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NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Paper 11: The Voice of the User: How US Aerospace Engineers and Scientists View DoD Technical ReportsThe project examines how the results of NASA/DOD research diffuse into the aerospace R&D process, and empirically analyzes the implications of the aerospace knowledge diffusion process. Specific issues considered are the roles played by government technical reports, the recognition of the value of scientific and technical information (STI), and the optimization of the STI aerospace transfer system. Information-seeking habits are assessed for the U.S. aerospace community, the general community, the academic sector, and the international community. U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists use 65 percent of working time to communicate STI, and prefer 'internal' STI over 'external' STI. The isolation from 'external' information is found to be detrimental to U.S. aerospace R&D in general.
Document ID
19910056500
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Pinelli, Thomas E. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Kennedy, John M. (Indiana Univ. Bloomington, IN, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1991
Subject Category
Documentation And Information Science
Report/Patent Number
AD-A252566
Accession Number
91A41123
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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