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Proceedings of the 6th Annual
Federal Depository Library Conference

April 14-17, 1997

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NASA Information for Government Depository Users

Dr. Roger D. Launius

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington, DC

Overview

• NASA’s Mandate of Information Dissemination

• Ongoing Publications Program

• New Information Technologies as Supplements

NASA’s Mandate of Information Dissemination

• Space Act calls for NASA to "provide for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its activities and the results thereof"

• NASA strives for openness

proactive approach

no undue security regulations

• NASA employees have wide latitude to choose appropriate methods

NASA Publications Program

• Ongoing since agency founding

• Various formats

Special Publications

Technical Reports

Contractor Reports

Periodicals

Monographs

• History publications are just one large component

Where to Find NASA Publications

• NASA Information Center

• NASA Printing Officer

• NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI)

• History Office

• Public Affairs Office

NASA’s Use of New Information Technologies

• Electronic media supplement, not replace, printed word (OMB directive)

• Advantages

Speed - updating, viewing

Relatively cheap and easy to produce

Many people outside NASA have access

• Caveats

Equal access for all?

Accountability

Variety of NASA Electronic Information

• World Wide Web

History

Spacelink (Educational Resource)

Center for Aerospace Information (CASI)

Headquarters, field centers

Public affairs

Spaceflight, aeronautics

More NASA Electronic Media

• CD-ROM’s

• E-mail listservs

Press Releases

Shuttle

History

• Other

NASA TV

Videos

Summary

• NASA takes information dissemination very seriously

• Conventional publication program continues strongly

• NASA is also a leader in new electronic forms

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