems have come, and they'll tell you horror sto- Spring, though it was not adopted. It has since been revised

des of waiting, and waiting, and waiting--for the system to by its authors, the Committee for Common Command Lanrespond; for promised enhancements to materialize; for new guagc for Use in Interactive Information Retrieval, based

files to be brought online. Now ask 1990s searchers and on comments submitted then. Revisions, according to Robin

you'll hear many of the same stories told in modem jargon. Wiidcrman of NISO, were aimed at resolving as many

But realistically, we all know that online systems have in- member concerns as possible, and analyzing the standard's--

deed come a long way. It leaves database providers to compatibility with the already approved International Stanscratch their heads and say, "OK, so what do users want?" dards Organization (ISO) standard. RECON's support of

much of the proposed language standard is a step toward the

The March 1990 issue of Online includes an article entitled conperation among systems that users are seeking, and a

"Databank Software for the 1990s and Beyond - Part 1: demonstration of willingness to move in that direction. SecThe Users' Wish Lisl.'" Part 2 of that article, which appears ond, RECON will support a variety of commands to perin the May issue, describes several major system vendors' form many of the basic searching functions (i.e., FIND or

responses to those wishes. The author, Reva Basch, con- SEARCH or SELECT all will command RECON to retrieve

tacted NASA ST! Facility personnel for input into what citations based on provided parameters).

RECON will offer users in the 1990s, and we are happy to

say that according to Basch, the system meets or exceeds Databases and Database Selection

many of the most frequent requests users reported to her. Among users' petitions under this category is the need for

Read Part 2 in the May issue to see how RECON stacks detailed database documentation online, and frequent upup against other major online systems, dates. As current RECON users know, information about

the NASA ST] Database's individual files is available onThis article summarizes some of the user requests cited line through HELP screens, and displays such pertinent inin Part 1, and gives a more detailed explanation than that formation as whether citations in the file are indexed using

presented in Online of how RECON II will handle those NASA Thesaurus terms, the frequency with which the file is

functions, updated, and the file's valid mnemonics. In addition, new -_

HELP information is announced in the STI BULLETIN, and

Search Language is available online at logon.

Basch's article reports that many users who search multiple

systems have expressed frustration at having to learn and Users also have asked for the ability to store default iogon

remember a number of different command languages, and parameters such as database(s) to be searched, chronologhave suggested a number of plausible solutions. One possi- icai search limitations, and preferred display format.

bility is a common command language, where all online RECON ll's ENVIRONMENT command, which can be

services use the same command names for primary search- executed immediately after a BEGIN search, allows users

ing functions. With thousands of online service providers to store and retrieve pre-defined collections of fdes, year

in the United Slates alone, however, that may be a difficult ranges to be searched, display/print formats, and default

feat to accomplish. Users also have suggested, according to search mnemonics as a single unit. (See the January/FebBasch, that vendors provide cross-system emulation, or a ruary/March 1990 ST/BULLETIN for more information on

customizabl¢ command language. In the former instance, the ENVIRONMENT command).

systems would support their own native language, but also

support other command languages so that searchers could Suggestions in this category also recommended that datause the command set with which they are most familiar, base providers offer multiple f'de searching, transparent to

The latter suggestion would allow users to specify upon the user. That is, when a searcher logs on, he or she may

entering a system which search language they wish to use input the type of information to he searched, and the system

(i.e., define FIND as the primary search command as op- selects the appropriate files and searches them simultaneposed to SELECT.) Several gateway systems already are ously. RECON, of course, in both its current and future vetin use or are under development to provide this function, sions, supports searching in file collections, where the primary R&D files are already grouped, for transparent crossRECON II responds to this request in two ways. First, the file searching. RECON users simply select a file collection

system's native command language was heavily influenced if they do not want to search specific files independently.

by the standard language proposed by the National Informa- RECON II takes this concept a step further and allows users

tiou Standards Organization (NISO). This attempt at a corn- (cont_a_ on page 6)

mon command language for those systems that chose to

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Why enter material 30 to 75 years old into the NASA STI Database? NASA/RECON's NACA file directs NASA aeronautics

scientists and engineers to very useful basic research.

NASA's First 'A' Marks 75 Years of Achievement

With just a $5,000 initial outlay 75 years ago on March 3,

1915, Congress established the National Advisory Commiltee for Aeronautics (NACA), which would, in 1958,

form the foundation for the National Aeronautics and

Space Administration (NASA). Even today, that first small

investment-made only a dozen years after Orville Wright's

famous flight--is still paying enormous returns.

Although the United States could claim the first heavierthan-air flight by the Wright brothers in 1903, American

aviation had been surpassed by European technology at the

outbreak of World War I, and no American-designed aircraft flew in combat. The NACA was created to help regain the nation's position of aeronautical preeminence.

From its beginnings as a simple government entity, NACA

grew into the world's premier aeronautical research organization, pushing back the frontiers of flight for more

than four decades. Aviation pioneers such as the Wrights,

Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh and Eddie Rickenbacker were among the early NACA members.

Congress directed the new NACA to "supervise and direct

the study of the problems of flight, with a view to their

practical solution." The committee was also to facilitate

the exchange of information within the aeronautical

community.

At that time, the United States had virtually no aeronautical engineers. NACA focused American scientific, technological, and industrial talent on the potential of aircraft

and, in effect, created the academic disciplines of aeronautical engineering and its related fields.

Though NACA was begun later than similar European

efforts, it eventually put the United States in the lead in

aviation. Today, three-quarters of a century later, NASA

scientists and engineers continue to solve the problems

of flight, both in and beyond Earth's atmosphere. It was

the NACA that trust built key facilities and devised

organizational methods for advancing what is now called

aerospace technology.

By recognizing the needs of manufacturers and the military, NACA contributed extensively to every generation

of commercial, civilian and military aircraft, and develop

ed the foundations for the modern aviation and space industries. The economic benefits of this long-term American

competitiveness ate a particularly clear part of the NACA

legacy. In 1989, for instance, the U.S. aerospace industry

saw a trade surplus of some $18 billion.

The growth was evident in another visible aspect of the

NACA legacy: research facilities.

By the early 1920s, aeronautical research had begun in

earnest at the NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical

Laboratory in Hampton, Virginia, whose personnel formed

the nucleus for two newer laboratories. On the eve of

World War If, Ames Aeronautical Laboratory opened in

Mountain View, California, and the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory began operations in Cleveland, Ohio.

NACA/NASA innovations won six Collier trophies,

America's most prestigious aviation award, for outstanding contributions to aviation technology.

(Langley Research Center News Researcher / March 1990)

18 Millionth

NASA Thesaurus Term Posting

Over 18 million postings of NASA Thesaurus terms have

been added to NASA/RECON records since 1968, allowing

trillions of access points to NASA/RECON through combinations of NASA Thesaurus terms and text. Not included in

the 18 million figure are over lr2-million NASA Thesaurus

postings affixed to Aerospace Research Information Network (ARIN) records. Each of NASA's three million

RECON records has an average of six Thesaurus terms.

The Thesaurus contains 17,250 terms covering the fields of

aerospace interesL The 18 millionth posting was the NASA

Thesaurus term, MAN TENDED FREE FLYERS.

The practical-minded engineers and scientists of the

NACA incubated the ideas and hatched the technology

that lust allowed American aviation to take off and fly.

The returns on the nation's investment in NACA remain

clearly visible today in numerous ways.

The importance of new controlled vocabulary and the effectiveness of the NASA developed Retrospective Indexing

can be seen in the 143 postings to MAN TENDED FREE

FLYERS, added through computer aided indexing. Without

this updating technique, complicated searches would be required to retrieve documents now accessible with a single

term.

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STI BUll FTIN • APRIL-MAY 1990

BROMLEY... (continuedfrompage 3)

house and no ready means for industry to access much of

this information.

Problems and Possibilities

... the emerging Information Age and the explosive

growth of the underlying technologies is forcing rapid

change .... Already, for example, sales of print and microfiche documents from the National Technical Information Service have declined 50 percent since 1980, while

sales of computer products and online searching of the

NTIS database via private vendors are growing....The

absence of a high speed data network capable of rapidly

transmitting the volumes of information produced by

supercomputers adds to the frustration.

Imagine how science and math education might change

if every student had access to a powerful but inexpensive

workstation and a large database of text and graphic informarion and educational programs. Teachers could begin

to customize the education of each child to suit his or her

needs and automatically track their progress. Such an approach is technically feasible now and might well become

economically feasible within the decade of the 1990s.

Imagine how publishing might change when periodicals

can be customized for each subscriber to reflect his or her

specific interests and delivered electronically .... Imagine how the role of libraries will change when connected

over local networks via a wide-bandwidth channel such as

an optical fiber or a cable TV conduit. Individuals would be

able to search their local libraries, or electronically to select

and retrieve text and pictures, rent and view a movie, or research specific needs .... Again, all of these are technically feasible today.

Imagine how much more efficient the federal STI efforts

might be if data were archived on optical disks and could

be searched and shared among agencies over a high-speed

digital network using a common format. Imagine how professional work patterns will change when telecommufing,

teleconferencing, and telecollaborating become even easier

and cheaper than they are at prcsenL

The management of scientific and technical information

must keep pace. We must vigorously explore the emerging new technologies and reexamine our institutional

structures for STI. We must increase our flexibility to

respond to new needs and new opportunities. We must

give adequate support to the planning and maintenance of

our critical data repositories. And, finally, we must seek to

improve access to STI wherever possible.

A new phase of the industrial revolution is now underway, a

phase that depends not so much on machines as on information. Our job is to see that the benefits of that revolution are

spread as widely as possible.

RECON ENHANCEMENTS (contused frompage 4)

to define their own file collections (i.e., group whatever

files in whatever year ranges they wish to search together

into a single unit). These then are stored using the

COLLECTION command, and also can be stored as part of

a saved ENVIRONMENT. Unlike Dialog's cross-file

searching capability, ONESEARCH, where the searcher

specifies two or more files to be searched simultaneously,

RECON charges do not vary based on the files included in

the collection.

Document Retrieval and Display

Primary among users' concerns in this area is the relative

inability to "weed out" duplicate citations from different

files, causing searchers essentially to pay twice for the same

information. Since the content and somr.e of all files in the

STI Database are defined by NASA, there is very little

duplication.

Records with typographical or other errors was another concern that searchers would like to minimize. The NASA STI

Facility does perform backfile maintenance on records in

the NASA-originated l'des such as STAR. Users who fmd an

error are invited to write the STI Facility and the record will

be corrected as soon as possible.

The display format a user prefers may be as individual to

the user (or to their needs) as their choice of professional

affiliations. Current RECON has always provided four

standard formats and the capability to def'me a customized

format. RECON ll's FORMAT command gives users a

great deal more flexibility in positioning fields on the screen

display or the printed page, even allowing users to create

their own field tags to appear on the output. While the

RECON system default will label an author field AUTH:, a

searcher may choose to call it BY: on the output. This

interactive report generation capability makes it easier for

users to create customized bibliographies based on patron's

needs.They can store frequently used formats to be recalled

at any time.

Other areas of concern mentioned in the March article were

user interface and customer supporL As always, RECON

offers four experience levels on which to search, and the

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RECONENHANCEMENTS (continuedfrompreviouspage)

exror messages are of a level of detail appropriate to each.

They are Beginner, Intermediate, Expert, and No Help.

User support is available at all times when RECON is online, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., e.t.,

excluding holidays.

RECON is not ready to provide eye-catching graphics that

will entrain users through search sessions. But fundamental searching enhancements are always under consideration

for future implementation. As some RECON searchers participate in Beta testing for RECON II, their input will be

used to make the system stronger before its general release.

Already, RECON designers are assessing the feasibility of

building some type of context-sensitive, hypertext links into

the online HELP facility, and interactive screen capability

so that technical and reference analysts may assist users

live. Such suggestions may or may not be found to be useful

to RECON searchers, and therefore supported, but enhancemerits are never out of the question.

No system will ever be all things to all people, but RECON

will continue, as always, to adapt to users' changing needs

as the information industry and the nature of searching

change.

NASA STI FOR THE 1990s (contlnuedfrompage 2)

An initial step to networking is linking NASA/RECON

with the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)

and the Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN) to allow

mutual access by users. Hardware and software interface

at the NASA STI Facility will permit direct connection

to the LAN at NASA Goddard Space Hight Center (GSFC).

Thus users of NASA/RECON who find references to a

particular database may "hotkey" to the NSSDC Master

Directory and be led via the network to access that database. Similarly, a NSSDC user of a database on the SPAN

network may switch to NASA/RECON and search for

references to documents about that database.

STI networking efforts will emphasize coordination of

existing networks and clearinghouses, either within the

aerospace community or related to it. The NASA Office

of Space Flight (the Space Shuttle program) and the Ofrice of Space Station operate information systems that can

be accessed via links similar to the NASA/RECON-NSSDC

link. Systems for accessing materials data and wind tunnel

data are candidates for networking. A clearinghouse for applied and engineering data to complement NSSDC's activities for space science will be explored.

STI BULLETIN * APRIL-MAY 1990

Medical Texts Online at K$C

The Kennedy Space Center Office of Biomedical Operations and Research has developed the Clinical Practice

Library of Medicine (CPLM), working with the University

of Florida.

The CPLM consists of a personal computer, high resolution color graphics monitor, and a 300-megabyte hard

drive. Loaded in the drive is a program that contains nearly

all the text and graphics of seven medical reference books.

All together, the books weigh more than 20 pounds and

contain about 15,000 pages of texL

The opening screen of the CPLM program shows a drawing of the references on a bookshelf. To refer to one of the

documents, the user simply moves the computer cursor

to one of the simulated books and hits the return key. A

full document search can be initiated by centering on another icon.

Through a series of prompts, the CPLM system directs

the doctor to establish the facts, or what he knows about

the patient, such as sex, age, and race. The patient's symptoms are added to the inquiry by an OR or AND statemenL

Since the system can interpret segmented statements in

English, a typical inquiry might be MALE, AND

ABDOMINAL PAIN, AND VOMITING AND FEVER.

The inquiry establishes the combination of key words

that the CPLM system uses to search all of the references. The system first looks into the dictionary and thesaurus in its memory to find similar words. It then displays a

list of possible medical conditions to fit the symptoms

stated in the inquiry.

When the reference comes up on the screen the user will

see it just as he would if he were to look it up in the book.

But what he sees will be even better than looking at a

printed page because of the quality graphics and zoom

feature. With the zoom, the user can enlarge drawings

when he or she needs a closer look at a cell structure,

for example.

Since the system is compact and lightweight, it can bc

used on practically any desk in any office, including the

Space Station Freedom, a Navy ship, or a doctor's office.

(From KSC's Spaceport New.v, March 1990)

For further _forrnat,on, call Dr. Paul Buchanan.K°,C.C,

Operationsof B_omedicalOperationsand Research
National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

Code N'IT

Washington, DC

20546

Official Business

Penalty for Private Use, $300

THIRD-CLASS BULKRATE

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PERMIT No. G27

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Deposit Accounts

Settingup your own organizationaldepositaccountwith

the NASA ST[ Facility will insurepromptpaymentof your

NASA/RECON account, Literature Sea_hes, NASA Documents Request Service, STANDING ORDER Service, or

any combination of ST[ Facility products and services. It

can be a great help in your organizational budgeting. It

can also reduce the risk of interruption of services.

To establish an account, simply send NASA STI Facility/

R_MSAssociates a check along with a purchase order or

letter indicating that the enclosed funds should be put on

deposit to be used on an as needed basis as payment for

products and/or services rendered. Please be sure to check

with your finance or procurement office to ensure that your

organization can accommodate this type of arrangement.

No minimum amount is necessary to set up a deposit account. Your monthly invoice will let you know when to

replenish your funds.

GIQ Available to NASA Community

The January/Febrnary/March 1990 issue of the ST/

BULLETIN ran an announcement of a series of papers

covering the NASA STI Program being published in the

Spring 1990 issue of the Government Information Quarterly. Single copies of this particular issue are available to

NASA STI users free of charge from the NASA STI Facility. Contact Document Services at (301) 621-0147.

STI Facility Provides

Color Copies

The STI Facility now has the capability to provide color

copies of technical reports containing functional color.

As long as stock is available, orders will be filled at no

additional charge. Once stock is depleted, there will be

an additional charge of$2.00 per color page. Usersmay request standard processing, but are cautioned that color

pages reproduced in black and white may not be legible.

Color copying will delay processing 7 to 10 days. STI

Facility staff will contact users before filling an order for

color copies.

/

TheSTI BULLETIN informsNASASTIusersabout _.

NASA's scientific and technical information products and _

services, m

Direct suggestions, material to be considered for inclusion. I_

and comments to Jackie Streeks at the address below, or tele0hone (301) 621-0105, or John Wilson. NASA I-leack:tuarters.

Code NT'I" Washington. DC 20546,(202) 755-1246. [_

RECON ooerational problems may be directed to the

RECON Coordinator at: l_

NASA STI Facility

P O. Box 8757

BWI Airport, MD 21240 [_

(3Ol)621-o3oo I_

Detach label with instructions for address or distribution I_

change and mail to the above address,

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B ULLE TIN

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION DIVISION

t_ _ _ ....

on..._ _ _ ... 2

New Pub#ca_ _..3

New--Terms_.3

Bo_P,g NASA_STINelm_,..; 4

. NASA .Nelw_m_, 4

AeroS&TDmtaLocalor..'5

E_ J'llO StmdNc_ _. 5

,JSC _ L,M_NET_. 5

I1ConwrmndPrmn_w.:. 6

P.WOmt_mCmaaa .,;' ..

_Tem_forFED_...7

Pr_ oI STARResumes.=.8

STtLASLibrarySystem... 8

Stote¢lSewctteeonFt_X_... 8

Revitalizing the NASA STI Program

General Elmer Brooks, Deputy Associate Ad- pared to the total R&D budgeL Return on STI

miniJtratorfor the NASA Office of Manage- dissemination is very high: according to OTA,

ment, gave tke keynote talk at the NASA ST/ as a rule of thumb, each dollar spent on federal

Managers meeting held at NASA Headquar- STI dissemination generates a direct benefit of

ters, April 24-23, 1990. Excerpts from his talk at least 2 to 5 dollars to users. Online dataare presented, basessuch as NASA/RECON are especially

highlyleveraged.

This isa particularlyauspicioustime forthe

NASA STI Program, and Ibelievethatthe NASA expectsto seean increasein R&D

informationand ideaswe can sharewith each appropriationsover thenext few years,and we

-otheroverthenexttwo days willadd consid- need tobe preparedto adjusttotheassociated

erably to the quality of that Program. increases in STI production and dissemination.

At the same time, we are witnessing exciting

Scieatif¢ and technical information is an advances in information technologies that will

integral pen of the research & development help us continue to meet the mission of man-

(R&D) process. It is both the mw material and aging NASA's information resources. Dissemthe ead product of R&D. According to the ination of STI is being transformed by the revOffice of Technology Assessment (OTA), olution in elecwonic information and telecomscientists and ¢_neers spend one-quarter to munications technologies. The STI community

one-half of their time on STI related activities, is one of the heaviest and most advanced users

Of NASA's 120,000 employoes and conlr_- of computers. Over the next 3 to 5 years, use

Ims,38,S00 ire scientists and engineers; and of printed and filmed STI is likely to decline,

the value of time spent on STI is immen_., while the use of electronic formats will likely

According to _ Department of Energy, one- increase dramatically. These new technologies

fifth of their annual R&D budget-I billion will allow us to develop a vital STI program

dollars a yem'-is spent on STI. . which meets the needs of NASA's scientists

..... ,. .'_ and engineers-and managers as well-while

A teomt survey of aerospacescientists aad: remaining sensitive to budget constraints.

• engineersshedsnew light on the domirmt role

•-of STI in the aerospace industry:On the aver-.. During thepastdecade,theNASA STI

age,_ spent abont 35 _ of program has suffe_:d a downturn in resource

tbeh, time communicating infermation to support, both personnel and dollars. STI

otheas and 31 Imreent working with technical staffing levels have fallen by 54 pereenL The

infmmation received from ethers. Obviously, STI budget has not kept up with inflation.

STI is an indispensable pan of the R&D infr_mlcture, yet it is inexpensive when corn= (conmued on page 7)

__I_A Nat_'ml Aeronaut,csand Space Aclm*nistrat,on Management

Scientific and Technw_...a,_ Information DivisJon

VVash*r_on.DC 199o

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STI BUll k-FIN • JUNE-JULY 1990

Focus On ...

Foreign Technology Bibliography Series

A product orserviceavailablethroughtheSTI Facility.

The technical literature covered in these bibliographies incluck research and development (R&D) performed by the

Japanese, Soviets, of the NATO countries of continental

Etm_. Each bibliography assembles references to unclassified/unlimited, unclassified/limited, and clussified_imited

reports and journal articles announced in the NASA STI

Database on an annual basis. The selected citations are

available on NASA/RECON based on the user's affiliation

status as registered with the NASA STI Facility. The purpose of this series is to assist NASA R&D efforts, and thus

increase productivity throughout the NASA community.

FORMAT

Each entry in thebibliography consists of a standardbibliographic citation usually accompanied by an abstract The

limited distribution citations do not include an abstracL EnIries are arrmged by the 10 majof mbject divL_ionsand 76

specific subject categnries found in STAR.

The Soviet and Japanese bibfiographies include six indexes

- subject, personal author, coqxnte source, contract, report, and accession number;,the European bibliographies

include a seventh index - foreign technology.

SCOPE

The Foreign Technology Bibliography series includes:

European Foreign Technology

Jaimnese Foreign Technology

Soviet Foreign Technology

Space Station Foreign Technology

European and Soviet

Foreign Technology Bibliographies

Selections in these bibliographies are based on the Aermmutical Engineering, NASA SP-7037, profile supplemented

with other topics of interest as follows:

European - space commercia,--ation; mathematics; fluid

mechanics; composite materials, materials processing, and

fatigue; physiology of flight and human factors; microcomputer applications; eleclromagnetic wave propagation; and

space policy and intematimal cooperation.

Soviet - computer systems and man-machine systems;

plasma physics; lasers; optics; chemistry and materials;

remote sensing and climatology;microgravity applications;

polymers, and crystal growth; and space sciences, space biology, and bioeleclxonics.

Japanese Foreign Technology Bibliographies

Items of Japanese origin and any item whose content deals

with Japanese technology are selected for this series. Primary subjects of interest include: lasers; eleclrunics; semiconductor materials, crystal growth and materials processing; chemistryand materials, and computer systems and

robotics.

Space Stallon Research and Engineering

Selections in these bibliographies, accessioned from 1983-

1987, are based on R&D related to the design and development of technology, confignrafions, and pmcedmes that

enhance efficiencies of current and future versions of a

space station. Specific subjects of interest include:

European - design analysis, development, and operations

of major systemsand subsystems;servicing and operations

suPlX_ requirements for cmrent and futare European space

station applications with emphasis on artificial intelligence

and robotics, power generation and storage, microgravity

materials for structural applications, and life suppmt systems. European participation in international space station

technology is also included.

Soviet -- design analysis, development, engineering operations, and utilizaliun of manned and unmanned Soviet space

stations with emphasis on SALYU'T and MIR. In addition.

various spaceborne experiments for use in space commercialization and space manufacturing are included. Future

missions of Soviet space stations are covered including the

internatiomd cooperation of the U.S.S.R. with other nations.

Soviet,EuropeanandJapanese

Space Station Biomedical Research

Selections describethe current and future biomedical research related to the Soviet, Eumlman, and Japanese space

stations. Subject coverage includes the human physiological, psychological, and social responses to the conditions of

living in the space environment; limits of human tolerance

to the actual and potential hazards of weightlessness; behavioral implications of biomedical changes; work requirements and assessment of human perfmmatr, e; nutritional

requirements; interpersonal dynamics;stress effects on

respiratory, visual, md auditory systems; bioaslxonantics,

life sciences research; life support sysmns and survivability; and spacobome medical experimentation.

FREQUENCY

The foreign technology bibliographies in this series are

issuedmnually beginning with 1984. Curtain Japenese,

European, and Soviet AetoSlmce Scieaee and Technology

bibliographies for accession year 1989 will be issued in

late 1990.

C)

AVAILABILITY

The bibliographies in this series m'e limited to U.S. Govern- :""J

ment agencies and U.S. Government contractors only.

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Impact of Aerospace Reports

- Survey Underway

We know reports of research and development (R&D) restets me important in canying out further R&D; but. we are

not sure how they are used, nor who makes tbe most use of

them. We have anecdotal verification of instances of a report preventing dupfication, or making possible a quick leap

forward.

A more factual approach is being taken in a study supported

by NASA, Code RF and Cocle NTI', and by the U.S. Air

Force. The survey is being undertaken by Thomas Pinelli,

an STI staff member at the NASA Langley Research Centel and John Kennedy of Indiana University.

Four phases are projected:

Phase I. Study of U.S. aegoslmce engineers and scienfists. Surveys are complete, md dam analysis is underway.

Phase 2. Study of U.S. aerospace librarians and technical

information specialists as information intmnediKies. Seurvey is in the rum1 stage of developmenL

Phase 3. Study of U.S. aerospace university students, faculty, and infommtion intermediaries.

Phase 4. Study of aerospace engineers, scientists, and

students outside the United States.

F(x more information, call Thomas Pinelfi at 804-865-2491,

FTS 928-2491.

New Publications

Surlace Topography of the Greenland Ice Sheet

from Satellite Radar Altimetry (NASA SP-503),

published by the STI Division and the Goddard Space

Flight Cenmr. Provides the first accurate topographic map

of the Greenland ice sheet, from more than 80,000 individual measurements of surface elevation made by the radar

altimeter on board the Seasat satellite. Paperbound, 106

pages, color md black-and-white photographs, and 17

oversized maps in a hard slipcase.

(Avail._PO for $37.00;

GPO Stock No. 033-000-01071-1)

Exobiology in Earth Orbit (NASA SP-500), published

by the STI Division and the Ames _h Center. Reports the status of the scientific investigations that can be

undertaken in the field of exobiology using instruments in

Earth orbit. Paperbound, 126 pages, color photographs.

(Amil: GPO for $630:

GPO Smck No. 003-000-01057-5)

Space Shuttle Avionics System (NASA Sla.504),

published by the 51"1 Division and the Johnson Space

Center. Traces the origins and evolution of the system,

beginning in the em'ly 1970s; outlines the requirements,

constraints, and other factors which led to the final configuration; and provides a comprehensive description of

its operation and functional characteristics. Paperboun&

74 pages, illustrated, with a diagram of the system.

(Avail: GPO for $8.50:

GPO Stock No. 033-000-01079-6)

New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recentty added to the NASA Thesaurus are listed below. These terms are currently available on NASA/RECON.

User suggestions for new terms a_ e.agomaged. Contact Run Buchan at the NASA STI Facility, (301) 621-0103. _'

ACROBATICS

Tmngmml m AEROBATICS

ACROBATICS(AIR_

UseAEROBATICS

ACROBATICS

Use AEROBATICS

AEROBATICS

ASTRONOM)CALCATAt.O_

BLACKBIRDAigCgAFT

Use SR-71AIRCRAFr

EARTHMAGNETOTAIL

U=eGEOMAGNETICTAIL

GEOMAGNETICTAIL

SN (RFMIXErED TO THEEARTHMAGNETOTAIL)

New Smpe Now

MACROMOLECULES

MACROMOLECULES

Use MOLECULES

Deleted

OPTICAL(33RRELATORS

PEGASUSAIR-LAUNCHEDBOOSTER

PLANETARYMAGNETOSPHERES

SN (EXCLUDESEARTHMAGNETOSPHERE)

New Scope Note

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ST] BUll I:'rlN • JUNE-JULY 1990

Networking for Libraries

Information Superhighways

The success of INTERNET and of NSFNEr (funded

by the NationalScienceFoundation)sptmeda vision

of a National Research and Education Network (NREN)

which would serve as a superhighway for dam- the

telecommunications equivalent of the Federal Interstate

Highway System. Senat_ Albert Gore's proposedlegislation (the "Natiomd High-Performance Computer

Technology Act of 1989") envisions the NREN as an

integral part of a program to promoteadvancedcomputing technologies.

Gore's bill directs the National Science Foundation

(NSF), in cooperation with such ageagies as the Depm,

merits of Defense, Energy, Commerce and NASA, to "

provide fortheestablishment ofa national 3.gigabit/

second computer network by 1996. (A gigabit is one bil-_

lien bits.) Most current netw_ks have bandwidths from

less than 56,000bits/second up to approximately 1.56

megabits/second, and NSFNet will be able to movedata

at 45 megabits/second. NREN repscsmtsan increase of

at least 2,000 times over the current bandwidth. Such a

network could move 100,000 typed pages or 1,000 satellite photosevery second.

EDUCOM and the National Research Com¢il have promoted the NREN as a primary objective. Oth_ academic and research networks have established the value

of computer networks to a wide range of users in remarch and higher education for mail communications,

cooferencing, and voluntary electronic publishing.

Many of the regionalnetworks and additional connected

state netwoAs have been _ng use beyond scientific research. The promiseof serviceto a broaderedurational community added fm'tl_ justification to the

pubfic investment and would ensure a broad base of

political support.

Broadening.the Library Vision --_ ,

While their vision broadens, thc library community has

expressed growing interest in lnicmct and NREN. Li-

*

Building NASA'$ Global

STI Network

NASA's ScientificandTechnical Information Division

is undertaking as one of its major initiatives in the next

several years to build a worldwide network-NASA

STINEr. The Project Dir_tor is Judy Hunter, who

comes to the STI Division with a strong backgmtmd in

networking and gateways in the Depmtment of Defense.

The goals of the project m'e to:

, Provide access to STI dam worldwide

Reduce the duplication of data between STI

databases

Promote cooperative agreements between agencies

Make the connectiom _t to the user

Providea "ene-=op shopping".mvirmmem for

: tbe user

The projectwill: . • .-........

Detemine availableNASA communications

capabilities

Develop cooperativeagleememswith NASA

communications

Cooperate with otha" federal ag_ in gateway

development

• 'Designand implement aWotmype for the NASA

STI gateway "

NASA Networks

NASA's globalSTI Networkwillbuildon networks that

are already in place and rapidly evolving.

laternet is the collectionof U_S. networks using the

DOD standard communications ISmneoh-Tmnsmission

Control Protocol/interact Protocol (TCP/IP)-apon which

a suite of application protocolsfractions, such as remme

login,fileuamfer,andelectronicmail. ..

NASA Sck.uee lateraet (NSI) is a rull.se_ packetbradans have long been familiar with the use of net- switched consolidatim of netwa2s that proddes

winks to access regional and national bibliographic remote login, e_ mail, and file-txansf_r

databases, nolably OCLC and RLIN. The American m utilizing both standard (i.e., TCP/IP)

Library Association has offered an electronic mail and and vendor-dependent (suchasDECrier) .

b=U =two, is wi,hmp '.=tion

sufficient degradation of connectionsthroughthe re- twcen protocol groups. NASA s NSI is../k/_

gional networks to preclude production use of the - member of the IntemeL [/_' _ ,

NSFNET as a replacemont for the library networks. The . . ]_/_ / (f)

prmpec,of integmangn=worksinanupgraded, wen- TheSp.cePhys s Au.,ysisNemerk
STI BULLETIN • JUNE-JULY 1990

( low Your Electronic Information Exchange Standards

Standard Gemralized Markup Language (SGML),

allOWSfor the transfer, retention, and multiple reuse

of text with long-term value, such as STI. Documents

created within the SGML standardscan be transmitted

through any network with existing communications softwa_ and can be in_ by electronic publishing

systems at the receiving site. SGML is misnamed as a

language: it is actually • zt of rules about how to describe and reuse information.

Go_mmel Open Systemlntercunnectiun Profile

(GOSIP), is a site of services, protocols, and features

for data communications compatibility of unlike computer systems. GOSIP uses thc concept of a "profile"

as a guide to selection of services and features at the

users discretion. GOSH) provides a "portfolio" of tools

and capabilities for the choice of users, computer systems

and network impl_

Computer-Aided Acquisition aml Logistic Support

(CALS) is an infommion-resonrces integration program

within the Department of Defense. It strives to link

stand-alone systems with autmnated industry-based

'__gn, manufacturing, publishing, and logistics systems.

managed at tbe Oeddm'd Space Flight Center. SPAN is a

private wide-area DECnct that provides connectivity to

more than 2000 DECnet nodes, as well as to numerous

other DECnet networks.

National Institute of Standards and Techmology

(NIST), formerly the National Bureau of Sumdards,

NIST is deeply involved in the development, testing,

and adoption of standards for the federal govemmant.

NIST has taken on the mission of coordinator in many

technical areas of interface between the federal and

industrial worlds, as in CALS and SGML.

JSC Announces LIFENET

The Medical Sciences Division of the Johnson Space

Center has established LIFENET for the use of the biomedical research & development community. A menu

driven, user friendly system, _ requires no

training or reference to • user manual to log on and use

the system. The LIFENET communications capabilities

center around the capability of "'Automatic Routing

Across NetwoAs." This feature is designed to reduce

the difficulties that me normally associated with communicatingacross electronic networks. LWENET username marl routing capability is designed to be relatively

transparent to the user of most systems. All that is

needed is the recipient's LIFENET usemame or some

pan of the recipient's name. Cm-rently, TELENElY

TELEMAIL, SPAN/VAXMAIL, ARPANET, BITNET,

TEXNET andothe_ are interconnected in tl_ way on

the LIFENET system.LWENET makesavailable userposted bulletin boards, electronic mail, file u'ansfer,

seminar announcements, and calendar of events. For

more information about LIFENET, call Susan Lock,

713-480-5939. '_"

NASA Science Network (NSN) is the other component of

NSI. NSN is a TCP/IP network that connects to more than

1000 networks or sulmetworks, each of which may

connect dozens and mececomputers,including those

associated with tbe National Science Foundation's

NSFNET. NSN is an effort to accommodate

Aero Science and Technology

Data Locator

A major component of the NASA STI Global Network will be the Aero Science and Technology Data

Network-AERONET. An initial step is buildingthe

tectmology diversity, new technology data AERONET Data Locator. Descriptions of more than

systems, and nonhomogeneous computer 400 aerothermodynamic dam sets from the Space

systems. Shuttle program are already available on NASA/

RECON. An arrive program for including desc_ptions

Program Support Communications of wind-tunnel data taken at NASA facilities is being

Network 0PSCN) is managedby the explored. Aeronautical data reported in documents refMarshall Space FlightCenter. A NASA erenced in the NASA STI Database will be included in

circuit backbone, PSCN is common to both the AERONET Data Locamr wbere sufficient descripSPAN and NSN networks, tion is provided.

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.a

RECON II PREVIEW: A BRIEF TOUR OF THE PRIMARY COMMANDS

The transition from one system to another always leaves an interim pmod when users are not fully indoctrinated into the new

system, but have moved partially away from the old. The years 1958 to approximately 1962 represented such a time whm the

National Advisc_ Committee on Aeronautics closed out projects and fmished reports, and the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration had begun research and development uctivities of its own. The RECON to RECON II transition stands in the

center of that phase now, when some nsen have been trained, some are in the process of being trained; some have access to

the new system and some don'L Information concerning P,EC_N ll's release date and training schedule will be announced

in future issues of the ST/BULLETIN, and is online under RECON I's HELP NEWS screens. The system is scheduled to be

fully implemented this fall.

To help provide a bridge between RECON I and RE, ON II, the following is a basic reference guide. It lists only those commands that are most frequently used in an average search session. Keep in mind that other commands are available in RECON

!I, and they m'e fully documented in the training workbook and the User Reference Manual. Below we have listed 1) the command name; 2) a brief description of the command's function; and 3) an example of the command's syntax, using the shortest

acceptable form of the command. They are listed in alphabetical order.

Remember that this is meant only to be a brief guide. It does not attempt to cover every function that the commands listed below can perform, nor does it include all of the commands available in RECON II.

ADDaESS, grid

Assign • secondaryaddressfor internalrouting.

AD [System_ forinternalroutingaddress- no panuneml are

necmuuy.]

BEGIN

In,/ate•RECON searchsessiou.

BE [Noparameters aren_w.ssa_,thoughyoumay specify•filecollection.

If you don't,you will beplacedmtomaticMlyin yourdefaultfile collectiou.]

COLLgCTION

Define the files andyearsto whichyour searchsessionwill be restricted.

Name andstorethecollecfimfogiatoruse.

COLSTAR IAA 1987-1990mycollectiou.c

CURRENT

I)iql_y the statusof yourin-progress search_iou.

CU [No pm'mnetasmeneeded,butyoumy specifyindividualdcmmts

DELETE

•Remove one ormine stona/definable featuresor sets, (i.e., • usor.defmed

file collectiou).

DEmycoilecticm.c [or]DEL Sl

DISPLAY

View tbe records on screenfrom setsyou have cmamd.

DISSI [or] DISSI 1-10

ESCAPE

Te_mimtoa bey or tutormsiou.

ES [No pmmnam me na:e.a_.]

ENVIRONMgN'r

Define,muM,mgltaoma _orch mdveneiKludi_ colle_ou,fontal,

e.xp_mcele_, anddefaultmsmmouic.

ENV mycollectiou.cmyfornmt.f begitmefaumvl.e

gXPgiUgNCE

a levelof helpfrombes_mer, intermediate,o_advanced.

EXPE advmced

FIND, SELFL'T, SF.AItCH,COmINg

Selectmeon_Kcordi_l to yourcriteria;aeate lets.

R m_ uq,=(comeuor m) axl m=(Sqm, C. m"Sqpm. Cad)not S!

FORMAT

Customizescmou displaysmd pdnts of records. Name andstme the fmmat

forlateruse.

FORa_ =10;uqp:title+$;m myfmmat.f

FREQUENCY

Cotmtandrankorderthenumberofocoumugesforfield values _taset.

Mayexecute•FREQUENCY against•setforvariousfields.

FRSI [or]F"RSl _u

HELP

l_ l_.P ,c,_,.

HE[Ot_o_ _!

HOME

Rmumto tbe nminmmu of tbe ounus HELPtop_

HO[No pmanmm_needed.]

KEEP

C_.ate• u_pma_ mt of ciuziom manuallyseleaed dmi_ bmwmql.

K $4 [or]K 87n12345

LIMIT

Restrictan existing set to specifiedfiles andyem.

LIMSi STAR S9

MNEMONIC

ChlmlethedefauhsetrchmmanouicfromST(ml_ectm) toouewhich

youspecify.

MNm

ORDgR

Place_ orderoulingforadocmnemtobes_trealh_vo/cedtoyou.

O 87n12345microfichetopics=2 'J.Doe, Roem !11'

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I_vltMIzing ttm NASA _FI Program

Because of tiffs lack of adequate resonrcing, the central role

this program serves in knowledge wansfer is in serious jeopardy unless we take bold steps to mm the program around.

STI is the lifeblood of scientific advancement and technological innovation, and wovides the information platform

for global leadership. This, then, is our challenge: To revitalize the NASA STI Program and to give STI the priority

that it needs here at NASA.

This revitalization wig require great strides forward. However, we have already begun taking a few small steps in the

right general direction! Resource levels remain a problem,

but in the past few months the STI Program's problems and

potential have attracted attention at the highest levels within

NASA and from Congressional groups also.

As far as staffing is co_ the STI Program is being

allowed to fill vac_¢ies resulting from attrition. This is a

change from recent years when vacated positions were lost

to the program. In addition, a headqumlev_-wide personnel

Reports to be Received from Canada

A working session to coordinate the processing of Canadian

input to the NASA STI Database was held recently at the

NASA STI Facility. Bernard Dumouchel and Frank X.

Gagne _nted the Canada Institute for Scientific and

Technical Information (CIST1), NASA STI partner in the

national-level STI exchange agreement which concluded

with Canada in May 1989. The Canadians estimate that

they will he processing 600 or more technical reports

annually for NASA.

NASA Thesaurus Terms for FEDIX

NASA STI Division is cooperating with the HQ Educational Affairs Division in NASA's participation in the

I=_DIX projecL ]_..DIX is a system of C,lilill¢ dalabases

providing infmmation on federal govenunent programs of

interest to those who want to apply for an R&D granL

FEDIX contains descriptions of the Department of Energy programs. Information on Office of Naval Research and

NASA will be available online in 1990. It is anticipated that

other government agencies will soon be providing descriptions Of their programs. The STI Facility will prepare a list

of terms covm-ing NASA's R&D programs to assist persons

searching NASA entries. For further background on FEDIX

call Sherri McGee, 202-453-8346. 'a"

survey will be conducted this ye_. We hope this will bring

some relief to the STI Prod'am.

As position allocations permit, additional staff will be added to address long-range policy and planning issues and to

explore new information technologies. This last capabilitytechnology exploration-is particularly important. New technologies may be the answer to handling the overwhelming

amounts of data produced and used by NASA. Howevm-,

many if not all of these new technologies are extremely

complex and expensive, so we must carefully determine

which are cost-effective and mature enough to warrant

their incorporation into the program.

A Woposal to reorganize the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Division has been approved and is in the

process of being implemented. The new organization will

include a User Services branch to validate user requirements and help institute new services and improve existing

services. The STI Division is currently working on a longrange strategic plan to address some of these problems and

opportunities.

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NASA Resumes

Publication .of STAR

NASA is pleased to announce the resumption of the

printing of the Scientific and Technicalaeroapace

Reports (STAR). We would like to thank the scientific and t=chnical information community for its

support and cooperation during this difficultperiod.

As you know, we have been maintaining the computer database up to dat= in order to shorten the start-up

cycle. We wig be printing all the back issues and the

cumulative index for 1989.

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REMINDER:

Stored Searches on RECON

Recently, RECON users received a mailing asking them m

review the searches they have stored tmd_ their IDs. Once

again, we ask that you continue to review regularly your

storedsearchesinordertomaximize storagespace.At

wesem, RECON usersenjoybeing ableto mote searches

tobe executedatwill,freeof extracharge. Many systems

chargeusersto store searches. If you regularly use your

stored searches, by all means i=eP them. If you find that

some are no longerof value, or have not been updated or

executed in a year or more, please delete them from the

system. T/maks!

Next Issue ...

for information regarding the possibility of subject switching the older subject terms on file collection

O to NASA Thesaurus terms.

STILAS Llbmry System

The Scientific and Technical Informmion Library Automation System (STILAS) is a symmn developed under fig

auspices of the Defense Technical lnformm_ Center

(DTtC) for the purpos= of accommodm_g govemmem

libraries that deal with both MARC and COSATI recogds.

Two ptototyI_ were devel(q)ed-om¢ designed for mnMl

libraries and attother for medium-sized h'bmies. STtLAS

performs the uadi_ iitn_'y functions o( w.q.isi-.

tions, cataloging,circulation, and serialscontrol and will

interactwith the DTIC database, DROLS. SysuBs have

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Volume 20, Number 5

Oct-Nov-Dec 1990 IISTI

B ULLE TIN

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION DIVISION

In ThisIssue...

Full-TextDatabases... I

NumericData Directories... 2

That_s to MSFC... 2

AeronetData LocatorUpdate ...3

New ThesaurusTerms...3

NewsFronICSTI... 3

RECONII Leam to Navigate... 4

75 Yearsof AeronauticsR&D ... 5

NACADocumentsProlect... 5

Have YouMoved?... 7

Studyof STI Users'RealNeeds"... 7

TranslabonProgra_nExpano_d... 7

MandelLectureFund... 8

New Space StationBib#ography... 8

Indexto 1990STI Bulletin... Insert

Full-Text Databases--NASA STI

Cooperating with other federal agencies in

future developments is a basic component of

NASA strategic planning. Working groups

play a key role, such as the Standards Working

Group established by CENDI--the interagency

group of STI managers from the Departments

of Commerce and Energy, NASA, the National

Library of Medicine, and the Department of

Defense. Effective interagency implementation

of new technology often takes years of planning. Before planning actually starts, projections, however tentative, have to be made by

each agency, based on what it would like to

do, and leavened by what it thinks manpower

and money will permit.

Judy Hunter, a member of the NASA STI Division, Code NTT, and the CENDI Standards

Working Group, submitted a response in early

November 1990 to a CEND! initiative concerning full-text technology and anticipated

activity related to the NASA STI Program.

We would like to share highlights of her

response with our users.

NTI" has recently undergone a reorganization.

New approaches are being formulated and new

directions are being identified. We are shifting

our focus from an environment where we

control information to one where we access

information for the users. We think we can do

this if we participate in projects to test, evaluate, and prototype advances in digital input and

retrieval technologies and if we develop a plan

Division View

to phase these advances into the NASA STI

environment where applicable. We feel we can

further expedite this integration process by establishing cooperative attitudes among the

NASA Centers, NASA HQ, and other national

and international agencies in order to share the

time, effort, and expensive resomces for the research and development of projects to support

the electronic handling of data.

NTT has looked at current processes to determine where the technology can be consolidated now to provide a foundation for future

enhancements and expansions. We look to

promote cooperative projects with the centers

where minor successes might encourage participation by other centers with similar interests and requirements. The initial projects will

include capabilities currently in use at the participating sites that could be combined together

to provide additional functionality.

One such project under development currendy

is to exchange electronic data between the

Ames Research Center, NASA HQ, and the

STI Facility. This project has been divided into

two tasks. One task involves transmiuing the

Report Documentation Page (RDP) between

Ames and the STI Facility. The second task involves transmitting the Document Availability

Authorization (DAA) form between Ames,

NASA HQ, and back to Ames. The DAA is

used to approve disseminiation of the documents. This portion of the project will involve

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N_A National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Office of Management

Scientific and Technical Information Division

Washington.DC 1991
STIBULLETIN- OCT / NOV / DEC 1990

FULL-TEXT DATABASES

(cont_uec/trompage I)

using the ODMS system, currently in use at Ames, to transmit the document over a wide area network (WAN). It will

also involve using some son of digital signature capability.

CD-ROM technology is being considered as a storage and

retrieval medium for the National Advisory Committee on

Aeronautics (NACA) t-de, and a multi-media project in conjunction with Lewis Research Center to demonstrate integration of video, online retrieval, and hypertext is being

formulated.

An interagency partnership is under discussion which will

allow NASA and DTIC to cooperate in future developments

of the intelligent gateway and post processing technologies

as well as in the digital document input and retrieval technologies. DTIC has developed an intelligent gateway system, the Defense Gateway Information System (DGIS).

NASA is in the process of designing and developing a gateway system for the NASA user community. NASA and

DTIC have agreed to work together on future developments.

In some instances, it makes sense for NASA to observe

projects ongoing at other centers and/or agencies involving

leading-edge technology. For example, NASA postponed

the development of a project at the STI Facility for the input of documents into the NASA/RECON system for one

year in order to observe projects underway at DOE and

DTIC. This gives NASA the opportunity to benefit from

"lessons learned" at other agencies.

There are too many issues that need to be resolved in the

full-text arena for one agency to address them all adequately

in a world of limited resources. For one thing, the scanning

and OCR technology has not matured to a point where the

input of documents does not require an extensive amount of

editing. And although the integration of complex equations

and illustrations with text is getting better, it continues to be

a labor intensive process of keying the equations manually.

Further issues about full-text retrieval are not yet adequately

resolved, such as indexing. How do you index a full-text

document? How does the end-user scan volumes of electronic data to get to the information he actually needs to accomplish his mission? How do you Charge an end-user for

all the data he accesses or do you charge him for the data

he can actually use? How about the requirements to display

and scan these documents?

NASA has a commitment to participate with other agencies

and would like to "pool resources" with others who are

addessing these complex issues.

Numeric Data Directories and

Access Systems

U.S. Geological Survey -

The U.S. Geological Survey has developed a data management prototype on Arctic data which uses CD-ROM technology and a hyptext user interface. It is called Arctic Data

Interactive (ADI) and consists of bibliographic information,

Arctic datasets, and dataset documentation. It was originally intended as a directory, but the large capacity of a

CD-ROM led to a decision to add other information

resources and integrate the resources into an interactive

system.

The CD-ROM has a table of contents, like the printed reference document, Arctic Environmental Data Directory

(AEDD), but it is visually appealing. The "hot" screen can

be touched to make the selection. It is not necessary to use

a keyboard. When you touch a picture or title in the table of

contents, a series of"buttons" appears at the bottom of the

screen: source, description, format, coverage, location. The

table of contents leads to full text reports with pictures,

maps, and datasets. Searches can be done by keywords

(Boolean), color pictures, and hyper KRS search card. The

software is Macintosh Hypercard (or Toolbook for the PC),

hyper KRS, and Macromind Directory. Every word is indexed using Hypercard. The disks are updated twice a year.

National Library of Medicine .' -',

...a.

The National Library of Medicine has dealt with the data

directory problem in the ABIDE project. The approach was

to use concurrent, window-based access to multiple systents, with directory assistance for choosing target databases

(DIRLINE). GRATEFUL MED provides Iogon and search,

and vocabulary assistance. Query-response history is carried

across databases and across local sessions. There is copying

across windows to build a query from earlier queries and

responses.

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• STI BULLFTIN • OCT / NOV / DEC 1990

New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recenUy added to the NASA Thesaurus are

_. listed below. These terms are currently available on NASA/

RECON. User suggestions for new terms are encouraged.

Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA STI Facility, (301)

621-0103.

GADOLINIUM-GALLIUMGARNETS

HDTV

Use HIGHDEFINITION]ELEVISION

HIGHDEFINITIONTELEVISION

IMPROVEDTIROSOPERATIONALSATEI.Z,rIT_

Use ITOSSATELLITES

(Thistermwasalso trmafenedto ITOSSATELLITES

MULTIGRIDMETHODS

OSPREY AIR(_'l"

Use V-22 AIRCRAFT

POROUSAIRFOILS

Use POROUSBOUNDARYLAYERCONTROL

SMARTSTRUCTURES

V-22 AIRCRAFT

WESTGERMANSPACEPROGRAM

.r_ YLFLASERS

ZIRCONIA

Use ZIRCONIUMOXIDES

ZIRCONIUMOXIDES

Aeronet Data Locator Update--

Wind Tunnel Descriptions Added

To _ssist aeronautical scientists and engineers who

arc looking for aerodynamics data, descriptions of

• lnd tunnel test facilities are being added to the

AERONET DATA LOCATOR (ADL). Descriptions

of NASA Center wind tunnels will be added first.

There are probably 75 active wind tunnels in NASA40 or more at Langley Research Center, 20 or more

at Ames Research Center, and 10 or more at Lewis

Research Center. Entries for other wind tunnels

throughout the world will be added nexL For more

information, call Robert Jack at the NASA STI

Facility, (301) 62 i-0318.

News From ICSTI

NASA STI Division became a member of the International

Council of Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI).

ICSTI activities in which STI Division will participate

include areas of high current concern.

Interdisciplinary Searching

At its first meeting in Gatlinburg in May 1990, this new

group set the objective m identify and describe the principal problems experienced by searchers of multiple databases seeking citations to documents that will provide

answers m questions of an interdisciplinary nature, and m

propose solutions to those problems. In establishing a work

plan, the group has expressed its determination to concenIrate its efforts on finding practical solutions than can be

offered or recommended within the short term.

Electronic Publishing

In pursuance of its aim of monitoring and evaluating current

developments in electronic publishing and transferring this

expertise to ICSTI members, the group has:

• Organized the Gatlinburg technical session on Electronic

Document Publishing.

• Finalized the f','st of five brief technical papers in preparation which are based on the experience of ICSTI

members.

Numerical Data

Work is underway for the Imbrication of the ICSTI Directory of Machine-Readable Numeric Databases. Compilation

of the information by Chemical Abstracts Service is now

complete and hard copy versions are being prepared by the

Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) of

the U.S. Department of Energy. The publication will be

available by the end of 1990.

Multilingual Thesaurus in Geosclences

Under an agreement signed with Unesco, ICSTI and

International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), originators and copyright holders of the Multilingual Thesaurus

in Geosciences (MT), have authorized Unesco to distribute

the machine-readable French-English MT to Pan-African

Network for a Geological Information System (PANGIS)

centers.
STI BUI_I_FTIN • OCT / NOV / DEC 1990

DON'T BE LOST IN RECON II

Regular readers of the STI Bulletin have long been aware of

the approaching release of RECON II. RECON II is alive,

though still in preimplementation versions. We are now

producingdocumentation to accompany the general release

of RECON IL The principal piece of documentation is the

User Reference Manual. Here is a preview.

One section of the User Reference Manual for RECON II

is tided Navigators. The navigators, one for each of the 30

files in the STI Database, are tools that help you find your

way around the files and form your search strategies.

NACA Historical File

As an example, let's look at the navigator for the NACA

Historical File. The other navigators are set up this way,

as well.

For ease of use, the format of each navigator displays the

appropriate information in a self-explanatory manner. This

includes the file name, file number, also called (alternate

appellations), coverage dates--in this case, the publication

dates of documents referenced in the file---and a note on

how frequently the file is updated. (Coverage dates refer to

accession dates in the other navigators.) A brief description

of the file's contents, swacture, origin, and any special

features followed by the file collection designation and

searching information completes the navigator.

File Name: NACA HistoricalRIe

File Number: 145

Also Called: H-10,000, HIOK,IH

Coverage Dates: 1915-1962

Frequency of Update: N/A, Closed File

File Description: The National Advisory Committee on

Aeronautics (NACA) historical file consistsof more than

lO0,O00 catalog cards andtechnical notes which served as the

libraryshelflist for the Commiuec's bsadquartcxs. This file

contains reports from foreign and domestic government agencies and indus_es, published between 1915 and 1962 and

accessioned in 1986 and 1987. NACA was active until 1958.

when NASA took its place.

File Collection: T

Scarchin8 Information: Indexed to the NACA subject

headings; original catalogingand abstracting. Text searchable:

Unclassified Tides, Abstracts.

As its name suggests, a navigator is designed to help yon

find your way around in the file. You'll use the navigators

as a reference to find out about each file: when you know

the coverage dates of the NACA file, you won't be searching for a document published after 1962, but you will know

that this file's coverage extends beyond 1958 when NASA

began.

After the basic information, the navigator presents a typical

citation from the file. This citation conveys visual information about the file's contents and structure. In the citation

here, you see the accession number, report number, publiLEARN TO NAVIGATE

cation date, and the page count; followed by the title, author, originating corporate source, and list of subject terms.

This particular file also contains fields for a shelflist number (SLN) and a miscellaneous note (MCN). The citation

is presented in RECON II's default format, or format 2.

(NOTE: The citation shown here is from RECON I; in RECON

II some elements may look different.)

UT['L:

AUTH:

CORP:

SLN:

MISC:

SUBJ:

Typical Citation

87H10200 RPT#:SERIAL W-U-ENG-57-8938-3

AUGUST 23. !943 PAG: 44 p., illus.

Conference on chrome-plating of worn cylinder bar

rcls as = salvage procedure

A/JOHNSON, ROBERTL; B/SHAW, ILW.

AAF, MatCom,(WrightReid) (F_D.M.R.)

N-9885

LFPL

/Protective coatings, Chrome-Engine cylinders, Beclrodeposited./Engine cylinder ban_ls./SpecificationsEngine cylinders (Amer.)./Rescarch-NACA (Amcr.).

You can look in your manual and see the elements of a typical citation in the file. This overview will help you plan

your search strategy.

Field Mnemonics

The final section of the navigators for all searchable files is

Field Mnemonics. Here you'll find listed all text searchable

fields and all term searchable fields with their search

mnemonics and notations of any special conditions that

pertain to this file. Where applicable, nonsearchable fields

are also listed.

Search Field Mnemonics:

TEXT SEARCHABLE FIELDS SEARCH MNEMONIC

Unclassified Title ................................................

Abstract ................................................................ AX

Corporate Source ................................................ CRP

Miscellaneous Note .......................................... MCN

Shelflist Number ................................................ SLN

Subject Index Terms .......................................... IND

Accession Number .............................................. ACC

Personal Author .................................................... AU

Publication Date .................................................. PDT

ReportNumber ...................................................... RN

NONSEARCHABLE FIELDS SORT MNEMONIC

Pagination .......................................................... NOT

NOTE: The information contained in the file was extracted

from the NACA shelflist cards and not from source documents. The subject terms arc cross-referenced with the

catalog cards and not with theNASA Thesaurus. The corporate nameentries do not correspondm theCorlx3_te

Source Authority List (CSAL), and alltext fields are

single-word searchable.

The RECON User Reference Manual will be available

when RECON II is available online.

4
1990 INDEX to STI BULLETIN

(January - December 1990)

Numerical

18 Millionth NASA Thesaurus Term Posting .... APR/MAY

75 Years of Achievement .................................. APR/MAY

75 Years of Aeronautics R&D .................. OCT/NOV/DEC

3,000,000th Record, ST1 Database adds .... JAN/FEB/MAR

A

Advanced RECON II Training Held .................... AUG/SEP

Aeronet Data Locator Update

Wind Tunnel Descriptions Added ........ OCT/NOV/DEC

Aerospace Reports, impact of .............................. JUN/JUL

Aero Science & Technology Data Locator ............ JUN/JUL

AGARD Bibliographies ............................ JAN/FEB/MAR

Aspects of Machine Translation in the USAF ...... AUG/SEP

Astronomy Thesaurus, integrated .............. JAN/F'EB/MAR

B

Bibliographies

AGARD ................................................ JAN/FEB/MAR

domestic resource ................................ JAN/FEB/MAR

foreign technology ............................................ JUN/JUL

space station ........................................ OCT/NOV/DEC

Biomedical Data Online ...................................... AUG/SEP

Building NASA's STI Network ............................ JUN/JUL

C

CASET Database on RECON .................. JAN/FEB/MAR

CD-ROM Users' Choice .................................. AUG/SEP

CENDI Appointments ...................................... APR/MAY

Color Copies, provided by STI Facility ............ APR/MAY

Computer Translation to be Available

to Users of NASA STI ................................ AUG/SEP

Crystal City Shuttle Schedule .............................. AUG/SEP

D

Data & Information Challenges of the 1990s ...... AUG/SEP

Deposit Accounts .............................................. APR/MAY

Document Ordering Service ........................ JAN]FEB/MAR

Domestic Resource Bibliographies ............ JAN/FEB/MAR

DTIC Users Conference ...................................... AUG/SEP

E

Electronic Access to NMIs Explored .................. AUG/SEP

Electronic Information Exchange Standards ........ JUN/JUL

F

FEDIX, thesaurus terms for .................................. /UN/JUL

Foreign STI

Canada, reports from ...................................... JUN/JUL

Japan, NASA STI protocol ................ OCT/NOV/DEC

NSF offers access to ................................ AUG/SEP

Foreign Technology Bibliographies ...................... JUN/JUL

Full-Text Databases---NASA STI's View ... OCT/NOV/DEC

G

GIQ Available to NASA Community ................ AIR/MAY

STI Prgram in ........................................ JAN/FEB/MAR

H

Have You Moved? .................................... OCT/NOV/DEC

HQ Librarian Retires .......................................... AUG/SEP

I

ICSTI, news from .................................... OCT/NOV/DEC

STI Division joins ........................................ APR/MAY

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1990 INDEX

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Impact of Aerospace Reports,

Survey Underway ............................................ JUN/JUL

Integrated Astronomy Thesaurus .............. JAN/FEB/MAR

Interim Telephone Directory for NTI',

Crystal Gateway II ........................................ AUG/SEP

J

JSC Announces LIFENET .................................... JUN/JUL

M

Machine Translation, aspects of in USAF .......... AUG/SEP

Mandei Lecture Fund ................................ OCT/NOV/DEC

Medical Texts Online at KSC .......................... APR/MAY

N

NACA

file to be completed .............................. JAN/FEB/MAR

online file review .................................. OCT/NOV/DEC

NARA Plans Online Access ...................... JAN/FEB/MAR

NAS Establishes STI Board .............................. APR/MAY

Networking

building NASA STI .......................................... JUN/JUL

for Libraries .................................................... JUN/JUL

global .......................................................... APR/MAY

NASA .............................................................. JUN/JUL

New Space Station Bibliography, -

NASA SP-7085 (01) ............................ OCT/NOV/DEC

NMIs, electronic access to .................................. AUG/SEP

NSF Offers Access to Japanese STI .................. AUG/SEP

Numeric Data Directories

& Access Systems ................................ OCT/NOV/DEC

P

Payment for STI Products & Services ...... JAN/FEB/MAR

Planned RECON Enhancements

Respond to Long-Time User Wishes ............ APR/MAY

President's Science Advisor Explores STI ........ APR/MAY

Printing of STAR Resumes ................................ JUN/JUL

three-year plan ...................................... JAN/FEB/MAR

Publications

Astronautics & Aeronautics, 1979-1984: A Chronology,

NASA SP-4024 .......................................... AUG/SEP

Exobiology in Earth Orbit,

NASA SP-500 .............................................. JUN/JUL

FGK Stars & T Tauri Stars,

NASA SP-502 .................................... JAN/I=EB/MAR

Large Space Structures & Systems in the Space

Station Era,

NASA SP-7085(01) .......................... OCT/NOV/DEC

Issues in NASA Program & Project Management,

NASA SP-6101 (02) .......................... JAN]FEB/MAR

Powered-Lift Aircraft Technology,

NASA SP-501 .................................... JAN/FEB/MAR

Space Shuttle Avionics System,

NASA SP-504 ............................................ AUG/SEP

Surface Topography of the Greenland Ice Sheet from

Satellite Radar Altimetry,

NASA SP-503 .............................................. JUN/JUL %_

R

Recent Growth in Online Databases .................... AUG/SEP

RECON

advanced training .......................................... AUG/SEP

CASET Database on .............................. JAN/FEB/MAR

Dial-in Users .................................................. AUG/SEP

defining your environment in .............. JAN/FEB/MAR

Don't Be Lost in RECON II--

to Navigate ............................ OCT/NOV/DEC

Dromedary Daily Usage ................................ AUG/SEP

RECON/RECON IICommand

Comparison ........................................ JAN/FEB/M AR

RECON II Command Preview .......................... JUN/JUL

TMIS connection .................................... JAN/FEB/MAR

Reports to Be Received from Canada .................. JUN/JUL

Revitalizing STI Program .................................... JUN/JUL
1990 INDEX

(oontinued)

t

S

SCAN Available Online ............................ JAN/FEB/MAR

Science Net Ties to NASAJAR]N ............ JAN/FEB/MAR

Standards, electronic information exchange .......... .1UN/J-U'L

Step Toward Global Networking--

ST[ Division Joins ]CST[ ............................ APR/MAY

ST[ Database Adds 3,000,000th Record .... JAN/FEB/MAR

ST] Directory Updated .............................. JAN/FEB/MAR

ST[ Facility Provides Color Copies .................. APR/MAY

ST] for Decision Making - A New View .. OCT/NOV/DEC

ST] for the 1990s .............................................. APR/MAY

ST[ Products & Services

deposit accounts .......................................... APR/MAY

document ordering ................................ JAN/FEB/MAR

payment for .......................................... JAN/FEB/MAR

ST[ Program in GIQ .................................. JAN/FEB/MAR

STILAS Library System ........................................ JUN/JUL ,4,-

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Thesaurus terms

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STI BULLETIN • OCT I NOV / DEC 1990

75 Years of Aeronautics R&D

Basic research is never old---work done under the auspices of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA,

1915-1958) in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s is still important. Access to documents resulting from that work can save

years of effort and millions of dollars. Areas of research and engineering covered in the NACA file are indicated in the list of

NACA-NASA aeronautical achievements.

NACA/NASA Aeronautical Contributions

1945 1975-1989

1946-present 1987

1951

1952-1957

1920 1st NACA wind tunnel--Langley 1952-1968

1926-1929 NACA Cowling developed and tested 1960s-1970s

1928 High-speed airfoil program begins 1960-1969

1930s Tricycle landing gear 1966-1970

1935 High-rift flaps 1968-1984

1941-present Icingresearch 1970s

! 940s Flush riveting 1970s- 1980s

1940s Transonic Wind Tunnel development

1945-1947 Jet engine research, high speed aerodynamics 1973-1983

leading to the X-1

Variable sweep wings

Oblique wing research

"Area Rule" concept developed

Blunt-body/high-drag nose cone

X- 15 research aircraft

Lifting body research

Runway grooving

Noise reduction through nacelle design

Fly-by-wire

Winglets

Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology

(HiMAT)

National Transonic Facility opened at

Langley Research Center, 1983

Advanced Turboprop project

Numerical Aerodynamic Simulator opened

at Ames Research Center

 t"NACA Documents Database Project

PROJECT BACKGROUND

The NACA collection consists of 15,000 to 25,000 NACA

documents and 85,000 to 150,000 non-NACA documents.

Approximately 15,000 NACA and 85,000 non-NACA

bibliographic records have been entered into the NASA

STI Database to make this collection available online to

users. Users have complained that there are errors and other

problems in seaa'ching these NACA records. The records for

a portion of the non-NACA documents are on cards, in

report series order, at the NASA Scientific and Technical

Information (STI) Facility. Some of the reports have been

declassified over the years but still carry the classified

markings.

Portions of the NACA archive are available at the STI

Facility; other documents are available from other NASA

centers, universities and commercial enterprises. However,

the number and location of the NACA and non-NACA

documents extant are not totally known at this time.

NASA would like to make the endre NACA collection

available to the aerospace community. Because the NACA

collection is a closed set, the NACA database is a reason-

_ able candidate for publication and dissemination on CDROM. Alternately or additionally, the complete NACA

database could be made available online. NASA further

would like to define and/or develop a NACA archive from

which to provide the complete text of requested documents

to fulfill the objectives of this projecL

Before putting the NACA collection online and/or on CDROM, the quality of the database must be brought to a level

acceptable to the users.

PROJECT SCOPE

Thrust of the project will be to determine:

• Number of NACA and non-NACA documents.

• Availability of bibliographic records for those documents.

• Location and availability of the documents themselves.

• Level of standardiz_ion of cataloging for those documents already cataloged.

• User requirements for a useful NACA database.

• User requirements for a useful NACA archive.

Methodologies will be recommended for (1) developing

and/or.upgrading electronic bibliographic records to a level

acceptable to the users (as determined in Item 5 above);

and for (2) defining and/or developing the associated

NACA archive.

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NUMERIC DATA DIRECTORIES...

(contrxJeOfrompage 2)

Knowbo_, arc exchanged between client and databank;

the directory being treated fike a databank. The knowbot

(knowledge robot) is executable software that is transmitted

between workstation and databank. Flexible architecture

provides the option of either residing on one computer or

being connected to a network. The system operates with a

mouse or keyboard and a "hot" screen, filters out duplicates

in post processing, and can be hooked into a larger network.

Directory of Information Resources Online (DIRLINE) is a

directory of organizations providing information in specific

subject areas. Sources of data are the Library of Congress'

National Referral Center (NRC) and the National Health Information Clearinghouse (NHIC) database. DIRLINE can

be searched by organization name, text words, or subjectrelated keywords, and is updated quarterly.

Directory of Biotechnology Information Resomr.es (DBIR)

offers researchers and businesses easy access to a wide army of information about national and international biotechnology resources.

Defense Technical Information Center

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) began MultiInformation Data and Analysis System (MIDAS) as a postprocessing of bibliographic information from a variety of

databases. It provides for statistical analysis, eliminates duplicates, and allows reformatting. MIDAS will be developed to handle numbers, graphics, and full texL The objective is to get more involved with scientific and technical

numeric databases.

DTIC's role for improving access to numeric data includes:

• The online High Temperature Materials Properties

Database, already available through the Gateway, uses a

common command language and expert systems.

• A clearinghouse of databases in other media, such as PCbased and magnetic tape.

• Online and PC-based directory of resources.

• Identifying dam for computerization, including dam in

the research laboratories.

A data user needs assessment was sent to 18,000 users_

1600 responded. Results from 1250 responses have been

tabulated. Military (65%) and indusu'y (29%) were the principal respondents, mostly engineers (1000), split between

project mana_gement (+500), research (500), and testing

(+300). Half searched for materials properties numeric

data. A quarter did not search for numeric data at all; almost half had searched 1 to 5 times, and 25% had searched

from 6 to more than 20 times. Nine out of ten had access to

a computer.

DTIC has a directory file of 650 databases of which 150 are

numeric.

National Technical Information Services

National Technical Information Services (NTIS) is concerned with referral, access, and delivery of data files.

NTis 1_ its databases to provide access. It also provides

NTIS data access products. Services include catalogs of

data files; Government Reports, Announcements, and Index

( GRA &i ); NTIS bibliographic database; CenterLine Newsletter.

Data files are available in electronic media, paper and

microfiche media, data directories and data referral databases from other agencies, direct user access to other

agencies' data files, NTIS delivery of data from other

agency systems on demand (Federal Reserve).

NTIS also provides elecuo, nic media production brokerage

services for other federal agencies: system developments to

provide better access to distributed STI resources; technical

assistance and production services to federal agencies for

compact disks, magnetic tapes, diskettes, and digital tapes.

Data types by source include laboratory data and survey

data--numeric, statistical, and textual---available on magnetic tape, floppy diskette, and CD-ROM. They include

original data, derived or aggregated statistics, qualitative or

subjective analyses, etc., statistical classification, and

manuals and guides.

The Federal Computer Products Center collects, announces,

and provides public access to a wide variety of computer

products produced by the U.S. Government, including software, data files, and databases.

The major data collections reflect a variety of sources, from

National Center for Health Statistics and Federal Communications Commission to Department of Defense and Federal

Reserve Board. The Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) National Computer Center is an example of how federal data is made available online through an arrangement

with NTIS. NTIS handles account establishment, monthly

billing, and collection. EPA can allow access without administrative problems. Customers gain direct online access.
STI BULLETIN • OCT/NOV/DEC 1990

Study of STI Users "Real Needs"

Fresh perspectives help to generate innovative ideas and

hopefully more efficient and effective ways to provide scientific and technical information. This seems an opporume

time to reassess NASA STI user needs to prepare to integrate new ideas.

: The NASA STI user community is being surveyed to see

how they actually carry on their jobs, what would make

their jobs easier, and future directions of the job. The idea

is not only to give the users a chance to tell what they want,

but to find out what they need that they may not realize, in

order to be responsive and develop a program that will fulfill these needs. Logistics Management Institute (LMI) is

conducting a survey to determine user requirements at specified NASA centers. The selected segment of the user population includes center management, STI professionals, and

researchers or collectors and analyzers of data. The results

will be used to enhance the STI Program to meet the real

needs of those who use iL

LMI has successfully performed similar studies to determine

user requirements for other federal agencies. The results

were used to design and implement customized user environmeats, much like the NASA STI intelligent gateway. LMI

staffers usually spend several days at a site, "living" with the

users in an attempt to understand in depth what really goes

on in doing a job. Past experience has taught that it lakes a

day for the users to relax and be comfortable with a stranger

presenL LMI observes, asks questions, and collects information, being as unobtrusive as possible.

This approach frequently tells the user a lot about the job

that hadn't previously been noted. What the STI user actually needs to do the job--and will need tomorrow--can be

projected much more accurately.

Translation Program Expanded

NASA's requirements for a translation program have changed dramatically m the last year, and more changes are seen for the

next year.

NASA engineers and scientists have acquired significant numbers of documents and made new contacts in their fields due to

the scientific and engineering community all over East Europe and the Soviet Union. In addition, NASA program offices,

particularly space slation programs and operations, have drastically increased their requests for translations to support all

aspects of the space station program, such as the redesign of Space Station Freedom. The STI Division has new sources of

foreign documents, primarily from the Soviet Union, and is in the process of acquiring the documents themselves from

VINITI, the Soviet National Technical Information Agency directly, through a commercial source, and through a cooperative

effort with other federal agencies.

_3- Arrangements have been made with the Foreign Technology Division of Wright Patterson Air Force Base to install its

machine translation system, SYSTRAN, on NASA's computers, in order to handle larger volumes of translation, particularly

Russian to English, in a much quicker tumarotmd time.
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New Space Station Bibliography:

Large Space Structures and Systems

In the Space Station Era

A Bibliography with Indexes

This bibliography merges two former bibliographies: Technolo&y for Large Space Structures (NASA SP-7046) and

Space Station Systems (NASA SP-7056). The ru_t issue lists

1372 reports, articles and other documents introduced into

the NASA scientific and technical information system between January 1, 1990 and June 30, 1990.

Its purpose is to provide helpful information to the researcher, manager, and designer in technology development and

mission design related to system, interactive analysis and

design, stmctund and thermal analysis, and design, structural concepts and control systems, electronics, advanced

materials, assembly concepts, propulsion, and solar power

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Volume 21, Number I Jan,ar_ I Februar,/ I March 1991

STI Issues and Opportunities

(Jane Bortnick prepared this paper while

on a three-month detail to the National Research Council's (NRC) Commission on

Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA). She is the Assistant Chief

of the Science Policy Research Division and

a Specialist in Information Science and

Technology at the Congressional Research

Service, Library of Congress.)

CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

One of the most significant trends in STI is

the impact that information technology is

having on the conduct of science. This was

well documented in the 1989 Committee on

Science, Engineering, and Public Policy

(COSEPUP) study Information Technology

and the Conduct of Research: The User

View. Computerized inslruments gather

vastly greater amounts of dam than previously possible. New approaches to _h

questions are possible through computerized

analyses of massive databases and visualization techniques. Communications networks link scientists to each other, to distributed databases, and to remote instruments and computing resources. All of

these capabilities overwhelm traditional data

management techniques and create pressures on accepted information practices. For

example, the Earth observing system will

transmit a terabyle of data a day and the

superconducting supercollider will monitor

millions of collisions a second.

Many of the significant research challenges

today axe interdisciplinary in nature. This

requires expanding the circle of collaborators, as well as the range of information

sources. While this is facilitated by communications networks and large databases, the

different methodologies, vocabularies, and

cultures of individual disciplines create

obstacles to efficient information exchange.

Systems increasingly need to be designed to

accommodate users who were not immediately involved in the original research.

These "distant" uses axe impuftant contributors to the research .enterprise and need to

identify, access, and evaluate needed informarion resources. Merging existing data

collections from different fields to perform

analyses creates new problems. It becomes

extremely difficult, if not impossible, to

compoxe data that were derived using

different techniques or approaches. Increasingly, it is important to have sufficient

metadata, or data about data, in order for

the distant user to make effective use of the

information.

The situation is compounded by the growing

internationalization of science. Many of the

major research efforts involve worldwide

data collection. Therefore, not only are a

variety of disciplines involved, but scientists

from around the world are participating in

hese efforts. The users in these projects are

distant geographically as well. Communications networks facilitate the exchange of

ideas and access to remote databases, but

there is still much progress that needs to be

made in making systems more transparent

and in developing common protocols. Furthermore, the need to have ready access to

foreign R&D results continues to grow.

DISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES

Much work on data management issues

occurs within disciplines as scientists ad-

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STI BUt i FTIN • JAN I FEB I .U_R 1991

STI issues and Opportunities

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dress the particular infonnat/on concerns within their

fields. The NRC has been actively involved in these

efforts through various boards, committees, and panels.

For example, in the last few years the Committee on Data

Management and Computation of the Space Science

Board pubfished the report Selected Issues in Space Science Data Management and Computation; and the Mapping Science Committee of the Board on Earth Sciences

andResourcespublishedSpatialData Needs:The Future

oftheNationalMappingProgram.A numbe: ofearlier

studies on space and earth science data requirementsexist

as weft. The Numerical Data Advisory Board also produced studies looking at data validation needs in the

physical and chemical sciences.

In other fields, the T_tion Resem'ch Board has ad_

dressed a nmge of data management issues including the

recent report, Data Requirements for Monitoring Truck

S_ety.The TRB alsoixoducesthedatabase"Tramportation Research Information Service" that is available publicly via DIALOG. The Institute of Medicine has looked

at medical records management and data requirements for

numerous epidemiological studies. The Committee on

National Statistics produced the study Sharing Research

Data in 1985 and the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy published Information Technology

and the Conduct of Science: The User's View in 1989.

Within the Office of International Affairs, the Board on

Scigage and Technology for International Development

(BOSTID) prepared the report, Science and Technology

Information Services and Systems in Africa and a series

of reports on the use of microcomputers in developmenL

The Ofl'r.eof Japan Affairs did several reports that contributetoimprovedaccesstotheresultsofJapanese

research and dcvelopmenLWhen these studies are combined with the work done by the Computer Science and

Technology Board and the former Board on Telecommunications and Computer Al_lications dealing with

computer and telecommunication technologies it adds up

to a mbstantial investment by the retire Academy complex in analyzing scimtific dam inailagem_iL

Perhaps even more interesting, because it reflects the

changing research environment are projects currently

underway within the National Academy of Sciences

(NRC) complex that deal with scientific and technical

information. The Board on Mathematical Sciences is

developing a study on the statistical methodologies involved in combining statistical data from different sources. The Institute of Medicine has a committee looking at

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creatinga national_ience database,and theMappingScienceCommittee is working to dentmswale the

benefits of a spatial data infrastructure. Th Committee

on NatimalStatistics hasconveneda paneltostudy

issuesofconfukntiality and dataaccess.COSEPUP's

Panelon Ethicsislookingatseveralaspectsofdata

practices,includingconductinga computerconferenceon

new technologies that may assist in Iwomoting

of scientific conduct. The Mathematical Sciences Education Board is developing a mathematics education lendership network. The Computer Science and Telecommunications Board recently released the report Computers at

R/sk addressing computer security concerns, held a workshop on computing and molecular biology, and is expim'-

ing the potential for national research collaboratories. The

Transportation Research Board is conducting a study on

tra_on data needs for slrategic planning and anticipates a possible future study on the feasibility of a real

lime database for shipments of hazardous matemls. Indeed, current NRC wojccts reflect the need to develop a

new, redefined information infrastructure that can adequmely handle the dam requirements of the emerging

research agenda.

COMMON ISSUES AND GAPS

A number of common issues emerge. Traditional conceres are being redefined. For instance, the need for

scientists to take respo_bility for sound data practices

may require additional skills and procedures in the electronic age.New themes haveemm'ged. These include

mquiremmts for "trmmlm_nt" access to vastly expanded

and distributed eleclronic resources, merging dam from

numerous sotwces, greater data validation, closer cooperation between the user community of scientists and the

information system designers, lung4erm viab'dity of electronic data, and expanded resource commitments to support technologically advanced information systems. One

particularly pressing problem involves arc.hiving large

scientific databases. Questions to be resoiv_l include:

• determine what STI should be retained

• wbere _ datasets reside

• what formats should be used

• how to physically maintain the damhases

• how to reduce dependence on specific hardware

and software.

Despite common concerns, there is little buikh'ng upon

the work done by one discipline or project by others. This

creates duplication ofeffort as well as gaps in coverage.

A key concern is how to integrate diverse damhases from

different disciplines and make it useful to a broad re-

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STI Issues ami Opporlunltles

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search community. Additional research in very large

database design needs to be suIvorted and must reflect

user concerns as well as technical considerations. There is

concern that the differem multidisciplinary databases

being built to support key resem_h projects may be incompatible. Much work needs to be done establishing

information locator systems, improving user interfaces,

developing standards for data exchange, identifying remote user requirements, establishing metadata requirements, and creating data validation procedures for large

interdisciplinary databases. Improved techniques for performing analysis of terabytcs of data will be required.

Resolution of these problems involves applying technology more effectively, performing new research in certain

areas, and achieving agreement on new data management

practices. In many cases, it requires input and expertise

beyond that of any single discipline and will benefit

researchers in many fields.

Where the buildingof new scientificand technicalinformarion infrastructureisinvolved,the concernsare nationalin scopeand transcendindividualdisciplines.The

National Research and Education Network (NREN) is

considered a national undertaking that will foster scientific advancement, support education, and improve U.S.

competitiveness; the informationresourcesconnectedwith

it should be viewed the same way.

STI IN TRANSITION

In the past, several distinct STI communities existed with

relatively little communication among them. Both the

global change program and the genome project,for example, involve combining information somr.es that are numeric, bibliographic,and graphic.

The concept of large, centrally located databases is being

replaced by the concept of "virtual databases" that provide transparent connections to distributedresources.

Collaborative research over networks involves exchanging, storing, and analyzing common datasets. Entail systents, bulletin boards, and electronic publications increasingly contribute to the growth of STI and raise a host of

questions about data reliability, ownership, and privacy.

The critical connection between telecommunications

systems and information resources also has fostered greater interaction between the "'technical" network community

and information providers and intermediaries. The recently created Coalition for Networked Information in which

the librarycommunity and Educom joined forces illustratesthispoint.

As STI concerns move beyond the parochial interests of

particular disciplines, as linkages occur with the networking community, and as the a'ends toward interdisciplinary

research on a global scale become more pervasive, an

expanded user community is developing. These users are

beginning to voice legitimate concerns about both technical and policy issues associated with STI. C-eoscientists,

biologists, and engineers have identified common conccrns about STI access and in building systems that will

accommodate the needs of future government scientific

and technicalinitiatives. The work being done by the

different disciplines, ranging from the mathematicians to

the neuroscientists, is indicative of the growing number of

scientists who share common interests in STI issues.

New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recendy added to the NASA Thesaurus are

listed below. These terms are currently available on

NASA/RECON. User suggestions for new terms are

encouraged. Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA Center for

AeroSpace Information, (301) 621-0103.

FRENCH SPACE PROGRAMS

Transferredto FRENCH SPACE PROGRAM

GADOLINIUM-GALLUMGAI_N'ETS

Changed to GADOL.LN'IUM-GALLIUMGARNET

GERMANY

Scope Note Deleted - No LongerArrayTerm

GRAVrrY METERS

Use GROUND WATER

GROUNDWATER

Use GROUND WATER

HYDROSC1ENCE

Use HYDROLOGY

IHD (HYDROLOGICAL DECADE)

Use INTEILNATIONALHYDROLOGICAL DECADE

QUESTOL

Tramfer_d to QUESTOL AIRCRAFT

RADIO DETECTING AND RANGING

UseRADAR _epl-o_t RADIO ASSISTED DETECTING

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"NACA is a Tremendously Important Heritage for the Agency"...

Dr. Robert Rosen

Deputy,4_mc/atoAdm/n/sUat_r

O/riceof Aeronau#_. Exploralkm,and Tectmok_y

The NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program • The location and availability of the documents

held its third STI Program Coonlinafing Council Meeting themselves.

at its Crystal City location on February 4, 1991. The main • The level of standardization of cataloging for those

topic for this meeting was the NACA Documents Data- documents already cataloged.

base ProjecL Over 30 individuals, repre_nting the NASA • The user requirements for a useful NACA database

Centegs, the STI Program, STI p..__ _.._,_ _ j,_._ _...q including bet not limited to

comractoes, and consultants _ data elements, cataloging

were on hand to present briefings conversions and/or standards

and to parficipa_ in interactive dis- and optimal media for dissemiqa,lon

¢ussious on this most important projecL of b_iiographic information.

The user requirements for a useful NACA

Gladys Cotter, ST[ Program Director, in her opening archive including but not limited to document availabilrenuuks emphasized the needs expressed by the aerospace

research community to have the valuable NACA collection available to them in a much more useable and efficient manner.

To determine the scope of what needs to be done to meet

these objectives, the NACA Documents Datatme Project

was recently initialed by the STI Program and was a

subject for discussion during this meeting. According to

Barbara Everidge, the NACA Project Manager, the purpose of this project is two-fold:

• to develop the definitive bibliography of NACA

produced and/or held documents, and

• to make that bibliography and the associated documents available to the aerospace community.

According to Ruth Smith, STI Consultant, the major tasks

involved in this project include determining:.

• The number of NACA and non-NACA documents.

• The availability of bibliographic records for those

documents.

ityand document delivery methods and response times.

Other tasks include recommending a methodology for

developing and/or upgrading elecuonic bibliographic

records to a level acceptable to the users mid a methodology for defining and/or developing the associated NACA

archive.

Following the description of the project, several participants presented overview bdef'mgs on specific aspects of

the NACA coHectiou. Ms. Irene Bogolubsky, American

Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); Ms.

Carolyn Floyd, Langley Research Center;, and Ms. Mary

Walsh, Ames Research Center, discussed the NACA bibliographic records. The availability and preservation of the

NACA documents was discussed by Ms. Dian Marincola,

NASA Center for Aerospace Information; and the National Archives Records Service (NARS) holdings of NACA

documents was discussed by Ms. Kay Voglewede, STI

Program. Mr. Tom Lahr, STI Program, discussed the

NACA foreigndocuments and their availability.

NASA Thesaurus Aeronautics Vocabulary Published

The second in a series of "NASA Minithesanri," the

aeronautics spinoff of the NASA Thesaurus was published

in January 1991.The computerized production techniques

have been refined since the publication of the furst of the

series,NASA ThesaurusAstronomy Vocabulary was

published in July 1988. (See 57"1Bullegn, September

1988, p. 4). This 222 page thesaurus is especially useful

to those collections primarily limited to aeronautics.

Suppxfing terminology from areas such as fluid

dynamics, propulsion engineering and test facilities complement the basic core of aeronautics terms. The Aeronaudcs Vocabulary which contains over 4700 main terms

contains complete hcirarchies for these terms.As in the

Astronomy Vocabulary, eertmn terms me included in the

heirarchies that are tangential to the subject. Heirarchical

information for such terms may be found in the main

NASA Thesaurus and its cumulative supplements. The

convenient size of the NASA Thesaurus Aeronmaics

Vocabulary makes for greater Ixowsability than its more

comprehensive source. (Available: NTIS or NASA Center

for AeroSpace Information, Hardcopy/Microfiche refer to

N91-16847, price code AI0, $31.00.)

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Soviet STI--VINITI

Sources of STI in the USSR are increasingly open. A

major sourceis VINITI--The Soviet Institute of Scientific and Technical Information.

Professor P.Y. Nesterov, General Director, VINITI, of the

U$SR Academy of Sciences, met with CENDI at the November 14, 1990 meeting. His remarks are summarized

below.

The Soviet Union has an extremely centralized system. It

is a state infmmafion system and rather large. There are

228 information organizations included in this stale systent, all established under the Stale Committee of Science

and Technology. In 1953, the Academy of Sciences of the

Soviet Union created VINITI. This institute has two

goals: investigate information policy in the Soviet Union;

and create an information system in the field of science

and technology.

In the Soviet Union, there are three levels of information

activity:

• Twelve information centers. All are Soviet Union

institutions. VINITI is one. They are connected with

the flow of documents in the world, inside and

outside the country. One institution deals with standards. One deals with reports like NTIS.

• Branch information centers. There _e 90 branches.

These represent technical areas or branches of science. This will change rapidly. They extract part of

the information from top level agencies and add

more detailed information from industry and other

countries.

• Regional informationcenters. These me specialized.

There are 15 republics but only 14 republic centers;

the Russian Republic has 69 information centers,

and the Ukrainian Republic has 17. There are a

total of 112 regional information centers in all.

From the higher two levels,they collect information

which may be needed by enterprises in their area.

There is a close connection with all enterprises in

the area. They collect all information from the

enterprises if it is of significance and feed this back

up into the higher level units.

The system is wcgking, and in principle is OK. But,

information work in the Soviet Union is regarded as a

secondary level activity along with culture, education and

medical care after defense and industrial production.

People in the information sphere receive less pay than

those in industry and therefore have less incentive.

One may eventually see growth in private information

systems. We may see the creation of a lot of small informarion activities, such as joint ventmes. The state informarion system is trying to find new ways m improve. To

do this it is necessary to cooperate across the systemand,

not be limited by houndaries between information centers.

They also need to work on the needs of users.

The state information system needs to be changed. The

introduction of competition, an information market, will

produce important results. One change already effected

was the establishment of an all union information association (SOYUZINFORM) in December 1989. Under this

umbrella, organl,JJions and people can earn additional

money for additional work effort. Creating new information for users is not under state control. There is a Council in the association which elects the president and the

vice presidents for the association. A Director General is

hired and paid by the association. As president of SOYUZINFORM, Prof. Nestemv invited cooperation with

CENDI.

Professor R. Se_uI-Mulukov, Director for International

Relations, VINITI, continued the presentation with emphasis on VINITI. His remarks are swnmarized below.

VINITI has two umbrellas: the Academy of Sciences,

which established VINITI in 1%3; and the State Committee for S&T. It has three main activities, within the

framework of both: world input flow, generation of abstruts, and scientificinvestigation of information science.

• Inputflow. VINITI receives documents from 100

countries. Of these, 45% are in English and 31.7%

in Russian. It receives all Soviet literature and this

has increased 100% since its establishmenL Of the

Soviet input, 64.2% are periodical articles, 18.3%

conference Woceedings, 11.5% patents, 2% books,

and 2% manuscripts.

• Abstracts. Twenty-nine subjects are covered in

VINITI's monthly/bimonthly abstract journal. In

1990, 1.4 million publications covered geology,

biology, physics, chemistry, metallurgy, etc. There

are 227 separate series and 227 corresponding datw

bases. The State subject heading list is hierarchical,

with eight levels of classification. They also use

UDC classification.

• Analysis of information. VINITI publishes 150

volumes of analytical reviews in various subjects,

annually. Leading academicians are provided the list

and they prepare the reviews. Special series are for

the attention of high officials in government who

make recommendations on science and technology

development (con_nuedonpage6)
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SOVIET S11--VlNm

(co,_nued from p_e S)

VINITI has a full-time staff of 4000, of which 800 people

prepare the abstract journals. In addition, there are 20,000

part-time staff, including scientists and engineers.

VINITI's own publishing enterprise operates with 1120

employees.

A main VINITI function is to inform Soviet information

scientists about world (including Soviet) technical and

scientific achievements. Major interests me computing/

linguistic problems, classification theory, retrieval langnages, expert systems, theory and philosophy of informarion systems and services within the state system.

VINITI infonnatim resota-ces include:

• Databases with eleven milfion records. Energy

alone includes 400,000 items.

• Other resources in the State System including:

1980- 800,000 books

1984 - 700,000 reports on R&D

1983- 172,000 dissertations

1980 - 90,000 unpublished software packages

- 7,600,000 patent analogs

VINITI gets a copy of each publication produced in the

Soviet Union. This has been free, until now. The Standards Institute accounts for 450,000 standards. The All

Union Translation Center accoanted for 112"000 translations (1986). State STI Libraries contributed 22,000 serial

titles from Eastern European Countries (1972) and 30,000

published software packages (1984). Each creates its own

database and these are now available. A printed catalog

of databases is maintained.

Automation and Control Information System has 400,000

items. ATOMINFORM inputs 10,000 documents annually

in the INIS system on nuclear energy. There is an Electrical Technical Information System and a Photographic

Database. VIN1TI has 3 numeric databases:

• chemical compounds (500,000 per year added)

• genome (240,000 nucieotide sequences)

• chemistry of organic compounds on fluorocarbon

The oil industry has three databases. There also is a

medical database. No military is entered into V1NITI.

There is a separate institute for that. V1NITI has unclassified information only.

The basis for cooperation between VINITI and major

U.S. Federal STI activities is considerable.

Citation Analysis of

NASA Papers

The Institute for Scientific Information (ISl) analyzed the

impact of journal articles published by NASA scientists

and engineers, using a citation indexing methodology. All

articles published from a NASA site that wee cited at

least once by another author from the period 1973-1988

were included in the study. The findings were published

in the October 1990 issue of ISI's journal Science Watch.

NASA scimtific papers had their maximum recognition

by other scientists in the late 1970s. During the 1980s,

thee was a short-lived recovery. NASA journal articles

on the Voyager mission produced more of NASA's highly recognized papers than any other mission, with the

Ultraviolet Explorer running second. The Jet Propulsion

Laboratory (JPL) remains the consistent "starperformer,"

with Langley Research Center and Marshall Space Flight

Center gaining slrength in the most recent period.

During the 1973-1988 period, NASA authors published

some 17,400 papers; Goddard Space Flight Center, JPL

and Ames Research Center acconnted for 28.9, 22.6 and

17.9 percent of the total, respectively. The study shows

that "after rising in 1977, 1978 and finally achieving a

peak in 1979, the citation impact of NASA's papers fell

in 1980 and 1981. Following a weak recovery, NASA's

citation impact fell further--ending in 1984-1988 at the

lowest level of rite entire 16 year period." Individual 5-

year time frame series are also shown for each cite.

Various explanations have been offered by NASA officials and other commentators. Generally, they all recognize the lessening of launch opportunities after the 1970s.

With the resumption of activities, there is reasonable

expectation of new recognition of NASA's contribution to

knowledge by the scientific universe.

(Thissummarywaspreparedfrom "NASA• _on Impact Dims

in 1980& But VoyaQerIt#ssionsand JPL Shine"in the October

1990 kmueOfSdenm Watch, pub#shedby ISI, Phlad_ph_. The

ISl stu#y_ one, _unuO artMes: itdid not inctuOeviceIk)ns of NASA technicalreports,a largeand knpor_t ffa_,ion of

NASA scientificand engineeringoutput Anyconclusionsabout

trendsin NASA researchperformancebasedsolelyonjournal

articles have not considered the impact of _is important -- but

difficult*omeasure-- part of NASA $77 output)

_)
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NASA/RECON Training Schedule

1991

FoUowing is the NASA/RECON training schedule for 1991, through AugnsL All classes currently scheduled will be held at

the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information near Baltimore, Maryland. Prices listed are for non-NASA personnel.

Basic RECON Advanced RECON

Tuesday, April 23

Thursday, Jane 6

Tuesday, August 20

Wednesday.Apr 24

Wednesday, August 21

Basic RECON training is one day, at $I00.00 per person. Class size is limited to 12.

Advanced RECON training is one day, at $160.00 per

person. Class size is limited to 6.

This session is designed for the beginning NASA/RECON

searcher, preferably with some online experience. The

content of the STI Database,as well as its file and record

structures, me covered in detail, along with basic RECON

commands. Search strategy formulation, Boolean logic,

and quev 7 analysis are emphasized as they pertain to the

NASA/RECON system. A series of lectures is combined

with hands-on practice. Refreshments and lunch are provided.

The Advanced training session is designed for the experienced RECON searcher. Basic text searching is reviewed, as well as indeplh text searching techniques.

Advanced RECON system feattaes and stored search

formulation and editing are covered. A series of lectures

is combined with haods-on practice. Refreshments and

lunch are provided.

NASA/RECON Training Regislratlon

Pre-registration is required for all training sessions. To register, call RECON/Reference Services at (301) 621-0150 between

8 am. and 4:30 p.m., e.L, Monday through Friday. If a preferred session is closed, ask to be wait-listed. Each registrant

will receive an individual confLrmation letter.

Reservations may be cancelled or changed up to five (5) business days before the session. Cancellations after that date, and

no-shows, will be billed for the full amount. Users are entitled to one free training class per new user ID.

You may be billed to a standing RECON purchase order, to a new purchase order, or you may pay with a company or

personal check. Make checkspayable to RMS Associates.

Information Resources Management Review

The first issue of the Information Resources Management

(IRIVO Renew, dated December 20, 1990, covers the

proceedings of the NASA Information Systems Advisory

Council (NISAC) meeting held December 4-6 at Marshall

Space Flight Center (MSFC).

The NISAC supersedes the Intercenter Committee on

ADP, which was established by NASA in 1963, and its

revised orientation reflects the broader perspective necessilated by technological change and NASA's mission

needs. Chaired by MSFC's John Lynn, the NISAC meets

twice annually to review information resources management issues and concerns across NASA, to share information about program and center initiatives, and to formulate specific action plans to address the needs identified.

The NISAC meeting was attended by over 50 professionals, who represented the institutional program offices and

their centers, telecommunications (Code O), procurement

(Code H and centers), and legal offices (Code G). Most

of the meeting focused on better management of the

technology and coping with regulatory mauers.

Requests for copies of the first issue of the IRM Review,

or to be put on the distribution list should be forwarded

to:

Office of Information Resources

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Washington, DC 20546

(202) 453-1775
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International STI Activities

• In _on with the NASA International Relations

Division and the Australian Embassy's Defence Science Counsellor, implementation of an STI exchange

agxeement has been agreed upon.

An STI exchange agreement with Canada is being

implemented. Effective feedback communications have

been established between the NASA Cent_ for AeroSpace Information and the Canadian processing conUaccor, Micxc¢nedin, Ltd., in Toronto.

The STI Program held two meetings with F_,umpean

Space Agency (ESA) representatives, one in Crystal

City, VA, the other in Frascafi, Italy. The propose of

the meetings was to get acquainted, review status of

past decisions, and to _ap out the course of future

cooperation.

Twelve additional European organizations were approved for participation in the NASAN..SA Tripartite

Exchange Program, bringing the total to 504.

Thc Hungarian Academy of Sciences has uadcnaken

to clef'me an initial level of pmticipe_on. This could

result, as in the other national-level agreements, in a

central-governmental organization taking full responsibility for the collection and proce_ng of relevant

technical report materials for the NASA ST[ Database.

• In exchange with the Israel Space Agency, 13 Israeli

organizations are contributing input.

Representatives of the National Space Development

Agency of J_zm (NASDA) met with the NASA STI

Program to (Yiscuss issuesreladngto a "Tectm£cal

Protocol" for the exchange of STI between NASA and

NASDA.

A copyright license agreement was concluded with Her

Britannic Majesty's Stationery Office on Oclob_ 3,

1990.

The loud number of foreign citalions added to the

NASA STI Database during 1990 were:

1,4.4 : 22,215

STAR : 6,046

TOTAL = 28,261

The STi BULLETIN informsNASA 81"1usersabout

NASA'sscientificand technicalinfonndon productsand

services.

Directsuggestions,material to be considered forindusion.and commentsto Kate Kaseat the addressbelow.

telephone(301) 621-O140.orto JohnW'dsen, NASA Headq,armrm.CodeNTT. WMhk_on. DC 20S4S.(7O3)271-

5625.

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September, 1991

SPECIAL NOTICE TO NASA STI PROGRAM USERS

Starting October 1, 1991, the NASA STI Program will impose an increased charge for all

products and services provided through the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information

(CASI). The new fees are based upon a recommendation from the Office of the Inspector

General that the STI Program increase its fee collection for products and services

supplied to the NASA community. In addition to the IG's recommendation, NASA Deputy

Administrator, James R. Thompson, Jr. advised STI Managers to increase their revenues

and strengthen their fee collection policies in light of Agency budget constrains. All

NASA publications which are currently provided gratis will now be included in the new

fees charged, except the STI Bulletin. Each Program Office will receive one gratis copy

of The NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR). Additional copies of STAR

will be offered according to the GPO price schedule. CASI will charge NTIS prices for

both original and reproduced copy, and microfiche document orders, and the NASA

Thesaurus. We regret the inconvenience this may cause, however, the spiraling cost of

information dissemination makes this policy a necessity.
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Summer 1991

In its founding legislation, the Nmional Through Iriparfite agreements between NASA,

Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 directed

the agency to conduct its activities "so as to

continue to contribute materially to ...

cooperation by the United States with other

nations and groups of nations in work

pursuant to this Act and in the peaceful

applicationof theresultsthereof."Further,

recognizing the importance of documenting

the results of R&D investment and value of

information tranffer, the Act specifically

require NASA to "provide the widest

practicable and appropriate dissemination

of information concerning its activities and

the results thereof." (P.L, 85-568)

These statements were the basis for the

creation of the NASA STI Program more

than 30 years ago and laid the groundwork

for the collection of international information for the creation of a database of worldwide aerospace information.

ESA, and European aerospace organizations,

ESA acts as the consolidat_ and pre-processor

of European input to the NASA STI Database

and as the distributor of NASA information

back to these organizations.

The ESA model of a cenual organization taking responsibility for input to the NASA database has led to a national level approach to

exchange agreements. The approach is to sign

"Technical Protocols" at the national level

between NASA and the foreign governmental

organization with aerospace responsibility

within the other country. The counterpart

organization acts as the coordinator of the

exchange for aerospace information between

NASA and organizations in that country. To

date, national level agreements exist with

Canada, l_ael, and Anslralia. Negotiations are

in process with Japan and prelimina_ discus=

sions have been held with Hungary.

Thomas Lahr, of the NASA Headquarters

ST/Program has been looking back over

those 30 years, in order to try to shape

international STI activities for the next five

to ten years, relating them to the STI

Program Strategic Plan. He would like

your help.

Background

NASA, the European Space Agency, and

individual institutions around the globe

have had international cooperative relationships for over 30 years. In 1959, formal

international cooperation began with bilateral document exchange agreements between foreign institutions and the NASA

STI Program. In the 1960s and 1970s the

European Space Agency (ESA) developed

into an umbrella relationship coveting the

14 major western E_ countries.

Imernational STI Program Review

In 1990, the NASA Scientific and Technical

Information Program undertook major planning and evaluation. The International STI

Program was highlighted for review. Recent

4" . .

changes in the mwaxmtional envn'omnent,

including technology, sociology of science,

economics, and politics have led NASA to

conclude that it is time to assess where the

international exchange of information is today

and what new opportunities exist for a more

comixehensive international aerospace informarion system. The NASA/ESA Tripsxtite

Exchange Program was an initial focus since:

1) it is a very active part of the program; 2)

concerns have been expressed by some of the

participants; 3) other aerospace databases are

being developed abroad; 4) changing technol-
STIBUll FTIN • SUI_,_=R,1991

STI Program Exhibits Products and Services

The ST1 Program has initiated an active schedule for Two conferences were attended in July: The Geographic

exhibiting at conferences and woAshops throughout 1991.

So far this year, program products and services were featured

at four conferences.

In February, STI Program staff inlroduced the STI and other

NASA programs at the 1991 American Association for the

Advancement of Science (AAAS) Conference. This year's

conference boasted attendance by 4,690 registrants and 237

exhibitors. Traffic was high at the NASA STI Program

booth, with samples of several products given out. much

infomtation about the program imparted, and many requests

for registration information soughL The conference was

held at the Sheraton Washington in Washington, DC.

In March, STI Program staff spotlighted STI products and

services at the annual Aerospace/Defense Day meeting of

the Southern California Online Users Group (SCOUG).

This organization is the largest of its kind in the United

States, and ig¢liuks a large number of aemspa_ and

defense-related organizations among its membership. The

meeting was held at the headq_ of Hughes Aircraft in

Los Angeles.

Information and Spatial Data Exhibition (GISDEX) on July

9-12 in Washington, DC, and the Summer Computer

Simulation Conference on July 22-24 in Baltimore, Maryland. The GISDEX conference exhibits auracted more than

5000 visitors, including managers, engineers, and scientists,

and featured a VIP tour on the first day of the exhibit, with

representatives from NASA, EPA, and other Federal agencies. The Computer Simulation Conference, sponsored by

the Society for Computer Simulation International, spotlighted hardware and software vendors, and various informarion organizations, with a keynote address by the Hon.

Charles M. Hertzfieid, Director of Defense Research and

Engineering on the need for improved simulation utilities.

Upcoming conferences where the STI Program will be

exhibited include the Society for Automotive Engineers -

Aerotech '91, September 22-26 in Long Beach, Califorula;

and Space Summit 1991: An International Outlook on Space

Programs, October 30-3 I, Huntsville, Alabama. Enter HELP

EXHIBITS online in RECON for the full 1991 schedule.

Foreign Literature Services Program

The Scientific and Technical Information Program is

expanding theservicesavailable to NASA Headquatle_,

Centers and Conmetofs for Iranslations under the Foreign

Literatm¢ Services (FLS) program. FLS is one component

of the STI Program to collect, process, and disseminate STI

from around the world to support the activities of the NASA

community.

If you are a research manager, aerospace engineer, or

scientist, foreign language documents may contain necessary

information or data for your project. The language barrier,

however, makes them inaccessible to you without a translation. The STI Program's Foreign Literature Services may

able to save you and your organization time and/or resources

by locating an English-language version of a foreign

document or by translating it immediately at your requesL

Translation services now are available for 35 languages and

3 delivery types. Requesters can choose rush, standard or

economy delivery with c(mesponding due dates and costs

for each type. Requesters also can arrange to pay for their

translations through a deposit ac_mmt.

If your organization is interested in purchasing foreign

literature products or services, contactour Foreign Literature

Services personnel at (703) 271-5702/5604 between 8:00

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., e.s.L, and inquire about arrangements

for a deposit account with the STI Program. 4,

New Publication

Engines and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsioa Teehnolegy (NASA SP-4306)

Rec_tly published by the Scientific and TechnicalInfonnalionProgramand the NASA History Office, this publication

is an insfitutionul history of the NASA Lewis Research Center from 1940 through the 1980s. The history of the laboratory is discussed in relation to the developmentof Americ_m

propulsion technology.

This 276-page paputbound book includes appendixes, an

index, organization charts and black and white photographs.

(Atoll: GPO for$16.00;

GPO StockNo. 033-000.01095-8)

The NASA STI Database

Listed below are the cumulative number of accessions in the

NASA STI Database fortheyears specified.

YEAR Cumulative Accessions

1991 3,195,458 (estimated)

1990 3,115,458

1982 2,202;248

1977 1,651,870

1972 926,475

1967 444,(}66

1962 11,386

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NASA INTERNATIONAL STI EXCHANGE PROJECT

[_ frompa_ 1)

ogy andmad_q)lace has impactedthe Ix_s of exchange; 5)

exlx_mtions have changed.

In reviewing and plam,_i_gfor the fuuLreof the International

ST1Program,thereare many areasto be considered.

1) Define NASA's exchange goals, i.e., increase the

comwebensivmess of access to foreign material, improve

quality of the database, and be responsive to changing

intecnational conditions.

2) Determine exactly what we want to exchange. This

includes traditional items such as documents, microfiche,

bibfiographic records, search time, database access rights,

and non-traditional exchange of STI including software,

electronic documents, research in progress, numeric databases, and translation services.

3) Determine who has responsibility for what in a

cooperative exchange program. Included in this are:

acquisition of both report and open literature; cataloging,

abstracting and indexing; standards development; merging

of national literatures; database merging; quality control;

poficy development; training and marketing; derivative

product creation; and organizational sponsorship.

4) Determine who maintains control over what. Who

makes policy decisions, owns or holds rights to the data,

authorizes access, decides on standards, signs contracts or

makes financial decisions?

5) Consider the economics involved. There are various

costs involved in acquiring and processing information,

maintenance of computers, production of abstract journals,

maintenance of standards, etc. There are also revenues

involved, such as on-line fees and product sales.

The review of the NASA International STI Program, with

emphasis being placed on the considerations above, is being

conducted by Thomas Lahr, Code NTr, who is coordinator

for the Inte_ational STI Program. Assistance is being

provided by Bonnie Carroli of Information International,

Oak Ridge, Tennessee, andJanice Freeman from Information International in Washington, DC. So far, discussions

have been held with ESA and some of the key tripartite

countriesandanalysis has beenmade of the considerations

and options. A questionnaire has been developed to solicit

NASA/ESA tripartite participant inpuL The questionnaire

was sent out in July 1991. The results of the questionnaire

will be utilized to gain information about strengths, weaknesses, costs, and benefits of current exchange relationships,

and to identify new o_ties for cooperation.

User Requirements

User input is very important in our review of the International STI Program. We are interested in all aspects of our

user requirements. These include subject scope and coverage, cotmlry coverage, timeliness, and type of literature

among others. If you have thoughts or opinions on the

quality of the currentaccess, barriers to the use of foreign

STI, and any ideas on improving the existing program,

please call or write to Tom Lahr at:

NASA He_lquarle_

International STI Program, Code NTT

Washington, DC 20546

(703) 271-5646

Fax: (703) 271-5665

NASA / RECON Training Schedule

Three Basic RECON Training sessions and two Advanced

RECON Training sessions are planned through the end of

1991. The scheduled dates are:

BASIC TRAINING

Tuesday, August 20

Thursday, October 3

Tuesday, November 19

ADVANCED TRAINING

Wednesday, August 21

Wednesday, November 20

Pre-registration is required for all trainingsessions and can

be made by calling (301) 621-0150 between 8:00 a.m. and

4:30p.m., e.s.L, Monday through Friday. Additional details

areavailableon RECON by selecting"Training'from the

RECON Help News.
_TI BULLETIN• SUMMB:t1991

STI for Decision Making --- A New View

Conventionalwisdomurgesthatmanagementdecision.v---

scientOeg,engineering,etc.--arebasedondata,information,

STI.But how is it used? What decisions are actually made?

What isthedecisionmakingprocess?Thesecouldand

should influence how we structure STI, such as full text for

retrieml, or how in_rmation resources are managed.

Thefollowingprovides an overview of both new and

establishedviews and theuse,non-use,and misuseof

information, on decision making and consequent insight

intopossibleSTIdevelopmenttobetterservetheseneeds.

ReprintedbypermissionofHarvardBusinessReview.An

excerptfrom Humble DecisionMakingbyAmitaiEtzioni,

July-August1989.Copyright©1989 bythePresidentand

FellowsofHarvardCollege;allrightsreserved.

Not only is the world growing more complex and

at an ever faster pace, but the old dcgision-mal_g models

aze failing. The flow of information has swollen to such a

flood that managers ere in danger of drowning; extracting

relevant data for the torrent is increasingly a daunting task.

Yet from this swelling confusion, a new decision-making

model is evolving. This new approach understands that

executives must often proceed with only partial information,

which they have had no time to fully process or analyze.

The Bygone Rational Model

Rationalists argues that decision makers should and could

explore every mute that might lead to their goal, collect

information about the costs and utility of each, systematically compare these various alternatives, and choose the

most effective course. Today, explosive innovation in fields

like commun/cations, bioteclmology, and superconductivity

can take companies by surprise.

Rationalist decision makers simply need to know much more

than ever before. With computers, our capacity to collect

and to semi-process information has grown, but information

is not the same as knowledge. The production of knowledge

is analogous to the manufacture of any other woduct. We

begin with the raw material of facts. We pretreat these by

means of classification, tabulation, summary, and so on, and

then proceed to the assembly of correlations and comparisons. But the final product. _lusions. does not simply roll

off the production line. Indeed, without powerful overa_hing explanatory achemes or theorY, whatever knowledge there is in the mountain of dam we daily amass is often

invisible. Artificial intelligence may someday make the

mass production of knowledge an easy matter, but certainly

not before the year 2000.

Actually, decision making was never quite as easy as

rationalists would have us think. Psychologlsm argue

compellingly that even before ourwesent troubles began,

human minds could not handle the complexities that

important decisions entailed. At best, we can focus on eight

facts at a time. Our ability to calculate probabilities, especially to combine two or more pmbubih'ties--es_nfial for

most decision making--is low.

implicit in the rationalistic decision model is the assumption

that decision makers have unqualified power and wisdom.

S_ul decision-making strategies must necessarily ....

include a place for cooperation, coalition building, and the

whole panorama of differing personalities, perspectives,

responsibilities, and powers.

Counsels of Despair

So even before the world turned ultracomplex and superfungible, our intellectual limitations were such that wholly

rational decisions are usually beyond our grasp, so students

of decision making have come up with two new approaches.

Incrementalism advocates moving away from trouble, trying

this or thatsmall maneuver without any grand plan or sense

of ultimate purpose. It eliminates the need for complete,

encyclopedic information by focusing on limited areas,

those nearest to hand, one at a time. It avoids the danger of

grand policy decisions by not making any. Grand new

departures, radical changes in course, do not occur, however

much they may be mgded.

A second counsel of despair is openly opposed to reflection

and analysis. It calls on executives to steam full speed abead

and remake the world rather than seek to _it.

Building on the observation that many things are exceedingly difficult to predict--which wodu_ will sell. what the

result of an advertising campaign will be. how long R&D

will take---executives are advised not to sit back and await

sufficient information but to pick the course favored by their

exl_ence, inner voice, intuition, and whatever infonnalion

is readily available--and then to commiL It does despair of

knowing the world and apwmching it sensibly.

Yet another approach is rational ritualism, where executives

and their staffs take part in an information dance whose

moves include the dam pas de deux and the interpretation

waltz. The informmion used is generally poor (mbiumrily

selected or from undependable sources) and often overinterpreted. Usually most of those involved (or all of them) know

the data are unreliable and the analysh unreal but dare not to

say that the emperor is naked. Instead, they make ritualistic

projections---and know enough to ignore them.

(_ onnextpage)

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ST?BULLETIN• SUA4MB:I 1991

irll FOR DECISION _ (co'Oued_rnpaoo4)

The 'Mixed _¢annino' Altemative

Becausethisapwmch is well suited to the new age of data

ovedoad and peg-meg change, it deserves a new look, and

though still evolving, the respectability that a clear formulatim can give it. Call it humble decision making, but a more

descriptive title might be adaptive decision making of mixed

wanning. It entails a mixture of shallow and deep examination of data-generalized considered of a broad range of facts

and choices followed by detailed examination of a focused

mbset of facts aad choices. Mixed scanning involves two

sets of judgments: Fast are broad, fundamental choices about

basic policy end direction; second are incremental decisions

that _ the way for new, basic judgment and that implement and particularize them once they have been made.

Important Adaptive Techniques

Focused trial and error is probably the most widely used procedure for adapting to partial knowledge. It has two parts:

knowing where to start the search for an effective intervenfloe, and checking outcomes at intervals to adjust and modify the intervention. Focused trial and ecror assumes there is

important information that the executive does not have and

must proceed without. It is not a question of understanding

the worm "o_'ectly," of choosing a logical procedure on the

basis of facts, but of feeling one's way to an effective course

of action despite the lack of essential chunks of data.

Tentatiwness--..e commitment to revise one's course as

necessary--is an essential adaptive rule. By viewing each

intervention as umtative or experimental, they declare that

they fully expect to revise it. Procrastination is another

adaptive rule that follows from an understanding of the

limits of executive knowledge. Delay permits the collection

of fresh, evidence, the pmceming of additional data, the

presentation of new options. It can also give the problem a

chancetorecedeuntreated.Decision staggering is one

common form of delay. Fructionalizing is a second corollary

to Inocrastinatioe. Instead of spreading a single intervention

over time, it treats important judgments as a series of

subd_isiom and may of may not also stagger them in time.

Hedging bets is another good adaptive rule. Maintaining

strategic res_ves is another from of hedging bets. Reversible decisions, finally, are a way of avoiding overcommitment when only partial infmmafioe is available.

The list of adaptive techniques illuslrates several essential

qualities of effective decision making that the textbook

models miss: flexibility, caution, and the capacity to proceed

with partial knowledge. Only fools make risqd decisions and

decisions with no sense of overarching purpose, while the

most able executives already practice humble decision

making. They will apply the good sense and versatility of

this tested, realistic model more widely as the world grows

more and more difficult to manage. 4,

Huntsville Hosts

NASA STI Conference '91

Marshall Space Flight Center hosted the NASA STI Cooforence and Workshops '91 on April 9-11. The theme of tbe

conference was "*Shapingthe Future: NASA STI in the

1990s." The conference was organized to focus on three

broad concepts with a day of sessions devoted to each. On

Tuesday, April 9, the sessions were concentrated around the

notion of STI Purpose, Product and Customeas. Wednesday,

April 10 semions centered on Current STI Developments,

Issues, and Technology Trends. And the Thursday, April I I

focus was the Slrategy and Plan for the 1990s.

STI Purpose, Product, and Customers sessions included an

overview of STI Program Objectives, an update on the

International ExchangeProject, and a panel discussion with

endusersfrom various disciplines as well as information

intermediaries. Representatives from several NASA Center

"Shaping the Future:

NASA STI in the 1990s'

Libraries, academia, and NASA R&D programs conducted

the sessions. Sessions on day two on Cmrent STI Developments, Issues, and Technology Trends imparted a great deal

of information oe the progress of wojects and operations

including the NASA Access Mechanism (NAM), Program

Support Communications Network (PSCN), and NASA

printing activities and interaction with the Joint Committee

on Printing (JCP). The Strategy and Plan for the 1990s,

discussed on day three, featured an overview of the coordination efforts underway between STI Program personnel at

Headquarters and the Centers with oth_ NASA Ixogram

offices. And an opportunity to compare the NASA STI

Program with that of DOE was provided through a discussion by Mark Fornwall of DOE/OSTL

In addition, the fh'SttWOdays offered concurrently run

workshops in three areas: Library, Technical Publications,

and Graphics, with day two adding a fourth on Automated

Information Manageme41LSummaries for these worksho_

were presented on day three.

Among the highlights of the conference was the keynote

address delivered by Deputy Administrator J. R. Thompson,

who reinforced the role of STI in the R&D process and

emphasized the possibility for partnerships between the STI

Program and R&D programs as well as wivate industry.

Thanks to Annette Tingie/MSFC Library and her staff who

spent long hours organizing andexecuting this excellent

conference. 4,

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STI B¢#_Ac't'IN• 8L'.'.a..m._R1991

NASA STI Council Established

A group of wp-level NASA numagexs are working with Dr.

C. Howard Robins, Jr., NASA Associa_ Administrator for

Management, to advise on issues and poficies and provide

oversight for the NASA Scientific and Technical Informa-

(STDProgram.

Serving on the NASA STI Council are:

1. Dr. Lco_rd Harris, Chairman,

Seadq R

2. Wallace Keene, ExecuUvc Secrel_y,

Headquanm/co 

3. JosephAlcxand ,

Headqumm/CodeS

4. Dr. Robert Brown,

Headq k rs/code XE

5. Dennis Bushnell,

LangleyResearchCenter

6. Dr. James Green,

Goddard Space Flight Center

7. Robert F. Kempf,

Headquarters/Code GP

8. Frank Peneranda,

Headquarters, Code CU

9. Dr. William Raney,

Headq_ M-8

The Council is a NASA Internal Committee and will provide

impartial advice and counsel to the Associate Administra_

for Management to ensure that:

• A coherent NASA-wide vis/on to meet the purposes

of the Program and a commitment W managing the

agency's ST[ as high-value corporate resource is

emblished.

• An ST[ management plan and architecum_ designed are

designed to support this vision and satisfy user needs.

• STI foreign exchange and acquisition policies ale in

the best interest of the U.S. aerospace community.

• Information technology is applied, and new technologies are developed, for accessing and assimilating

NASA ST[ into the research environment in the most

effective mama.

Each Council member will advocate and coordinate implementation of STI Program objectives, decisions, and

Wtgedmes within that member's respective organization.

Is the STI Program providing scientists and engineers access

to the literaun'e base and translation capability they need?

Other important issues of concern related to management of

the STI Program include processes for collection and

dissemination of ST[ to NASA scientists and enginee_

resm_turing of domestic and foreign ST[ services, emerging

legal implications associated with the development of

intellectual property, etc. The oversight and advice of the

Council will be critically imixa_mt in addressing these

issues and in our efforts to gain NASA a leadership role in

the management of scientificand technicalinfmmation. •

New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recently added to )_e NASA Tkesmo'.s are

listed below. These terms are currently available on NASA/

RECON. Usor suggestions for new terms are encomaged.

Contact Ron Buchan at the NASA Center for AeroSpace

Information, (301) 621-0103.

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BULLETIN• SUMMB:I1991

Book Review

Xlt_ Hawk to NASA, a guide to U.$. air and space muse.

ramsand e_. By MichaelMorlan.Bon A Tirer

Publications, P.O. Box 3480, Shawnee, KS 66203; 1991.

304p. $15.95 ISBN 1-878446-04-5.

From the hallowed ground of North Carolina to the frontier

of Alaska, the author describes 135 museums, military and

civilian, which are dedicated to the restoration, preservation,

and exhibit of air and space artifacts. The guide is arranged

alphabetically by states with 41 states and Wash., DC represented. Each museum is described in a format consisting of

an inlroduction, directions to the museum, admission cost,

hours of (vexation, and an inventory of the items on display.

Many of the museums are located at military installations

and each NASA center sponsors a collection of artifacts

depictingsignificantaccomplishments.The book concludes

with information on air shows, an aircraft locator, and a bibliography. Aviation buffs with interest in a specificaircraft

will be pleased at how quickly they can learn how many still

exist and where they are located. The fiberal supply of

black and white photographs with informative captions will

stimulate the interest of newcomers to aviation history and

will evoke feelings of nostalgia in the oldtimers. Using the

directions presented in this guide, interesting side-trips can

be taken during summer vacation travels.

Philip N. French

NASA Center for AeroSpace Information

STI Program Advised to

Recoup Costs in FY92--

Price Increases Anticipated

Taking the advice of the NASA Deputy Administrator and the Office of the InspectorGeneral, the

STI Program is evaluating its pricing structure for

all products and services. In his keynote address at

the annmdSTI Conference,NASA Deputy

Administrator, James R. Thompson, Jr., advised

the audience of STI Managers to increase their

revenues and to strengthen their fee collection

policies. Mr. Thompson warned that R&PM

funding was likely to be tight in FY92 and that it

was critical to recover all costs associated with

NASA scientific and technical information

programs. Also, a recent review by the Office of

the Inspect_ General (IG) of the Center for

AeroSpace Information, a service of the STI

Program, recommended that the Program increase

its revenue collection practices. In its relxgt, the

IG stated that prices were not consistent with

overall costs for supplying STI products and

services. The STI Program will publish additional

information on the new pricing schedules as soon

as it becomes available.

Let the Defense Technical

Information Center (DTIC) Solve

Your Defense Information Puzzle

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Join us at the

DTIC '91 Annual UsersTrainingConference.

DTIC'$ goalfor youis to meetthe challengesof

managingDefense!nformatlon, plusfind new ways

to makethe most of DTIC's productsandservices.

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For mere Information,

contactMs. Kay Grigsbyat (703) 274-3848

or DSN 284-3848.

STI PROGRAM EXHIBITS.. (_#om_e2)

The primary goal of the exhibits is to promote the STI

Program through increased visibility and expansion of the

potential user base for products and services. Audiences

targeted for the exhibits at this lime include both policy

makers, to increase their awareness of the Im3gram, its

objectives and purpose, and end use_, to introduce and

promote new STI products and services targeted to their

information needs.

Center STI Program personnel are asked to become involved

in this initiative by volunteering to staff booths at conferences local to them. At these, they may provide information

to conference attendees on products and services of the STI

Program, and on their own local products and services as

well ff they so choose. Tic July conferences in Washington/

Baltimore area were staffed by NASA employees from

Headquarters Code NTT, Center for AeroSpace Information,

Goddard Space Flight CenterTechnical Library, and the

NASA HeadquartersScientific and Technical Library, all

affiliated w_:ththe STI Program. This cooperative effort is

expected to be mutually beneficial for all facets of the STI

Program both at Headquarters and the Centers. 4.
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Named for George Mandel

Thorn Pin¢l_ received this years' George Mandel Memorial

Award, at the annual confemu_ of the Special Libraries

AsJociation(SLA), heldin San Antonio,Texas,June 8-13.

This is the first time the award has been presented.

The award is named for the long-time chief of the Technical

Information Center of NASA Lewis, killed in a traffic

accident in 1989. George Mandel was an active participant

in thelibraryixofe_on for30 years. The purpose of the

award is to per1_tuate his enthusiasm for the Ae=_pace

Division of SLA, and his belief in the importance of par_cipation in professionalorganizations.

The award lxovides financial suplxxt for SLA confexence

attendance. To qualify, a person must: lxesent a paper, chair

0¢ coordinate a program, and participate in a panel or as a

round-table leader--at an Aerospace Division program. This

year the award was $500.00.

Thorn Pinelli presented a review of his researdb as a program speaker for the Aecospace Division of SLA at the

Conference. He is the Ixincipal investigator for the NASA/

DoD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. He

is Assistant to the Chief, of the Research Information and

Applications Division, of NASA Langley Research Center,

Hampton, Virginia.

The award is open to all members in good standing of the

Aemstmce Division of SLA, as of October 1, of the previous

year. Applications are being encoeraged. For 1992, apply by

September 1, 1991 to Sandy Moitz, Aerospace Division

Chair, at (617) 694-5363. Fog 1993, contact Susan Clifford,

Chair Elect, at (213) 648-4668.

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BULLETIN

Volume21,Number 3 Fall 1991

Highlights From the Forecasts of

Information UK 2000

A British Library Research Publication

Thefollowing text waspreviously published by Bow_r-Saur LteL,December 1990, and reprinted in the

ICST!FORUM,No. 6.June 1991, and presents the highlights of a program set up to _plore likely

trends in the way that informationwill be generated, handled,stored and used over tl_ next decade and "

beyond.Elevenfastforcesofinformmionexpertseachconce_rat, ona keyareaofcha_e andlootforwardtokeydevelopme_lih.aly tobecomefuturepassibiraias.

The technical environment

During the nextten years,changesin the

technical environment will come about by

improvements in existing technologyrather

than by startling innovation. The main

trends in hardware development willbein

the direction of faster processors, increased

memory and cheaper mass storage, with a

very rapid take-up of parallel computing

techniques. Hardware-based approaches to

text rearieval may require a move away from

inverted file systems to serial files, which

can be more readily distributed across a parallel system; this would also allow quicker

updating of text databases.

Speech,from a restrictedvocabulary,and

touch-sensitivescreens,wig increasinglybe

acceptableas inputto computersystems,but

keyboardandWIMP or GUI (graphicaluser

interface) systemswill continue to provide

the prima_ mem_ of access to text databases. Personal computers will continue m

grow in ix)wet, and highresolution screens

able to display two A4 pages simultaneously

will become standard for them. Growth in

the useofworkstationswill continue,and

developments in RISC and VLIW microprocessortechnology, coupled with improved

networkingtechniques, suggest that networked workstationswill shortly provide a

viable alternative to minicomputers and

smaller mainframes.

A growing proportion of databases will be

full-text, but the reuieval systems woviding

access to large files of unindexed text will

need substantial modification before they become hospitable _ untrained end users. It is

unlikely that natural language processingand

speech im3¢e_ing techniques, or expert intermediary systems, will become operationally

feasible access modes to large text databases

becauseofthehugeamountsofdomain

lmowledge needed for their full implementation. For everyday use, similarity-based

searchingsystemswillprovidemoregenerallyacceptable access to documentdalabases

than those based on the Boolean searching

model.

There will be a continuing and accelerating

move away from analogue towards digital

systems for the capture, storage, reproduction

and distribution of sound and of still and moving images'and graphics. There will also be a

trend towards disc rather than tape storage

media.Digitalr_nageProcessing(DIP)systems,similar to faxmachinesbutfaster, are

increasinglybeing usedto capture,digitize

and stm'e very large amounts of document images on magnetic or optical discs. In the

coming dec_e, digilalsignalprocessorswill

assist the reading and enhancing of very poor

qualityoriginals, intelligent character and

recognition systems will recognize

text in documents and convert it to ASCII for

text processingor rctrieval systems.

(corutx_ onpage2)
STI BIJ ! I"fiN • FALL 1991

INFORMATION UK 2000

(conthued_rn _2e I)

Scanners will be gready improved, and become capable of

capturing a whole document instantaneously, instead of line

by line. There will be increasing use of Group 4 fax machines, and CCITT Group 5 and 6 standards will be agreed.

Optical disc will be dominant in most applications and will

gain ground on magnetic tape media, especially when higher

perfmmance rewritable optical units are developed. Optical

discs carrying sound, text and graphics will have many applications in archives, computer aided learning, etc. WORM

discs will retain and probably expand their market as an archival medium. Optical tape (DAT) has a less certain fuThe low relative performance of CD-ROM based on CLV

recording will prevent it being used to provide multiple use_ with high performance access to digital databases, although it will remain as a personal publishing medium for

use by PC and workstation users and for limited use in special CD-ROM enabled networks. CD-ROM is already seen

as a data transfer medium, dala being read to hard disc

where high performanceaccessis required. Directory and

hislmical information will be carried on CD-ROM, with

downloadable information supplied online or by satellite, to

be stored and merged with the CD-ROM data.

The mount of pa_r that is stored annually will not diminish, although the amount of information stored digitally increases every year. Electronic publishing in commercial information provision, EDI in the corporate environment, and

a move away from printed books in favor of video entertainmeat will begin to affect the use of paper, but most organizations dealing with the general public will still be communicating with them via paper in the year 2000. For

commercial archives, Document Image Processing and systems based on digital optical storage will tend to replace microfilm systems, once concerns over standards, legality issues and the long-term durability of WORM discs are

resolved. The problems of identifying, acquiring, storing

and providing access to archival mam-ial in electronic form

will be of growing importance.

Telecommunications

Existing Public Switched Telecommunications Networks

(PSTIq) are the main revenue earnersfor BT and its equivalents alxoad. Much money will continue to be spent on network technology and on the evolution of PSTNs into more

advanced formssuchastheIntegrated Services Digital Network. Voice traffic will continue to grow, but non-voice

(fax, transaction traffic from point-of-sale terminals, traffic

to central messaging facilities and file transfer traffic) will

grow faster. The design of the next generationof main network technology will be optimized for the combination of

voice and non-voicetraffic.Presentpacketswitchingnetworks will continue to expand, but will progressively be

taken over by new voice and non-voice plant in the later 90s.

The real price of inland and international calls over all public switched networks will continue to fall, and the quality

and range of facilities to improve. Higher and higher capacity digital Iransmission links at rapidly dropping unit cost

per bit conveyed will be available. By 2000, links up to at

least 4Gbil/s will be available.

The use of satellites for private two-way voice and nonvoice communications for business will soon be authorized

in the U'K;this could bypass the main operators. However,

if the demand for private channels exceeds the fundamentally limited supply, prices could rise prohibitively. Very

small aperture terminals are currently being used for specialized one-way data or picture satellite broadcasting to businesses such as betting shops; later in the decade there should

be cheap and freely available facilities for online video distribution to def'med user groups, such as local libraries.

k is most likely that by 2000 there will be a complex mosaic

of dislribution facilities and related services in the UK.

There will no longer be uniform telephone or television services of the kind to which we are a_ustomed. A revolution

in the design of customer premises equipment is expected.

It will probably involve some combinations of wire and radio telecoms, computing, television and CD or CD-ROM

functions inside homes and offices. Fixed wiring will progressively disappear. Most PCs will have standardized fast

telecoms facilities built-in, with radio link capabilities for

working into Personal Communications Networks. There

may be a dramatically new generation of phone handsets

with imaginative capabilities.

Publishing

The technologies which will affect publishing in the next decade are already available, but they will be applied more

quickly in business-to-business publishing, and less quickly

in entertainment and academic publishing. There willbe a

high rate of growth in the amount of corporate, reference

and Iochnical information distributed online or on CD-ROM.

To theconsumer,tradebooksandmass-marketpaperbacks•

willstilllookmuch thesame astheydo today,buttherewill

be bigchangesinmethodsofproductionanddistribution.

Most professional publicationswillstillbeinprintedform,

buttherewillbea slowtrendtowardselectronicdistribution;

some material will be distributed in beth printed and electronic form, and some on floppy disc, CD-ROM or online

only. More authors will use DTP systems to publish themselves, with resulting problems of bibliographic control.

(contP#Jed on page 4)

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C

C

NACA Documents Database Project m Conclusions of the Study

Ruth S. Smith has assistedNASA with two analyses of the

documents produced under the auspicesof the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA). The results of

the latest study have been submitted for publication in an

utgoming issue of Sci-Tech New$, a bulletin of the Special

Libraries Association, in an article titled "The NACA Collection: When Old is New Again." Below are the abstract

and several conclusions drawn in Ms. Smith's article.

This includes developing products and programs to facilitate

use of the Database.

Phase 3: NASA Document Amilability. Assure flint the

documents in the Database are available. This includes establishing archival responsibility and addressing the problem

of document preservation. ¢.

Abstract

Renewed interest in early aerospace research led NASA to

establish a NACA Documents Database Project to make the

records anddocumentsfrom the NationalAdvisoryCommittee on Aeronautics (NACA) collection more readily available to _ Results of an initial study helped to identify

holdings, availability, bibliographic records, and problems in

creating a definitiveNACA Documents Database and pro.

riding access to the documents. Working groups, involving

h'bradans and technical specialism from the NASA Centers

and NASA's contractor community, arc pursuing specific

objectives. A Project Plan calls for completion of a "definilive"databaseof NACA documents, by the end of fiscal

year 1992..

__ms

Variouscollections ofNACA documentsexist.The realexteatofoverlapand/orgapsis stillnotknown. No single

centercanclaima completecollectionofNACA andnonNACA documents. [Non-NACA documents were defined by

the studycommittee to be those aerospace research results

that NACA acquired from other sources.]

Policy Change

for Document Ordering

The followingpolicy change b effective immediately. If you have not received a document that

you normally would receive through your initial

distributionand/or your ADDS or StandingOrcl_

subscriptions, you must report the non-receipt to

NASA CASI as soon as possible. Any claim of

non-rec_pt repor,_ later than one year after the

original distribution date will be considered to be

an individualdocumentorder,and standard applicable feeswillbe chargedforfillingtherequest.

Formore information,callDocument Request

Pmccming at301-621-0147.

Bibliographic records for NACA documents are available

among the Centers, usually in card files. Bibfiographic

records area available electronically from three of the Centers: Redstoue Scientific Information Center. NASA Langley

Research Center,andthe NASA Center for AeroSpace Information.

Then= are inadequacies in the currentNACA online t-de that

need tobe ruralAl_ough thefileisnotcomplete,itisbeingusedcontinually.

Recommendations

The study report recommended a phased approach in taking

the next steps:

Phase 1: NACA Bibliographic Records. Bring the quality of

the NACA DocumentsDatabaseto a level acceptable to users and complete the Database.

Phase 2: Access to Database Records. Develop products

and services to help users maximize use of the Database.

Reminder to All

NASA STI Program Users

Due toa recent policy change, subscribevJ of NASA Scient_c and Teciuu'cal Aerospace Reports (STAR), and the

NASA Thesaurus will be chargedstandardratesfor all copies of the publications. The new domestic standard rate for

STAR Volume 30 (1992) is $114.00 per subscription; the

1991 edition of the NASA Thesaurusb priced at $85.00 per

3-volume set.

Also please notethatallreturnedSTAR renewalforms and

NASA Thesaurusrequestforms willbeusedtoupdateour

distribution files and generateinvoices. Any organization

that wishes to discontinue either publication should indicate

such on the appropriate form./my organization that does

not return the form by the deadline printed on the form

will be dropped. For more information, call Registration

Services at 301-621-0153.4.

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Key Personnel Changes

Appointment of Deputy Associate Administrator for the

Office of Space Systems Development

Dr. C. Howard Robins, Jr.,has been named the Deputy Associate

Adminiswator for the new Office of Space Systems Devel_L

He was appointed Associate Adminiswator for the formerOffice

of Management in January 1989. Dr. Robins began his NASA careermore than 30 years ago as a student aeronautical engineer

irainec. He worked at the Langley _ Cent_ and the Johnson Space Center before mmsfening in 1976 to Headquarters

where he managed programs in the Offices of Aeronautics and

Space Technology and Space Science and Applications. He was

selected for the President'sExecutive Exchange Programin 1983

and completed an industrial assignment as directorof research

and development at the Newpon News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company before returning to Headquartersin 1984.

Appointments of Associate Admlnistrstor and Deputy

Associate Administrators for the Office of Management

Systems and Facilities

Iknita A. Cooper was named Associate Adminisu'atorfor the

newly created Office of Management Systems and Facilities in

early October 1991. Prior to thisappoinunem, she was the Auistam Administratorfor the Office of Headquane_ Openniom

from 1988, and was l_-viously the Director of Management Operafiecs at the Goddard Space Flight Center from 1980 to 1988.

The new Office will provide synergy between operationalresponsibilities and Agency policy development in theareas of Information Systems, Fac_ties and Maintenance, Logi_c_ Aircraft

Managen_at, and Security. Tne Office will also be responsible

for Industrial Relations, the Board of Contract ApPesl$, and the

Inventimu and Contributions Board. The NASA Headquarters

Equal Oppommity function will be consolidated within the existingOffc of EqualOpportm.tyPrograms.

In announcing this consolidation. Admiral Truly said, "Benim

Cooper is a namr_ choice to lead this new organization, which

will nicely complement our Office of Human Resources and Eduction. Both she and Howard Robins have played a majorrole in

making this consolidation a stu_.ss. This will greatly facilitate

our efforts to enhance total quality management in NASA's inslitutional numagemenL"

Brigadier Gcneral Elmer 1".Brooks, USAF (Retired), was appointed Deputy Associate Adminisu'mor(Agency Programs),

and Michael D. Christen.urn was appointed Deputy Associate Adnfinislrator (Operations) for the Office of Management Systems

and Facilities. General Brooks joined NASA in 1988 as Assistant

for Special Projects, Off'teeof the Adminiswator.He served as the

Acting Deputy Associate Adminislrat_ for Management from

February 1989 to September 1990, when he was appointed as the

Deputy Associate Administratorfor the Office of Management.

Mr.Chris_ came to NASA in 1967, and has served in various capacities at Headquane_ Johnson, Goddard, and Kennedy,

as well as serving for a time with the Deparunent of Agriculture.

_ly prior to this appointment. Mr.Chris_ was with

Headquarten Operations. 4,

INFORI_TION UK 2000

(continued#ore page2)

There is a possibility that academic publishing may be relocated within the mains_ activity of universities.

Piracy will continue to be a problem, and the issues of copyright and intellectual property, rendem:lmore acute by the

effect of technology, will not be satisfactorily resolved by

the end of the decade. The slowness of publishers to react to

change will allow new players, including smaller organizations which are able through IT to address niche markets,to

take the commercial initiative, and many of the more conservative publishers will fail.

The rate of change to electronic format for STM journals

will vary considerably, being to some extent dependent on

authors' disciplined use of compatible software. In some arms, printed journals may disappear because the major produot of the area is data, and deposit of dam in a databank may

be accepted as equivalent to publication of a journal article.

Publication on CD-ROM, with the end users paying for each

conm'bution printed down or downloaded, as in the ADONIS

system, my also lead to the effective demise of the journal

structure. The trend is towards recognition of the article

rather than the journal as the unit of publication, but important specialist journals are not expected to disappear very

rapidly. If suitable metering mechanisms are implemented

for electronic versions, a reducod subsc_riptionrate would be

charged for a limited number of viewings of a publication.

On demand dclivery of full text will be more common.

These changes will have a significant effect on the profitability of operations, and there will be a move away from

revenue-sharing approaches such as royalty-based payment,

which are not also tied to marketing or promotional goals,

Online pricing policies will move towards payment by resuits, and CD-ROM services will use subscription charges.

Customers will have higher expectations of information service suppliers with regard particularly to accuracy and currency. Relations with end us¢_ will be governed by contract to cover legal aspects and lm3tect the ownership of the

data. There is likely to be litigation on the issue of responsibility for accuracy.

Electronic books will only appeal if they have features over

and above those associated with the conventional book.

Readers will assess their utility as well as their information

content, and base their decision to buy partly on the features

available. They will be sold primarily by direct mail for a

year or two, but by 1995 may be widely available in bookshops. This will largely be dependent on pricing policies.

Electronic book technology combined with on-demand publishing concepts makes the one-off novel or monograph a

(con_ on next page)

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INFORMATION UK 2000

(cantt'_motmm_ 4)

possibility. Customerscouldhave theircartridgeor computerstoreloadedwith selecteddatafromdifferent sources,

forpersonalizedtextbooksand soon. Towardstheend of

the decade, books and journals may begin to appear on

Smart Card for readingand manipulatingon a PC or pocket

computer.Anotherpossibility isthaton-denumdpublishing,

givingthecustomera choiceoftypestyle,paperbinding

and soon,willbeavailable,bringingbenefitsby reducing

stockholdinganddistribution costs.

People and society

It is estimated that the world population will reach 6 billion

by 1999 and nearly 7 billion by 2010. During the same period, the population growth for most Western European

cotmlries is expected to decline almost to zero. By the year

2001, the population of the United Kingdom will reach 59

million, and the age structure of the UK population will

change markedly. The proportion of people of retirement

age will increase dramatically, entirely because of a rise in

riteproportion of the very elderly. There will be fewer

"young" pensioners in the age range 60/65-74, but many

more aged 75 and over. The family formation group aged

25-44 and the middle age group aged 45-59 will increase by

• aromgl 16.5 percent, but there will be a sharp and inevitable

decline in the number of 15-24 year okls.

The number of people of working age will increase by more

than 3.4 million, and will constitute a larger proportion of

the whole population. Unemployment is predicted to rise to

4.8 million by 1995, but changes in employment policies,

such as contracting-out and the encouragement of self-employed status, may reduce the level of unemploymenL By

the middle of the decade, blue collar occupations will account for only 40 percent of jobs, and unemployment will

largely affect the lower end of the job market, while there

will be increasingly high demand (and reward) for the highly

skilled.

The population of the United Kingdom has been becoming

increasingly multicul, ruralfor many years, and the trend will

acr.elen_ with the continued pressures for political and economic integration of the European Community. The advent

of the Single European Market offers opportunities of larger

mmta_ for English language information goods and services, and for products packaged for local markets, but also

brings the threat of increased competition from other European publishers, and the possibility of takeover of UK companie 

The pressure for a Freedom of Information Act will contim]e, and is likely to grow during the decade, stimulated by

pressures from the European Community and increasing concent with "Green" issues. If such an Act becomes law, it

will stimulate public sector information activity, because of

the need for effective information management to comply

with its requirements. The balance between open and unresuicted exchange of information and the Wotection of individual rights, economic incentives and the sovereignty concerns of nadon-states will be a major public concern.

The ability to integrate organization and retrieval of all data

types (text, voice and image) will be available by the end of

the decade, and will begin to be applied to dissemination.

Cmrent information will be captured and stored in machinereadable form, but conversion of historical data in paper

form will still be a problem. There will be more, and more

varied, sources of electronic information, and more opportunities for participation in the information markeL Data commanications, and the ability to link electronically with ocher

organizations'systems will be critically im]x}rtanL

Because of people's inability to change work habits with the

same speed as the development of'IT, the specialist information intermediary role will grow for a while, but as the organization and structure of information sources becomes more

flexible, molded by the ways in which people use information., and as IT skills become mote widely available, the demmr.atinns between different sorts of information professionals and (because of networking initiatives) between providers

and users, will be increasingly blurred. Ultimately the need

for end user and intermediary uaining will disappear.

Rising transport and accommodation costs, especially in the

South-East, will encourage relocation of induslxy,and mere

workers are likely to work from their homes. Workers, particularly those with specialist skills, can exlXX:tto be offered

more flexible patterns of employment, such as part-time

working, home working, job sharing and self-empioymenL

There may be an increase in telecommuting (working at

home using a computer connected to the employer's premises), but there is little evidence so far of appreciable

growth in this mode of working, and many people may continue to prefer to keep worR and home sepanue. Telecommuting is more likely to develop as an addition to, rather than a

replacement for, meeting at a central workplace.

There will be an increase in education at home via "electronic universities': Further education will be demanded by

wofessionals requiring retraining, by housewives reuu_ing to

work, and increasingly by retired or leisured persons studying for pleasure. The demand for fast, flexible and easily accessible information services will be stimulated by growing

computer and information literacy acquired at school.

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INFORMATION UK 2000

(canmu_ tram_ 2)

The Ilbraly and Information world

By the endof the century,the LIS wo_force, which should

nmber about 20,000, will be 70 percent women, and over

50 pemeat of the workforce will be over 40 years of age.

More thanhalf theworkforce will have a postgraduate diploma or master"s degree in librarianship of information

studies, supporting a first degree in another subject. Continuing professional dev_opmeat will become more imporlank and will become mote varied in provision, with more

subjects, a wider geographical spread and more variety in

length of counes. Current interest in information managemeat will continue. OPl_'tunities to add to management

throughout working life will reinforce demands for

continuing education, and the distinction between initial and

continuing education will blur. Some specialisms will be

dropped from curricula because of lack of resources to support them, and they will be supplied by continuing pmfessiomd development activities.

The funds available for liln'ary development are likely to be

reduced in real terms. _ influeace will be more

marked, and the lack of a nafimml information policy may

mean that the UK will lose its present leadership role in library and infomation mauem. The strategy of most libraries .will emphasize access to information over holdings, and

budgetary ommmints will shift to allow money to move

horn the purclmso _f books to the Imrchase of information.

A regional "super-leagne" of very large lilndes will develop as the bash of the holdings which other libraries will

and continued growth in the mime of inter-library

lending is expected. The local library may become a switching ceater rather than a resource, and a provider of documeatation and training. End users will themselves become

morn active in _ semching and other activities, such

as direct document ordering and receipt, via their personal

_ons. Networks will developrapidly, as will campus-wide systemsin _ education. Private sector

equivalentswill meet consumerresistanceto the chargesinmlv_L

Natiomd librmy services will find it constantly harder to

maintain service because of reducing support and funding,

and will be obliged to seek full cost recovery for services

supplied. The depth of treatment of new publicatiot_ by

British Library will be reduced, and bibliographic services.

together with some other services, will be contracted out,

and may meet private sector competition. The "public

good" function of national libraries will be a subject for discossion.

The more active and better resourced parts of the public library service are likely to see their most significant role as

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information management and delivery, and their work as the

provision of information services and facilities broadly conceived to strengthen the cultural and intellectual life of the

communities they serve. Guidance and counselling on informarion problems and resources will become more important

as electronic availability gradually replaces the physical and

local availability of stock.

Academic libraries will be under increasing financial pressure. Departments will have to finance their own eleclmnic

access to databases, and academic libraries may gradually become marginalized and consequeady downgraded to

"swotting sheds". Current trends towards the integration of

computing and library services under the same management

are likely to continue.

Retrospective conversion of the catalogues of most major

universities will be essentially completed by the end of the

decade. Virtually evet_ academic library will have an operational online public access catalogue. Communication

among academic library OPACs via JANET will be firmly

established, and the range of databases accessible over the

same network will continue to expand.

Towards the end of the decade we may be able to browse

electronically in remote libraries offering electronic borrowing and tele-delivery. Users could, if they so desired, have

thcir cartridge or computer stm_ loaded with selected data

from diffcrent sources, for personalized tc_xthonksand so on.

A few regional libraries could service the whole of the

country's needs for tele-botmwing and the role of other libraries will become that of a switching center rather than a

resom_ (othex than for recaeational works), and a providor

of docmeatation and Iraining. Similarly, users would be

able to request music or video materials, either for capOuc

and storage, or for immediate use. Such a facility could replace record shops and video rental outlets, and because very

few copies of any individual product would be needed, the

effect on the suppliers of raw materials would be significant,

and the unit cost of each physical item produced would be

high. Shifting from up-front purchase to payment by usage

could also woduce economic distortions, and the sharing of

payments amongst fights owners would be administratively

complex. In a world of electronic delivery, the distinction

between betTowing and owning becomes academic. @

I NewThesaumsTerm Correction h

Please note the following typographical error in the 1

Summer issue of the ST/Bulletin. I

Incorrect Term Listing: F-177A AIRCRAFT I (_
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NASA / RECON

Training Schedule 1992

Following is the 1992 NASA/RECON training schedule

through June. All classes cmre_tly scheduled will be held at

the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information near Baltimore, Maryland. Prices listed are for non-NASA personnel.

BASIC RECON

Wednesday, January 8

Tuesday, February 11

Monday, March 9

Tuesday, April 7

Thursday, May 14

Monday, June 15

ADVANCED RECON

Thursday, January 9

Wednesday, February 12

Tuesday, March 10

Wednesday, April 8

Friday, May 15

Tuesday, June 16

Basic RECON Iraining is one day, at $1(30.00 per person.

Class size is limited to 12.

This session is designed for the beginning NASA/RECON

searcher, preferably with some online experience. The conteat of the STI Database, as well as its File and record structures, are covered in detail, along with basic _N comnumds. Search slrategy formulation, _Boolean logic, and

qum3, analysis are emphasized as they pertain to the NASA/

RECON syslem. A series of lectures is combined with

hands-on practice. Refreshments and lunch are provided.

Advanced RECON training is one day, at $160.00 per person. Class size is limited to 6.

The advanced Iraining session is designed for the experienced RECON searcher. Basic text searching is reviewed, as

well as in-depth text searching techniques. Advanced RECON system features and sUm_ search formulation and editing are covered. A sexies of lectures is combined with

hands-on practice. Refreshments and lunch are provided.

NASAJRECON Training Registration

Pre-regiswation is required for all training sessions. To register, call CASI Online Services at (301) 621-0150. Our Reg-

/mat/on Assistant is available to answer questions between

8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., e.s.t., Monday through Friday. If a

preferred session is. closed, ask to be wait-listed. Each regisWant will receive an individual confmmation letter.

_adons may be cancelled or changed up to five (5)

Imsiness days before the session. Cancellations aft_ that

date, and no-shows, will be billed for the full amotmL Users

are entitled to one free training class per new user ID.

You may be billedtoa standing RECON purchase order,to

a new purchase order, or you may pay with a company or

personnl check. Make checks payable to RMS Associates. 4,

NTIS PRICE SCHEDULES

(Effective October 1, 1991)

Schedule A

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New Thesaurus Terms... 4

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STI

BULLETIN

Vohme 21. Number 4 W_'__r 1992

NASA STI Program

Participates in

International Conference

Membersof the NASA STI Programpmiciparedin the AerospaceConferonceondtled

Management and Information: From lafor.

madon EvalMtion to Decision from January

15-17, 1992, in S_g, France.

The conference is the European forum of the

lafmmation-Documcnlation Commiue¢ of the

Association Aemnaufiqu¢ e_ Amonaatique de

France (AAAF). _ with AAAF

were the American Institute of Acm_nautics

and Amonautics (AIAA), Deutsche

Gesellschaft fuer Luft-und-Raumfan (DGLR).

and the RoyalAm'mmuticM Society (RAeS).

This confcffienc¢ is the be_ international

conference directly related to producers

and users of worldwide aemSlmCe infmmation resources. Topics hinged from the de,-

cisioa-making ixocess to information pthering and selection, industrial property,

analysis and synthesis of information in

technical center_ and integration of syntbesized information in decision-making.

A paper, U_ation: An International

Giadys A. Couer and Thomas E Lahr, was

presented at the conference. The paper revivws the NASA STI Programgoals and

current activities, and proposes maintaining compatibility among international

aeroRmc¢ information syswJns, eliminating duplicauion of effort, and sluing resourc_ ammgh inummional cooperation.

Co_¢nmc¢ participants gaw the lXVSonlat/on a positive reception.

The NASA ST] Program shared an cxlubit

booth with the _ Sl_cc Agcncy Infonn_on Reu_val Sccvice 0F.SA/IRS),

among a small number of exJfibitors. Conferonce-goers flocked m the STI/ESA

booth during breaks, and many expressed

pleasure at seeing the NASA presence at

the European conference. The exhibit was

sla/Ted by Jennifer Garland, NASA, and

Plulippe Mougnand, ESA/IRS.

This confa_n¢¢ proved Io be an cxcellont

forum for both formal and informal interchange with the NASA STI Program's European coun_ and users.4.

Jennifer Garhmd, NASA STI Prolprmm (on

risbt) 8nd Philippe Mongnaud, ESA/IRS,

stalling the exhibit booth during the Aerospace Conference In Strasbourlb Frame.
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CENDh A STRATEGIC

INTERAGENCY ALLIANCE IN THE

1990s

The CENDI Group isa Governmentinteragency_tive

organizationformedtoimproveFederalresearchand development (R&D) ix_ductivityandR&D informationmawt._gemeritsystemsthroughinformationexchange.The five

member agencies-theIkparunentsofCommerce, Energy,

Defense,andHealthand Human Services,and theNational

Aeronautics and Space Administration - sponu_ more than

90 percentoffederally fundedPJ_D. Since information is a

critical need in the research process, each of these agencies

actively gathers and processes information from its own research process and research by others, including foreign information obtained through intentationai exchangeagreemerits. Each of these agencies maintains scientific and

technical information (STI) databases of both on-going and

completed R&D efforts, and CENDI provides a means for

its members to share technologies, resources, ideas, infmmatim, management activities, and

CENDI PRINCIPALS

STI managers or principab from the five member agencies

comprise the CENDI interage_y group. The principals collaborate under a Memonmdum-of-Understandin8 (MoU).

The table below lists the five member agencies and their STI

managers.

HISTORY OF COOPERATION

In the 1960s. under the aegis of the Cornmiuee m Scientific

and Technical Information (COSATI). Fod_nl Council m

Science and Teclmology, the man_ets of STI pm_'ams in

theFederalGovernment

adoptedstandardguidelines

for catalogingtechnicalrepans.Thnmghintcragency

agrccment_ agencies exchanged bibliographic tapes

and coopenuedon specific

projectsofinterest.Inthe

mid-1970s, COSATI was

phased outdue to changes

in adminisu'mions and priorityareas.

Prom the mid-1970s through

the mid-1980s, the five

• member agencies cooperated on an ad hoc basis.

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Beginning in 1982, the STI managers established regular but

informal meetings to further coopermim. In 1984, a formal

Interagency Agreement, signed by the STI managers, charfeted CENDI. In 1987, the National Library of Medicine

joined the CENDI group through a MoU Amendment. The

cooperative activities grew to the point that ad hoc adminislration of the group gave way to the establishment of a

CENDI Executive Secretariat. The Secretariat provides Wogram management support services to CENDI principals and

working groups. This includes expert technical assistance

with regard to information policy, interaction with the technical community, and operational support such as organizing

meetings and technical sessions. In general the Secretariat

has a pmactive role in developing opportunities for

interagency cooperation. Bonnie C. Carroll is the current

CENDI Secretariat Director.

WORKING GROUPS

Six formal working groups conduct CENDI programs in areas of mutual interesL A listing and sample activities of the

groups are as follows:

Calalogiag Standards Group

chairedbyClaireTozier(D'nC)

4, Revised ANSI-NISO Z390.3. ANSI/NISO approved and

published The American National Standard Technical

Report Number (STRN) Fmmat and Creation, ANSI/

NISO Z39.23-1990 in 1990.

4, Produced a CENDI Format for Foreign City Authoritim

used as a refetenc_ tool by all aSencie_

4' Revised the CENDI Cataloging Guidelines used bY aU

agencies.

4, Created a CENDI format to catalog nm-wint media such

as floppy disks and videotapes.

CENDi Principals

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mimlmh Buffun_

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Ola_s A.Cecm,

I)huctor

Nadmai_ of_

Ddeme TechnicalInf_ C.mmr Km N.Molholm,

Adminimawr

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4. Redesigned agency Report Documomatim Page (RDP) to

create a joint CENDI RDP which is included in ANSI/

NISO 239.18-1987.

4. Produced a database for the Report Series Codes Dictionary, 3rd Edition, published by Gale Research Company.

ludexiug Group

chairedbyM. CatherineGrissom(DOE)

4. Submitted proposed projects for study. They propose to

assess machine-aided indexing; inventc_ present verbalizatine rules used to input scientific notations; and identify common thesauri subject terms.

4, Undertook study of verbalization standards of various

agencies.

Standards (Technology) Group

chaired by ILL. Scott (DOE)

4. Established forums to share standards expertise among

agencies.

4. Established ties with expet_ in the area of electronic in.

formatien exchange standards.

4. Began study of national and international standards related to CENDI agency operations.

Tkis group includes members from other agencies, such as

National ln_itute of gtandards and Technology,asacgpe

pamc_n_.

User Educatlou Group

chaired by Ma_e Stone (DTIC)

4. Held first Acquisitions/Selection Seminar on October 23,

1990. All five agencies participated in talks that covered

selection policies, types of acquisifious included/excluded

in the databases, database content, procedures for acquisition, and document exchange with oth_ organizations.

4.MaintainstheCENDI ConsolidatedExhibitSchedule.

Networking Group

chaired by Judy Hunter (NASA)

4. Established to explore the various agencies networking

projects to identify opportunities for experience sharing

or joint projects.

4. A paperentided "Current ElecuonicNetworking Capabilities at CENDI Orsanizafions" has been completed and

presented to CENDI Principals.

4. A palx_ on future networkingplans has been drafted and

will be presented in the spmg.

4. Provides oversight/coordin_on for the Din:ctmy Project.

CENDI ACCOMPUSHMENTS

CENDI's major accomplishments are cmc_trated in four

areas.

s'n PoU_

CENDI has become active in broad nationagFmtemafionai issuesthat have an impact on STI agency operations.

ExternalRelations

CENDI has interacted effectively with supporters,

customers, and information intermediaries to enhance and

facilitate the flow of STI.

User Education

CENDI has provided cross-u'aining for member agency staff

and has also focused on programs to inform the usex community about the resources of CENDI and the agencies it

represents.

Operatiom

CENDI has fostered efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the operations of all participating agencies'

services and products.

CENDI GOALS

CENDI hasesmblish_lfour top priorities:

4. Work with R&D managers to improve productivity.

4. Provide the best tochnical data and information to all

usms.

4. Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of all CENDI

agency operations.

4, Familiarize R&D managers and policy makers with the

value of STL

During the 1990s. CENDI will continue to devote significant

energies to interagemy _on through technical meetings, opml forums, expans/en of workinggroupparticipation,re,u)mcesharing,cross-uaining, policyreview,sumegic plans,workshops,and technical presentatioes. CENDI

will commit to study the next generation of information systems which will combine text, numeric, and image data in

ways transparent to the end us_. Finally, CENDI will work

toward building networks with other agencies serving the

science and technology uses to optimize the flow of STI to

position the United States on the cutting edge of

teclmology.4.

(From STI-TecA News, tile. oj_cial bulletin for t&e Aerospace,

Engin_ring, NuclearScience, andScience andTechnolosy Divisions

of the Special Libmrie.s Association, April 1991.)

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New Thesaurus Terms

Subject terms recently added to the NASA Thesaurus

are listed below. These terms are currently available on

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Technical Information Resources

Session at Aerospace Sciences

Meeting

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

(AIAA) Technical Committee on Technical Information

G'CTI) _3nstm_ a session on the "Productivity of Aerospace Information Resources" on Januazy 9, 1991, at the

AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit in Reno,

Nevada. The scope of the TCTI is to promote the develop

meat of aerospace scientific and technical information services and the awareness of aerospace information resources.

This was the first session sponsored by TCTI and the papers

were well received and the discussions lively and interesting. Following is descriptive information about the papers

presented.

Technology and STI Policy and the Competitive Position

of the U.S. Aerospace Industry

Peter Hernon, Simmons College

Thomas E. Pinelli,NASA Langley Research Center

With its conlribution to trade, its coupling with national security, and its symbolism of technological strength, the U.S.

Aerospace sector holds a unique position among our nation's

induslries. Proper technology and STI policies are orucial to

maintaining this position. However, two problems exist.

First, the U.S. does not have coherent technology or STI

policies, but should. Second, the relationship between and

technology and an STI policy is not understood by the

policymakers. A rationale for linking the two is given.

Unification: An International Aerospace Information

Issue (NASA TM-105101)

Gladys A. Cotter, NASA ST/Program

Thomas F. Lahr, NASA STI Program

NASA is recognized for its continued development and

maintenance of an international aerospace database. In recent years, changes in the aerospace industry and in informarion technology have led to the development of acrospace

information initiatives in other countries. This paper reviews

currentNASA goals and activities with an emphasis on the

potential for resource sharing through international cooperation.

Issues for Effectiveness ia Scientific and Technical

Informatioa Management

Barbara Lawrence, AIAA Technical Information Service

Many technical librariesand information ceaters in aerospace are un_ and undervalued. Because the majority

ofthese organizations are classedas overhead cost centers,

they face not only cutbacks, but often a struggle for survival.

Their loss can severely impact the engineer's access to informarion. Examples of w.chniques to enhance the value of infmmation resources are recommended.

Hypermedia: Informatioa Management in the Future

Solomon H. Simon, LTV Aerospace and Defence Company

Hypermedia creates a simple way to use complex infmmation by providing a mechanism for storing, relzieving, and

intercmmecting information of all types, both static (text and

graphics) and dynamic (sound, animation, and video). Future

information management systems will use hypermedia technology to form compound, multimedia documents.

Am Analysis of CD-ROM as a Long-Term Ardtiving

Solution

Denis Oudard, Digipre_

The histtxy of arc.hiving systems is reviewed. A methodology is described which will enable archivists to select the

medium and archivingsystem bestsuitedtopreservationof

theintegrityand long-termutilityof digitaldata.

A Case Study in Reseuree Sharing: United Technologies

Library & Information Reseoree Services

Jean G. Mayhow, United Technologies Corp.

sharing maximizes the reumt on dollars invested in

infcgmafion and information retrieval systems. United Technologies information sharing philosophy and methodology

are described as an example of how centralized procurement

of information can be managed to ensure maximum availability and quality throughout a multidivisional organization.

Technical and Competitive Value through Productive

Use of Patent Information

Rosalind Cheslock, Martin Marietta Laboratories

Patent fundamentals are reviewed,withemphasison their

dual role as both information sources and legal documents.

While use of patent literature to suppon the patent process

itself is discussed, the major focus is the importance of patents as sources of both essential information about technological developments and key business insights. An underlying theme throughout is the contribution of online databases

to the patent search process.

Critical Technologies for Transfer and Exploitatioa

John Porter, Sverdrup Technology Inc.

Recent published critical technology lists are reviewed and

compared. Methods to apply these to both short-range and

strategicplanning in induslly, academia, and government

are described. The relationships between tactical thinking

and technology transfer are discussed.

Copies of the papers presented are available from the AIAA

Technical Information Service Library, 212/247-6500, exL

230 or 231. For more information about the AIAA TCTI,

write to Ms. Jean G. Maybew, Chairperson, United Technologies Research Center, Silver Lane, East Hartford, CT

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IN MEMORIAM

We are sad to report that Adelaide del Frale passed away on

December 24, 1991. This article was printed in the January

1992 issue of ScFTech News after the announcement of her

retirement. It is reprinted with permission here to aclmowledge her outstanding achievements. She will be missed by

many in the Federal library system and the NASA comnmAdelaide del Frate, Tops In The Field

ByD_ Bedford

Adelaide del Frate hashad a colorful careerin the field of litmay operations. She joined the National Aeronautics and

Space Administration Cambridge Research Center in 1965,

where she served as Head Librarian until 1969. When the

ram closedin1969, she joined the Goddard Space Flight

C_m staff as Head of the Library Branch. She Immw,ht to

Goddard a vision of the future and a dedication to accomplishment that few in the field recognized then.., but many

gfcognizc now.

Addie was a leader in opposition to the A-76 Law. While

numy in the field stated opposition to the law, few supported

their words with actions the way Addle did. As a result she

was successful in protecting the Goddard Space Flight Center libraries in Greenbelt and Wallops. And, while she op.

posed the pngtice of contracts for library services and sup.

lXgt, she was a rate bird in the professional support and

advancement she offered to librarians winking in the con.

tract environment. Addie treated contract librarians with

whom she worked as partners and professionals, not adverroles. With Herb White, she was one of the early s_

of perfomumce-based contracts in the Federal libravj and information center environmenL Ped'onnance-basedcontracts

included mechanisms with incentives for quality performatr..e and demon_alcd initiative, thereby negating the necessity of awarding contracts to the lowest bidder.

She has been a leader in the Washington, DC, chalaenrof

SLA and in national activities, as well Addie's association

activities also included ALA and its many divisions, and

ASIS. Through this spectntm of activities, and her keen intellect, she has distinguished herself as a speaker at national

library conventions and other functions.

Addie also gave freely of her lime supporting local libraries.

She served many years as a board member for the Montgome_ County Public Library's Chevy Chase branch, presenting

and defending the budget hefore the Montgomery County

Com,cil. She also provided insight and direcdo_ in the selection and implementation of an automated system for the

liheuy.

For five yea_, Addle has been NASA's Administr_'ve Librarian at NASA Headquam_, c,onrdinaUn' g the full implementation of the Aerospace Research Information Network

(ARIN). This complex task necessitated the acquisition and

implementation of a turnkey system. Addle succeeded in acquiring and implementing NOTIS at a time when other federal libraries were only beginning to think of automated supAs Administrative l, ibarlan she also acted as gaeheel gr to

legislative information for libraries in general and for NASA

libraries in particular. She also initiated a continuing education program for NASA Federal and contract librarians, usins videoconfex_acing to keep professionals informed about

current and Wospective developments in the field. Topics in

the wogram included expert systems, linked systems, antimaity file flips, copyright developments, output measures.

and the NASA science network.

The first video c,onfmmce was held in late 1988, and in addition to edtr.ating librarians, the conferences provided them

a fmum for discussing implementation of AKIN modules,

facilitating decision-makingina come.urn environment,

and keepingthem info_nedand involvedintheNASA STI

Program.The resultsofthiswas a cohesivenetworkoflibrariansatthetopincharge.Lee JarabekattheNASA

Lewis Research Center also said the videoconfetences

helped lilxmians place voices and faces with names, essentially adding a human element to providing service.

Humane also _bes the way Addie led her life. In addition to the wodm:ts and services she developed, Addie also

made people a focus of her talents. One way was to assist

shut-in individuals in the area. Another way was the day-today intmgtion she had with librarians. She encouraged orbors, by example, to set high pea'sonuiperformance standards.

Since she also wanted everyoneto succeed, she offered her

advice, ideas, and encouragement freely.

Addle always was in control of herself and the situation, too.

To illustrate, I remember when she was driving herself,

Carolyn Floyd, and me back to a hotel in Boston. We

seemed to he lost, at least temporarily, and she was not

troubled at all. To explain how she felt at the time, she

sl_ed some of her father's wisdom with us. "What are you

worried about'Y he_ father asked one day when the family

also seemed lost. "You're in America, and you speak Engush."

Well, NASA now must find a person to guide the libraries as

Addie did. Those who have worked for her say that she will

be hard to replace, primarily because of her importance to

the aerospace information arena as an innovat_.,t
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tinoegh September. All classes c_rently scheduled will be

held at the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information near

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BASIC RECON

Tuesday, April 7

Thm'sday,May 14

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Wednesday, August 12

Wednesday, September 9

ADVANCED RECON

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Friday, May 15

Tuesday, June 16

Thursday, July 9

Thursday, August 13

Thursday, Septemberto

Basic RECON training is one day, at $100.00 per pors_.

Class size is limited to12.

Thb sessionb designedforthebe&_u_n&NASIORECON

xarcher,preferablywith some onlineexperience.The contentoftheSTIDatabase,aswellasitsfileand recordstructares, arecoveredindetail, alongwithbasicRECON commands.Searchsv'me_ formulation, Booleanlogic,and

queryanaly_ areemphasi2edastheypertainto theNASA/

RECON system. A series of lectures b combined with handson practice. Refreshn_nts and lunch are provided.

Advanced RF_ON training is one day, at $160.00 per person. _ass size is limited to 6.

The advancedtrai_n&xuion b designedfortheexperienced RECON searcher.Bask te_ searchingiareviewed,as

well as in-depth text searching techniques. Advanced RECON system features and stored search formulation and editing arecovered.A seriesoflecturesb combinedwith

hands-onpractice.Refreshmentsand lunchareprovided.

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Take a New Look at STAR and NOVA

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were recently redesigned. This changeis pro1.of theSTI

Program's work toward creating a family look for some of its

mainsueam annomgen_t publications. Beginning with

STAR 8, some improvements to the cement and its Wesentation will also be made, thanks to the revised lnimt Processing System.at the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information.

Because documents are now being accessioned into the STI

Database more quickly - on a weekly basis, rather than a

semi-monthly basis - the citations within STAR will now be

in accession numbex order wltim category,asopposedto

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Volume 22, Number I Spring_3urmner 1992

NASA Participation in AGARD Research

Agenda- Preliminary Report

On April 7-9, 1992, the NATO Advisory Group for Aerospace Research

and Development (AGARD) Technical Information Panel (TIP) conducted

a workshop in Lisbon, Portugal to

develop a research agenda on issues

rehted to scientific and technical

information (STI) management (funding, production, collection, organization, and Wansfer of STI) and policy

(legislation, organizational practices,

and decisions).

The TIP considered this workshop to

be of extreme importance, not only

because it evoked and represented responses at individual, organizational,

national, and international levels, but

because it also provided an international agenda for research in STI issues, which, in turn, would enhance

aerospace and defense research and

development through more effective

Dr. Thomas Pinelli, Langley Research Center

management, dissemination, and use of

STL It was designexl to provide a basis

from which to select and initiate systematic studies of areas of specific

opportunities for improving access to

and use of STL This agenda stimulated thinking about the role of research and the opportunities for the

conduct of research. It also provided

ideas, approaches, and strategies to

assist in the advancement of the information profession or discipline, and

improve the overall quality, quantity,

and impact of that research.

The AGARD TIP Research Agenda

Subcommittee selected three broad

categories which were of interest to

the nations, namely:

User and Usage Studies to examine

user needs issues and to address information economy as well as diffusion of knowledge.

Information Access to examine user

awareness issues to address the availability and use of STI as well as to

identify and locate information

sOUrCeS.

Organization and Transfer of Information to examine information

transfer issues to address reduction

of barriers in retrieval and transfer of

STI and to ensure the quality and integrity of the information.

(conUnued on pam 2)
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The STI Program in Action:

Research That Suits an Astronaut

Jim Bagian, an astronaut since 1980, says the path

between his office and the Medical Sciences library

at the Johnson Space Center is well worn.

As an M.D. who also has a degree in mechanical

engineering, Bagian's specialty is aerospace medicine. His broad academic background has fostered

his broad interests as both astronaut and researcher.

"Fluorescein angiography," "capillary permeability

in the retina," and "cerebral edema" are just a sampiing of the kinds of topics Bagian typically investigates, usually with the able assistance of STI

Program research specialists.

"For the projects I work on," he says, "to understand where you're going, you f'_st have to understand what's already been done. It's the only

sensible, efficient way to proceed. That means

I need rapid access to the literature, and that's

what the Medical Sciences library here gives me."

built-in flotation device, astronauts can easily withstand that contingency and countless others.

"The librarians really know technically what's going on, especially in the life sciences areas," he

says. "Their work especially helps me at the beginning of projects. When I'm wearing my escape

suit, I'm often reminded of how much we all benefit from their skills." 4.

AGARD Research Agenda

(com_uedtrompageI)

Dr. Thomas Pinelli, Langley Research Center,

chrai_ the User and Usage Studies workshop session; Dr. Peter Hereon, Professor, Simmons College,

chaired the Information Access workshop session;

and Dr. Bill Tuck, Professor, University College,

London, chaired the Organizational and Transfer of

Information workshop session.

The process is simple enough. Bagian gives the

STI Program librarians key words for them to do

an online search. Then they send him abstracts of

related citations, and he tells them which paper

documents he wants.

Bagian says one of his most important projects to

date was as the astronaut office lead in the design

and development of the shuttle launch/entry suit

(LES). As an astronaut with two shuttle missions to

his credit, the doctor knew the critical need for

such a suiL

The workshop elicited a great deal of interest; 24

non-TIP members attended the workshop. United

States attendees included Dr. Linda Hill from the

ST[ Program Office and Ms. Lee Jarabek from

Lewis Research Center. Mr. Walter Blados, also

from the STI Program Office, conducted the workshop. A fmal AGARD report will be issued in September. 4.

"File suit is particularly important if we have to

bail out during ascent," he says. "All of the astronauts have to wear their suit for launch. Fortunately, nobody's had to bail out. But in case they

do, we've tested the suit for its ability to withstand

a variety of stresses." For example, in a bailout,

astronauts might have to endure hours of immersion in icy ocean water. Wearing the LES, with its

Lee Jarabek,Lewis Research Center
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NASA STI Program Participates in ICSTI General Assembly

Thomas Lahr, International STI Program Manager,

participated in the General Assembly and working

group meetings of the International Council for

Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI).

The meetings took place in Berlin, Germany,

May 17-20, 1992.

Education and User Needs is writing a book on

user friendly accesses to STI databases. Some

other working groups are Publications, Economies

Issues, and Electronic Publishing. Because these

groups meet only once or twice a year, their

progress is slow.

Highlights of the General Assembly were as follows:

• Election of officers for 3-year terms

- President, Kent Smith, National Library of

Medicine, USA

Vice President, David Russian, British

Library, UK

- General Secretary, Daniel Confland, DIST,

Ministere de la Recherche et de l'Espace,

France

- Treasurer, Ronald Wigington, Chemical

Abstracts Section, USA

Election of Executive Board for a 3-year term

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research,

South Africa

- International Union of Geological Sciences

- Royal Society of Chemistry, UK

- American Institute of Physics, USA

- Engineering Information, USA

- European Patent Office, Netherlands

- Fachinformationszenlrum Chemie, Germany

INIST-CNRS, France

The assembly amended their statutes and bylaws

and discussed cooperation with European Community Committee DG XIII on the IMPACT 2

project.

The membership committee reported no dues increase for this year, and they are actively recruiting

new members.

All working groups presented status reports. The

Working Group on Economic Issues has nearly

completed a country profile handbook for ICSTI

members who deal with Eastern Europe, starting

with Hungary; the Working Group on Interdisciplinary Searching is preparing an article on problems

and suggested remedies; the Working Group on

The ICSTI meetings are an important forum for exchange of information and ideas with other worldwide database producers, vendors, and publishers.

For additional information on this meeting and on

ICSTI in general, call or write to Tom Lahr, International STI Program Manager, NASA Headquarters, Code JTI', Washington, DC, 20546,

(202) 358-1398.

] The Life Sciences Group and Election and !

[ Education and User Needs Groups, Biotech Ig

[ Information and User Education Session will

[ meet May 16-19, 1993, at the Williamsburg [_

J Lodge, hosted by NLM. !

[ In 1994, the Royal Society for Chemistry

[ hopes to sponsor a session on impfications of

[ intellectual property in an electronic environ-

[ ment. I

[ The European Patent Office is proposed to

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NASA/UK Users Meeting Held

The first NASA-sponsored database users and contributors workshop outside the United States was

held in London on March 23, 1992. Gladys Cotter,

Director, NASA STI Program and Tom Lahr, International STI Program Manager led the workshop. This NASAFUK Users Meeting was hosted

by IRS-Dialtech, the UK representative of the

European Space Agency/Information Retrieval

Service in conjunction with the British Library's

Science Reference Information Service. More than

30 people attended, representing a good crosssection of British aerospace industry and research,

government agencies, and academia.

The objectives of the NASA STI Program, as defreed by NASA's STI Council, were explained, especially as they relate to foreign input and use.

Historically the subject scope and coverage of the

database has been dictated solely by the requiremerits of the NASA research community. In the

interests of expanding our foreign coverage we are

actively seeking the fuller cooperation of foreign

participants. Their needs are now being considered

and, as a result, the NASA STI Database is becoming truly international in scope. One way we are

accomplishing this objective is by revitalizing current foreign exchange agreements and by signing

new ones. We are coordinating with other agencies, both in the U.S. and internationally, to create

joint strategies for acquiring foreign material. We

also are using citations created by other agencies to

a greater extent than before.

The benefits of an international aerospace database

were discussed, as well as the mechanisms for

achieving this. With scarce resources in all areas

of government and industry, the NASA STI Program is reviewing its exchange programs to factor

in the changing requirements within the international community. NASA reviewed current objectives and activities with a view toward maintaining

compatibility among international aerospace informarion systems, eliminating duplication of effort

and sharing resources through international cooperation whenever possible.

With this first face-to-face meeting with our UK

users, we were able to obtain some direct feedback

on our policies and practices. One useful suggestion to increase database input was to revise and

distribute the out-of-print NASA Guidelines on Report Literature. NASA has subsequently undertaken this job.

Although there was general satisfaction with the

subject scope of the database, the attendees noted

that the scope changes were always made considering the needs of the NASA programs only. The

NASA STI Program is looking toward establishing

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an advisory council that would allow the database

users to have a voice in scope and coverage decisions.

Most attendees agreed that references appeared in

the database in a timely way. Some felt that the

database should be updated more frequently.

NASA has sincearranged tosend the update tape,s

to ESA on a semimonthly basis.This means that

the ESA/QUF_T versionof thedatabase willbe

updated twice a month, as are theRECON and

DIALOG versions.

Other issues discussed, such as how to increase database comprehensiveness and what constitutes an

equitable basis for exchange, did not lend themselves to such swift or simple solutions. However,

it was agreed that this meeting had proved to be an

effective forum for communications between

NASA and our UK partners. We now have a better

appreciation of each other's concerns and objectives. A follow-up meeting has been suggested.

We at the NASA STI Program welcome the opportunity to meet our international users and plan to

hold similar workshops in the future.

If you have suggestions on other ways to improve

communication and obtain feedback from the

international community, or are interested in planning furoreinternationalusersmeetings, please

contact,Thomas Lahr, InternationalSTI Program,

NASA Code TIT, Washington, DC, 20546,

(202)358-1398. @

Scientific and Technical Information

Ad Hoc Committee To Be Formed in

the White House Science Office

At a recent CENDI (Commerce, Energy, NASA,

NLM, and Defense Information) meeting attended

by Gladys Cotter, Tom Lahr, and John Wilson,

Pierre Perrolle of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) confLrmed the fact that Dr.

Allan Bromley, Presidential Science Advisory and

Directorof OSTP, intendsto establishan Ad Hoc

Committee under the Federal Coordinating Council

forScience,Engineering and Technology

(FCCSET) toinvestigateissuesof scientificand

technicalinformation.Bonnie Carroll,Secretariat

Director of CENDI, notes that, "This decision is an

important one for the STI community because it

brings recognition to the importance of information

in national science policy." Gladys Cotter has been

working with CENDI for the past two years to

raise important STI issues with OSTP staff.

Dr. Bromley has asked Dr. Robert White, Deputy

Under Secretary for Technology Administration of

the Department of Commerce, to chair the committee. We anticipate that Mr. Goldin will be asked to

appoint a senior NASA official to the group. According to Perrolle, the new committee will be in

place soon.

More news of the new committee will be forthcoming in future issues of the ST/Bulletin. 4.

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Houston Hosts NASA STI Program Conference '92

Johnson Space Center (JSC) hosted the 1992

NASA STI Program Annual Conference held April

29 through May 1 in Houston, Texas. Two days of

the conference were focused on key issues related

to the Conference theme,"A New Information

Era." A third day featured a JSC tour and concurrent "workshop" sessions.

Wednesday's sessions began with an update of STI

services and the results of the NASA-wide review

of the STI Program by HQ personnel, followed by

panel discussions conducted by Center representatives. The first panel discussion addressed the mechanics of the chargeback systems now in use at

some NASA Centers; the budget, funding transfer,

and cost monitoring issues; and customer perspectives. The second panel discussion compared publishing in the NASA Technical Report Series with

publishing in Open Literature. It addressed issues

such as the perception of NASA report series in the

public sector and by peers in the field, and the support and incentives available for publication of STI

and R&D results. The Day One sessions concluded

with overviews of how STI is handled by the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and

the National Archives and Records Administration

(NARA). These were presented by Don Johnson,

Acting Director of NTIS and Kent Carter, Director

of National Archives, Southwest Section. Evening

activities included "NACA Working Group" and

"Acquisitions Policy Review" sessions.

Bill Larsen, Chief of JSC's Management Services

Division, opened Thursday morning activities with

a history of the Center. Next, Paul Weitz, the

Center's Deputy Director, welcomed the group to

JSC. The guided tour that followed included brief

visits to JSC Mission Control and to the Space

Shuttle, experiences that affLrmed the critical need

for research and exchange of STI.

Thursday afternoon, concurrent sessions were of.

feted in three areas: Publications, Libraries, and

Graphics and Printing. Each included a roundtable

discussion of the session topic. Additional topics

included, for Publications, a review of HQ role in

publications; for Libraries, reviews of JSC's STI

Center Clearinghouse, HQ's NACA Project and

Acquisitions Policy Plan, and JSC's Survey of the

1992 Budget on NASA Libraries. The Graphics

and Printing session included an HQ printing audit

update, a review of Center-wide printing audit impacts, and a discussion of "Graphic Design in the

Computer Age" hosted by M. Wnuk, from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.

One highlight of the Conference occurred after

the Thursday night banquet. Joe Loftus, Assistant

Director (Plans) for Johnson Space Center,

captivated the crowd as he recounted countless

worldwide trips aimed at strengthening NASA

partnerships and described international efforts

aimed at controlling orbital debris and developing

interoperability standards for U.S. and foreign

spacecraft.

'A New Information Era'

Friday featured, first, short presentations on STI

•Outreach efforts and updates on center coordination; the new Program Overview publication, "Prelude to the Furore;" and the NASA Access Mechanism (NAM). NAM is an X-Windowing system

being developed to provide easy access to the

NASA STI Database and to members of the S&T

community. The NAM is scheduled for beta testing

for six months, starting in August; Center personnel are invited to participate. A review of the results of the STI Council Survey and updates on international activities, the CD-ROM prototype, and

multimedia efforts followed as the last session of

the Conference.

The Conference ended with Gladys Cotter, NASA

ST[ Program Director offering special thanks to

Carol Homan, Management Services Division

Deputy Division Chief and STI Manager/JSC and

her staff for the wonderful job they had done.

"This has been a successful Conference in every respect," Cotter said. "I think that's been due in no

small part to the tremendous performance turned in

by Carol and her staff." 4,

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S_ _ • ,_ING/SUMMER I_

NASA STI Program Visits Russia

During the week of March 2, 1992, a NASA team

from the STI Program met with l0 institutes of the

Russian Academy of Sciences and related organizarions to:

• Discuss STI management

• Learn how Russian STI flows to and

from their research and development

(R&D) community and how widely it

is disseminated

• Evaluate the above results to determine

whether to explore the possibility of

cooperating in STI programs

The team found the Russians open to exchanging

all types of information, including R&D information that previously held a classified or limited dissemination status. Information on all pubfic and

private sector R&D initiatives appeared to be available. However, there are trade and organizational

impediments to free exchange of information and

information technology, the most critical being the

treatment of intellectual property fights.

At a Round Table Discussion at the end of the

week, the Russians received NASA's observations

and suggestions positively and provided hard informarion in both paper and electronic form (some

purchased), as well as specific proposals for ongoing dialogue.

The team returned with a significant amount of

data, and the promise of more. 4,

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Office of the Administrator

Chief of Staff ................................................................................................... Darleen Druyun

AssL Admin. for Procurement ................................................................................... Don Bush

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Asst. Dir. for Institutional Resources Mgmt, OAST .................................. Alison McNally

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Office of Procurement ..................................................................................... Diedre Lee

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Office of Safety and Mission Quality

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S TI BULLETIN

A Quarterly Publication of the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program

NASA ST! Database Upgrade Launched

Contributed by Michael Genuareh" and Eric Vogel, NASA STY Program

In July 1991, the NASA STI

Program initiated a project to

upgrade the data in the NASA

STI Database to address issues

of database quality and to coordinate quality-improvement

efforts. The NASA STI Database Upgrade Project Working

Group was established to support

this effort.

The Working Group first

addressed the definition of

database quality and identified

several guiding principles. It then

worked quickly through the STI

Program's existing Data Element

Dictionary (DED), identifying

subgroups of data elements for

detailed study. It was agreed that

the present effort should focus on

data upgrade issues; that is, those

affecting current input procedures and poss_le retroactive

correction measures. Issues

affecting soRware capabilities

would be identified for

subsequent review.

Each data element was

examined, DED text was revised

where necessary, and specific

issues and recommendations

were formulated. A group of

more general issues and recommendations affecting groups or

"fan_alies" of related fields were

discussed as well, and a general

sCategy for defining and categorizing the database upgrade tasks

was developed.

The guiding principles and

goals for database quality

defined by the Working Group

are summarized as follows:

• Consistency. The type and

scope of data in each field and

the format in which the data are

entered should be the same for

all input producers and from

year to year. If it is no longer

poss_ie to make past data

consistent, differences should be

noted in the user documentation.

• Granularity. Each specific piece of information should

be stored in a separate field to

facilitate access for searching.

Display formats combining

different fields should be just

that---d/sp/ay formats created

by the system software---and not

large amorphous fields in the

databaseitself.

• Accessibility (search and

display). The number of fields

that can be searched should be

expanded tomeet user needs,

and text-basedsearchingshould

be made availablewhenever

po le.

• Simplification of inpuL

Data element content and format

should not be reslricted by the

limitations of input processing or

publication production software.

• Selecting the right kinds

of data. The fields of the

database and its retrieval

soi_eare should meet the infermarion needs of our customers:

the users ofRECON, the

Aerospace Database, and other

CONTENTS...

STI Program Endorsement ............. 2

Center News (TQM at NASA) ........ 4

Electronic Library Expo .............. 6

GSFC Poster Session .................. 6

STI Bulletin Schedule .................... 6

Key Personnel Changes ................. 6

WAIS ..........

New Thesaurus Terms. .................. 7

International News ......................... 8

Japanese STI

Terminology Databases ................. 9

AGARD TIP Meeting ..................... 13

STI Program in Action .................. 14

Charge Payments at CASI ............ 14

World Space Congress ................. t5

Book Reviews 15

People in the News ...................... 16

SLA Committee 16

JPL Honors 16

LaRC Service Medals ................ 17

Lewis 50th Anniversary ............. 17

1992 Mandel Award ................... 18

Buffum Wins Award ................... 18

STI Policy 19

Correct Mailing Label? ................. 20

FY93 Exhibit Schedule ................. 20
NASA Committee Endorses Importance of the STI Program

to NASA and the Aerospace Community

Contributed by Lou Ann Scanlan

NASA STI Program

Last fall, the Associate

Deputy Administrator, Samuel

Keller, requested the formation

of a committee to review and

evaluate the agency's management of scientific and technical

information activities. Robert

Rosen, Deputy Associate

Administrator, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology,

was appointed to chair this

committee.

Known as the Scientific and

Technical Information Activities

Committee, it published a charter

that "the conm_ittee will review

Langley Research Center

(LaRC); Stuart Fordyce, Lewis

Research Center (LeRC); Wayne

Littles, Marshall Space Flight

Center (MSFC); Elmer Brooks

(ex-offico); and Susan Fmchter,

Office of Aeronautics, Exploration, and Technology (OAET).

The committee was asked to

reexamine both the premises and

processes under which NASA

has operated since the system

was established 25 years ago.

They were particularly interested

in reviewing NASA's _urrent

capabilities and requirements and

whether NASA was meeting

those requirements in the most

cost-effective manner.

...the STIProgram Director, Ms. Cotter,

and her team are doing an excellentjoh..

and evaluate the operations and

services of the scientific and

technical information (STI)

activities in light of agency

requirements, cost considerations, availability of comparable

services externally, and overall

agency funding constraints.

Robert Rosen then carefully

selected the committee membership to ensure NASA-wide

representation."

Committee members were

Joe Alexander, Office of Space

Science and Applications

(OSSA); Tom Utsman, Office

of Space Flight (OSF); Peter

Burr, Ooddard Space Flight

Center (GSFC); Paul Holioway,

Several meetings were held

and various individuals and

organizations were invited to

provide briefings to the

committee. Kurt Molholm,

Defense Technical Information

Center (DTIC) Administrator,

provided an overview of his

program as a comparable

government program. Fred

Wood, Office of Technology

Assessment (OTA) Senior

Associate, presented a 1990

OTA study entitled "Helping

America Compete: The Role of

Federal Scientific & Technical

Information." Commercial

alternatives for STI retrieval and

dissemination services were

presented,and Mel Day, one of

the pioneersofNASA's STI

Program, discussed the state of

theartforST[ dissemination.

The committee determined

that the conunereial databases

are dependent on information

furnished by the NASA STI

activity. Additionally, the

estimate of replacement costs

using a commercial alternative

demonstrated that the commercial alternative was more

expensive then the current STI

Program budget and actually the

replacement costs would be

much higher since the STI

Program also provides the source

data to the commercial vendors.

If that source data were not

available one would have to pay

to create it. The committee also

determined that ScienUfic and

Technical Aerospace Reports

(STAR) and International

Aerospace Abstracts (1.4,4) are

unique; that NASA RECON is

the most cost-effective, currently

available retrieval and dissemination system for NASA; and

that NASA's STI activity has

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The STI BUUJrTIN, a quarterly

publication, informs NASA STI

users about the NASA Scientific and

TechnicalInformation Program

products, s_vices, and news.

Send suasestions and/or material

to be considered for inclusion to:

STI Bulletin Coordinator

NASA Headqus/te_ Code JTT

Washington, DC 20546

(703) 271-5546.

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DATABASE UPGRADE

(_uKI t_, pe_ 1) •

products of the NASA STI

Program and its partners. Fields

no longer used should be

eliminated; new fields should

be introduced when necessary.

Results of these quality

improvement measures now

available to RECON users

includethe following:

• Current NASA Thesaurus

terms were added to over

400,000 records that were

entered in the ST] Database

before 1968. These records

comprise File Collection G, the

alternate files. Retrieval in these

files now is easier because the

searcher can use a common

subject vocabulary.

• The Research and

Technology Objectives and

•j Plans (RTOP) and International

Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

numbers became available for

searching and display, providing

additional means of access to

citation data.

• The Unclassified Foreign

Title field is now displayable.

RECONAIerts, a new

printed announcement tool, will

be used along with online

announcements on the RECON

system to notify of ST[ Database

upgrades and other system

changes. RECONAlerts is being

sent to all active RECON users,

it supplements existing RECON

documentation.

Questions or comments on

the Database Upgrade Project

. may be directed to the ST[

Program's Database Creation

Section at (301) 621-0390. 4,

NASA COMMITTEE ENDORSES

(oot_ fn,m_go 2)

greatvalue to NASA, universities, industry, and other government agencies.

However, the committee

found that improvements in services are desired. They found

that the physical plant and

equipment of the NASA Center

for AeroSpace Information

(CASI) are grossly obsolete

and that the NASA STI Database will soon be incompatible

with othercomplementary

databases, but that current budget levels do not permit required

mode_mization.

Additional findings and

recommendations are provided

below:.

• The committee recommends that the agency continue

to fund the STI Program at the

current levels as a minimum. A

healthy program would require

the current level of funding for

operations with a modest capital

investment for augmentation.

• The ST[ Program should

be directed to develop and

implement a multiyear capital

investment plan that will (a)

modernize computer systems and

(b) transition to optical digital

image (ODI) technology.

Additionally, the agency should

provide the fimds for the plan.

• The agency should secure a

suitable facility in a competitive

manner.

• Productive changes have

been made by recent ST[ management; NASA senior management should provide strong

r

IMPOFfl'ANCE OF ST'l PROGRAM

support to the STI Program and

its management.

• Civil service smiting is low

and slots should be found and

given to the activity.

• Significant changes have

taken place in the international

arena that affect the information

exchange arrangements with

foreign agencies. The STI

Program has to look carefully

at ensuring international technology transfer parity.

The committee's overall

recommendation was that the

agency should continue to fund

the program at its current level

(adjusted for inflation) for operations and provide a separate line

item for modernization funding.

Last April, these findings and

recommendations were released

to the NASA STI Program. On

May 6, 1992, Dr. Rosen presented the committee's findings

to the STI Council where he

stated that "the study justified the

current levels of budget and

provides justification for NASA

senior management to invest

more money." He added that

"the committee members were

supportive and indicated that

they would be willing to take

small amounts of their center or

program office budgets to fund

modernization of this program."

Finally, they felt that"the STI

Program Director, Ms. Cotter,

and her team were doing an

excellent job and that management ought to support that with

funding."

,hdy.3epUmber 1992 J
TOM At NASA...

Contributed by

Bill Schubert

Ames Research Center

There are different schools

of Total Quality Management

(TQM). Several innovators in

management theory came up

with the ideas that are now

known and used under the name

TQM. Among the several

"management guns" are Robert

Costello, Joseph M. Juran, W.

Edwards Deming, and Philip

Crosby. It is said that Japanese

industry's adoption of Deming's

ideas after World War II is

respons_le for Japan's competitive edge in the contemporary

world marketplace.

A common idea of all these

innovators was that the quality

of the process is what should be

controlled, not the quality of the

product. If one has a quality

process then a quality product

will naturally follow. Since the

1980s, the "Quality First" movement has been sweeping the

business environment of

America. In the 1990s it looks

to replace the currently dominant

methods that were founded on

the traditional "scientific management" theories of Frederick

Winslow Taylor and others.

NASA's program of TQM is

based on Philip Crosby's ideas.

After years as a vice president at

International Telephone and

Telegraph (ITI'), Crosby wrote

influential books such as Quality

is Free and Quality Without

Tears. Like the other thinkers

whose technology now makes up

the content of today's quality

movement, Crosby has an integrated approach; i.e., there are

many different components

included in the model of a

quality environment.

In Florida, Crosby began his

Philip Crosby Associates and

Quality College to teach

managers the precepts of his

management philosophy.

Among these ideas was a redefinition of the word "quality." For

Crosby, quality does not mean

the same thing as it meant in the

hierarchical structure of the old

management style. Quality was

goodness or excellence in the old

model. Crosby's notion of

quality is conformance to

requirements. What are these

requirements? As members of

the organization we all are meant

to identify them. The requirements are something that we

discover together, and we keep

on discovering and improving

these requirements. So there is

a kind of built-in freedom and

creativity in his definition.

This definition also allows

for the respons_ility for this

discovery to be spread throughout the ranks of the organization,

not just at the top. But even

though the notion is to spread the

contribution of ideas throughout

the organization, this does not

mean that Crosby does not hold

managers responsible for the

success or failure of their organizations. He considers that 80

percent of a company's problems

are caused by the management

and only about 20 percent by the

workers.

According to Crosby, a

management organization must

achieve a certain level of maturity or wisdom to employ the

new quality concept and get

results. The organization must

find its level on Crosby's management Maturity Grid. There

are five stages of management

maturity: (1) Uncertainty, (2)

Awakening, (3) Enlightenment,

(4) Wisdom, and (5) Certainty.

Interestingly, the language is that

of Eastern religious philosophy.

Perhaps that is why Crosby and

his colleagues are called "gurus."

The religious echoes in the

language are probably there

because a whole new attitude is

required to make the TQM

concept work.

His system also includes a

central la-step program that is

to be followed in implementing

TQM. It begins with Management Commitment as the first

step. Crosby emphasizes that a

quality-oriented environment is

management-driven and manage,.

ment must be behind it 100 percent for it to work. ,¢-

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More TOM At

NASA...

Cont,_ted by

Goddard Space Flight Center

Total Quality Management

(TQM), its goals and principles,

has recently received considerable attention at Goddard Space

Right Center and in the surrounding conmaunities. Through

the efforts of the Technical

Information Services Branch

(TISB), STI support personnel

successfully coordinated two

Goddard-sponsored TQM

symposia this fiscal year.

In early November 1991,

some 500 civil service employees and contractors attended the

8th Annual NASA/Contractors

Conference on Quality and

Productivity. The symposium,

"Building a Total Quality Community," presented the views

of local business and civic

community leaders as well as

Guddard scientists and administrators to illustrate the partnership being forged between these

communities and Goddard.

Dwaine Kronser, Head of

TISB, managed the logistics of

the symposium, participating in

the organizing committee activities, assisting in the arrangements

with Turf Valley Country Club

inEllicottCity, Maryland, and

orchestrating the TISB support.

The conference support staff

provided audiovisual support,

which included slide and overhead projectors, tape recorders,

and sound equipment. The Publications and Graphics Services

Section staffwrote and edited a

proceedings document. The

Graphics staff designed the folders given to attendees and the

awards presented to key speakers

and committee members. The

Photographic and Reproduction

ServicesSection duplicated

announcements, calendars, and

schedules, and printed the formal

conference proceedings booklet.

A staffphotographer was

assigned to document symposium activities.

...reflecting the

spirit of ST! services.

On April 22, 1992, Goddard

sponsored a second event, the

Continuous Improvement Symposium, attracting approximately

275 civil service employees and

contractors dedicated to promoting the principles of TQM. This

conference, "Building a Continuous Improvement Team:

Goddard and Contractors,"

consisted of a morning session

with opening remarks by John

M. Klinebcrg, Director of

Goddard Space Hight Center,

followed by four simultaneous

breakout sessions. In the breakout sessions, panel members

from public and private sectors

presentedtheirexperienceswith

continuous improvement issues

and provided an opportunity for

open discussion with attendees.

Susan Hart, Head of the

Publications and Graphics

Services Section, represented the

TISB in the preliminary planning

sessions for the conference and

was respons_le for committing

ST] resources to its support.

Conference support staff

provided logisticalsupport. The

Graphics staff designed

information packets and cover

pages for handouts, wlfile the

Publications staff compiled

the panel members' handout

material for each of the four

sessions. Graphics personnel

alsodesigned directional signs,

maps, and the awards presented

to key speakers and committtee

members. The Duplicating

Support staffrepmduced and

collated the 4 sets of handouts

for the 275 attendees; they also

printed and applied 275 sets of

folder labels to the handout

folders. Two photographers from

TISB covered the morning

opening sessionactivities.

These two conferences

embody the Goddard efforts to

forge closer government/

contractor/community relations

and to communicate the principles of Quality Management

These principles are essential to

providing a quality work environment for the scientific and

technical personnel at Goddard.

The TISB met the challenge

of coordinating its STI resources

in support of these two events.

Goddard STI support personnel

proved thattheirquality, behindthe-scenes, support activities

underscore their abilities to

coordinate the dissemination of

information effectively. The

success of these two events is

due in large part to the TISB

staff'support, reflecting the spirit

of STI services. 4.

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$
Electronic Library Expo

Contributed by

Goddard Space Flight Center

The GSFC Library hosted

an "Electronic L_rary Expo"

during the week of April 27-

May 1, 1992, with library staff

demonstrating access to electronic databases for a different

discipline each day. Disciplines

included Astronomy and Astrophysics, Engineering, Earth

Sciences, and Computing.

On Friday, May 1, the library

arranged for a Scientific Colloquium on "Contemporary and

Future Scientific Publication and

Data Distribution" given by

Helmut Abt, editor of the Astrophysical Journal. Following the

colloquium, a reception was held

in the l_rary. 4'

GSFC Poster Session

The GSFC L_rary presented

a "Poster Session" on its pioneering use of a hand-held scanner to

track usage of noncirculating

journals at the annual meeting

of the American L_rary

Association in San Francisco,

which attracted more than

20,000 attendees.

Barcodes, which have been

placed on the volumes by I_rary

staff, are scanned with the

portable scanner each time a

journal is reshelved. The data

then are fedintothelibrary's

circulationdesk terminalatthe

end of each day and areretained

inNASA's ARIN (Aerospace

Research InformationNetwork)

system forlaterextractionand

analysis. These dataareused to

improve theprocessfordeciding

which journalstomove offsite

and which journalsbecome

candidatesforeliminationas

budgetsgrow tighter.The

libraryobtainedcustom

programming to support scanner

interface with the library's

NOTIS Library Management

System software.

The Poster Session held on

June 28 generated a great deal

of interest. Several attendees

suggested that it be developed

into a paper for publication in a

professional library journal. 4.

STI Bulletin

Schedule

We welcome your input to

the STI Bulletin, which may

include topics encompassing

new or upcoming STI-related

products, services, or news. It

can be submitted in the form of

text (hardcopy or ASCII file),

graphics, or calendar items to:

Ardeth Taber

STI Bulletin Coordinator

NASA Headquarters, Code Jl-r

Washington, DC 20546-0001

Phone: ............... 703-271-5546

FAX: .................. 703-271-5665

Intemot: .... ataber@sti.nasa.gov

The copy deadline for the

Oct-Dec 1992 issue is November 9, 1992. 4,

Key Personnel Changes

RETJ_J)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Technical Ubrarian Specialist

Ulxary Acquisition Group ..................................... Joan Swan

NEW

NASA STI Program

Contracting Officeds

Tochrdcel RolxOa_nlaUvo (COTR) OASI ......... Temse Ohnsorg, 202-358-1385

Manager, CASI STI Services Division ............ James Schrcer. 301-621-0154

Manager, CASI Publications/Editodal Support ....... Mark Jeschko, 301-621-0318

NEW Trt_

NASA STI Program

Chief, STI Information Services Section ............. James Erwtn, 20_-358-1391

$TI Bulletin

6
Wide Area Information Servers

A dynabase is "a dynamic

database containing the notes,

sketches, papers, and other

documents [a person] cxeates and

gathers over a long period of

time" (Larry Press, "Collective

Databases," in Communications

of the A CM 35(6):26-32, June

1992). A collective dynabase is a

dynabase for a group such as a

department or an entire

corporation.

To retrieve information from

such a vast database, sophisticated techniques need to be

considered for development

For example, will users need to

add keywords? Or can the

system be made to analyze a

document or its context and

generate the keywords intelligently?. One project concerning

collective dynabases involves the

use of wide area information

servers (WAIS).

WAIS are highly parallel

Supercomputers (such as Conne.ction Machines from Thinking

Machines) that enable users of

collective dynabases to perform

free-text searches of these

dynabases.

There are already some 190

WAIS on Interact, with topics

ranging from poetry to television

programs. Public domain software is available for IBM PCs,

Macs, NeXTs, and other computers and operating systems.

The NISO 239.50 protocol,

developed for l_rary catalog

queries, has been extended to

standardize WAIS queries and

replies so that any server can

access any client dynabase.

A WAIS search proceeds in

two phases: a keyword search,

and then a search for documents

similar to the most relevant one

from the keyword search.

For example, WAIS can be

used to support activities like

automatic daily searches of the

Wall Street Journal. It also

supports bit maps and sound

files.

Commercial Applications of

WAIS

Lotus has developed a LANbased conferencing system called

Notes. Notes has a graphical

user interface; its databases

contain documents with many

formats, from numerical records

to rich (formatted) text. Organizations with multiple sites can

also use Notes,even though their

LANs are connected to each

other only intermittently. At

connect times, the Notes servers

ateach remote siteswould be

connectedand would exchange

data, leaving a full set of data at

each location.

Plans

Successful WAIS will need

interfaces to OCR systems,

portable computers, pens, fax

machines, telephones, and widearea networks. Standards for

messaging interfaces must be

developed further, althoughthey

may be a while in coming--4he

standard telephone system in this

country took 50 years to develop.

Eventually, however, communications servers will be common

dement of operating systems.

While we are waiting, we

can !_ Elecu'onic Data

Interchange (EDI) for

intercompany communications.

In the future, the same

infrastructure will support

interorganizational dynabases. 4,

New Thesaurus

Terms

These new terms are ctm'ently

available on NASA RECON.

Your suggestions for

additional new terms are

welcome; just call ACCESS,

the STI Program Help Desk,

at (301) 621-0390.

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Gathering Japanese STI in Aviation and Aerospace

Contn'buted by Glenn P. Hoetker Part 1 of 2: The Challenges

NASA STI Program

Japanese scientific and

technical information (STI) has

received considerable attention

in government and industry in

the last few years. The National

Technical Information Service

and the Japan Information Center

for Science and Technology

recently cosponsored their

Second Annual Joint Conference

on Japanese Scientific and

Technical Information. Similar

conferences have been held in

Berlin, Germany;, Warwick, U'K;

and Nancy, France. In addition,

several recent books have

covered the problems of access

to Japanese STI.

The interest in Japanese STI

is not surprising given Japan's

long-standing strength in applied

technology and growing strength

in basic science. In aviation and

aerospace STI, Japan has worldclass research in important fields

such as material science, microelectronics, and the development

of new applications such as

hypersonic travel.

There are special difficulties

involved in gathering Japanese

STI. This article addresses four

such difficulties.

language

One difficulty is language.

Few U.S. researchers read Japanese and the extreme shortage of

qualified Japanese-to-English

technical translators makes

translating Japanese articles

expensive and time-consuming.

This same barrier makes it

difficult even to identify useful

Japanese materials. Because of

translation costs, few databases

cover Japanese materials in as

timely or comprehensive a

fashion as they do materials in

English or European languages.

Thus, it is difficult even to find

the right docurnents to translate.

English language reporting

of Japanese R&D is helpful in

pointing out important topics.

However, there is open a loss of

clarity, timeliness, and detail.

English language reporting,

therefore, is at best a partial substitute for access to the original

Japanese language material.

The Human Network

The flow of information

through the "invisible college" of

human contacts is a vital part of

scientific communication in

Japan, even more so than in other

countries. Became of language

and cultural difficulties, few

Americans are part of this network. Moreover, few Americans

have spent sufficient time in

Japan to make the necessary

connections to take advantage of

this information flow. It should

be noted however that this problena, while severe, is often overstated. Access to published

materials can provide much more

complete information than is

commonly realized.

Information Scatter

Most researchers are familiar

with the difficulties caused by

information being scattered

through a large body of publications. In the case of Japan,

information scatter is even more

of a problem. There are few

refereed journals. As a result,

most Japanese researchers will

publish in their university,

society, or company publications, making it much harder to

identify a core group of journals

for a specific research field.

This scatter extends into

databases, of which Japan has

many. There is no Japanese

equivalent to DIALOG or Orbit,

systems that offer access to a

large number of databases across

a range of subjects. Database

producers tend to be database

vendors. Therefore, a researcher

must identify each command

language for each. While more

databases are becoming available

through international telecommunications networks, different

arrangements may be necessary

to connect to each database. In

addition to the administrative

costs involved, there may be

minimum monthly fees for each

(conStrued on page 13)

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AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE TERMINOLOGY DATABASES

A large number of terminology databases exist or are being developed within military, industrial, and

academic organizations in NATO countries. The cost of creating and maintaining them is often high;

cooperation in.compiling or sharing such databases may be to everyone's mutual advantage.

To encourage the exchange of terminology among the NATO countries, the Technical Information Panel

(TIP) of the NATO Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) is attempting to

compile a directory of existent Terminology Databases serving the aerospace and defense community. The

proposed AGARD directory is intended to make these databases known so that cooperative agreements and

arrangements for their use and updating could be set up directly between interested parties.

If you wish to contn'bute to this project, please complete the form below for each database you want to

include. A second questionnaire has been included for your convenience. Then tear out this page, fold it over

with attachments, staple or tape closed and drop it in the mail. Questions can be directed to Walter R. Biados,

NASA STI Program, Code JTT, Washington, DC 20546; phone, (703) 271-5634; fax, (703) 271-5665. To be

elegible for inclusion, your terminology database(s) should be:

Related to aerospaceor defense

Unclassified

Accessible to users outside your organization under terms and conditions you would negotiate

Properly substanitated, with sources and references.

AGARD will publish the directory provided there is sufficient input. In any case, respondents will be kept

informed. Respondents reporting a database on the enclosed form will receive a free copy of the directory.

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QUESTIONNAIRE OF AEROSPACE AND

DEFENSE TERMINOLOGY DATABASES

Organization

2. Address & point of contact

3. Title of database

4. Languages involved

5. Type of medium (CD-ROM, PC, paper, online, magnetic type, etc.)

6. Content (definitions, translations, contexts, sources)

7. Format of data (and software used, where applicable)

8. What subject classification system used, if any (STAR, COSATI, etc.)

9. Size of database (number of entries)

10. Subject areas covered

11. Comments on possible cooperation (optional)

12. Please attach a sample of the data.
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,7_ database. In sum, access to a

range of Japanese databases is

much more time-consuming and

costly than in the United States.

Document Acquisition

Once a relevant item has

been identified, it may still be

very difficult to obtain. Holdings

of Japanese journals and reports

in American libraries are sparse,

and few American l_rarians are

familiar with alternative sources

of Japanese documents. Until

this is rectified, it will be

difficult to obtain even fairly

common publications.

Certain publications are

difficult even for Japanese to

obtain. Conference proceedings

or preprints often have only one

very small printing, and it can be

(t nearly impossible to obtain

copies unless one attends the

conference. Because of the lack

of large scientific publishers,

many documents are published

by learned societies, which often

have small print runs and limited

distribution systems. Technical

reports are also extremely hard to

acquire outside of the organization that originated them.

Conclusion

Because of differences in

language and culture, many

Western researchers find it

difficult to obtain the most

timely, advanced STI from

Japan. Increasing the flow of

information will take technical

steps, such as databases and

machine translation, and human

! measures, such as language skills

and international exchanges. 4,

Part Two of this article will

examine steps NASA is taking to

make Japanese aviation and

aerospace STI more access_le to

researchers around the world.

AGARD TIP

Specialists

Meeting

Contn'buted by Walt Blados

NASA STI Program

The NATO Advisory Group

for Aerospace Research and

Development (AGARD) will

hold its specialists meeting in

Ottawa, Canada, October 6-7,

1993. The title of the meeting is

"International High Speed

Networks for Scientific and

TechnicalInformation."

Wide area electronic networks have been developing

rapidly in recent years, and are

being interlinked to form an

international network. Information centers will have a tremendous opportunity to make use of

these networks for the dissemination of STI in aerospace,

defense, and other fields. On the

other hand, these networks also

give rise to many new concerns

and issues.

This Specialists Meeting of

participants from NATO

countries will review the current

situation; assess futurepossibilities; and examine issues such as

standards, security, management,

property fights, and copyright

from the point of view of the end

user, the information provider,

and the network manager.

Session I will be an overview

of global information networks;

what they are and how they work

and what the STI manager needs

to know, including protocols,

standards, and applications.

Session II will treat the

management of such networks,

including standards and regulatory issues (security, integrity of

files, intellectual property rights,

along with a discussion of the

virtual library, the difficulty of

navigating through multiple

networks, and the need for

directories). This session will

also discuss poss_le changes in

existing l_raries and information

centers.

Session ffI will include applications and case studies. It will

include discussions on document

delivery such as high-volume

scanning and transmission of

library documents internationally;

the treatment of electronic

journals, bulletin boards, electronic mail, and eonferencing;

and the handling of multimedia

information.

Session IV will conclude with

a vision of the future...the incorporation of wide area information

servers to find and retrieve information on networks.

This will be a pivotal meeting, and will discuss far-reaching

implications on the way we will

be doing business in the future.

We recommend that you budget

and plan to attend this international gathering on a most

provocative issue. ,_

July-September 1992 13
Contributed by Ron Sepic, NASA STI Program

This is the second in a series of case studies that show the STI

Program in action and illustrate the relationship between STI and

R&D.

Searching the Heavens with Your PC

At the National Space

Science Data Center (NSSDC),

the day is fast approaching when

astrophysicists will be able to

search three leading professional

journals from their PCs, retrieve

the relevant articles, and then

print out a hard copy of those

articles, on command.

And the STI Program will

have played a key role in

pioneering the advanced technologies that make it all poss_ie.

It's part of the NSSDC's

Study &Electronic Literature

for Astronomical Research

(STELAR) experiment, an

electronic literature experiment

funded by Code SMI at NASA

Headquarters.

The idea originated several

months ago in conversations

between senior-level managers

from each organization. The

more they explored the basic

concept, the more each l_ed itl

The union of NSSDC's and

the STI Program's talents is not

surprising, since each stores and

offers information that helps the

NASA research community.

The NSSDC, established in

1967, serves as a long-term

archive and distribution center

for data obtained on NASA

space flight investigations. It also

provides a variety of services to

enhance the overall scientific

return from these missions.

STELAR could make the

NSSDC's services more valuable

than ever. As part of the experiment, the NSSDC is bringing

online the digital images from

the last five years of the Astrophysical Journal, the Astronomical Journal, and the Publication

of the As,tronomical Society of

the Pacific.

That's where the STI Program comes in. Access to these

articles will be provided through

the use of machine-readable bibliographic records we're supplying. By using more advanced

search and retrieval soft- ware

and user interfaces, users will be

able to search, retrieve, and print

any article of interest.

The societies that own the

copyrights on the journal articles,

the American Astronomical

Society and the Astronomical

Society of the Pacific, are also

taking a leadership role in this

project as members of the

STELAR Planning Committee.

In addition, members of the

publishing community, lSrarians,

astrophysicists, data archivists,

and, now, members of the STI

Program are participating in a

series of NSSDC-sponsored

workshops to address issues

related to the STELAR

experiment. 4,

STi Program

Now Accepting

VISA and

MasterCard

Payments

The NASA Center for

AeroSpace Information

(CASI) now accepts VISA

and MasterCard charge

cards for all document

orders and other services.

The new charge service

became effective September 1, 1992, and allows for

faster, more convenient

document order service.

Nonregistered users

now have the option of

charging their orders and

receiving the document

more quickly. Registered

users may also elect to

charge documents in lieu

of monthly invoicing.

For further information

on charge card payment or

to charge document orders,

please call (301) 621-0390

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00

p.m., e.s.L

14 Yrl Bulletis
World Space

Congress

Conm'buted by Karen Holloway

NASA ATI Program

The World Space Congress

was held in Washington, DC,

August 28-September 5, 1992.

It was co-sponsored by the

Committee on Space Research

(COSPAR), the International

Astronautical Federation OAF),

the American Institute of

Aeronautics and Astronautics

(AIAA), theNational Academy

of Sciences, and NASA. This

historic Congress, held in

celebration of the International

Space Year, provided a forum

for more than 3,000 papers on

topics ranging from the law of

outer space to the search for

extraterrestrial intelligence.

In preparation for the

Congress, the STI Program

prepared 237 NASA speaker

b_liographies and 12 subject

b_liographies to dism'bute to

attendees. NASA speakers were

consultedseveral months before

the Congresstoverify their

citations from the STI Database.

The overwhelming number of

responses from the NASA

authorshas enabled the STI

Program to add to the wealth of

the STI Database and make

research results more access_le

to the STI community. As one

scientist responding to the

request said, "The STI bibliographies will provide a unique

database of information for the

world's scientists, but particularly for the scientists from the

developing world. Too often we

forget that the value and

importance of our research is

strongly dependent on its

dissemination to the world."

The subject bibliographies

were compiled on the topics

listed below. Limited numbers

are available for distribution; call

ACCESS, the STI Program's

Help Desk, at (301) 621-0390

for information.

• Asteroid Mission and Capture

Scenarios

• Computer-Aided Design of

Spacecraft

• Crew Safety and Rescue in

Space

• Data Management

• Human ExplorationofMars

• Human Factors Engineering

• Magellan Results

• New Technologies for Remote

Sensors

• Non-TerrestrialPlanetary

Magnetospheres

• Space Nuclear Propulsion

•Spacebome Closed Ecological

Systems (CELSS)

• Spacebome Photography. 4,

P_n,_ws at_ prm,ldcd courtesy of the

_clal Library Association "s Sol- Tech

News. Unless otherwisenotet_re'vlews

are by NASA 577 Program staff.

Dictionary of

Space Technology

Edited by Mark Williamson.

New York: Adam Hilger, 1990.

401 pp. $50.00.

ISBN 0-85274-339-4.

The specialized terminology,

abbreviations, and acronyms

developed to explain space

parameters are presented in a

manner which is a compromise

between an encyclopedia and a

dictionary. The major entries are

classified under twelve headings:

space technology, communications, propulsion, launch vehicles, manned spaceflight, the

space shuttle, space centers and

organizations, orbits, propellants,

materials, physics and astronomy, and miscellaneous.

A special index identifies

each subject with respect to the

major heading under which it is

listed. The definitions are clear

and concise and also contain

appropriate cross-referencesto

related subjects. The significant

parameters of each definition are

shown in heavy print for easier

location. The logical arrangement, the easily understood text,

and the use of photographs and

sketches make this book a valuable reference for readers with

many levels of interest in space. ¢.

July-$epCember1992 15
SLA Committee

Chairs from HQ

Two STI Program Office

staff have been appointed to head

committees for the Washington,

DC Chapter of the Special

Ll_oraries Association (SLA) for

1992-93.

Karen Holloway will chair

the Public Relations Committee,

which will be developing an outreach program to eivmentary and

secondary students to promote

an understanding of the work of

information professionals. Ms.

Holloway will also write a series

of columns in the chapter newsletter on promoting information

services within organizations.

Karen has been active in

SLA for a number of years,

having been vice-chair of the

1991 Annual Conference, president of the Georgia Chapter, and

chair of the Engineering Division. She ctmently serves as

part of the STI Program's User

Services Group.

Glenn Hoetker, International STI Program Analyst, has

been appointed Chair of the

International Relations Committee. The committee's mission is

to increase awareness of international issues in the information

community. The committee's

goals relate directly to Mr.

Hoetker's daily work with

NASA's partners in international

information exchange, and build

on his previous position as

Japanese Information Specialist

for SCAN C2C. Mr. Hoetker

also serves on the International

Relations Committee of the

American SocietyforInformationScience (ASIS). He

researched the effects of informarion technology in the Pacific

Rim as a Fellow of the Thomas

J. Watson Foundation. 4'

JPL Honors

Fred L Kozuwa, a member

of theDocumentation Section,

Technical Documentation and

Materiel Division at the Jet

Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and

Documentation Representative to

the Ulysses Project, was honored

at a recent NASA Honor Award

ceremony held at J'PL. He was

one of the honorees to receive a

Group Achievement Award on

behalf of the Ulysses Support

Team. Mr. Kozuwa has been

Documentation Representative to

the Ulysses Project for 9 years,

and has been a JPL employee for

18 years.

Mary Fran Buehler,

Supervisor in the Documentation

Section, Technical Documentation and Materiel Division,

recently gave two presentations

to the San Gabriel, California,

Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. One

presentation, titled "Axioms

From the Ancients," traced the

history of technical communication from the Greek philosophers

to the modem period. The other

presentation dealt with the basic

principles of developing questionnaire items.

Justine D. Weiher,

Administrative Group Supervisor

at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory

(JPL) has been awarded a

Certificate of Appreciation "in

appreciation for conscientious

reviewing of JPL documents to

ensure that they reflect the

interests of the Lab."

Since the Viking Project

years, Ms. Weiher has been

working with YPL authors. She

combines the qualities of a

diplomat in suggesting some

changes in wording with the

scientific knowledge to judge the

materials. The review process

also interfaces with the Office of

Technology Utilization and the

Patent Office. Over the years,

Ms. Weiher has developed a

close working relationship with

these groups. Often working on

tight schedules to clear papers

for a symposium, she and her

Document Review Group always

meet the deadline.

The last few years have

brought an increased awareness

of the restrictions under the

International Traffic in Arms

Regulations (ITAR) and the

Export Administration Regula-

(m'_meO on next0age)

0

16 STI Bulletin
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

tions (EAR). Ms. We_erhas

become as knowledgeable in

these areas as anyone at JPL, and

has written an information

brochure for JPL authors. She

has also _ept informed on the

new information technology and

electronic databases.

For her sincere efforts to

project a positive image of JPL

through its publications, Ms.

Weiher is worthy of this award.

.loan M. Swan, Technical

L_rarian Specialist in the

Library Acqtfisition Group at

YPL, received a Certificate of

Appreciation for her 38 years

acquiring technical information

to support JPL projects.

Ms. Swan started her career

in 1953 during the Army days of

the WAC and Corporal missiles.

With JPL's Wansfer to NASA,

she has been a part of all the

projects from Explorer to

Galileo. During these years, she

has seen the acquisition of

l_rary books, documents, and

journals develop into a highly

complex activity. In the "good

old days" a call to a local book

store and just ship and bill were

often all it took to support the

needs of a member of the technical staff. Now there are competitive bid contracts to evaluate,

computer applications, online

ordering, and a host of new

requirements. All of these Ms.

Swan has learned, adapted to,

and with her years of experience

has been able to implement with

effective results.

She has also developed the

instincts of a good detective in

lracking down some requests. A

recent example started in June

1990 with the first contact for a

document to the Livermore Lab.

From then until August 1991,

Ms. Swan followed the trail from

Livermore to Fort Hauchuca to

Naval Air Systems (NAS). After

she convinced NAS that JPL was

a friendly power, the document

was received in September.

For this kind of effort as well

as the routine acquisitions of

l_rary materials for all these

years, performed with unfailing

good humor to the most demandingpatron, Ms. Swan deserves

this certificate.

Ms. Swan retired from J-l'L

on August 7, 1992, after 39 years

of service.

LaRC Service

Medals

Andrew J. Hansbrough,

Chief, Research Information and

Applicat/ons Division at the

NASA Langley Research Center,

was recentlyawarded theNASA

Exceptional Service Medal. The

award was based on Mr.

Hansbrough's exceptional conm'bution in effecting significant

increases in the productivity of

scientific and technical information support to LaRC's mission.

Frederick D. Jones,

Photographer (Scientific and

Technical) at Langley was also

awarded the Exceptional Service

Medal for providingexceptional

photographic services in his

position. Mr. Jones has worked

on many of the major research

programs and projects at the

Center, including Mercury,

Gemini, Skylab, FILE, Light

Aircraft Crash Test Program, and

Long Duration Exposure Facility

(LDEF). 4_

Lewis Takes Its

Place In History

Publicizing the history of

Lewis Research Center duringits

50th Anniversary celebration in

1991 required digging through

hundreds of publications and

photographs scattered throughout

the center. Sharing the Lewis

story during its 100th Anniversary, though, should be a much

easier task.

In February 1991, Sheree

Sievert, a technical editor/writer

in the Editorial Branch, Technical Information Services

Division, was named history coordinator of Lewis, and a Lewis

History Office was established.

As history coordinator, Ms.

Sievert is working to pull

together a comprehensive historical collection of books, records,

and articles in one central location_ She also serves as liaison

with the History Office at NASA

Headquarters and helps outside

researchers find information

about Lewis.

Since 1991, Ms. Sievert has

researched and written a number

of commemorative publications

and articles for the Lewis News,

written a presentation for

(con_ecl on _ 18)

July_e_ber 1992

17
1992 Mandel

Award

Phyllis Fischer, Manager of

L_raries at McDonnell Douglas

Corporation, received the second

annual George Mandel Memorial

Award at the Conference of the

Special L_raries Association

(SLA) held in San Francisco,

June 8-12.

The award is named for the

long-time chief of the Technical

Information Center of the NASA

Lewis Research Center, who was

an active participant in the

l_rary profession for 30 years.

The purpose of the award is to

perpetuate his enthusiasm for the

Aerospace Division of SLA, and

his belief in the importance of

participation in professional

organizations.

The $500 award provides

financial support for SLA

conference attendance. To

qualify, a person must present a

paper, chair or coordinate a

program, and participate in a

panel or as a mundtable leader at

an Aerospace Division program.

Ms. Fischer is past Chair of

the Aerospace Division. She

was division program planner

and moderated a session on

human factors information at the

1991 SLA conference. She also

moderated a session on materials

properties data online at the 1992

SLA conference. 4.

Elizabeth Buffum

Wins Award

In June, Elizabeth V.

Buffum, Director of DOE's

Office of Scientific and

Technical Information (OSTI)

received the Interagency Committee on Information Resource

Management Award for

Management-Administrative

Excellence. The General Services Administration sponsors

this award.

Ms. Buffum has been with

OSTI since 1979, serving in a

variety of management positions

including Associate Director in

charge of the OSTI liaison office

in Washington and Deputy

Director of the main OSTI office

in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

The Interagency Committee

on IRM recognized Ms. Buffum

for her "outstanding achievement in information managemerit policy and planning" as

well as her "leadership and contributions in institutionalizing

[IRM] within the Federal

Government."

OSTI, which employs

approximately 150 federal

workers in Oak Ridge, is part

of the DOE Headquarters Office

of Administration and Human

Resource Management in

Washington, DC. 4.

LEWIS TAKES ITS PLACE IN

HISTORY

(conUnuoOtrorngago 1_

Director Larry Ross on the

history of Lewis for the AIAA/

NASAJOAI Conference on

Advanced SEI Technologies, and

prepared a section on historical

resources at Lewis for the NASA

publication, Research in NASA

History, A Guide to the NASA

History Program. This marks

the first time Lewis has been

included in the guide.

Since its inception, the Lewis

History Office has received

information requests from NASA

Headquarters, the Environmental

Protection Agency, and the

Smithsonian Air & Space

Museum, as well as numerous

requests from within Lewis. Ms.

Sievert has been busy organizing

records and is working to set up a

historical computerized database

to help locate materials easily.

Most recently, in July 1992,

Ms. Sievert was appointed to the

Heartland Science Steering

Committee, which will oversee

a project conceived by The Ohio

Academy of Science to produce

a high-quality, authoritative book

about Ohio's conm'butions to science, engineering, and technology. Lewis Research Center was

among the first group of sites

selected for recognition under the

project. The book is scheduled

to be completed in 1995.4.

18 _TI Bulletin
OMB Proposes

Revision to

Circular A. 130,

Management of

Federal Information

Resources

Contributed by Phil Thibideau

NASA 577 Program

The Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) proposed

revisions to its 1985 Circular on

"Management of Federal Informarion Policies," circulated at

the end of April 1992, are

intended to focus on the following five key areas:

1. IRM planning with

special focus on the information

life cycle

2. The role of State/local

governments in the management

of IRM resources and information, and the need for Federal

agencies to consider the effects

of their information activities on

those governments

3. Records management,

with a special focus on the need

to properly manage electronic

records

4. Elecu'onic collections

of information that identify those

conditions where agencies

should consider using electronic

collection techniques to reduce

costs or provide better services

5. Information dissemination policy, stating the basic

respons_ility of all agencies to

disseminate information consistent with their missions, and

laying out the structure and

substance of agency dissemination programs.

While OMB is encouraging

agencies to consider the potential

benefits of elecu'onic dissemination of information, agencies are

still expected to assess the costbenefits ratio of producing the

"the expected public and private

benefits derived from government information [which] should

exceed the public and private

costs of the information."

Under the sponsorship of the

Center for the Study of Responsive Law (created by Ralph

Nader), the Taxpayer Assets

Project haz addressed the A-130

revisions. The original A-130

Circular told agencies to place

"the maximum fcas_le reliance"

on the private sector for the

di_arion of government

info:mation, and to avoid

duplication of private sector

information products and services. The project staff found,

favorably, that the 1992 proposed revisions reverse many of

these restrictions. They provide

"a mandate for agencies to freely

use computer technologies to

disseminate government informarion," and ask "Federal

agencies to limit prices for informarion products and services

to the costs of dissemination."

They also found that "the proposed circular does little to

actively encourage broader

access to Federal information

resources." Further, the revisions seek "to allow Federal

agencies to withhold elecu'onic

information products and

services from the Federal Depository Library Program, raising

the specter of a technological

sunset of this important program

which provides free access to

Federal information through

1,400 l_raries nationwide."

The STI Program has a

concern that high-level pressure

to emphasize public dissemination could distort NASA's

mission priorities and add

significantly to our costs. A

revision that directs agencies to

"avoid establishing ... exclusive,

restricted, or other distn'bution

arrangements that interfere with

the availability of information

products on a timely and

equitable basis" could diminish

the commercial value of a

particular product or service.

The limitation that requires

agencies to "set user charges for

information products at a level

sufficient to recover the cost of

dissemination but no higher"

adversely impacts the broader

government effort to bring the

return on products and services

more nearly in line with their

actual costs.

OMB solicited comments on

the proposed revisions from the

general public through August

27, 1992, which are to be

included in a subsequent revised

circular. 4,

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ST]; BULLETIN Vot 22, No. 3

Oct-Dec 1992

A Quarterly Publication of the NASA Scientific and Techm'cal Information Program

WhiteHouseScienceOffice

ConsidersSll

On October 27, 1992, the

Pm,sident's Science Advisor, D.

Allan Bromley, sent a memo to all

members of the Federal Coordinating Committee on Science,

Engineering, and Technology

(FCCSL_ _g member

agency participation in an Ad Hoc

Woddng Group on Scientific and

Technical Information.Senior

Administrationofficials from

more than 20 indcpcndmt agencies support the science mission

in the U.S. through FCCSET

cooperation. The I%'_ET structure operates under the Office of

Science and Technology Policy

(OSTP).

CONTENTS

4 International News

- STI Sponsors Foreign

Acquistions Workshop

STI Program in Action

- Help in Handling Leaks

5 Space Resources Hot

Off Presses

REGULAR FEATURES

Book Reviews

People In the News

STI Policy

New Thesaurus Terms

10 Training Courses and

News

The stated objective of the

Ad Hoc Working Group is to

"review and assess current federal

_ to dealing with scientitle and technical information and

recommend necessary modificalions."

This Ad Hoc Working Group

has an intcrcslinghistory. For

more than3 yeats CENDI, the

National _y of Sckmc_

and the Office of Technology

Assessraent (OTA), among

others,have discussed with staff

from OSTP the need for a ¢oordio

nation and leadership focal point

for STI in the U.S. They hold

many meetings and drafted white

papers. On a more formal track, in

1990 OTA published a document

entitled Helping America Compete: The Role of Federal Scientific & TechnicalInformation.

This document _y called

for an OSTP leadership role in

STI coontimtkm. After a few

yeats andstaff changes atOSTP,

Piene Petrolle, an Assistant

Directorat OSTP,picked up the

thread leading to the STI focus. At

the same lime David Gold, a budget cxamimt at the Office of

Manag_walt and Budget (OMB),

also focused on STI issues,

CENDI cominued to raise the dis.

cussion and provide u_chnical support to those interested in the

issues and opportunities.

TOM Requires

Communicationand

Trust

The STI Coordmadng Coundd

was chatten_ in January 1990 by

the STI Program Director, Gladys

Cotter. Her vision was m have

Govexranent and contractor staff

meet quarterly to discuss areas

of importance and m share ideas

for improving the STI Program.

Experts in the meeting's topics are invited to give pre_ntafions. At the 9th meeting of the

Coordinating Council on October

28, participants shared their

experiences with Total Quality

Management (TQM). Presenters

offered case studies on the process of applying TQM, and reviewed some of the theory and

philosophy of TQM.

In this issue we present the

first in a series of case studies preseated at the October meeting.

Given byWanda Colquitt,

(eor_nmd on ,o_ 2)
Watch

for the second of c_r

TQM Case Stmfles

inthe

j_-Mm_1993

issueofthe

STIBulletin

in the TQM Cxrnm

TOM Requires Comm. and

Trust (cont.trornpo.1)

Director of Operations and

Analysis at the Center for

AeroSpace Information (CASI),

the Ixeaentation focused on the

shift in corporate culture required

to improve the process of

producing quality products and

services.

At the NASA Cenl_r for

AeroSpace Information, the

definition of quality is meeling or

exceeding the customer's

requiremmts. CASrs customers

are anyone who uses any product

or service qf the NASA S-_

Progmn--a large and diverse.

group to please. To _ your

customers happy, you must build

a quality infrastructure to support

and anticipate their requirements,

and constantly refine your

proce.sses to build in quality and

continually improve your

products and services. To do

in turn, you must have a culture

that supports teamwork and

change, and for that you need

communication and trust.

One example of how CASI

staff applied the principles of

Total Qtmlity Management

recently is the story of revised

input processing. Input processing

means entering into the NASA

STI Database all reports that

come to CASI for that purpose.

To attaina goalofmore

documentsentenxlperday,the

processitselfhadtobechanged.

This involves several steps:

F_ aa_yzethee_sfing

_Todo_

management established a erosfunctional team consisting of a

representative of each group

involved in the existing process.

this wayV Change is difficult; R

produeea anxiety and fear in

nearly everyone to a greater or

lesser degree.Tochangethe way

of doingthe jobin the input

processingarearequLredconstant

communication while one group

wrote new programs and another

learned to use them, the

processingflow was changed,and

new schedules were drawn up.

Caadua_y peop_ bought into the

proee_ developed trust, and

worked together, across

departments, to develop solutions.

Ultimately they met all the goals

they set.

The lessons learned from this

endeavor were that in order to

change the way of doing things,

you must change the culture.

you must have a culture that supports

teamwork and change ...

Next, daeteam idenlified the

problem. Once they had done

they could begin to develop new

p_; but first they had to

reach consensus on how that

should be done and what the new

should be. Then the

team set goals for themselves,

goals that could be measured so

thatthey couldtracktbeir

progress and strive for continuous

improvemenL They set a tone

promotingchangeratherthan

msisang it. The change required

the participation of all groups, and

that participation meant

communk_ation.

You have all heard someone

say, "But we've always done it

Opencommunicationis essential.

The team mustbecommitted,

mustreach consensus, and must

paakipatefullyinthechange.

Continual feedback is necessary

(How are we doing?).The goalis

not only to meet, but to exceed,

user requirements. •

The AT/BULLEF/N, • q_y h

publication, informs NASA STI [_

tme_ about the NASA Sci_lific sad

T_Janic_ Information Pmgnm

pmdt_t,,m-zims,md _.

Send suueslions md/_ mat,hal to [[

b¢ comid¢_ for iaclmioa to I

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STIBulletin CoordmUx !i

NASA neadq_ Code J'rr

W_hi,_,,,,DC20S4_ I

(703) 271-5546.

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White House Considers STI

(corL frompg. I)

YmaIly,inlate1991,these

was informalwordthatDr.

Bromley decided to make STI an

OSTP issue and form a working

group on STI. About 6 months

later, Robert White, Under

Sec_tary of_ for

Technology, was asked to chair

group and work with a small

planning group to prepare a

charter and preliminary mamdals.

'mat planning group consisted of

represent_ives from four agencies

(OSTP,OMB, HHS, and NASA)

sclccledby Dr.Whiteandhas

includedactiveparticipation by

NASA officials. The STI Program

hasconlribuledtothispreliminary

planningprocessashaveother

CENI partner agencies. In

addition to the planning group,

Joseph Clack was detailed from

his position of Deputy Director of

NTIS toactasthe_ for

the project to help Dr. White get

the Ad Hoc Wofldng Group

going.

The smallplanninggrouphas

helda number ofmeetingsand

has explored a number of ways to

identifyImy issues.They have

(R_'ussed principles underlying

STL a taxonomy of STI flow, and

a case study approach to

managing information and data on

toxicology and onvironmonml

health.STI managershavealso

briefedtlegroupon issuesfacing

the,itprograms.

The planninggrouphascome

toacommon tmdemmndingof

factsandissuesthatle_ltoa focus

onthreeinitial priorities forthe

Ad Hoc Working Group:

1. An analysis of key laws

and policies affecting STI and an

evaluation of oppommifies for

changes, which would improve

STI flow;

2. A review of various

standards including CALS,

STEP, and otber new approaches

toimprow STIsharing;and

3.An _nt ofthe

technological cnvironmontto

delennine ffpolicy changesare

neededtoachievethe

improvements that users have

been expecting.

These priorit_..swill be

_ted at the first meeting of

the Ad Hoc Wofldng Group. It is

then expected that the working

group will lavcced to more

specificaUy define fl_ scope of

wock andllmSTIissuesthatit

will undea'takefor fl_enext year.

Ultima_y, tl_ m.mlt of the Ad

Ho¢ Win'king Group's efforts

mightrealistically lead to

recommendations for legislation,

Executive Onk_ or other

mechanisms to achieve

improvements in policy.

The next steps, which are

cmready in progw_, are to get

o_ named to the Ad Hoc

Working Group and to schedule a

December 1992 meeting. Of

com'se,giventhechangeof

Adminiswafion combined with

the holiday season,it is unclear

what will actually occur. It is

clear, however, that the ClintonGore Adminisrmion is positive

abouttheroleofscienceinU.S.

compefiti_ and is positive

about OSTP and l_.sEr. Gore

_has a particular inlerest in

the appticafion of information

technologiesand in STI as

evidenced by his sponsorshipof

the NREN and Information

legislation.

This na_onal level policy

focus is an exci_g oppommity

for _ STI managers. Tbe

NASA STI Program will be

wofldngthrough its agency role

and through its intemgency

cooperation under the CENDI

umbreUatomisctheissuesto

helpimproveournationalSTI

infmstn_. We'llkeepyou

informedofprogmss.•

Update on Japanese STI

In our last issue, part one of Gathering Japanese STI in

Aviation and Aerospace: The Challenges d_scussed the

_ties of gathering Japanese STI. Negotiations are under

way that will provide NASA with rich new sources of STI from

Japan. In our next issue, part two of this article will discuss the

changesthesenegotiationswillbring.

Oc_r-Dems&,r 199'2
STI ProgramSponsorsSeco -In gency

ForeignAcquisitions Workshop

Contributed by Norma B. Spejews_

Ba,:kgmmd

In the summer of 1990, in

discussions between the NASA

STI Program and the Air Fomc's

Foreign Aerospace Science and

Technology Center (FASI_ at

Wright Patterson Air Force Base,

a workshop was proposed on

handling foreign inform=ion. In

the spring of 1991 the NASA STI

Program, in line with its initiative

to improve foreign coverage of

the NASA STI Database,

launchat the effort to encourage

agencies to exchange their

experiences in the area, so as to

better focus activities. There was

much to be gained from sharing

ideas and resourcez to make

foreign acquisitions more

effective in each agency. In

September 1991, 45 individuals

from a dozen agencies met for 2

days. The theme of the workshop

was the value of representatives in

other countries to acquire

documents and other information.

Much of the time was dovoted to

overview presentations of the

foreign STI programsof the

variousagenciesrepresentedand

general information exchange on

issues and oppommities. Sessions

also addressed translation

problems and solutions. It was

decided that a fonow-on

workshop would be held, and the

NASA STI Program agreed to

take the lea¢

Second Workshop

This second workshop was

held September 23 and 24, 1992.

Ninety individuals attended,

representing 27 agencies. The

keynote speaker for the woflcshop

was Dennis Bushnell Associate

Chief of the Fluid Mechanics

Division at Langley Research

Center. Mr. Bushnell set the tone

of the workshop with quotes fzom

JohnIGmncdy, "Strong science

and technology is a national

. cessity,andadequate

communication is aprerequisite

for strong science and technology"

and Derek Bok, "If you think being

informed is expensive, you ought

to look atthecost of ignorance:'

Mr. Bushnen talked about the

characteristics of STI use,

collection, and dissemination

among msea_hers both in this

counlxy and in exchanges among

other countries. He asserted that

STI is tic most important and

useful experimental facility

within NASA.

Bonnie c_on continued this

theme in discussing changing

patterns in traditional forms of

(con_nuedonpaQo6)

Contributed by Ron Sepic

Tbis is the tNud in a sedes of

case studies thatshow the STI

Program in Action and illustrate

the relatiomhip between STI and

R&D.

Help in Handling

HydrogenLeaks

In June 1990, a hunch of the

Columbia space shuttle was called

off because of hydrogen leaks.

Several subsequent lanndcs we_

scrapped for the same reason.

Bob Youngquist, aphysicist

for Boeing Aerospace _ons

at Kennedy Space Center, was

put in charge of a tram of three

physicists assigned to investigate

one aspect of the problem.

The team was to conduct a

broad search for teclmiqucs that

let you detect hydrogen remotely.

The leaks emamted from a

difficult area to monitor:, on the

shuttle's rm'dpoint, between the

external tank and the orbiter,

about 40 feet above the launch

platform.

Youngquist and the team

wrote up a requirements

document detailing the problem.

He cixmflau_ it to NASA Centers,

industrial research c_ntets, and

universities, asking all for related

literature. Next, he conducted a

(conenuedonpage7)

STI B.Zh_in

4
R_ areprovided

courtesyoftheSpecial

libraryAssociation's

Sd-Tech News. Unless

otherwisenoted,reviewsare

by NASA STI Prooam s_..

Indexing and

Abstracting in

Theory and Practice

By F. W. Lancaster

Champaign, IL: University of

Illinois, 1981. 328 p. $39.50 plus

$2.00 shipping. ISBN 0-87845-

083--1.

Contn'buted by June P. Silvester

Lancaster provides detailed

instructions, information on

theories, techniques, evaluation

methods, and handy check lists

for the beginning abmaemr or

indexer. The section on automatic

indexing needs improvement, but

the literature in this area is

correspondingly inadequate.

Twenty-three pages of references,

a glossary, a fine index, and

ex_ for practice make this an

excellent text for librarians and

others who need to learn

abstracting and indexingskills.•

The Sputnik Crisis

and Early United

States Policy

ByR_B_ctaey

Bloomington, IN: Indiana

University Pw._ 1991.314 p.

$29.95. ISBN 0-252-31281-7.

Contributed by Ptu'h'p N. French

The eveats that tneceded the

hunching of the Soviet

Sputnik satellite in October 1957

and the space policies of the

United States are examined.

Actual statements made by

Presidents, politicians, and

scientists of the period between

the end of World War II and the

beginning of the Korean conflict

reflect the prevailingattitude of

the United Stales concerning an

effeclive space program. The

Truman and Eisenhower

adminislrafions are compared to

show the respective areas of

interest and support. The findings

of many scientificand

governmental organizations, the

proposalsconcerningsamllite

development,Congressional

hearings, and independent views

are presented to show divergent

opinions.Many _d'_

support the statements made in

each chapterand establishthe

credibilityoftheauthor.The

logicalorganizationofthefacts

and the extensive coverage

answer many questions on early

attitudesabout the importance of

space.•

Space Resources is

Hot Off the Press

Space Resources, NASA SP509,isthelatestSpedal

Publication to be issued by the

NASA ST[ Program.

Space resomees must be used

to support life on the Moon and

the exploration of Mars. Just as

the pioneers applied the tools they

brought with them to resources

they found along the way, so too

must space travelers apply their

high-technologytoolstolocal

_. This set of a brief

ov_w and four detailed

technical volumes shows that the

large-scale use of nonterrestrial

resources is both technologically

feasible and socially supportable.

Included in this soun:ebook are

possible scenarios for space

development and exploration,

power and lransportation

requinmaents and means,

available materials and processing

methods, and social concerns

rangingfrom human safetyto

financing.

Space resourcesconsidenxl

include lunarsoil,hydrogen and

oxygen derivedfrom lunarsoil,

materialretrievedfrom near-Earth

asteroids,abundant sunlight,low

gravity, and high vacuum.

Pazticipants in the 1984 summer

study that genemmt this material

analyzedthepotentialdemand and

use formany oftheseproducts,

thetechniquesforretrievingand

(co_dnuedonpem 7)

October-Dccoaber 1992
Sll Program Sponsors

Foreign Acquisition

Workshop (cont.from pg. 4)

STI communication. She

mentioned several of the issues in

foreign acquisitions such as

national security and openness of

commum'cation, international

copyright, and support of national

policy initiadves to add_ss STI

issues.Theseissues,along with

tic problem of timeliness,were

broughtup several timesby

speakersfrom differentagencies.

The spirit of sharing

knowledge and experience as well

as systems was evident at the

Second Foreign Acquisitions

to 6 years) to identify foreign

materials of interest. They are also

discussing with Canada a program

in which each country would

cover foreign acquisitions in one

half of the world.

Operations and plans

Speakers from participating

agencies reviewed their current

operations for the attendees and

told of new programs. Tom Lahr

told of NASA's current objectives

and recent activities, mentioning a

goal of achieving a balance of STI

exchanges between U.S. and

foreign documents. Bill _ gave

a summary of accomplishments of

the Library of Congress Scientific

and Technology Initiative which it

The spirit of sharing knowledge and experience...

Workshop. The phrase "asa result

of the first workshop" washeard

several 6rues. Blaine Baker

stopped in the middle of

describing his _ system to

ask Sybil Bullock if it could fie

into her system when it was

working. (T_ answer was yes.)

Caroline Early, representing

the National Agricultural Library

(NAL), was a newcomer to the

workshop group. The library,

which deals mostly in

biotechnical information, has

experienced a surge of intent in

foreign technical literature. Ms.

Early described a couple of

collection development

techniques not mentioned by

other participating agencies. The

library takes liberal advantage of

the expertise of visiting librarians

(who come to NAL for 6 months

now in the planning and

implementation phase.

Bob Freeman from NTIS

talk_ about th_ a_dviti_ in the

fo_n a_Xlulsitionsbusiness. At

NTIS there is a new free '_-'ustom

Hot Topics" Service, delivering

upto 100 current abstract nxxx_

from a scientist's field using the

National Center for Science

lnfonnadon Service (NACSIS)

Japanese-language databases.

The State Dcpmment updated

us on tl_ Foreign Publications

Procurementprogram (FPPP)and

tlw.irolxa'atioasin the

Commonwealth of Independeat

States, Eastern Europe, and China.

With the new &,velopmeats in

the world and tbe shift from milita_

competitiveness to economic

competitiveness, the intelligence

community has been reevaluating

its programs. Their open source

activities are undergoingan

evolution as they seek to meet the

needs oftl_ircustomers and users

for open source materials.

Since many of the foreign

acquisitions mush be u-anslated

and translators are expez_sive and

in short supply, systems and

products to aid the process are

always in demand. Dale Bostad,

from FASTC, described the

SYSTRAN Machine Translation

System and Betty Jean and Jack

Terry discussed OCRs, especially

one capable of reading Cyrillic.

The last of the technical

presentations was an overview of

tic Interact, which istic

backboneof theNSFnct.

1993workshop

FASTC and the NASA STI

Program will be joint sponsors of

the 1993 workshop. A steering

committee has been established

to maim plans for the workshop,

which could include themes such

as the many aspects of gray

literature,copyright,accessto

foreign _ andforeign

STI users. Both the 1991 and

1992 workshops had a reference

mantml for at_ndeea.

containdescriptivematerialabout

agency programs and copies of

presentation materials. For those

who did not attend, these manuals

are available at $25 each by

calling 615..481-0388. For

information about the next

wod_hop, callJohnWilson at

703-271-5625. •

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STI ProgramPersonnelHonoredat NASA

Awards Ceremony

Four individuals and one team

from the STI Program, who were

nominated by flacirtccrs, were

presented with awards at the 1992

NASA Headquarters Honor

Awards Ceremony on October27

inWashington, DC.

The cerernonybegan with

music by theUnited States

Marine Band and thepresentation

ofcolorsby theArmed Forces

ColorGuard. General Spence M.

Armstrong, Associate

Adminiswator for Human

Resources and Education,

performed the introduction and

Daniel S. Goldin,NASA

Administrator,gave theopening

remarks. Mark S.Hess,Public

Affairs Off¢cr of the Office of

Space Flight,readthecitations

while Mr. Goldin and his Chief of

Staff, Darleen A. Druyun,

presented the awards. The

ceremony was followed by a

reception at NASA Headquarters.

Gladys A. Cotter, Chief of

the STI Program, received the

Equal Opportunity Achievement

Award for her contribution to

improve the workforce

environment through her active

support of the Headquarters equal

oppommity atTu'mativc action

principles. Her recruitment

activities helpedtoreduce the

undcrrepresentadon of minorities

at NASA. Ms. Cotter was

additionally recognized for

counseling and advising her

(con#hoedonpage9)

STI Program in Action

(cont. from pg. 4)

literaturesearch with the help of

Kennedy's STI Program

professionals.

'I supplied the librarianswith

key words such as 'hydrogen,'

'sensing,' and 'remote,' and they

set up a worldwide literature

database for me," said

Youngquist. "As my research

evolved, I kept fine tuning the

information I wanted by changing

the keywords. The literature that

turned up was an immense help.

As it turned out, we didn't get

anything from the Centers that

didn't show up on our STI

Program literature search."

In early January 1991, the

Youngquist team's efforts were

augmented by a 3-day conference

on the hydrogen leakproblem

heldatKSC. Scientistsand

engineers from nearlyevery

NASA Centerand numerous

industrialccntcm touredthepad,

heldmeetings,and discussed

technologies.

The situationcrysmllizexllater

thatmonth. Based on their

research,Youngquistand his

colleaguesdeviseda fairly

complex approach tosolvingthe

problem, although it required

large funding. At the same time,

other NASA scientists had found

thesourceof the leaks and

repairedthem.

The work of Youngquist and

his associates was a great success.

"Hydrogen leaks are an ongoing

problem" he said. "Now we

know what key technologies

other people ate using. The work

we did will serve as a foundation

forwork we may have todo in

thefuture."

At the moment, KSC

scientists are monitoring the

hydrogen leak situation.

Youngquist and his associates

stand by ready to offer their

expertiseonce again And STI

Program professionals are there as

well, eager to help, as needed. •

Space Resources is Hot Off

the Press (cont.from pg. 5)

processingthem,the necessary

infms_cture, and the economic

implications.

Though the ideas in Space

Resources arc futuristic, the book

is well documented, with almost

600 supporting references. This

characteristic makes it suitable as

a text or soumeixmk for edueatien

at several levels. The lavish

illustrations and accessible

writingensurethatthis

pubficadon will be of interest to

the general public.

Space Resources is available

from CASI (301-621-0390). For

additional information, call Lee

Blue, 301-621-0157. •

Octo/_r-Deconber1992 7
GPO Public Access

Bill Fails in Senate

Contributed by Philip A.

Thibideau

The U.S. Government

PrintingOffice ((31'O)Electronic

Informatiort Access Enhancement

Act of 1992, H.R. 5983, died in

the Senate in the final days of the

102rid Congress. The bill,

sponso_ by Pep. Charlie Rose

(D-N.C.), was a compromise

introduced into the House on

September 22 as a substitute for

the GPO WINDO (Wide

Information Network for Data

Online) bill, H.R. 2772, and the

GPO Gateway to Government

Act, S. 2813 (sponsowA by

Senator Gore). Republican House

members succeeded in pushing

HR. 5983 through the House on

September 29.

The WINDO and Gateway

bills would have established in

the GPO a central point of free

online public access, through

Federal Depository Libraries, to a

wide range of Federal agency

databases. S. 2813 sought even

broader public access through

computer networks like Intemet

and the future National Research

and Education Network (NREN)

for a modest fee. The

compromise bill was more

restrictive and limited public

online acce_ to the

Congressional Record, the

Federal Register, and an

electronic directory of public

information in Federal online

databases. It directed the GPO to

study the feasibility of broader

access through networks such as

Intemet. The latter provision was,

in fact, enacted as par oftl_

Legidative ARnopriationsAct,

HR. 5427, and signed into law on

October 6. The Public Printer,

Robert H. Houk, was quoted in

the Federal Computer Week

(October26, 1992) as asserting

that H.P,. 5983 "would have

codified GPO's authority to

oversee public dissemination of

electronic as well as printed

government materiaL"

Congressman Rose is expected to

reintroduce the bill in the new

Congress.

In an "OP-ED Comment" in

the same issue of Federal

Computer Week, James Love,

Director of the Taxpayer Assets

Project, Ardmore, PA, asserts that

H.R. 5983 was delayed by

opposition from the Office of

Management and Budget and

several commercial data vendors,

among others,who raisedfears

that the program would be too

expensive to fund. Love

concludes that the costs have

been exaggerated and proceeds to

analyze what he sees as the four

(cor#nusd on pag_ _/)

Headquarters Issues Guidance on Use of Duplicating

Equipment and Procurement Procedures

Contributed by Phih'p,4. Thibideau

The Assodate AdminisU'ator

for Management Systems and

Facilities,BenitaA.Cooper, has

recently issued two Information

Resomee_ Management

Information Notices 0IN 92-4

and I]N 92-5) establishing interim

policies for the management of

duplicating and copying

equipment and establishing

specific procedmes for submitting

Printing Procurement Requests.

With regardtoduplicating

and copyingequipment (IIN92-

4),theInstallation Printing

Manageanent _ (IPMO), in

conjunctionwith theInstallation

Copying Management Officer,

has the responsibility for

managing duplicating and

copying equipment requests to

ensure that their installation's

needs are met with the optimum

economy of operation. Requests

for acquisition of duplicating and

copying equipment must be

submitw.A through the IPMO, who

retains overall responsibility for

this pmce_ The IPMOs are

charged with preparing quarterly

reportsto Headqeaners.This cost

catego6es: dataprocessing,

telecommunications,support,and

library terminals and workstations.

Love believes that the most

significant expense is the initial

(cone'nuedm page _0

8 $//Bul/alk
Awards Ceremony Honors

ST] Personnel (conefrompg. 7)

employees on their careers,

promoting teamwork and the

quality of life in the STI Program

Office.

Thmnas F. Lahr, NASA

International Liaison for the STI

Program _ received an

award for Cooperative External

Achievement. Mr. Lahr has been

insu_-nental in improving

cooperation with worldwide

scientific and technical

information parmers. He has

imtitated face-to-face meetings

with major contributors to the

international STI exchange

program, such as Canada, Japan,

Ausu-alia, and the European Space

Agency. He was also recognized

for conceiving and implementing

the first meeting outside the U.S.

of contributors to and users of the

NASA STI Progam. Mr. Lahr's

commiwaeat and dedication has

resulted in program _cies

and better ways of establishing

and maintaining mhtionships

with fot_.gn STI exchange

parme_

James M. Erwin, Head of

Information Systems for the STI

Program, received the Space-Ship

Earth award for his dedication and

service to his local community.

He has been Den _ f_ the

Cub Scouts of America, wofldng

with the youth to promote

community values and educate

them on environmental awareress

issue_ I-le has also sen_ as head

coach of local Little League

baseball and football teams. He

averages 15 hours a week of

community service including

coordinating and organizing fund

raising drives, social gathe_gs,

and team spirit.

A SpecialAward was

presentedtoWanda EL Colquitt,

DirectorofOperationsand

AnalysisattheNASA Centerfor

AeroSpace Infonnalion,forher

significant contributions to

strengtheningand broadening the

availability of scientific and

technical information by the

NASA community. Her

exceptional performance yielded a

100 percent reduction in the

tumarmmd time for technical

reports to be made available to

users of the NASA STI Database.

Implementation of these

improved pmcess_ provided

measurable improvement in

access to the NASA scientific and

technical information.

The STI Council

Support Team

received a Special

Service Award...

The STI Council Support

Team received a Special Service

Award for its work in assessing

the extent to which the STI

Program products and services are

used. From April 1991 to April

1992, team members developed,

conducted,compiled,and reported

theresultsofa usersurvey

conducted attheNASA Centersto

abase ofmore than7,000users.

Some of the statistics collected

thus became available for the first

time. The team leader, Krisfin

Ostergaard, accepted the award

for the group, whose members

included Donna Medric, Ten 3,

Reed, Cynthia Shockley, Denise

Duncan, and Ardeth Taber. •

New Thesaurus

Terms

These new terms are currently

available on NASA/RECON.

Your suggestions foradditional

new termsarewelcome;justcall

ACCESS, the STI Program Help

Desk, at 301-621-0390.

ALEXANDRrIE

BENZOQUINONE

Use QUINOHES

BRAIDED COMPOSITES

CHINONE

Use QUINON_

ENGINEERS

FISHING

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UJe HIGH ELEC_ON

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HIGH ELECI_ON MOBILrI'Y

TRANSISTORS

POLYMER ALLOYS

Use POLYMER BLENDS

WOVEN COMPOSITES

.I

October.December1992
ESAND NEWS

NASA RECON TrainingSchedule 1993

The 1993 NASA RECON training schedule is asfollows:

Monday, January 11

Monday, February 8

Thmsday, March 18

Thursday, Apnl 8

Monday, May 3

Monday, June 28

Monday, July 12

Monday, August 9

Monday, September 13

Monday, Oct0beI" 4

Monday, November 29

Monday, Decembe¢ 13

These dates are designed to

mesh with DTIC's DROLS training

scbeduto--eiezrjustbeforeorjust

after_ that people can come for

both at once.

All classescun'e_y scheduled

will be ll¢]d at the NASA Cea_ for

Ac=oSpa=I_0¢ma_nmar

Baltlmcge, MD. Class size is limited

to 12. Basic and advanced Ixalning

will now be combined into one class

session.

Class content

The contents of the NASA STI

Database and its file and record

stmctmes are covered in detail,

along with RECON commands.

Users will learn search strategy

fonnulatlon, Boolean logic, que_

analysis, and stored

formulation and editing. Lecture is

combined with hands-on practice.

Refreshments _ provided.

To register

Pm-n_lstraflon is requited fur

all training session_ To registe_, call

the Access Deskat (301)621-0390

orrequestregisuutonbyIntmctat

help@ffIINASA.GOV. ff a prefem_

session is closed, ask to be waitlisted. Each registram wm m_ve an

individual confirmation ie,t_.

Reservations may be cancelled o_

cringed up to five (5) business days

before the session. Cancellations

after that date, and no-sahows,will be

billed for the full mnounL

Cost

NASA users are entitled to one

free Wainingclassper new userID.

Tbe pdce of $100.00 is for nonNASA personnel You may be

billed to a standing RECON

pumhaseorder,to anewpmdme

order, pay with a company _x

personal check (payable to RMS

Associates),or charge the fee to

your VISA or _d.

RegisterNow for NFAISCourses

National Federation of Abstracting and Inform_on Services (NFAIS) courses provide educational oppommities

as well as a chance to network and exchange ideas. Remember, the STI Program is a member of I_AIS, so you

can register at member rates. The Winter/Spring 1993 course schedule is as follows:

ABCs of Information

Marketing

Wednesday, Jan. 20

Philadelphia, PA

$230 nonmembers

$190 NFAIS members

before December 31, 1992:

$220/$180

Information Industry

Overview

Wednesday, Mar. 17

Washington, DC

$180/$150

($50library/inform=ion

sciencestudents)

$170/$140

Loading a Database: Systems

Information for Nonsystems

People

Wednesday, Apr. 21

Philadelphia, PA

$230/$190

$_t$180

Train the Trainer

Thursday, Feb. 4

Washington, DC

$3OO/$24O

$285/5230

Training, and

Retaining Abstraetors and

Indexers

Thursday, Mar. 18

Washington, DC

$180/$150

$170/$140

To register write, calL or fax:

National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services

1429 Walnut Street, Philadelphia,

PA 19102 - 215-563-2406,

fax 215-563-2848. •

bT/Bu//am

I0
STI Program ParticipantsCanAttend NFAIS Conference At Member Rate

Ifyou axepartoflhcNASA STI

Proga_youquat_toattend_e

1993NFAI$ AnnualConferenceat

themember rate.Tnc NASA STI

Programisa member ofNFAIS. Tnc

confe,mm_, whose themethisyearis

"If Change Is Inevitable, Why Aren't

We Changing?-- Or Ale We._'will

beheldFclxuaty22-24atthe

Washmgton Mardo¢ Washingtm,DC.

Founded in 1958, lhe National

Federation of Abstracting and

Information Services is a mcmhers_p

organization comprising more than 65

leading infonnalion _rs,

distrltmtors, and coqxxate users of

secondary tnfornmtion. Its purlx)se is

to serve the inRmmation conmmity

througheducation, research, and

publications.Early conference

regisUmionmustbe paid and

posmmrk_ on or before January 15,

1993.

Formore infmmation write,

call or fax:

National Federation of Abswacting

and Information Services

1429 Walnut Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19102

215-563-2406,fax 215-563-2848

AIAA Offers Technical Courses

Followingisthescheduleof AIAAcoursesforJanuary-April1993.Foradditiomdinformalion calloffaxDavidOwensat202-646-7447,

fax202-646-7508.

JANUARY:]l_mfelical & Computational Methodsin _ Amuslic_ Reno,NV, Jan 9-10, Course 4¢ CFD on Parallel_ Reno,

NV,. Jam9-10, Course 4b;The SpaceEnvironmentlnkoficaue"m forSlmcea_ _ Reno, NV, Jam9-10, Course 4c; An Introductionto Intcr_ve ComputcxGrapidcs,Re.no,NV, Jan9-10, Course4d;

FEBRUARY:SpacecraRSystemsDemgn& Engineedmg,Waslfmgton,DC, Feb 9-12, Course 5; PerspectivesinKucrafl SystemDedgn, lrvine,

CA, Feb 20.21, Course6; Topicsin S_ Design,Irvine,CA,Feb 20.2L Course 27; An Analyst'sGuide to Space,Monterey, CA, Feb 25-

27,Course7;

MARCH: DynamicSystemEngineering:A Guideto Undemanding& ImplementingSystemEngineering,Wastfington,DC, March 15-18, Come

8; AemsimceStandards:F_a;U_blishing & Managing aCompany StandardizationProgram,Washington,DC, 29-31, Course IO;Inlroduclionto

SoftwaxeReliability,Waslfmgton,DC, March10-11, Course 11;

APRIL: AirlineMaintenance andOperatiom:Howit Relatesto ReliabilityandMaintainabilityin the DesignProcess,Washington,DC,

April 5-6, Course30; SpaceSystems CosfmgandEconoudes,Waslfmgtm,DC,April 28-30, Course 28.

GPO (conefrompg.8)

cost of storingthedataand

developing the software for data

retrieval. "The incremental costs

of adding new users to existing

systems are oftentriviaL" He

cites a National Library of

HR. 5983 "would have c_d

GPO's authoritytooversee

publicdisseminationof

electronicas wellasp_tal

government matedal."

Me_cine officialwho chimed

theycouldquadrupleMEDLARS

usersforaboutone-thirdof

annual revenue.With regard to

_communcafion_ he cites

Congress's separate funding of

NREN. Concerning support costs,

he sees public access developing

a greater demand for agencies'

sales programs, thereby

incrcasi_ revenues.In the

context of the Depository Library

Program, he sees participating

libraries picking up the costs for

new terminals and workstations

hecause _ese are the types of

costs that libraries have

historically paid.

Headquarters Guidance

(cont.frompg. 8)

guidancewillheincorporated in

theforthcomingNASA Printing

Management Handbook.

Concerning theprocurement

ofprintingservicesfrom

contractoPsorcommet_'ial sources,

RN 92-5 cites the provisions of

Section 207 of the Legislative

Branch Appropriations Act of

1993 that, in general, prohibit the

expenditure of appropriated funds

for the procurement from

commercial sources of any

printing for government

publications, including printed

forms, unless such procurement is

by or throughthe GPO. Limited

exceptionsrequirethewritten

approval oftheGPO or the Joint

Committee on Printing(of

Congress).

For furtherinformationon

either of these issues, pleasecallm"

write to the NASA Printing

Management Officer,FredMoore,

Code _r, 202-358-1389. •

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S TI ABULLETIN public_'on for users of the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program

Vol. 23, No. 1 Spring 1993

NASAandNationalSpace

DevelopmentAgencyofJapanSign

InformationExchange Agroomont

NASA and theNationalSpace

Development Agency ofJapan

(NASDA) was finalizedand

signed,introducinga new levelof

internationalSTI cooperation.The

agreernentistheculminationof

two yearsofnegotiationand conscnsusbuildingby STI professionalsin both/lgencies and is

designed to be mutually beneficial

to the aerospace communities of

both countries.

Thomas Lahr- Manager, NASA Intcma.

fional STI Program I Naoko Nihei . NASDA

Technical Information Division I M/yu/u"

Ak/yama - Director, NASDA Technical

Information Division

Conln'buted by Laurie Harrison and

Glenn HectOr

Part 1 of this article, which

appeared in the July- September

1992 STI Bulletin, discussed the

challenges of gathering Japanese

information. Part 2, below, discusses a major step forward in

overcoming these challenges.

InNovember 1992,a National

Levelexchangeagemmat between

What is a "National Level

Exchange Agreement"?

To establish STI exchange

agreements on a nationallevel,

NASA pursuesan agreementwith

a governrnentalorganizationwith

aerospace responsibility within a

gwen country. The NASA counterpart organization coordinates

the exchange of aerospace information between NASA and that

country, providing the aerospace

communities in each country with

a central point of information exchange.

The recendy signed agreement

with Japan calls for a two-phased

approachtofullexchange status.

(con#nu_onpage 7)

Contents

6 Center News

8 People in the News

10 TQM Comer

10 Book Reviews

11 Recent Literature

PrototypeElectronic

Publishing System

Under Evaluation

Contn'buted bythe STI Program

Many NASA authors now use

personal computers (PCs) and

Macintosh computers (MACS)

along with word-processing,

graphics, and page-layout soRware

to produce camera-ready documents. OP,.en,these authors find

they have only traditional, timeconsuming, and often costly

mechanisms available for making

copies of these documents, even

when no coloris required, despite

technology that supports the dec,.

tronictransferof dataand varied

optionsforprinting.In 1992,

NASA began exploringdiffeaent

ways to support the printing of

publications that are being generated in digital format enxmghout

NASA. Today, a prototype Electronic Publishing System (EPS) is

being evaluated to determine its

future applicability for NASA.

The prototype is receiving attention outside NASA: Congress'

Joint Committee on Printing has

requested a copy of the EPS

Evaluation Report to aid its development of Federal electronic

publishing standards, and the feas_ofiity of electronic file Iransfer to

(cmlfnusd on pa_ 3)

| 1 I i
31st Aerospace

Sciences Meeting

and Exhibit

The American Institute of

Aeronautics and Astronautics

(AIAA) hosted the 3 Ist Aerospace Sciences Meeting and

Exh_it in Reno, NV, January ! 1-

14, 1993. This meeting has the

largest selection of technical

papers of any meeting sponsored

by AIAA. Its purpose is to bring

together those engineers and scientists who participate in science

and basic research in aerospace

engineering. Participation from industry, government, and academia

gives a balanced perspective of

the scientific and technological

challenges facing the aerospace

community.

The meeting is supported by

21 Technical Committees of

AIAA, resulting in a diverse program that encompasses both the

aeronautical and astronautical aspects of our industry. Technical

Committees are established for

particular areas of interest. One

committee in particular addresses

issues related to the support of solentitle and technical information.

Every year this committee, the

Technical Information Technical

Committee, hosts a session at the

conference devoted to the acquisition, publication, processing, and

dism'bution of scientific and technical information among different

members of the scientific community.

This year's session, Aerospace Information Resources, was

chaired by Donald Petersen, who

is a member of the LTV Aerospace and Defense Company in

Dallas, TX. Of the eight papers accepted for presentation, the following

five were presented by members of

the NASA STI Program:

• A GeneralApproach toMeasuringtheValue ofAerospace

InformationProductsand Services,by H. Brinbcrg,Parnassus

Associates International and Thorn

Pinelli, NASA Langley. Brinberg,

who presented the paper, addressed the economics of scientific and

technical information. He discussed how, while most approaches to valuation tend to be limited to

measurement of costs (the supply

side), economic value does not

exist without use or benefits (the

demand side). Within this context,

he presented the concepts of value

and appmadaes to value assessment

from two perspectives. First, he

considered how the available

literature addressed the issue, as

well as the classification of various

approaches to the meama'errent of

benefits. He used the classifications as a guide to the development

ofa generalframework forvaluation.Second,he addressedthe

relationshipofmeasurements to

purposeand application.From

theblendingofthetwo perspectives,Brinbergdescribedmodels

by which informationproducts

and servicescouldbe testedand

validatedinfutureteal-lifesituations.

• Total Quality Management--

It Works for Aerospace Informarion by James Erwin, NASA

STI Program, Wanda Colquitt and

Carl Eberline, NASA Center for

AeroSpace Information (CASI).

Erwin presented the paper, desen_-

ing how CASI is focused on using

continuous improvement techniques to enrich today's services

and products and to ensure that

tomorrow's technology supports

TQM-based improvement of

future STI Program products and

services. He introduced the Continuous Improvement Program at

CASI as the foundation for its

Total Quality Management in

products and services and defined

its purpose: to establish quality

through an iterative approach that

is based on the incorporation of

standards and measurenmats into

the processing cycle. Mr. Erwin

described four projects that used

cross-functional, problem-solving

teams foridentifyingrequirements and definingtasksand task

standards, encouragingmanagement participation and attention to

critical lmXesses, and for measuring long-term goals.

• NASA Scientific and Technical

Information Progam---User Surveyby Judy Hunter and Cynthia

Shocldey, NASA Headquarters.

Hunter presented the paper, which

addresses an extensive user requirements survey that was

performed by the NASA STI Program both inresponsetoSTI

Councildirectionand toimprove

thefoundationoftheProgram's

useroutreachprogram.She

defined the mn'vey period, January

to March 1992, and described the

survey methodology:. 550 NASA

(eon#nt_ on t_o O)

The ST! BULLETlN, a quartedy

pubfication, informs NASA STI users |_|

about the NASA Scientific and Tech- I_iI

nical InformationProgramproducts, I_il

services, and news. I_iI

Send suggestions and/or material 1_]

to be considered for inclusion to [_!i]

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2
AGARD Report Pubt lication and Request

for Comments

Contn_outed by Walter R. Blados

The Technical Information

Panel (TIP) of the NATO Advisory Group for Aerospace

Research and Development

(AGARD) recently published

AGARD Advisory Report 316, A

Research Agenda for Scientific

and Technical Information, November 1992. A copy of this

report can be obtained from the

NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI) by calling

301-621-0390, sending a fax to

301-621-0134, or using Internet,

HELP@STI.NASA.GOV.

This report presents the results

of a workshop held by the TIP on

April 7-9, 1992, in Lisbon, Portugal. It includes three position

papers on user needs, information

access, and the organization and

transfer of information, prepared

by the authors as a result of the

discussion of the workshop. The

outcome of the workshop, in the

form era 53-item research

agenda, encompasses three topics:

information management, provision of information, and access to

information. Each topic is examined from the aspects of human

resources, quality assurance, cost,

and technology, where appropriate. The report also includes a list

of 15 additional areas meriting

further investigation, which were

identified by participants during

the final session of the workshop.

This report constitutes a first

cut at establishing an international

research agenda for information

science. AGARD/TIP would like

individuals and organizations

such as the American Library Association (ALA) and the Special

L_raries Association (SLA) to

review this agenda and provide

comments to support the comprehensive critique effort now under

way to refine the AGARD agenda

for use as the basis of establishing

a true national agenda.

We invite each of you to join

this comprehensive review effort.

You can submit your c,otm_aents

to Gladys Cotter or Them Pinelli,

NASA STI Program, Code J'I'F,

Washington, DC 20546; phone

703-271-5634; fax 703-271-5665.

We will acknowledge each submission, and will keep you

informed &what is happening.

Thanks in advance for your interest and cooperation, o

Prototype Electronic Publish.

ing System Under Evaluation

(cont. from pg. 1)

the Government Printing Office

(GPO) is scheduled for testing in

the future.

What Is an Electronic Publishing System?

The simplest versions of electronic publishing systems can

consist ofa desktop PC or a

MAC, word processing software,

and a laser printer. These are normally used to create single,

camera-ready "master documents," which are physically

taken or sent elsewhere to be copied or printed, and bound.

The more sophisticated electronic publishing systems consist

of individual PCs, MACs, or

other types of workstations for input: a local area network (LAb/)

and the components of one or

more high-speed laser printer systems. The components of these

high-speed laser primer systems

can include hardware, software,

file server(s), workstation(s),

media server hardware, network

server hardware and set,ware, and

accessories such as CD-ROMbased file storage and binding

capabilities.

These electronic publishing

system configurations allow users

to create their documents at their

own workstations, electronically

transmit those documents and

their '_job tickets" to a high-speed

laser printer, and receive their

specified number of bound copies

quickly. The "copies" are all

originals, not first- or secondgeneration duplicates.

While an organization may

continue to use its low-speed laser

printers for dra_ purposes, there

are dear efficiency, productivity,

and fiscal advantages to leasing

one or two high-speed laser printers and using fewer low-speed

laser printers, copiers, and binding

machines. This is especially true

when an organization is comprised of several remotely located

components.

What Comprises the Prototype

EPS Efforts at NASA?

In March 1992, a concept

paper was developed and dism'buted that outlined a proposal for a

prototype electronic publishing

system. In May, two vendors of

high-speed laser printer systems,

Xerox and Kodak, were identified. Vendor cost information was

requested and initial system tests

were scheduled using electronic

transmittalofdocuments through

(con#nuedonpage 4)

Spring 1993 3
The Continuing

Criticality of STIAn Informal Seminar

Conln'buted by Bonnie Carroll

In the pastthree decades,

there has been cyclical concern

by the Congress and those leaders in the Federal executive

branch about the ways in which

scientific and technical information (STl) can serve the nation.

This focus, since the advent of

Sputnik I in ! 957, has taken a

number of forms: orbiting

defense-oriented projects such as

SDI, programs with social service ramifications, and

endeavors attuned to global

needs and conditions.

In an informal seminar conducted for senior NASA personnel, held on March 3, Robert Lee

Chartrand, widely recognized in

STI circles for his work over the

past quarter-century as a Senior

Specialist in Information Policy

and Technology with the Congressional Research Service

(L_l_'y of Congress),offereda

useful perspective asserting that

the past (lessons learned) of_

can provide a highly useful prologue. In particular, he reviewed

some of the initiatives in which

NASA has played a key role. Innovative utilization of advanced

information technology-- computers, telecommunications,

satellites, "futuristic" software

was emphasized.

Among these past notable activities in which NASA showed

imagination and a willingness to

commit resources were:

• "Domestic Information for Decision Making," wherein NASA

equipment and software were

combined with U. S. Census data

to present domestic statistics in a

multi-_lor graphic form which

allowed decision makers to better

comprehend current social and

economic patterns and human

requirements. More than 20

Federal agencies participated in

this program over a five-year

• "Videoeonfereneing Via Satellite: Opening Congress to the

People," an action research

project performed with NASA

funding that was designed to provide a new mechanism for

informed dialogue between congressmen and their constituents,

thereby strengthening the legislative process.

• Utilization of the U-2 aircra_ in

fi_shing a unique high-altitude

perspective for governmental

(con_'rz_donpage 8)

Prototype EPS Under Eval.

(cont. frompg. 3)

the NASA Science Net'work's

(NSN) Interact link and through a

PC modem using ProComm software.

The electronic publishing systern prototype effort consists of

three EPSs that will be interconnected by teleconenunication

links via the NSN Internet system.

Two ofthese EPSs are located at

the Lewis Research Center, one

using the Xerox DocuTech and

the other using the Kodak

LionHart. The third EPS, using

the DocuTech, is located at the Jet

Propulsion Laboratory.

Evaluation of the EPSs

The evaluation period began

February 1, 1993, and will run for

90 days. Employees at each installation will test the systems

using the following capabilities:

• Electronically generating a

document and a job ticket

at their workstations and

transmitting these to the EPS.

Preparing a diskette of the

publication and "walking"

or sending it to the

installation's duplicating

facility for printing.

Preparing a diskette of the

publication and sending it

to GPO.

In addition, during the same

period, there will be a test of electronic file lransfer capabilities

between NASA Headquarters and

the two installations, as well as

between the two installations

themselves. The electronic files

will be transfened by the NSN

through Internet links.

The prototype EPS Evaluation Report will be a single report

based on data from each

installation's evaluation.

STIBulletin
Langley Researchers

Let Their Fingers Do

the Walking

Contn'buted by Ron Sepic

Thanks tO a service recently

offered by the NASA Langley

Research Center's Technical Library, Center researchers can do

more work in less time than ever

before.

Since the first quarter of 1992,

Langley researchers have been

able to access the Technical

L_rary's citations from their

workstations using the Center's

wide area computer network,

LaRCnm. This service is available to all of the Center's 2,500

scientists and engineers.

Using LaRCnet, users can

connect to the Scientific and

Technical Information L_rary

Automated System (STILAS), the

_, integrated vides accesslibrary system that pro- to listings of the

l_rary's entire book and journal

collection, as well as to portions

of the document holdings.

The advantages are obvious.

Researchers no longer have to

walk or drive to the library, or

phone the ISrarians and ask them

to do a search. Neither the sweltering heat of August nor the

frosty winds of February affect a

researcher's ability to access the

l_rary's extensive holdings.

Year-round, it's nearly as simple

as logging onto your computer.

STILAS is only the latest library search tool available to

Langley researchers on LaRCnet.

Since the mid-1980s, Langley researchers have had desktop access

to the NASA STI Database via

RECON (REsearch CONnection),

the STI Program's original inforj marion retrieval system.

Cathy McGinley, an aerospace engineer in Langley's

Experimental Flow Physics

Branch, is a strong advocate of

telecommuting to the Center's

Technical L_rary. "I'm a heavy

user of the l_rary's online systems," says McGinley. "I usually

make searches on RECON or

STILAS every other week, and

it's great not to have to trudge

over to the library to do them."

McGinley says she also likes

the control this new system gives

her. "The l_rarians can certainly

be very helpful," she says. "But I

prefer to search for documents on

my own, right here at my desk.

That way, I have immediate

access to the citations. In a timesensitive environment, that's

important"

Speedy literature searches are

especially appropriate for researchers like McGinley who arc

committed to the development of

aircraft that travel at hypersonic

speeds (more than 3,000 miles per

hour).

McGinley, who has completed the first two years &her

Ph.D. inAerospace Engineering,

says her most recent search was

on a turbulence boundary layer investigation.

"When you're working in

hypersonicresearch,"she says,

"informationfrom literature

searchesgoes a long way inhelpingyou designbetterexperiments.

The results oftheseexp_tknents

will eventually produceturbulencemodels, which will be used

to design the hypersonic vehicles

ofthefuture."

"The libraryisalways looking

for new ways to serve us better,"

McGinley concludes. "Connecting STILAS to LaRCnet is just

one example. Once you'rein

STILAS, you can seewhich items

thelibraryhas,and which are

checked out.Ifyou need an kern

right away, you simply pick up

the phone and talk to the person

who has it And, once again,

you've never left your work

area." o

New Thesam-us

Terms

Thesenew termsarecurrently

availableonNASA _N. Your

suggestionsfor additional new

tram are welcome;just call

ACCESS, the STI ProgramHelp

Desk, at 301-621-0390.

Chemical VaporInmlration

on ff.abrt:a_)

Use Chemical VaporInflltra_

FBLConlml

use_ ByLightCon_ol

FlyBy LightControl

(Pmgrmm_g t_guage)

GalacticAlgod_m

HTSC (Supe_onduclots)

Use HighTempemlateSupaconductors

L_ Vepo_

Pbotoexcitation

LaserDeposition

Scinlillalio. Fd_-s

UseScintilbling RIx_

Scin_laling

S_ulaed Annealing

Superconducting CarlW Resonators

Superconclucling Devices

TEM Ov[icrosmpy)

UseTransmission Electn_

Microscop7

Transmission Ekctrc_Microscopy

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Lewis Research

Center Publication

Policy Review

Contn'buted by Joyce Cieszewski

In 1992, theEditorial Branch,

Technical Information Services

Division (TISD), reviewed Lewis

Publication Policy. Three teams

developed, distn'bute¢ and compiled the results of a survey sent to

all research authors andresearch

and technology (R&T) project

managers at Lewis. Several teams

interviewed researchers who have

been at Lewis for 30 years or more

to gather their opinions of"what it

was like years ago and what it is

like now." We reviewed the

NASA Management Instructions

(NMIs), NASA Handbooks

(NHBs), Lewis Management Instructions (LMIs), and Lewis

Handbooks (LHBs) about publishing, reviewed the consistency of

the review and approval process at

Lewis (past and present), dism'bution resmctions,Agency issues we

haveto deal with orshouldbe

dealing with, ContractorReport

policy, publishing practices at

other Centers, and the value of

forming a publication users committee.

In 1967 a Center-wide team of

managers had consideredmany of

these same questions and identified many problems and con cerm

which still exist today. Those included the following: insufficient

editorial staffto produce work in a

reasonable time; technical review

tasks falling to editors (that the

technical reviewers should have

done); bottlenecks in the production process resulting from

insufficient staff; low priority assigned to NASA reports; delays in

review process, causing authors to

lose their sense of urgency; preliminary information submitted as

final by author, andthe author's

expectation of numerous review

cycles with many opportunities to

make changes after submission

for publication. Survey respondents indicated an interest in

(con#nuedonpage9)

Contn'buted by Goddard Space

Flight Center

The Goddard Ubrary Says

Farewell to One of Its Finest

John Boggess, Debuty L_rary

Branch Head, announced his retirement effective January 3, 1993,

after 27 years of outstanding service to the l_rary and a total of 35

years in the Federal Govena_ent.

Goddard Library Assists Local

Students

Throughoutthe fall of 1992

approximately 25 local high school

students visited the Ooddard Library to research topics forpapers

to be submitted to the following

contritions: the Aerospace Internship Competition, the Interplanetary Art Competition, the

Future Aircrafl-SpacecraR Design

Competition, the Mission to Planet

Earth Competition, or the Mars

Science Expedition Project Competition.

The students searched NASA

RECON, NASA ASTRO/CD, and

ARIN to locate information on

microgravity, the space station environment, and its effect of microgravity on the human body. All of

the students cited these databases

asinvaluable resources for their

research.

Goddard Library Online B/blip f

graphic Access Locator

(GLOBAL) Presentation

At the mid-winter conference

of the American Libraries Association, Goddard L_rarian Janet

Ormes presented information

about the GLOBAL pm_'am,

which provides electronic assistance in identifying, locating, and

accessing print resources and

l_raty databases. GLOBAL consists of several modules, including

information about the h'brary,guidance to appropriate information

resources on a variety of subjects,

and connectivity to dcctronicdatabases. Ormes's demonstration of

this leading-edge technology at the

_a/Exp_ SystemsIntrust

Group's "Expert Systems Fair"

yielded a great deal of interest

from the participants.

Supporting NASA's Scientific

Missions

In support of the Cosmic

Background Explorer (COBE)

project, the Goddard l_rary

searched the NASA STI Database

using NASA RECON to create a

customized elecuonic database

composed of hundreds of citations

toreportsandjournal articlesspanning over a decade. Updates to

this search will be automatically

sent to COBE scientists, who fore..

see aheavy reliano¢on this

information for famm research.

By using this customized database,

scientists were saved several

weeks ofidentifying, retrieving,

and compiling these oRen obscure

and invaluable citations. The

papers that were subsequently published by the COBE team have t

been very well received in the scientific community.

S'I'IBulletin

6
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NASA and National Space

Devel. Agency of Japan Sign

Info. ... (cont. from pg. 1)

During the first stage of the agreemerit, NASA will exchange

selected technical reports and bibliographic literature for similar

material from initial participating

organizations in Japan, coordinated by NASDA. As a national

partner, NASDA will seek to

establish cooperative relationships

among other interested Japanese

organizations that can contribute

to an equitable NASA STI exchange. Aerospace-related STI

will be collected, and bibliographic records and abstracts will

be processed in English by NASDA

and then forwarded electronically

to become part of the NASA

Aerospace Database.

Test batches of such material

have been received periodically

since 1988 and entered into the

NASA STI Database. NASA

CASI staffhave analyzed this

material and provided feedback to

NASDA. These efforts should

help to speed the transition to the

second phase of the agreement.

In the full-cooperation stage,

NASDA and other participating

organizations will gain approved

electronic access to the NASA

Aerospace Database.

Professional Cooperation

A key step in establishing this

agreement was taken in June of

1992 when NASA received guests

from NASDA to discuss the most

recent draR of the agreement. The

parties made significant progress

during their talks, as verified by

the completion and signing of the

agreement by both sides by the

end of the year.

t In addition to discussion of the

protocol, the June visit provided

an opportunity to establish a number of professional contacts between the NASDA representatives

Miyuki Akiyama and Naoko Nihei

and the NASA STI team, including Wallace O. Keene, Director of

Information Resources Management, and Gladys Cotter, Director

of the NASA STI Program.

A two-day workshop at CASI

provided the Japanese visitors with

an overview and tour of processing

facilities and allowed for detailed

discussion of the cataloging,

abstracting, and indexing of documents for input into the NASA

Aerospace Database. Sessions between NASDA and CASI catalogers

were particularly productive, helping to clarify many points of

confusion, including those arising

from linguistic and cultural differences. For instance, the participants discussed the differences

between U.S. and Japanese corporate structures and how this affects

cataloging practices for the NASA

Aerospace Database. Both sides

learned a great deal from direct

discussion and exchange ofprofes.

sional expertise.

The new agreement will help

overcome each of the challenges

discussed in part I of this article:

Language - NASDA will provide English-language citations,

including abstracts, of each document added to the database. While

it will still be necessary to translate some original documents,the

English citations and abstracts will

make it easier to identify which

articles should be translated.

Human network- NASDA is

an important part of the Japanese

aerospace research community.

Therefore, it already possesses the

important connections necessary

to effectively involve organizations in the information exchange.

Hopefully, the new ageen'mat

will encourage American res_bers to beginbuildingtheir own

networks with Japanese colleaguesby making them morn

aware oftheirresearch.

Information scatter- The

agreement can do nothing to i"oduce the scatter of research results

in Japan. However, NASDA has

the expertise to identify and

gather key documents from Japanese government agencies,

universities, and private companies. All of these will be brought

together in the NASA Aerospace

Database, greatly reducing information scatter for A.rt_riean

researchers. Another consolidated

source in the U.S. for information

on Japanese research is the annual

publication, Japanese Aerospace

Sdcnce and Technology (NASA

SP-711M).

Document acquisition - By

virtue ofbeing inJapan,NASDA

is able to gather Japanese documents in a timely and cost-effecfivefashion. Additionally, it has

the important institutional connections necessary to acquire documents not normally distributed to

the general public.

Future Cooperation

The NASA ST[ International

Program looks forwardtofuture

cooperationtobenefitnotonly the

U.S. and Japan,but theentire

aerospacecommunity, o

Now Available:

SPACE RESOURCES

To order)'our copy of NASA SP-509, Space Resources,

call the NASA Access Help Desk: 301-621-0390.

Spring 1993
Jane Page Honored

for Exceptional

Performance

Conm'buted by William Cooper,

KSC Library

Astronaut Jay Apt presented a Silver Snoopy Award earlier this

year to Jane Page, L_rary Aide in

the Kennedy Space Center Library Documents Department.

The Silver Snoopy is not an official award of the Agency, but a

memento personally given by the

astronauts in appreciation of an

individual's superior work. Less

than one percent of the NASA

workforec is presented with the

Silver Snoopy Award. Jane was

honored for her exceptional performanec distn'buting Shuttle and

Cargo documents, especially

launch-critical documents. Jane

continually exhibits exemplary

efforts to support the Nation's

Shuttle launch team.

Karen Holloway to

Chair SLA Conference Committee

Contn'buted by the ST[ Program

Holloway, ST[ Program

Office,willchairtheSpecialLibrariesAssociation(SLA)

Confer_ce Committee forthe

1995 annualmeetingtobe held in

Montreal.The annualmeetings

areattendedbyabout5,000

members and exhibitors.SLA is

an internationalprofessionalassociationofmore than 13,500

members who work inspeciallibrariesservingcorporate,

research,government,technical,

and academic institutions.

TheConUn.Cr/Uce/_ofST/- An

sem#w(cor pg.4)

agencies, and oftenprivate sector

groups, of foei such as environmental fragility, natural resomees,

potential disaster conditions, and

potential development opportunitics.

• Dedicated involvement in the

work of the National Research

Council's Mapping Sdence Committee in its continuingdevelop

ment of plans for a coordinated

"National Spatial Data Infrastructure," with special attention to the

crucial component of geographic

information systems (GIS). o

Need to order documents fast?

CASl now accepts American

Express, Dinere Club,

MasterCard and VISA to speed

your order. Callthe NASA

Access Help Desk at 301-621-

0390for more information or to

order documents from the

NASA STI Database.

31 st Aerospace Sciences Meet.

ing and Exhibit (conC from pg. 2)

scientists, engineers, and contractors were interviewed;650 petsonnd

responded to a qucsdonmim that was

tam'led. Hunter also dcscn'bcd the

NASA STI Pmgram dambasc that

was _ for ctm_t and futt_

malysisofthefruitinguser&-toographics,and theresultsofthemavey.

• NASA Access Mechanism---

Graphical User Interface

Information Retrieval System, by

Judy Hunter, Curtis Generous,

and Denise Duncan, NASA

Headquarters. Hunter descn'bed

how theNASA STI Program has

worked to resolve limitations to

access to online information

sourcesofaerospace,scientific,

and engineering data.This access,a missionfocusforNASA's

STI Program, has always been

limited by factors such as telecommunications, query language

syntax, lack of standardization in

the information, and the lack of

adequate tools to assist in searching. The NASA STI Program has

developed the NASA Access

Mechanism (NAM) prototype,

which today offers a solution to

these problems by providing the

user with a set of tools that provide a graphical interface to

remote, heterogeneous, and distributed information in a manner

adaptable to both casual and

expert users.

• NASA Scientific and Technical

Information (STI) Program Multimedia Initiative, by Gladys Cotter

and Kax_ Kayc, NASA Headquarters.Cotterpresented the

paper,and relatedtheNASA STI

Program'sexperience ofintroducingmultimediawithintheSTI

Program framework.She summarized the challenges the Program

faces in initiating its multimedia

project, the lessons learned, and

the benefits avm'lablc to users with

the introduction of multimedia.

Cotter also presented examples of

successful multimedia projects, o

g STI Bulletin
Lewis Reseach Cen_er Publication

Pol/cy Review (oont frompg. 6)

forming a userscommittee to resolve these problems. This

committee could review TISD

services for adequacy and appropriateness, act as a liaison

between TISD and the user cornmunity, help TISD to anticipate

future needs and services, and

serve as an advocate for funding

and equipment.

As the number of public relations and internal publications

being generated by the Center increases each year, the time in

process for technical reports

(without firm deadlines) increases

proportionally. The number of

formal reports, Technical Papers

(TPs), and low-numbered Technical Memorandums (TMs), has

decreased; the number of highnumbered Technical Memorandurns, presentation papers, and

journal articles being published

has increased.

Few Lewis authors have a

clear understanding of distribution

restrictions such as For Early

Domestic Dissemination (FEDD),

International Traffic in Arms

Regulation 0TAR), and Export

Administration Regulations

(EAR), and the impact of these

restrictions on the publication process and distribution of technical

documents. Few Lewis authors

are aware of the NMIs pertaining

to publications and the impact of

those regulations. The Editorial

Branch has taken on the task of

informing Lewis authors about

these issues by a series of educational talks, handouts, and

one-on-one interviews that help

clarify individual questions and

issues.

I Many of our customers perceive us as being unable to do the

job as quickly or creatively as

they can. Years ofinadequate

funding for staff, equipment, and

training have resulted in a perception ofout..of-date equipment and

a relatively untrained staff attempting to meet an ever-increasing

demand in shorter and shorter time

frames. More than 82 percent of

our respondents still plan to have

at least some of their reports processed through TISD.

Not all Lewis publications are

being entered into the NASA STI

Database because an increasing

number of author-prepared/published documents are never

submitted to Report Control for

entry into that database. Many

Lewis authorsand managers suggestedthattheHeadquarters

approval process be eliminated

and the approvals be done at Center level, preferably by the branch

chiefs. Comments made in survey

responses indicated that many researchers did not understand the

approval process or its purpose.

Lewis, Ames, and Johnson

report bringing average reports to

press in similar times. Langley,

Marshall, and Lewis publish similar types of documents and in

larger quantities. Ames, Go&lard,

and Johnson publish sirm'lar types

of documents in smaller quantifies.

Lewis edits and prepares text and

figures for a wider variety of technical and nontechnical documents.

Most Centers no longer or never

did prepare and publish Conference Publication (CP) reprints.

Other Centers typically require

camera-readycopy (requiringno

editing, drawing, or other publication preparation). Lead times

required for submission of documents for publication preparation

vary among Centers and by document type and complexity. Lewis

has typically required only a lOweek lead time to edit, prepare,

and publish a CP reprint containing full-length presentation papers

with figures included. Other Centers require a 3-month lead time

to publish a CP preprint from the

camera-ready papers submitted.

J'PL and Goddard can provide

customers with overnight turnaround when necessarybecause

theyuse outsidevendorsto

handle the workload as required.

From 1986 to 1990 the number of Contractor Reports (CRs)

being processed through TISD

Report Control has decreased dramatically. The reasonseems tobe

that information that eonCaetors

provide to LeWiS researchers and

managers is often conflicting and

unclear. Marshall and Langley

have a procedure whereby they

ensure that they are receiving all

required CRs.

We have presented the recommendations and action items

resulting from this study to our directorate head, STI managers at

the NASA Centers, and the STI

Program Office at Headquarters

fortheir comments. The final versionof our publication policy

review will be published as

NASA TM-106043. o

STAR and NOVA

Now Distributed Monthly

The frequency of publication of the

print versions of STARand NOVA

has changed from biweekly to

monthly. Each volume contains the

same information that was previously split between two issues;

therefore each volume is larger than

before. STAR and NOVA have undergone some internal changes as

well. The size of the type is now 7

point, and the accession number index has been removed from STAR.

For frequent updates, you can

access SCAN, UPDATES, and

MANAGERS (where appropriate)

online. In addition, to serve you better, we are now distributing

microfiche to all NASA Centers

weekly instead of twice a month.

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The followingarticlepresents

thesecondofthecasestudiesof

Total Quality Management (TQM)

projects as presented by Jim Schroer

at the October 28, 1992 meeting of

the ST1 Coordinating Council.

Three-Day TurnaroundProject

Contributed by Jim Schroer

Total Quality Management

(TQM) is a win-win management

paradigm. The employees drive

the process, the process continually improves, and the product or

end result concomitantly improves.

The first step in implementing

TQM is to lay the proper foundation. A sense of urgency, of

ownership, of commitment, and of

trust must be instilled in the team.

Schroer emphasized four aspects of TQM in the model he

presented: customer orientation

and customer satisfaction; continuous improvement of the

process; metrics, or ways to measure progress; and empowerment

of the staff, which in turn engenders commitment and

responsibility.

The tangible goal in this case

was to establish a 3-day turnaround in document order

processing for at least 80 percent

of document orders. More important, the goal was to instill a new

attitude and a "burgeoning sense

of urgency" in the employees.

First a process action team, or

tiger team, was formed, and daily

meetings were instituted. The

team was comprised of a horizontalcross section ofalldepartments

involved in processing document

orders. The first step was to explain and understand the existing

process. Then they identified

problems, or barriers to success,

and found that while some were

external and beyond their control,

others were internal. The third step

was to establish metrics--

a method of measuring and tracking their accomplishments weekly

and even daily. "If you can't measure it, you can't improve it."

Using these methods, the team was

able to gain better control of the

document ordering process and to

assume con_'ol of a greater number

of orders that had been going outside CASI. Increased communication resulted in quick solutions

to some of the problems. The huge

backlog of orders that existed was

eliminated within 2 or 3 weeks.

Lessonslearnedhere were

thattraininginTQM isessential

forthenecessarycultureshift;

simple me_cs tomeasure results

am enormously helpful;theentire

team and some individualsdeserve

reward (and recognition promotes

ownership); communication

(again) is crucial to the process;

and quality improvoment requires

hard work.

Winds of Change:

Expanding the Frontiers of

Flight: Langley Research

Center's 75 Years of

Accomplishment, 1917.1922

By James Schultz

Washington, DC: National

Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1992. 146 p.

NASA-NP-130, 93N11100.

ISBN 0-16-037924-5. Avail. from

GPO, $17.00

Contributed by Ronald L Buchan

This commemorative volume

highlights in pictures and text, 75

yearsofaccomplishmentsof the

NASA Langley Research Center. The

introductory matter features wind tunnels and their contribution to the

development of aeronautics. A chronological survey details four different

periods in Langley'shistory. The first

period, 1917-1939, subtitled "Perfecting the Plane," details Langley's

contribution to early aeronautics with

examples from specific aircraft. The

second period, 1940-1957, focuses on

the development ofmilitary aircraR

during and after World War II. The

third period, 1958-1969, tells the

story of Langley's involvement with

the newly formed NASA and the

satellite and Apollo eras. The fourth

period, entitled "Charting New

Courses: 1970-1992 and Beyond,"

treats various new topics such as the

Space Shuttle and research spinoffs.

Members of the NASA user community will especially want to add this

fine volume to their collections.

I0 STI Bulletin
Rethinking International Cooperation:

Recent Literature

Conm'buted by Danny Luce

This colunm, the first in a scties, will ,highlight trends in the

recent aerospace and information

science literature that will be of

interest to the NASA STI community. For the first contribution,

summaries of three recent articles

are offered that share the theme of

"rethinking international cooperation."

information retrieval. A proposed

agenda for a poss_le international

advisorygroup couldinclude

ways to,buildon existinginternationalexchange relationships,

ways to make the database more

current, ways to determine to

whom such a database would be

made available, and ways to reconcile national needs for

proprietary information with international cooperative efforts.

Owen, Kenneth, "Envisioning

A World Space Agency?" Aerospace America 0SSN 0740-722x),

Vol. 31, No. 1, January 1993,

pp. 14-15.

Blados, Walter 1L, and Cotter,

Oladys A., "An International

Aerospace Information System:

A Cooperative Opportunity,"

Online 314x), Vol. Review16, (ISSN December 0309-6,

1992, pp. 359-368.

The authors consider whether

emerging conditions may make

possible the unification of efforts

toward development of an international aerospace database.

Computer and communications

technology is transforming the

role information plays in society

within the context of globally

scarceresources.The economic

valueof STI iscontinuallyenhanced by today'sgrowth in

information technology utilization, interdisciplinary research,

and international cooperation.

NASA already collaborates extensively with other organizations

such as the European Space

Agency (ESA). Changes required

in the present NASA Aerospace

Database (NAD) include expanded subject coverage, rapid

delivery of the full text of documents, and improvement in

A recent speech at the 1992

council meeting of the European

Space Agency CESA) by Edward

Lcigh, the British govcmment's

Minister for Space, is summarized. Owen notes that there is an

increasing realization that compromise between the desirable

and the affordable will be necessary, inescapably pushing ESA

toward greater resource sharing

with both Russia and the US. The

proposed French-led Hermes

manned mini-shuttle eraR has virtually been abandoned; instead

there will ensue a "reorientation

phase" for manned spaceflight.

With Russia, ESA envisions definition studies for a future joint

space station as well as missions

by its astronauts to the existing

MIR station. With NASA, ESA

will develop the Columbus attached pressurized module (APM)

as part of Space Station Freedom.

One aim is to pay much of ESA's

conm'bution "in kind" with services such asthoseoftheAssured

Crew Return Vehicle.Despite

growing pressure on research and

development budgets and accelerated European integration, and the

significant reductions in budget

projects through 2000, ESA wants

to expand activity in Earth observation and preserve European

competitiveness in telecommunications and launch systems.

Inevitably, Europe's future in

space will require wider international pooling of resources.

Pederson, Kenneth S.,

"Thoughts on International Space

Cooperation and Interests in the

Post-Cold War World," Space

Policy (ISSN 0265-9646), Vol. 8,

No. 3, August 1992, pp. 205-220.

New global realities may

necessitate a redefinition ofinternational cooperation in space. In

the past, the cold war provided a

defining framework for U.S. leadership, but the "loss of enemy"

could also lead to a loss of interest

inspace exploration,and manned

flight in particular. Pederson also

notes lowered expectations elsowhere, citing ESA's growing

searchforpartners.On the one

hand,thederniseoftheUSSR may

make poss_le expanded cooperation,even extending to the

low-cost purchase of the "space

assets"oftheCommonwealth of

Independent States. On the other

hand,concernsof international

economic competition increasingly

tend to supplant the old bipolar

space rivalry, forcing America to

redefine its traditional "friends and

allies" as "friends and competitors." A reassessment of such

traditional U.S. cooperative principles as control of critical path

items in collaborative endeavors

appears h'kely. The author concludes that the private sector will

probablyassmne enhanced responsibilityforshapingspace

cooperation,whiletheGovernment willfocusmore on

evaluating the commercial implications of proposed projects, o

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The STI Program's 1993 Annual Conference

Con_ l_, arOo_ rat_r-D_ his remarks saying he was looking

a New Approach for a New Agenda

The STI Program's 1993 Annual

Conference, hosted by the Langley

Research Center (LaRC), was held in

Williamsburg, Virginia, May 24- 28.

Attendance topped 170 as participants attended a full week of focus

groups, workshops, and panel discusMolls.

The welcome was delivered by

John Stokes, Director of Management Operations at Langley Research

Center. Mr. Stokes focpsed on the

challenging activity of technology

transfer and proposed two challenges

_e_ audience: one, find new and

ways to cornmuaica_ with our

customers and two, improve the

media with which we communicate

and look into elccmmic means of

communications. Mr. Stokes closed

forward to active interchange during

the week.

"So Many Opportunities - It's

Overwhelming"

Gladys Cotter, Director of the

STI Program in Washingn_, DC,

followedMr. Stokes'welcome with

a Headquartersupdate.A highlight

of this update was the newly established AudioNidco Program. The

AV group has been coordinating

standards and policies for cataloging

and disseminating videos. The first

video catalog can be ordered

through the NASA Center for

AeroSpace Information (CASI).

Work has started on the preparation

of a Report Documentation Page

(RDP) toaccompany thevideos.

We have been receivingrequestsfor

thevideos,and theprogram isprogressingwelL

(Continuedonpage2)

Gladys Coner, Chief of the 517 Program Offtce, HQ$, presents the Director's Award to Andrew

(Jerry) Hansbrough, _ Research Information and Applications Division at Langley Research

Center, for his center's efforts in hosting the 1993 confer_ce.

Pictured are, from the le_ Cheryl Winstead and Faye Satterthwaite, Conference Coordinator&

Jerry Hansbrough, Giady$ Cotler, and Thorn Pinelli, Assistant to the Division Ch_.

New Directions for

STI Services: Space

Station Revisited

Contributed by Irene Shaland

Since a research h'brary is an integral part of a company's operations,

we information professionals in the

aerospace industry must continue to

expand our customer service and look

fornew directionsand oppommities.

These opportunities at the Lewis

Research Center I.a'bmty depend upon

a constancy of purpose aimed at

enhancing our value to the research

community by offering a new, high

quality service. For example, when

we saw that there was a need at Lewis

for foreign language services, we

turned in_ and translating

into an integnd part of h_ary functions. Our active involvement in

Lewis' international cooperation with

Russia led to the library playinga key

role in one of the most vitally impor-

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INFORMATION
The STI Program's 1993

Annual Conference

(Coot frompage1)

Ms. Cotter's update included input

from the Program's senior staff

• Jim Erwin, Information

Services, was pleased to announce

• that during the last year the STI

Program delivered 750,000 documents and produced 250 technical

translations. In addition, the STI

Program delivered 98 percent of its

18,000 on-demand document orders

within the three-day processing

goal.

• Kay Voglewede, User Services, stated that the User Group is

developing a charter. Once the

charter is in place, the group will be

open to all users. The Help Desk

function has been streamlined and

is operating smoothly.

• The International Department, headed by Tom Lahr, met a

challenge to get access to more

infommfion. We are developing

new relationships with the former

Soviet Union as well as other organizations. Detailed discussions have

a potential for doubling information

from Germany. A major accomplishment was achieved in

November, with the signing of an

agreement with Japan to acquire the

"hard to get" Japanese information.

The goals for the International Program this year are to look at the

information that is most difficult to

acquire, improve coordination with

our foreign partner sister agencies

and the intelligence community,

and make all foreign information

availableasquicklyaspossibleto

theaerospaceresearch community.

The Importance of

Technology and Its Transfer

The kick-off speaker for the

conference was Dr. Gideon Freider,

Dean ofGeorge Washington

University's School of Engineering

and Applied Science. Dr. Freider

bringsa wide range of academic,

research, and professional experience in computer science, as well a

continuing involvement in the national science community.

Dr. Freider spoke on the "Importance of Technology and its Tramfer," stating, "Only if there is a use

for our technology,istherea reason

todevelopit."

Focus groups and workshops

continued for the rest of the week in

the areas of publications, printing,

libraries, and graphics. The publications sessions included group

discussions of charge-backs, work

control, tracking system overviews,

online editing and STI Handbook

revisions.

During a library session, an update was given on the I.aRC library.

Discussion focused on budgeting,

marketing, and serials costs. A technology panel was held on foreign

documents and machine translations.

Graphics staff investigated graphics standards and use oflogos,

productivity databases, and computer-generated artwork and output.

Attendees were treated to a tour

of the Langley Research Center

facilities. NASA Langley's unique

Aircrafi Landing Dynamics Facility

(ALDF) is a national test facility for

evalna|Jnga variety of aircraft landing gear systems and components

under controlledconditions. Unforlunately, the opportunity for a live

demonstration was mined out;however, a video presentation allowedfor

an appreciationoftheprocess.

The tour also took attendees

inside the 30- by 60.foot wind tunnel

the oldestoperating wind tunnel

withinNASA. Knowledgeable I.aRC

personnel guided us through the history ofthe tunnel and answered

questions.

A welcomed addition to the conference was the town hall meeting

heldby Yvr seniorstaff. Center personnelhad an opportunitytoraise

specific concerns, address various

topics, and receive immediate feedback.

1993 STI Annual Achievement

Award

The First STI Annual Achievement Award was presented at the A

Thursday luncheon. The winner of W

this prestigious award was Donna

IC McAllister, Chief, Information

Services Branch, Johnson Space

Center. Ms. McAllister was honored for dedication to improving the

quality and utility of information

services to the Center. Her expertise

in the use and design of state-ofthe-arttechnology information

retrievalsystemswas integraltoits

implementation. Ms. McAllister

also significantly improved the

effectiveness of the available reference services and developed and

implemented "satellite" library

operations.

"This is an exciting f_ld to work

in right now"

During the week people talked

about how to improve our services,

how modernize our services, and

how we see the future. On Friday,

Gladys Cotter delivered the official'. 0

wrap-up, which included three videos depicting visions and concepts

of the future. These videos sparked

our imagination, providing a vision

of the future requirements and capabilities of library information

services, graphics and video support, and

intelligent interfaces.

Ms Cotter concluded her presentation by relating this week's

activities to issues of technology,

our specialties, and policy and modernization. Her presentation showed

how today'sopportunities and challengesmakes our field so exciting.

The 1994 STI Annual Conferference is planned for May 23-27

and will be hosted by the Jet

Propulsion Lalxa'atory. II

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2 STI Bulletin
New Directions for STI Services:

Space Station Revisited

(ConLfrompageI)

,_ve t projects in which our Center has

r participated-- the Space Station redesign.

Being a Russian-born librarian,

I was asked to go to Washington,

DC, to work as an interpreter for the

NASA Station Redesign Team during the visit of the Russian delegation. Invited by the White House,

this delegation came to propose

ways that Russia could conlribute to

the STI Program. Their arrival signaled a new era of cooperation. Now

in a situation inconceivable just a

few years ago, specialists from the

opposite sides of the space race

could talk, understand, and appreciate each other. I could visualize the

Berlin Wall, which had long become

a mental (not just a physical) entity,

tumbling down in front of my own

eyes.

I realized that the time had come

at would show whether we were

ady to put the space race behind us

and work together or if we would let

our efforts be strangled by bureaucracy, whether we were going to tum

our country into a world leader in

space or into a place of world-class

ignorance and pettiness. My role as

an information professional and

interpreter assumed an entirely different dimension.

As a translator, I translated all

the questions prepared by various

groups for the technical meetings.

For example, just one group, called

ECLISS or Ecological Close Life

Support Systems, headed by former

astronauts Mary Cleeve and Bonnie

Dunbar, had eleven single-spaced

pages!

As an interpreter, I interpreted

during the meetings of a general,

introductory character, such as the

neS with _e White House officials

Brian O Connor, the head of the

Redesign Team, as well as specialty

hour-long briefings, such as with the

Mir Utilization group, Docking

Systems group, Life Support group,

etc.

As a host, I helped "break the

ice," to create an atmosphere where

the Russians and the Americans, in

spite of their incredible non-stop

schedule, could understand and

appreciate one another.

I facilitated the key proposal

from the Russians on utilization of

launch vehicle Proton with Space

Tug Salyut for the assembly and

resupply of the Station.

For the Russian guests, I condueted an extensive tour of

Washington, its monuments and

museums, trying to make our history understandable, alive, and real.

I have become certain that the

boundaries of our profession should

continue to expand. We must have

a vision of what our business is,

what our values are, and of where

we are going as providers of scientific and technical information. We

must be able to analyze the present

state of our business and continue to

enhance our professional environment. I have become certain that the

quality services we continue to provide to our customer should require

flexibility of thought. This is unconstrained by any parameters and is

based on openness to possibilities

a freedom of action as a part of

creative process.

Only by offering new quality

services can we, information professionals, become a visible and

vital part of our companies' dayto-day operations.

About the Author

Irene Shaland is a reference

librarian at the NASA Lewis

Research Center Library. She

arrived in the United States in 1982

from Leningrad, Russia. Irene

holds a B.A. in theater history from

the Leningrad Institute of Theater,

Music, and Cinematography; an

MS in electrical engineering from

the University of Leningrad; an MA

in English from the Case Western

Reserve University; and an MS in

Library Science from the Kent State

University. ,,='"

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available on NASA RECON.

Your suggestions for additional new

terms are welcome; just call

ACCESS, the STI Program Help

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CI'! (METHYLIDYNE)

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DATA VISUALIZATION

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F-22 AIRCRAFT

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

GUI (COMPUTERS)

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4 ST! Bulletin
Continual

Improvementat NASA

ContributedbyJoeMcBweeandCathy

Horton

NASA has begun to actively

implement a formal, agency-wide

continual improvement effort using

a corporate-wide, top-down

approach.Variousorganizations

withinNASA have been involved

in quality and productivity

improvement for years, but now the

quality effort is being initiated and

led by top management in a systematic, comprehensive manner.

Historical Perspective on Quality

NASA's early quality and productivity efforts were directed

primarilytoward itscontractor

community. In the early 1980s,

(_ NASA began to sponsor NASA/

Contractorsconferencesand symposiaon qualityand productivity,

and createdan award torecognize

outstanding contractors. This

award,now calledtheGeorge M.

Low Trophy:NASA's Qualityand

Excellence Award, was the fast

U.S. quality award. In fact, when

theMalcolm BaldrigeNational

QualityAward criteriawere developed,NASA's award was used asa

model.

Inthelate1980s,NASA began

toapplyTotalQualityManagement

(TQM) in its internal operations.

Several NASA field installations

were among thefirstFederal Government organizationstobe

recognized as prototypes for TQM

implementation.NASA's Lewis

ResearchCenterinCleveland,Ohio

was recognized in 1989 as a Quality

Improvement Prototype (QIP) winner. NASA's Johnson Space Center

inHouston,Texas was recognized

as a QIP winner in 1990.

NASA Today

Today, NASA Headquartersand

allofthefieldinstallations are

implementingTQM (althoughwe

now use the term "continual

improvement"). Daniel Goldin,

NASA Administrator, has been very

outspoken about his personal commitment to the quality philosophy.

Upon his arrival at NASA, he estabfished the Office of Continual

Improvement (Code T) and named

Dr. Laurie Broedling as the Associate AdminislratorforContinual

Improvement.Code T isresponsible

forcoordinatingContinualImprovemerit (CI) efforts NASA-WIde.

Recognizing theimportanceof

TQM education and training, this '

office's first priority has been educating NASA's senior management

about CI principles and tools.

Cl Education and Training for

Senior Management

Mr. Goldin arranged a day-long

session, held in September 1992, for

NASA senior management with Dr.

W. Edwards Deming. This session

provided a unique opportunity for an

extensive discussion of NASA

senior management responsibility

for managing and optimizing systems for continual improvement

with the guidance of the recognized

leader in the field of quality. During

the past year, most of NASA's

senior managers have attended several CI Waining courses, including a

two-day ContinuousProcess

Improvement (CPI)"Boot Camp," a

"Principle-Centered Le.,adership"

course by the Covey I.eadership

Center, and a session by Moshe

Rubinsteinon creativeproblcrnsolving and change. Several senior

managers have alsoattendeda fourday Deming seminar. Code T is also

sponsoring a Cl Educational Series

for Senior Managers that brings in

high-level government and industry

executives to share their CI experiences and lessons learned. The

seriesspeakersincludeAnne

Foreman, Undersecretary of the Air

Force; Dan Howard, Undersecretary of the Navy; and William

Hayes, President, Texas Instruments

Defense Systems and Electronics

Group.

Qual/tyS tcmres

Several quality structures have

been developed to support the corporate-wide CI effort. The top level

agency-wide quality council,

NASA's Quality Steering Team

(QST), was established in 1992 to

develop quality policy and lead the

continual improvement efforts at

NASA. The QST is currently writing theNASA CI Implementation

Plan.NASA managers arejust

beginningtorealizethatNASA isa

system,asdescribedby Dr. Deming,

and must be managed assuch.A

second-tier subgroup,theEducation

and Training Quality Management

Board (QMB), was chartered by the

QST to develop agency-wide TQM

education and Waining strategies.

A headquarters-level quality

council, the Headquarters (HQ)

Continual Improvement Council

(CIC) has also been established.

The mission of the HQ CIC, a smicturc representing management, is to

corporately lead and manage the

systems for continual improvement

at NASA Headquarters. The Council comists ofrq_rcsentatives from

all NASA Headquarters codes who

cooperatively optimize systems performance at NASA Headquarters.

The CIC will help insure that the

Headquarters CI efforts are aligned

with NASA's overall mission,

vision, and values.

TQM effortsarcunderway atall

oftheNASA centersaswell,with

most ofthecentershaving an

equivalentoftheHQ CIC. Each of

the centers has customized its TQM

efforts to fit its unique culture. The

challenge now is to integrate these

different approaches and build a

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common approach for all of NASA,

without deslroying the structures

/'nd initiatives already in place and

,corking at the centers.

The CI Implementation Plan,

utilizing the BaMrige Award categories, will assist the organization

in achieving a common vision, mission, and values.

NASA's Future CI Efforts

NASA has made much

progress since the creation of the

Office of Continual Improvement

in June of 1992. The infraslructure

to support NASA's CI efforts is in

place, and many top managers are

now trained and ready to provide

leadership. Yet, much more remains

to be done.

Managers and employees alike

are realizing that business as usual is

not good enough. NASA is working

toward building a critical mass of

managers and employees committed

to TQM who will continue the continual improvement effort regardless

of top management changes.

NASA recognizes that it must

foster cooperation within NASA and

with its supplier and customer communities. Since almost 90 percent of

NASA's budget goes to contractors,

it is important to work with our suppliers of hardware, software, and

technical assistance to continually

improve quality. The Office of Continual Improvement is in the process

of redesigning the George M. Low

Trophy, NASA's Quality and Excellence Award to encourage and

reward contractors who provide superior quality goods and services

and follow continual improvement

principles.

NASA's CI efforts encourage

managers and employees to become

personally involved in making

NASA the very best it can be. Continual improvement is just that,

continual. It requires that one never

becomes complacent, but continually works towards doing better.

These changes to the way we manage, work, and produce will take

time and incur some up-front costs.

Nothing less than a total, cultural

transformation must take place;

however, the benefits from the

transformation will be much greater

lib than the cost. -.

NASA STI Database

 ostings Reach

20 Million

ConMbutedby Ron Buchan

Most records in the NASA STI

Database are indexed to NASA

Thesaurus terms. A thesaurus term

attached to a record is called a posting. Since 1968, over 20 million

postings have been put in place to

provide controlled vocabulary subject access to such records. In

addition, there are nearly one million postings of NASA Thesaurus

terms to the Aerospace Research

Information Network (ARIN)

records which represent NASA

center library holdings. The "old

file," covering 1962-67, contains

over one million thesaurus term

postings, but these are not included

in the statistics. Postings for 17,460

"*._ are roughly distributed as fol-

,ows: Scientific and Technical

Aerospace Reports (STAR)

postings - 5,800,000; International

Aerospace Abstracts (IAA) postings

- 10,100,000; the Computer Soft -

ware Management and Information

Center file (COSMIC) postings -

781,000; and other postings4,100,000. These statistics, as well

as postings statistics on individual

NASA Thesaurus terms, may be

found in the July 1993 issue of the

NASA Thesaurus Combined File

Postings Statistics. For further information call the NASA Center for

AeroSpace Information (CASI) at

(301) 621-0390.

RECON Replacement

Project

Contributed by D'naa Hill

As part of an overall five-year

plan for modernization of the NASA

Scientific and Technical Information

(STI) Program, RECON will be replaced with a commercial storage

and retrieval sottware package. This

system replacement is a top priority

for the STI Program Office over the

next two years. A goal of completing

the transition by the end of calendar

year 1994 has been set.

Broad-based input into the identification of the system requirements

has been crucial to this process. The

requirements have been incorporated

into the Request for Proposal solicitation to commercial vendors of

retrieval and database management

software. In addition to the requirement that the new system provide, at

a minimum, the functionality

expected by the user community

based on knowledge of existing

retrieval systems (e.g., RECON, Dialog, STN, and CD-ROM systems),

enhancements in text storage and

relrieval are planned to support

document images, electronic fulltext, and multimedia documents.

The vendors will be asked to show

that they are able to accommodate

evolutionary changes in user interfaces, communications infrastructure, data types, and indexing and

query methodologies. Various means

of connecting to the new retrieval

system will be accommodated,

including Intemet, SNA, direct dial,

and local LAN paths for in-house

staff.

There is a parallel analysis and

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Summer 1993

7
NFAB Courses

The National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services

(NFAIS) is an international, not-for-profit membership organization

comprising more than 70 leading information producers, distributors, and

corporate users of secondary information. Its purpose is to serve the

world's information community through education, research, and publication.

1993 Fall Courses:

Technologies and Resources for Database Production

Thursday, October 7, 1993, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Registration: $240 ($195 NFAIS members)

Freelance Indexing

Friday, October 8, 1993, 12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Registration: $75 ($60 NFAIS members)

Automated Support to Indexing

Thursday, October 14, 1993, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Registration: $240 ($195 NFAIS members)

Train the Trainer

Friday, November 12, 1993, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Regislration: $300 ($240 NFAIS members)

Abstracting _ The Reality

Tuesday, November 16, 1993, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Registration: $240 ($195 NFAIS members)

Remember, the NASA STI Program is a member of NFAIS, so you can

register at member rates.

To register write, call, or fax:

NFAIS

1429 Walnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19102

(215) 563-2406

Fax (215) 563-2848

AIAA Courses

October: Fundamentals of Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance, October 20-22, 1993, Washington, D. C.; 15th AIAA Aeroacoustics

Conference, October 25-27, 1993, Sheraton Long Beach Hotel, Long

Beach, CA; Theoretical and Computation Methods in Structural

Acoustics, October 28-29, 1993, Long Beach, CA.

Home Study Correspondence Course: Introduction to Aircraft Performance and Design, October 1993 - March 1994. ||

RECON Replacement Project

(Cont.frompageS)

design effort to develop a new record "_

and file structure for the acquired system. This includes a complete review of

the existing file structure, data elements,

and retrieval indexes and will result in a

conversion plan to move existing data

to the new system.

A RECON Replacement

LISTSERV discussion group, available

through the Intemet, has been established for questions, answers, and open

discussion of the issues involved in this

project. All interested persons can

review the discussions and contribute

as they wish.

We invite your comments and

expertise as this project moves ahead;

periodic status reports of its progress

will appear in the STI Bulletin. You

may contact one of the following

Project Team members at the STI Program Office (703) 271-5600 if you

have questions or comments or would

like to subscribe to the RECON

Replacement LISTSERV:

Dr. Linda Hill (lhill@sti.nasa.gov),

Gail Hedge (ghodge@,sti.nasa.gov),

Karen Holloway(kholloway@,sti.nasa- gov),

HarryNeedleman,(hneedleman@sti.nasa.gov),

• . lib

Roland Ridgeway (mdgeway@stLnasa.gov). ==

Prototype Electronic

Publishing System

Evaluation

The evaluation of the prototype

Electronic Publishing System (EPS)

at the Lewis Research Center (LeRC)

that began in February 1993 was a

success. The next step will be the

installation of EPS at the NASA Center forAeroSpace Information

(CASI) by earlyNovember 1993 for

anevaluation periodofninetydays.

The focusoftheevaluationwillbe on

theelectronictransferof selected

high-numbered TechnicalMemorandafrom LcRC toCASI, replacing

thepracticeofsendinghard copy

documents. ==|

STI Bulletin

8
¢-

OutreachActivitiesof

the InternationalSTI

Program

Contributed by Glenn Hoetker,

Thomas F. Lahr

More than 700 organizations in

50 foreign coun_es contribute

documents to the NASA Aerospace

Database. H6wever, many

researchers in the NASA research

community are unfamiliar with this

rich source of scientific and technica/information. Therefore, the

International Scientific and Technical Information Program devotes

considerable effort reaching out to

our _.

The International Program's

efforts are aimed atboth information professionals and aerospace

researchers. By making presentations at conferences and workshops,

contributing papers to journals, and

working with the STI Program's

Exhibits team at conferences and

trade shows, the Program strives to

make researchers aware of the international scientific and technical

information easily available to them.

The recent year has been an

active one. This column highlights

some of the Program's recent outreach activities. Suggestions for

other venues to discuss the international activities of the STI Program

are, as always, greatly appreciated.

ASlS

At the annual meeting of the

American Society for Information

Science (ASIS) in October 1992,

staff discussed NASA's model of

international STI, gathering as part

of a panel including representatives

from the Department of Energy,

Library of Congress, and the

National Technical Information Service. Several audience members

commented that it was very helpful

to know how the various programs

interacted.

Open Source Solutions

An explanation of the NASA

STI Program, particularly its intemational information gathering activities, was presented at the Open

Source Solutions conference in

December 1992. The conference presented an excellent opportunity for

the NASA STI Program to share its

expertise in gathering information

from openly available sources.

NTIS/JICST '93

Staffpresented "Japanese Scientific and Technical Information

Available in the NASA Aerospace

Database" at the Third Annual Conference on Japanese Scientific and

Technical Information, sponsored in

March 1993 by the Japan Information Center for Science and

Technology and the National Technical Information Service. The

audience included Japanese and

American participants from government and industry, providing the

opportunity for very informed discussion of various approaches to,

sources of, and challenges in gathering Japanese information. The paper

will be included in the conference

proceedings.

National Online

In May 1993, staffpresented a

paper at the National Online '93

Conference in New York City. The

paper, "Online Access to Aerospace

Science and Technology," detailed

the resources the NASA Aerospace

Database offers in the international

arena and the methods used to gather

this information. It also described the

STI Program's initiatives for maintaining and expanding the percentage

of international information in this

database. The paper appears in Proceedings of the Fourteenth

National Online Meeting. Staff was

available at the STI Program exhibit

booth throughout the conference to

introduce products and services to

new users and to answer questions

about the program's intemational

resources.

MCC Membership Workshop

At the annual Membership Workshop of the Microelectronics and

Computer Technology Consortium

(MCC) in May, staff presented "Using

the NASA Aerospace Database to

Support Research and Development

Planning" to researchers and managers

from private industry. This conference

provided the opportunity to stress the

wide applicability of the Aerospace

Database beyond pure aerospace into

fields such as electronics, engineering,

and physics. The presentation will

become a MCC Technical Report.

Conferences Outside of the

United States

An important part of outreach is to

communicate with potential partners

outside the United States. STI Program

staffpresented "Global Change Information Support: A North-South

Coalition" at the North-South Online

Conference in March in Mexico City.

At Moscow's East-West Online Conference in September, staffdiscussed

plans for an International Aerospace

Database. STI Program staffwere also

in Moscow in May for the Information

Technology and People conference to

present "Modernization and Unification: Strategic Goals for the NASA

STI Program."

Conferences and trade shows are

also excellent opportunities for the

International Program to receive users'

feedback. As researchers become

increasingly aware of the wealth of

information beyond their borders,

gathering this feedback will be

increasingly important. The International Program staffencourage users to

seek them out at conferences and trade

shows with comments and questions.

In the meantime, please feel free to

contact Tom Lahr phone: (202) 358-

1398 or e-mail: tlahr@sti.nasa.gov if

you have questions or comments on

the intemational aspects of the NASA

STI Program._

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Summer 1993 9
ARIN System Upgrade

On July 19, the NASA Scientific

and Technical Information (STI) Program introduced an upgrade of the

Aerospace Research Information Network (ARIN) system. The upgrade

includes the newest software release

from the ARIN systems vendor,

NOTIS Systems, Inc., and the addition of a new software package called

the Multiple Database Access System

(MDAS). The new MDAS on ARIN

permits users to easily access multiple

Online Public Access Catalogs

(OPACs) or other databases. Initially,

the STI Program is providing access

to two OPACs: the NASA Libraries

Holdings Catalog, called LUNA, and

an Early Aviation Catalog, primarily

consisting of National Advisory

Committee on Aeronautics (NACA)

material, called NACA.

Most users of ARIN are familiar

with the LUNA catalog; up to now it

was the only portion of the ARIN system seen by users. NACA is a new

catalog and is the result of extensive

cataloging activities by the NASA

Center Libraries and the Redstone

Scientific Information Center (RSIC)

in Huntsville, Alabama. This project,

coordinated by the NASA STI Program, starts to bring together the

wealth of materials produced during

the time of NASA's predecessor

organization, NACA. The NACA

catalog now consists of reports from

the NACA formal series and will be

available soon on RECON. The documents may be acquired from the

listed holding library or may be purchased from CASI. For additional

information on the NACA project or

on ordering NACA documents from

CASI, please phone the NASA

Access Help Desk at (301) 621-0390,

or e-mail your request through the

Intemet at help@ sti.nasa.gov.

New Software Release

The newest release of the NOTIS

system software provides numerous

enhancements, most of which are not

visible to the user community. However, one noticeable change is the

introduction of Common Command

Language in the OPACs. Common

Command language is a standard that

has been established by NISO to standardize the commands computer

systems. Use of Common Command

Language in ARIN helps eliminate the

necessity for users to be versed in several unrelated command languages.

Another feature of the new NOTIS

release, to be activated later, is called

Location-Based OPAC Displays.

Location-Based OPAC Displays will

permit ARIN users located at specific

centers to highlight the selected rifles

that are at their center libraries.

Future ARIN Upgnules

Future enhancements include activating the acquisitions and serials

controls modules to improve the

,--.

ordering and collection managernel

capabilities of the NASA libraries,

introduction of an Inter-Library Loan

capability between the NASA Center

Libraries, and the addition of other

catalogs through MDAS.

The STI Program works with the

NASA Center Libraries to enhance

the ARIN system to provide better

library and information service to the

NASA and aerospace communities.

The ARIN Steering Committee, composed of head librarians from each of

the Center Libraries, provides the

input and direction for the AR/N system. ARIN system users are

encouraged to contact their center

library staff or the CASI User

Services staffwith suggestions or

questions aboutARIN...'"

NEW! IMPROVED SERVICE!

CASI is now sending Technical Translations

via Federal Express!

Your Translation Order can reach you even faster than

before and without any additional cost.

For more information about Technical Translations

call the NASA Access Help Desk at (301) 621-0390 or

the STI Program Foreign Literature Services at

(703) 685-1864.

Or use the Intemet to learn more about the program,

help@sti.nasa.gov.

ST! Bulletin

I0
NASAAdoptingISO Standardsfor Transliterationof SlavicCyrillic Characters

Contnbuted by Jennifer GaMand

/ .

As of 1 July 1993, NASA has

adopted the ISO standards, as modified by IAEA/INIS, for the transliteration of Slavic Cyrillic characters. Sincethere will be no

retrospectivechangestotheNASA

RECON database,searchingaRcr

the I Julymust usethreedifferent

strategies to achieve the maximum

number ofcitations:(1) AIAA

documents, input prior to 1 July,

will need to be searched using the

Library of Congress standards; (2)

CASI issued documents, input prior

to 1 July, will need to be searched

using the US Board on Geographic

Names standards; and (3) documents issued alter 1 July (issue 16

of STAR), by both AIAA and

CASI, will require searching by the

ISO standards.

The switch to this ISO transliteration standard will affect input

am languages that use the Cyrillic

alphabet: Russian, Bulgarian,

Serbian, Ukrainian, Macedonian,

Byelan_ian, and Moldovan. The

new standard is available as Appendix 7, Rules for Transliteration of

Selected Non-Roman Characters

(Table A7.1. Transliteration of

Slavic Cyrillic Characters, Table

A7.2. Transliteration of Greek

Characters) of the U. S. Department

of Energy Office of Scientific and

Technical Information's Guide to

Bibliographic Description, September 1992. This Appendix 7 replaces

IAEA-INIS-10 INIS: Transliteration Rules for Selected Non-Roman

Characters. Additional transliteration standards will soon be adopted

program-wide for other languages,

such as Japanese and Chinese.

Watch for futureuffiates on these

new standards. ==

The following table shows the different transliteration standards for Russian

characters that appear on RECON. Those transliterations which are affected by

the change to the new standard are presented in bold.

RUSSIAN OLD AIAA OLD CASI

CHARACTER STANDARD STANDARD

A, 8 A, a A, a

5, 6 B, b B, b

B, B V, v V, v

F, r G, g G, g

)_, 21 D, d D, d

E, e E, • YO, ye

I, X Zh, zh Zh, zh

3, 3 Z, Z Z, Z

H, H I, i

K, K K, k

_, _ L, 1

M, g M, m

H, H N, n

0, 0 O, 0

P, p

C, C

T, T

Y, Y

I, i

¥, Y

K, k

L, I

NEW NASA

STANDARD

A, a

B, b

V, v

G, g

D, d

l_-o •

Zh, zh

Z, Z

I, i

a, j

K, k

L, 1

M, m M, m

N, n N, n

0 s 0

H, n p, p p, p

R, r R, r

S, s S, s

T, t T, t

U, U U, U

@, _ F, f F, f

X, x Kh, kh Kh, kh

I_, E TS, ts Ts, ts

q, q Ch, ch Ch, ch

_, m Sh, sh Sh, sh

_, _ Shch, shch Shch, shch

'b, _ " " ,, ,,

I ¢

_, S y, y Y, Y

b, h ', '

3, 3 E, •

_, D IU, iU

_, S Ia, ia

## #

E, •

Yu, yu

Ya, ya

O, O

P, P

R, r

S, s

T, t

UI u

F, f

Kh, kh

Ts, ts

Ch, ch

Sh, sh

Shch, shch

I! t!

r

Y, Y

I I I

Eh, eh

Yu, yu

Ya, ya

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MovingtowardsInternationalStandardization:

NASASTI ProgramRomanizationStandards

Contdbutons:

JenniferGarland,Coordinator, ForeignLiteratureServk:esand

GlennHoetker,International STI ProgramAnalyst

International standardization

has been receiving increasing

attention throughout government

and industry. Romanization is the

representation in Roman script of

languages that use non-Roman

alphabets. Within the NASA STI"

Program, international Standards

for Romanization have taken on

increased importance as the

amount of information gathered

from countries such as Russia,

Japan, and China, all of which

use non-Roman writing systems,

has increased.

As a general policy, the NASA .

STI Program is adopting the

International Organization for

Standardization (known as ISO)

standards for transliteration, in an

attempt to simplify searching in

the NASA STI Database, which

receives input from multiple ,

domestic and international

sources. The ISO standards for _"

each language requiring transliteration will be reviewed to determine the accuracy and universality

of the standard. If appropriate, a

decision may be made to depart

from the ISO standard in the case

of a specific language. -

Recently the STI Progra m reviewed transliteration standards

fortwo complex languages of

steadily increasing importance,

Chinese and Japanese.

Chinese

There are Several widely-u_:l

transliteration methods for Chinese, so _ Program carefully

examined the advantages and

disadvantages of the ISO standard

(ISO 7098:1991(E)). The standard corresponds to the pinyin

transliteration method and offers

many advantages in addition to

being an international standard.

Widely used and taught world- .

wide, pinyin is also the official

standard of the People's Republic

-of China" the largest publisher of

Chinese-language scientific and

t_hnical informatioti. Therefore,

the STI Program decided to adopt

the ISO standard.

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NASAAccessMechanism(NAM)

ReceivesPublicity

Coutdb.tod-by:Ibnlu Duncan

The NASA Scientific and

Technical Information (STI) Program project, the NASA Access

Mechanism (NAM), has received an

enthusiastic reception from users

and has gained media attention.

The NAM prototype was fielded

to demonstrate an alternative

information dissemination

mechanism, to collect feedback

from the testers: and to produce a

Lessons Learned document. The

feedback was positive, and the

Lessons Learned report is now in

draft. And, because of media

publicity, NAM has gathered

attention from people outside the

beta test community.

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Program Romanization Standards

(continued frompa_ I)

Japanese

Although the STI Program strives

to follow ISO standards whenever

possible, there were serious

concerns about the ISO standard

for Japanese (ISO 3602:1989(E)).

The standard corresponds to the

kunrei system, promulgated by the

Japanese government. However,

the Modified Hepburn, transliteration system, currently used in

the NASA Aerospace Database,

offers significant advantages over

the ISO standard. The Modified

Hepburn system is more widely

used in Japan and throughout the

world, including in databases

such as the International Nuclear

Information System (INIS)

database and the National Space

Development Agency of Japan's

AIRS systems. Modified Hepburn

is also the most likely to yield a

correct pronunciation or spelling

when used by a non-Japanese speaker.

Therefore, it was decided to adopt

the Modified Hepburn system for

transliteration of Japanese, rather

than the ISO standard.

Any additional exceptions to the

policy of using ISO transliteration

standards will be announced as

determined by the program.

Outreach 1

STI USERS GROUP BEING FORMED

Contributedby: Karen Holloway

To enhance the flow of information between users and the STI

Program, an STI Users Group is being formed. It will be a means for

users to have direct input into the development of new STI products and

services, as well as a mechanism to gather suggestions and comments on

current products and services.

In the fall of 1992, a Steering Committee of NASA STI end users was

formed to lay the groundwork for the group and explore methods to

communicate with and involve STI users. During the past nine months

two projects, one on Foreign STI Translations and the other on Information Retrieval/Document Relevance, were undertaken using prototype

project groups to determine if this type of structure will work for the

STI Program.

As a result, two types of groups will be used to gather input from users:

Discipline Groups and Project Groups. Discipline Groups will provide

input to the STI Program based on discipline-related issues, for example,

scope and coverage of the STI Database; Project Groups will provide

input on project specific topics, for example, database-user interface or

full text retrieval.

Initially, a select STI Users Group is being created from which the subgroups will be created as needed. Those who have been part of recent

evaluation projects as well as frequent users of the STI Database and

other NASA STI services will be invited to participate in future projects.

The role of a "select user" will be one of an ad hoc user representative

for specific projects where user input is needed. Regular and frequent

communications with the select STI Users Group will be accomplished

through Intemet Listserv, monthly news bulletins, and action polls when

reactions to specific issues are needed quickly. Projects and communication with the group will be coordinated by the STI Program User

Services function.

If you are interested in participating in NASA STI product evaluations

and becoming part of the select STI Users Group, contact Lou Ann

Scanlan at the STI Program Office, lscanlan@sti.nasa.gov,

703.416.5619.

Fail Winter 3
LibraryVisiting Committee

Conference

The Goddard Space Flight

Center (GSFC) invited a Visiting

Committee to conduct a comparative review of its library services

and to determine the level and

scope of services required to

achieve and assure continued

excellence in support of a research

institution of Goddard's caliber.

The Committee included representatives from peer institutions

including NOAA, MIT, the California Institute of Technology, the

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, and the Naval

Research Laboratory, Purdue

University, as well as practicing

researchers. The committee

investigated several specific issues

regarding the Library program

and presented their recommendations to the Center's Institutional

Planning Committee.

1993 Library Colloquium

The Goddard Library Colloquium

featured keynote speaker Dr.

Elizabeth Aversa of the Institute

for Scientific Information who

spoke on "Uses and Abuses of

Citation Analysis: Does it Measure

Scientific Value?" Dr. Aversa

discussed the merits and limitations of using citation analysis as

a measure of the impact of scientific research.

Dr. Aversa's talk included an

update of GSFC data used in a

1990 Science Watch article on

publication productivity and

citation rates for NASA centers.

The update indicated that there has

been an increase in citation rates

for Goddard papers. Moreover,

Goddard has produced a number

of "high impact" papers - those

cited most frequently across all

disciplines - following recent

successful missions/experiments,

such as the Cosmic Background

Explorer (COBE) and Total Ozone

Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS).

Colloquium attendees included

GSFC scientists, representatives

from NASA Headquarters, and

colleagues from several local

science and technology libraries.

Poster Session on the GLOBAL

System

The GSFC Library Services

Branch gave a poster session on

the Goddard Library Online

Bibliographic Access Locator

(GLOBAL) during the 1993

Annual Conference of the American Library Association. The

GLOBAL system assists library

patrons in identifying and locating

library materials and provides

online access to library databases

including CD-ROM databases,

ARIN and RECON. The poster

depicted each screen as the user

progresses through the system.

The poster session generated a

great deal of interest in the GLOBAL system from information

professionals throughout the

United States.

The Goddard Library Welcomes a

New Staff Member

The Goddard Library is pleased

to welcome Paul Baker to the staff

as the Management Analyst of

Information Technologies. Mr.

Baker has already contributed

greatly to NASA during his

assignments as a participant in

the Presidential Management

Intern Program. These assignments included working with the

GSFC Library, the I.x_cal Area

Network Support Group, Mission to

Planet Earth, and the International

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Acquisitions Workshop:

Acquisition of Gray Literature

Contributors:

Thomas F. Lahr, NASA STI Program, International

Department and Bonnie C. Carroll, Information

InternationalAssociates

In 1991, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

(NASA) organized its first interagency workshop to exchange

information on access to and

acquisition of foreign scientific

and technical information.

The third NASA Workshop was

held September 23-25, 1993.

Sponsorship was expanded to

include the Foreign Aerospace

Technology Center at WrightPatterson Air Force Base (now

known as National Air Intelligence

Center (NAIC) and the Open

Source Coordination Office in

Washington, DC. There were over

230 attendees, representing about

100 organizations, including

government agencies, universities,

businesses and industries as well.

There were 57 speakers representing U.S. domestic, foreign, and

international organizations in an

attempt to share information about

what we have to offer one another.

At this year's meeting, there were

a number of key themes that

captured the issues in access and

management of gray literature.

Gray literature is easier to

describe than it is to define

A number of speakers gave

definitions of gray literature.

However, most of the definitions

were based on characteristics of

this type of literature, for instance,

that it is difficult to locate and is

not published through regular or

commercial channels.

Pink literature

Literature is talked about in terms

of gray. One can view information that is not accessible as being

black and fully accessible information as being white. The color

analogy was made to take into

account the fact that information is

purposely withheld because of

security, privacy, or classification

reasons. For that which does not

fall in a legally withheld or red

category, but is not released

(white), the new genre of pink

information was created.

Free information versus freely

available information

The theme that information that is

"freely available" is not the same

as "free information" was significant for improving access to gray

literature, especially in the context

of government information.

"Just in time '" versus "just

in case"

In today's economic and technological environment, management

must consider "a just in time"

versus "a just in case" modus

operandi. The notion of collecting

everything, including the grayer

material "just in case", is giving

way to the procedure of identifying where information may be

obtained when needed.

Networked information is not a

linear extension of print

The rapid implementation of a

networked information world and,

in particular, the development of

the Internet, has had dramatic

impact on what is and how we

deal with information access in

general, but is particularly interesting as we address the concept

of gray literature.

"'Too much data but not enough

information or are we trying to

drink from afire hose"

Related to the questions of information overload, about half the

speakers were talking implicitly

about too much information, while

the other half spoke from the

premise that they needed more

information. In a world with too

much information, gray information which, by its nature, is more

difficult to access, must pass an

increasingly higher value threshold to be worth acquiring.

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A major point was made that one

of the most positive outcomes of

the workshop was the opportunity

to network with the other people at

the conference.

One person's "gray literature" is

another person's "white papers"

Another point with regard to

networking and interpersonal

communication that was duly

noted was that one group's gray

literature may be another group's

"white papers." In a more general

sense, libraries, database producers, information brokers, and end

users all have their own standard

sources for information and these

are not considered gray. However,

when one actor tries to trace

another's sources, they venture

into what might seem gray areas

to them.

Having information doesn't mean

understanding information

The issue of cultural diversity and

cultural awareness was very

evident in a number of talks.

This is especially important in

understanding some of the less

traditional information sources. It

was pointed out that if one understands the people, the culture, and

the context in which the information was produced, then one gets

more and perhaps even different

meaning from it.

Main Topics in the Acquisition of

Gray literature

In addition to themes running

through the meeting, the Workshop

was divided into nine broad areas.

• Scope and Value of

Gray Literature

• New Thrusts in Open Source

Activities

• Specialized Sources of Foreign

Gray Literature

• Foreign Sources of Foreign

Gray Literature

• Intellectual Property Issues in

Gray Literature

• Federal Agency Update: Focus

on Foreign Gray Literature

• A Session with Experts in

Searching and Sources of

Foreign Gray Literature

• New Techniques and Technologies for Access and Evaluation

° Where Do We Go from Here?

If you would like more detailed

information, a notebook of

abstracts and speakers notes was

compiled. Although it's gray, and

will not be formally published,

it is available for the cost of

reproduction. For more information about the meeting or to obtain

a copy of the notebook, please

contact:

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The 1993 NASA Headquarters

Honor Awards Ceremony

Contributors:

Jackle Streeks and Ardeth Taber-Dudas

The NASA Headquarters

Honor Awards Ceremony was held

on October 5. Mark Hess, Public

Affairs Officer, Office of Space

Flight, read the citations as John

R. Dailey, Acting Deputy Administrator, presented the awards.

Gladys Cotter, Director of the

NASA Scientific and Technical

Information Program, received the

Cooperative External Achievement Award for changes she

implemented to improve the

operation of the STI Program and

to support the Agency-wide

requirements for STI.

Ms. Cotter improved the communications infrastructure among the

NASA STI Program, the NASA

field installations, and the NASA

program offices by establishing a

section responsible for interfacing

with the NASA field installations

and with the NASA program

offices. In addition, a Center

Coordinator was established as a

single point of contact between the

NASA field installations and the

HQ STI Program office and its

processing centers.

To measure customer satisfaction,

a monthly user evaluation form

was established as a vehicle for

the NASA field installations to

submit complaints, suggestions,

and praise for events that occured

during the reporting period. The

NASA field installations are now

more active participants who not

only feel they have a voice in the

decision-making process, but also

feel someone is listening to what

they have to say.

The Program Outreach effort is

involved with collecting and

defining the requirements for

information of the NASA Program

Offices and providing support

as needed. As part of Program

Outreach, User focus groups were

established to participate in

product/service evaluations and

redesigns. The focus groups

include representatives from the

NASA field installations as well

as from the NASA Program

Offices. This field installation/

program office involvement has

resulted in cost savings by eliminating products, services, and

system enhancements which do

not meet user requirements.

Because of Ms. Cotter's efforts

to involve the field installations

and program offices, the NASAwide STI Program is now more

cohesive and has developed a

positive "team spirit" with a

"can-do" attitude.

Special Service Award - Center for

AeroSpace Information (CASI)

Customer Services

Four individual teams from CASI

were collectively awarded a

Special Service Award for their

contributions.

Input Processing Development

The Input Processing Development Team designed and implemented a system that provides data

to the Input Processing System for

the STI Program's Canadian

partners. The Canadians, Europeans, and Japanese have demonstrated a high level of interest in

the system.

National Advisory Committee for

Aeronautics (NA CA ) Document

Preservation Team

The NACA Document Preservation Team lead by Dr. Linda Hill is

responsible for ensuring that the

historic NACA documents collection is preserved and remains

available to NASA, universities,

and the aerospace industry.

The NACA Document Preservation Team organized an intercenter, inter-agency effort to

identify, catalog, and index seminal aeronautical information

generated under NACA auspices

from 1915 to 1958. These classic

documents, as a result of the

NACA Document Preservation

Team's efforts, are now available

on the NASA Scientific and

Technical Information (STI)

Database through RECON and on

the NASA Aerospace Research

Information Network (ARIN). By

locating the NACA documents and

providing on-line searchable

information about their contents

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Document Preservation Team has

ensured that this national aeronautical treasure will not be lost

to future generations of scientists

and engineers.

Three-Day Turnaround

The Three-Day Turnaround team

was recognized for successfully

achieving and maintaining a level

of performance for document

turnaround never previously

attained at CASI. The team has,

for twelve consecutive months,

completed over 97 percent of all

document orders received at the

NASA Center for AeroSpace

Information within three days.

Code JTT, long interested in

document delivery turnaround,

has expressed appreciation for

the total effort CASI staff put

forth to make a three-day turnaround document delivery window

a reality.

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Micrographics

The Micrographics Team

implemented the capabilities of

the DataMaster II microfiche

duplicator. The team re-engineered

the microfiche duplication and

distribution process into one flow

rather than three, implemented a

batch duplication process, and

modified the microfiche delivery

schedule. The new process has

increased productivity and improved delivery by an average of

11 days.

Team participants sharing the Award are:

Rhonda Benning, Charles Brown, Minghui Chao, Carl Collins, Theresa

Dixon, Deborah Drumheller, Simon Dukstansky, Robert Egge, Robert

Ferris, Susan Floyd, James Funk, Kenneth Grandison, Jonathan Grant,

Barbara Henry, Betty Houston, Karen Huguley, Taylor Hutt, Delores

Johnson, Michelle Kadziel-Uber, Jirair Khatcheressian, Mikhail

Kreymer, Clarence Lee, Phillip Liebes, Nancy McAfee, Scott McKelvie,

Odania Merritt, Damell Miller, Thelma Mosley, Caprice Newman,

Patraicia Piraino, Claire Redmon, Wayne Ross, Abid Sadiq, Delveeta

Scarborough, James Schroer, Sylvia Shan, Michael Shapiro, June

Silvester, Charles Sorrell, Jacqueline Streeks, Robert Thurston, Maxine

Tucker, and Doris Wahl.

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discussions, which tentatively include Library,

Publications,Graphics, Printing, Photography,and

Archives/HistoryGroups. Atour of JPL willbe given.

A generalannouncement forthe meetingwas mailed

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As a result of an article appearing

on the front page of the May issue

of Government Computer News,

the STI Program began receiving

inquiries, primarily from other

Federal Government agencies. In

early July, Computerworld published an article providing an

electronic mail address for further

information. That mail address

received over 250 inquiries during

the following weeks. These inquiries came from federal agencies,

universities, governing bodies

inside and outside the U.S., and

firms seeking to commercialize the

software. It seems that the boom in

the growth of the Internet has

created a large demand for tools

that make the Internet easier to use.

Over the summer, NAM demonstrations were requested by many

organizations and provided primarily to agencies with whom the STI

Program could collaborate. The

NAM was presented to staff in the

U. S. Army, Central Intelligence

Agency, National Security Agency,

Office of Naval Intelligence, the

Office of Science and Technology

Policy in the Executive Office of

the President, and task force

members of the National Information Infrastructure. Internally,

presentations were made to

NASA's EOSDIS project office

and staff working on the HPCC

initiative. A recent article in

Internet Research prompted an

offer of collaboration from a

university/industry team working

in the digital libraries area.

All this interest from the larger

community is exciting, but we are

still focusing on our users at home.

We would welcome participation

from the NASA Center libraries

and STI staff.

If you wish to receive more information on the NAM, please

contact the NAM team by sending

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Vol.24,No.1. Spring1994

Astronauts Draw on Skills of Graphics Services at Johnson Space

Center (JSC) Co.trib,,teabyRo.Sepic.NASASTIProgram

Consider what the eagle is to America,

the lion is to courage, and scales are

to justice. They're all symbols.., and

while their power may be hard to explain,

it's easy to recognize.

Perhaps eight times per year, Graphics

Services of JSC's Management Services

Division faces the formidable task

of helping to shape a NASA symbol --

the patch that exemplifies each

Shuttle mission.

"Mission patches do a lot," says Astronaut Kevin Chilton, veteran of STS49 and pilot for STS-59, the Space Radar

Laboratory mission, scheduled for

1994. "They help give the crew an identity, motivate our NASA colleagues,

and serve as an emblem of our mission to

the media and the public at large.

That's quite a job."

New mission patches are sewn onto

astronauts' flight suits and velcroed onto

their orange launch and entry suits. The

patches also appear on each official crew

photo, every mission publication, and

sometimes turn up in locations that are

only slightly less predictable.

"A few months back I was in Korea

making a speech to Young Astronauts

International," says Astronaut Rich

Clifford, a member of the STS-53 crew and

a mission specialist, also slated for STS-59.

"NASA mission patches were everywhere. It was great."

Typically, work on a mission patch begins

with a brainstorming session among the

crew. Sometimes even crew family

members get involved.

When work began on the STS-53 patch,

Clifford took home a preliminary sketch

and showed it to his eight-year-old son,

Brandon. "Much to my surprise, two

hours later Brandon presented me with a

drawing that evolved into our finished

mission patch," says Clifford.

After reviewing basic crew drawings,

Graphics' patch production process

begins, but not as in days gone

by, when patch designs were

produced by hand on a graphics board. It was a time-intensive process in which colors

were added individually and

layers of paint were routinely

applied throughout several areas

of the patch.

Starting about three years ago, Graphics Services cut costs and greatly accelerated production by turning to state-of-theart computer graphics. Now, as then, the

group's graphic artists take the basic

drawing and transform it into a digital

image they can manipulate more quickly

and easily than ever before -- often with

just the click of a button.

Of course, Graphics Services continues to

provide the astronauts with succeeding

generations of the patch, with selected

elements, shapes, and colors altered as

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needed. Each iteration is followed by

another until the astronauts are satisfied

with the results. Then it's on to JSC

senior management and Headquarters for

final approval.

Another Graphics Services innovation:

now, one person in the Astronaut Office

is selected as spokesperson for each

mission patch. With only one contact

point, communication between Graphics

and the very busy flight crews is streamlined further still.

Do the astronauts notice the improvement? "It seems everything with the

patches proceeds like clockwork,"

says Chilton.

That doesn't mean the astronauts don't

prefer some patches over others. For

instance, Rich Clifford says, "I'm really

pleased with our patch for STS-59. But if I

had to choose a favorite, it would be the

one sketched out by Brandon." •

STI Bulletin

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Scientific & Technical Information

(STI) Program

Washington, DC 20546-0001

Editor: Ardeth Taber-Dudas 703. 416. 5622

Designer: Paula Trott

The STI Bulletin is published quarterly.

NASA STI Program Adds Videos

to Its Palette

Contributed by Pat Curran, NASA STI Program

Nineteen ninety-four is the year that the

NASA STI Program's Video Project swings

into full gear with a campaign to make the

aerospace community aware of the availability of an exciting new information

resource-- NASA videos. This new

service is the result of over two years of

work by the STI Program to create a central

repository for NASA and aerospace related

videos. For over thirty years, NASA has

been documenting NASA research and

achievements with spectacular spacecraft

and aviation footage on film and in videos

of the highest quality; now these productions are available to aerospace researchers

and enthusiasts worldwide.

The NASA STI Program video collection

was created in response to the growing

reliance on non-print media by researchers

as a means of communicating ideas and

data. The collection also reflects the fact of

the broad-based appeal of NASA's work,

and the effectiveness of the video medium

in transmitting scientific, technical, historical, and experiential information.

The idea of a centralized distribution point

for NASA videos was first presented to the

NASA video community at the 1992

NASA-wide Audio-Visual Conference in

Huntsville, Alabama. The group enthusiastically accepted the concept and agreed that

the NASA STI Program was in a unique

position to provide this exciting resource to

the widest possible audience. The NASA

STI Program staff has been working closely

with the Headquarters Office of Public

Affairs, which had previously compiled a

partial listing of NASA-produced videos,

and with each Center's video producers to

put together an initial cross section of the

most popular and visually captivating

video titles. These make up the core of the

video collection, and the content of the first

video catalog published in 1992.

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The NASA STI Program staff, in collaboration with video producers, public affairs

officers, and librarians across the country,

has its collective detective hat on to face the

challenge of ferreting out all of these valuable productions from a myriad of production and storage facilities. The Centers have

agreed to submit new videos as they are

produced, so that the collection remains

current and addresses researchers needs of

the moment, a characteristic the NASA STI

Program Database is recognized for. The

NASA STI Program video storage facility

was designed to accommodate the huge

volume of untapped videos that are

currently located throughout all the NASA

Centers and at various organizations

within each Center. As the size and depth

of the collection comes to reflect that of

NASA research, we will also explore the

addition of scientific and technical videos

from different agencies and research

organizations from around the world. The

potential size and value of this resource is

therefore incalculable.

There are a number of ways to access this

new resource. The NASA Video Catalog

contains a listing of over 300 popular NASA

titles. The catalog records the title, production date, producing Center, and running

time of each video and gives a short description. Videos range from historical and

educational programs to in-depth recordings of research data, images, and computer

modeling. The videos cover the wide span

of subject matter and disciplines addressed

by NASA researchers. The NASA Video

Catalog also includes removable ordering

forms and information on ordering by

phone and fax. NASA videos can also be

searched for and ordered online via NASA

RECON. Videos are available in a variety of

consumer and professional formats, the two

most popular being VHS (consumer) and

Betacam SP (professional), for as little as

$9.00 per title• Videos are available in the

American broadcast standard, NTSC, as

well as foreign broadcast standards like

PAL and SECAM. The NASA STI Program

strives to fill each request in a three-day

turnaround time frame.

Members of the aerospace community have

already expressed much interest in this new

service of the NASA STI Program. And a

number of requests for videos in various

consumer and professional formats have

already been received from researchers and

aerospace enthusiasts around the country.

In addition, video producers are interested

in the spectacular footage presented in

many of the videos. •

This display, sent to all

the NASA Center

libraries, promotes the

celebration of the

Apollo 11 Mission

Highlights and the free

NASA Video Cataloq.

"... visual documentation of

NASA's scientific and engineering

research and development -- in a

format that let's you "'relive"

(these) events."

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Contributed by Ardeth Taber-Dudas, NASA STI Program

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we do. And what

we do is important

and has lasting

value."

Primary and Secondary Publishers: It's Time

to Talk was the title of the 1994 Annual

Conference of The National Federation of

Abstracting and Information Services

(NFAIS). The conference, held at the

Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia,

February 28-March 2, brought together

key representatives from the primary and

secondary publishing communities. The

sessions on the agenda were Tile Evolving

Marketplace, What the Marketplace Wants,

Distribution Issues, Copyrights and Permissions, Content Issues, Specialized Issues,

International Copyright Developments, and

Navigating the Internet.

Miles Conrad Memorial Lecturer

A feature of the NFAIS Conference was,

as always, the Miles Conrad Memorial

Lecturer. The Miles Conrad Memorial

Lecturer award was established in 1966 in

honor of G. Miles Conrad, an NFAIS

founder and the Federation's first

president. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of

abstracting and indexing as well as

innovation and leadership in the areas

of information science, information

technology, information services, and

information dissemination.

The 1994 Miles Conrad Lecturer was

Ronald G. Dunn. Mr. Dunn joined

Macmillan, Inc. in 1990 as Group Vice

President and is responsibile for the

Macmillan Publishing Company. Prior to

joining Macmillan, he was with the

American Chemical Society (ACS), where

he developed business plans for the CAS

ONLINE service. He is widely known in

the publishing and information business

and has served as NFAIS President.

Angst & Anticipation

Mr. Dunn's lecture Angst & Anticipation --

How Will We Fit in the New Information

Age? began with a confession that he

never met Miles Conrad; however, having

known and worked with several former

Miles Conrad lecturers, he concluded that

he must have been a truly special person

with distinctive leadership and vision.

Medium is NOT the Message

A strong message in Mr. Dunn's lecture

was that the medium is NOT the message:

"I can't help observing that for all the time

we have spent for more than a decade

talking to each other about new technologies and the potential threats and opportunities.., and for all the money we have

invested in experiments and new ventures, our organizations are all still here

and still doing fundamentally the same

things we did when I first came upon the

NFAIS scene in 1982.

"All the time we have spent worrying

about our future, the future has been

coming and going like a wave that we

rode, only to find ourselves at approximately the same spot we started from.

The truth is: We are who we are. We do

what we do. And what we do is important and has lasting value."

Mr. Dunn cited an appendix to William

Baker's 1977 Miles Conrad lecture that

included the text from a 1958 report on

scientific and technical information

delivered to President Eisenhower. In

reviewing the status of the information

systems of that day, the report noted these

kinds of information services in existence:

• Primary journals and monographs

• Abstracting journals

• Data

• Government Research reports

• PhD theses

Mr. Dunn stated, "None of this has

changed, and I don't see any convincing

evidence to believe that it will change

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anytime soon. For those of you who are

saying to yourself, 'Wait a minute now,

what about online, CD-ROM, Internet,

electronic this, and electronic that,' the

medium is not the message."

Mr. Dunn closed his remarks saying

" I guess it's time for all of us to go

forth boldly into the new Information

Age... you go right ahead. I'll be right

behind you."

Following the Miles Conrad Lecturer

on Tuesday morning was the NFAIS

Awards Ceremony° Kurt Molhom,

NFAIS President, presented awards to

Honorary Fellows and Board Service and

Committee Service.

The conference closed on Wednesday

afternoon following a presentation entitled Navigating the Internet.

Founded in 1958, the National Federation

of Abstracting and Information Services

is an international, not-for-profit

membership organization comprising

more than 70 leading information

producers, distributors, and corporate

users of secondary information. Its

purpose is to serve the world's information community through education,

research, and publication. •

WAISSearchingvs Boolean

Searching:A FirstComparison

Contributed by E/liott Linder, NASA STI Program

The NASA Scientific and Technical

Information (STI) Program sponsored a

recent study by the College of Library

and Information Services of the University of Maryland on the comparative

effectiveness of WAIS and Boolean

retrieval strategies.

WAIS is a suite of programs using client/

server architecture. It is based on the

NISO Z39.50 information retrieval protocol which allows searchers, using a

variety of "clients," to formulate natural

language queries which are translated

into appropriate formats for particular

"servers" that contain the data to be

searched. A WAIS server is a retrieval

engine that uses statistical ranking

algorithms to return retrieval lists that are

ranked according to weighted frequency

of occurrence. WAIS clients invite searchers to provide relevance feedback to the

servers by selecting relevant documents,

phrases, or sections from retrieved objects.

Terms from these objects are fed back to

the server, and new ranked lists are sent

to the client.

The question posed by the NASA STI

Program was how well WAIS performs

compared to Boolean on aerospace data.

Three years of NASA's Database (Dialog

file 108) were loaded at NASA using a

commercial WAIS server from WAIS Inc.

The database consisted of 205,000 bibliographic records with abstracts. A WAIS

Macintosh client was used to conduct

searches on four topics identified by

graduate students of aerospace engineering. Both terse and verbose queries

were formulated. None of the queries

were "natural language" queries but

instead were constructed from terms and

phrases used in the statements provided

by the requesters.

"... mlich

research and

enhancement will

be required to

realize the

potential off the

WAIS

technolo,_n/. "

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Both high-recall and high-precision

searches were run on the same database

on Dialog. Brief citations for the retrieved

document sets were provided to the

requesters, who made relevance judgments on a five-point scale for each

document. Since WAIS searches yielded

items not retrieved by the Dialog

searches, subjects ranked these documents

as well. Also, additional WAIS searches

were done using the relevance feedback of

up to five highly rated titles.

Precision values for the high-recall Boolean searches were understandably 1 ow,

and values for the high-precision Boolean

searches were generally high. The WAIS

searches fell somewhere in the middle,

with terse queries giving slightly better

precision than verbose queries for three of

the four questions. Given that the WAIS

system returns ranked results and provides severe cutoff limits, it was surprising that better precision was not found.

And, contrary to expectations that the

ranking algorithm should distribute

proportionally more relevant documents

near the top of the rankings, no apparent

pattern of distribution was found.

Several problems with the WAIS system

were illustrated by the study. First, WAIS

provides a "black box" effect for the user.

Users put in queries and get results based

on hidden computations. For end users,

this may be just what is needed if performance is demonstrably good. For professional intermediaries, however, using

WAIS can be frustrating since it is impossible to deduce how results were obtained. Furthermore, users have good

control over how they conduct searches in

a Boolean system. Strategies for constructing queries, setting cutoff limits, and

using relevance feedback with WAIS are

yet to be developed.

Second, the WAIS ranking algorithm

used in the study yielded disparate

results. More problematic is the way

relevance feedback is handled. Users

presently have no control over how

weights are assigned, and better ways

are needed to keep the user informed

of how the search is progressing and

why results have been obtained.

The study was limited by the small

number of questions and the fact that

relevance judgments were made only by

requesters rather than a panel of "experts." Despite its limitations, the study

indicates that much research and enhancement will be required to realize the

potential of the WAIS technology.

A full report on the project is in press

and will be published by NASA in the

near future. •

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RECON Indexing Quality Questionnaire

As part of its Total Quality Management program, the Center for AeroSpace Information is reviewing indexing quality for

technical reports in the RECON N Accession Series, and would like to gather user input regarding indexing quality.

We would like all RECON users to respond to a questionnaire and provide opinions regarding indexing quality.

We will use the gathered information to plan improvements to the indexing process.

Please return by mail to IndexPAT, NASA CASI, 800 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-2934 or

fax to CASI at 301-621-0134. Thank you for your help and interest.

RECON Indexing Quality Questionnaire--Part I

I. Do you perform searches on RECON? __ Yes

If your response is "NO" it is not necessary to continue.

No

2. Please indicate the disciplines which best characterize the subject domains of your work (place an X for each

applicable item):

__ a. Aeronautics __ i. Mech Engineering

__ b. Astronautics __ j. Physics

__ c. Chemistry and Materials __ k. Social Sciences

__ d. Electrical Engineering __ 1. Space Studies

__ e. Engineering _ m. Multidisciplinary

__ f. Geosciences __ n. Other (Specify).

__ g. Life Sciences

__ h. Math & Computer Sciences

3. Please categorize your job function (place an X for each applicable item):

__ a. Management __ e. Testing

__ b. R&D _ f. Systems Support

__ c. Design/Engineering __ g. Information Professional

__ d. Construction __ h. Other (Specify)

4. What category best describes your organization (place an X at the appropriate response):

__ a. NASA __ d. Private sector(for-profit)

__ b. NASA contractor __ e. Private sector(non-profit)

__ c. Fed. employee __ f. Academic institution

__ g. Other (specify)

5. Are you an author of documents cited in the NASA STI database? If so, how frequently do you publish?

Please remove this insert, complete the form and fax to NASA CASI 301-621-0134, or mail to

IndexPAT, NASA CASI, 800 EIkridge Landing Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-2934
RECONIndexingQuality Questionnaire--PART II

1. Which of the following search methods do you use?

__ a. subject index searching using index terms

b. free text abstracts

c. title words

(Place an X for each appropriate response):

2. How frequently do you use the NASA Thesaurus as a retrieval aid?

a. daily c. monthly e. once a year

b. weekly d. once every 3 months f. less frequently

3. How many years have you used the system?

4. How frequently do you use the system (check one):

a. daily _ d. once every three months

b. weekly _ e. once a year

c. monthly _ f. less frequently

5. Have you received RECON training (formal or informal)?

Yes _ No

6. How long ago was your training?

7. Do you perform searches on other databases?

Yes _ No

If yes, check other appropriate databases.

__ Compendex _ Medline

__ DTIC/DROLS __ Others (Specify)

__ Inspec

8. How many years have you been performing online database retrieval?

9. In your current or previous positions have you been involved with assigning subject index terms from a controlled

vocabulary?

Yes _ No

If yes, check appropriate controlled vocabularies.

NASA Thesaurus Terms

LC Subject Headings

__ Other (Specify)

10. Please record here any general or specific comments you have regarding RECON's indexing.

11. Would you be agreeable to a followup discussion of RECON indexing quality issues? __

Name:

Phone No:

Yes No
RECON Indexing Quality Questionnaire--Part !II

Rank the level of importance you place on these indexing quality factors on a scale of 1 -10.

Rank RECON's level of satisfaction in meeting these indexing quality factors on a scale of 1 -10. (I = low and

10 = high). Place an X on the line under your numeric choice.

Example:

Importance

Low High

! 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

F...... +...... +...... ÷-x----÷...... ÷...... +...... +...... +...... t

RECONRank_...... ÷...... ÷...... +X---+...... +...... ÷...... +...... ÷......

1. ACCURACY:

The degree of conformity of the indexing to a correct/precise representation of the concepts in a document.

Low High

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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RECON Rank _...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... t

2. SPECIFICITY:

The degree to which the concepts are represented by the most specific index terms available in the vocabulary used.

Importance

Low High

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RECON Rank _-...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ......

3. DEPTH/COMPLETENESS:

Exhaustivity, i.e., the degree to which all appropriate concepts of the subject matter are actually represented in the

indexing, and the overall degree of thoroughness with which each concept is indexed.

Low High

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Importance _ .... '-+ ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... t

RECON Rank _ ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... t
4.TIMELINESS:

Thedegreetowhichthelagtimebetweendocument receipt/publication andavailabilityinthedatabaseisperceivedtobe

reasonable.

Importance

Low High

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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RECON Rank [-...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... + ...... Jr...... Jr...... + ......

5. UNIQUENESS/REDUNDANCY:

The degree to which the indexing excludes superfluous repetition.

Importance

RECON Rank

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6. DISCRIMINABILITY:

The degree to which the indexing allows for broad (generic) and narrow (specific) searching, i.e., the ability to create

broad subsets of the database; to differentiate specific subsets or documents; and to link related documents together.

Importance

RECON Rank

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7. CONCEPTUAL CURRENCY:

The degree to which the indexing reflects newer established concepts.

Importance

RECON Rank

Low High

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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...... +...... ÷...... at...... ÷...... +......Jr...... ÷...... ÷......

8. CONSISTENCY/PREDICTABILITY:

The degree to which the indexing of similar documents in the database is consistent, especially with regard to "major"

concepts.

Low High

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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NASA Scientific & Technical Information (STI) Program Participates

in AGARD Short Course on Aerospace Literature

Ms Judy Hunter, formerly of the NASA

STI Program, Washington, DC, recently

participated as a team member in presenting a Short Course on Aerospace Literature in Spain, Portugal, and Turkey. This

short course, sponsored by the Technical

Information Panel (TIP) of the NATO

Advisory Group on Aerospace Research

and Development (AGARD), was directed

to users and producers of scientific and

technical information.

The objective of the course was to familiarize them with the functions, operations,

and management of STI. The purpose of

the course was to impart an in-depth

knowledge and understanding of what

STI management duties are in order to

help participants become more effective

users and supporters of STI.

The course provided a background on

what STI is and covered the mechanics

associated with STI preparation, storage,

and retrieval; some inherent problems in

supplying information, including intellectual property rights, classification, and

limitation markings; a definition of the

roles of the users and the providers (the

scientist/engineer and the information

specialist); an assessment of current and

new technology that will affect the

management and use of STI; and a description of the STI assets of the country

in which the course was presented, along

with demonstrations of some of their

online capabilities.

definition of STI, and an examination of

the value of information.

Processing Documents and Mechanics

of Library Functions. A description

of the functions of the information

center, including acquisition, cataloging

and retrieval, availability, storage,

and the many details associated with

these functions.

Identifying Sources of Pertinent

Information. A discussion of the

physical forms of information and an

illustration of some of the major sources

of information.

Security and Intellectual Property

Rights. A discussion of the protection

of information against unintentional

disclosure and unauthorized access,

touching upon the legal aspects of using

information, especially the limitations

on information usage imposed by the

various intellectual property rights

sanctions in place throughout the world.

• User/Information Specialist Interface.

A discussion of the interaction among

the originators or providers, the inter

mediaries or information specialist, and

the scientist or engineer who are the end

users of the information, and a description of the various roles of those in

volved in the information retrieval

process, and the advantages or disad

vantages of the mutual search effort.

The course consisted of six formal

presentations:

• Introduction to Scientific and

Technical Information. A discussion of

the changing character of information, a

• New Technology for STI Management. A review of the key technologies currently used in information

management functions.

I/

• . . aH

in-depth

knowledge and

understanding of

what STI

management

duties are in order

to help them

become more

effective users and

supporters

of STI. . ."

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Upon the conclusion of the short course

at each venue, the nations proposed that

the presentations be produced in video

format for further use within their

borders. These videos would serve a

twofold purpose; one, they would allow

more flexibility in scheduling by taking

the presentations to the audience, rather

than trying to bring the audience to the

presentation. Secondly, two of the nations

would consider dubbing the presentations

in their own language, which would

expand the audience to which it could be

presented, including universities and the

private sector.

Ms. Hunter's AGARD Short Course

presentation (TM 109718) can be

obtained from the Center for AeroSpace

Information (301- 621-0390). •

AGARDMovesTowardan

InternationalAerospaceDatabase

Gladys Cotter, Chairman of the Technical Information Panel (TIP) of the Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and

Development (AGARD), has obtained

approval of the AGARD National

Delegates Board to have TIP investigate

the feasibility of establishing an International Aerospace Database (IAD).

The TIP envisages the IAD as a

multidisciplinary database consisting of

information relating to aeronautics,

astronautics, chemistry and materials,

engineering, geosciences, mathematics

and computer sciences, physics, aerospace medicine and human factors, space

sciences, and possibly other disciplines.

Currently, many nations are expending

resources on national systems which

duplicate each other. At the same time

that this duplication exists, many useful

sources of aerospace information are not

being collected because of resource

limitations. This situation results in a

disadvantage to aerospace research and

development. If the nations cooperate

to provide an international aerospace

system, resources could then be used

efficiently to cover expanded sources of

information, thus directly benefiting tile

aerospace R&D community.

Tentatively, speakers include individuals

from the Energy Technology Data

Exchange, the International Information

System for Agricultural Sciences and

Technology (AGRIS), World Aerial

Photographic Index (WAPI), the

International Nuclear Information

System (INIS), and Russian representatives from the Academy of National

Economy and the All-Russian Institute

of Aviation Materials.

The speakers will address such topics

as scope and coverage of the database;

number of nations participating;

description of the content of each record;

how input is accomplished by the

participating nations; language requirements; access to the database; document

delivery; the pitfalls in developing and

operating the database; budgeting/cost

recovery mechanisms in place, and

other pertinent information concerning

the management and operation of the

database.

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After the workshop is concluded, the

TIP plans to establish a Working Group

to determine the feasibility of establishing an IAD, review the models of the

above international database, and

determine and outline the steps by

which the database could be brought

into being. •

National Technical

Information Service

(NTIS) Fourth Japanese

Scientific and Technical

Information Conference

Set for Boston

The fourth in a highly popular series

of NTIS conferences on How to Locate

and Acquire Japanese Scientific and

Technical Information, has been

scheduled for July 14-15 in Boston,

Massachusetts. Emphasis will be on

the practical aspects of the subject

and will cover all new material.

Thus, participants from previous

conferences are sure to benefit.

For additional information on CONF

94-1, contact:

Barbara Payne/Rita Cunningham

NTIS

Springfield, VA 22161

703.487.4819

Fax: 703.321.81 r

Final Volume of NASA Monograph

Series is Completed

k.,ataclysmic Variables and Related

Objects, NASA SP-507 is the final volume

in an eight-volume monograph series on

Nonthermal Phenomena in Stellar

Atmospheres, a series, produced by

NASA in cooperation with the French

Centre National de la Recherche

Scientifique (CNRS), that has emphasized

and critically examined observational

data and possible physical mechanisms

more than formal atmospheric models

and detailed computational procedures.

As noted in the preface, it is hoped that

"this approach will prove useful to

students and researchers worldwide,

who are usually more interested in

confronting the observations directly

than in starting with complex theoretical

models as a basis for their own research."

This volume's introductory chapter

discusses the general properties of

cataclysmic variables. Chapters 2 through

5 detail observations and interpretation

of dwarf novae and nova-like st _.

Chapters 6 through 10 cover _' _eneral

observational properties of cJa_sical and

recurrent novae, the theoretical models,

and the characteristics and models for

some well-ob_ve_ classical novae and

recurrent ,- ,,ae. C!:apters 11 through

14 give _, overvi _w of the observations

of symbiotic stars, describe various

models proposed for explaining the

symbiotic phenomenon, and discuss a

few selected objects. The concluding

chapter examines many unsolved

problems posed by the :-:_servations of

the different classes of cataclysmic

variables and symbiotic stars. •

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Outreach

NASA Thesaurus Listserv

Established

Contributed by Elliott Linder, NASA STI Program

A new NASA STI Program Listserv,

Thesaurus-L, was created to provide a

broader and more open forum for the

Thesaurus Activity Network, established

by the acting Center for AeroSpace

Information (CASI) Lexicographer in

January. This e-mail network was

established in response to requests from

NASA Center librarians and CASI

indexers for a more timely method for

receiving information related to NASA

Thesaurus changes and for a more

convenient means of submitting candidate subject terms and feedback.

The Listserv will perform the following

functions:

• provide regular, timely announcements

of new thesaurus terms and changes

• inform potential contributors about

candidate terms currently being

considered for inclusion in the NASA

Thesaurus

• support and encourage the electronic

submission of new-term requests,

questions, and other feedback related to

ongoing thesaurus development

The acting Lexicographer, Michael

Genuardi, will be the Listserv

"owner" and will continue to prepare

the announcements. •

SLA Aerospace Division Listserv

Sees Growth

Contributed by Kay Vogtewede

The Special Libraries Association (SLA)

Aerospace Division's Listserv continues

to experience growth, and now has over

90 subscribers. The group's

creation was suggested at the annual

division business meeting and was

organized by the NASA Scientific &

Technical Information Program. This

discussion group provides subscribers

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