Scientific and Technological Information Services in Australia: I. History and Development

Autor/in	Middleton, Michael
Titel	Scientific and Technological Information Services in Australia: I. History and Development
Quelle	In: Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 37 (2006) 2, S.111-135 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-8623
Schlagwörter	Information Services; Foreign Countries; Scientific and Technical Information; Information Management; Case Studies; Information Sources; Information Policy; Database Management Systems; Database Design; Databases; Usability; Technical Support; Information Technology; Educational History; Intellectual History; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationstätigkeit; Ausland; Procurement of information; Informationsbeschaffung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Information source; Informationsquelle; Informationspolitik; Datenbanksystem; Datenbank; Informationstechnologie; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Geistesgeschichte; Australien
Abstract	An investigation of the development of Australian scientific and technological information (STI) services has been undertaken. It comprises a consideration of the characteristics and development of the services, which is the focus of this part of the paper, along with a broader examination of discipline formation in information management covered in Part II. This first part of the study provides an historical overview of the development of several of the services that were established in the 1970s. Specific reference is made to Australian Agriculture and Natural Resources Online (AANRO), the Australian Medical Index (AMI), Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Information (ANSTI), Australian Transport Index (ATRI), AusGeoref and its forerunner AESIS, and the Australian engineering database (ENGINE). The account includes a summary of the policy environment that influenced the development of databases and which supported the original STI services. Some observations are made about STI publishing output from Australia, the way it is reported and how appropriate reporting and documentation of that output might continue. (Contains 4 tables, 1 figure and 46 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10