Study on the long-term retention of selected scientific and technical records of the federal government : working papers / Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on NASA Information Systems.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government publications.

Public records--Management.

Public records.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 127 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Study on the Long-term Retention of Selected Scientific and Technical Records of the Federal Government""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""APOCRYPHAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE AGENCY 1970's RECORD RETENTION RULES""; ""I Report of the Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Sciences Data Panel ""; ""Contents""; ""1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW""; ""What Data Should Be Preserved?""; ""Who Should Save the Data?""; ""Contents of This Report""; ""2 CHARACTERISTICS OF DATA IN PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, AND MATERIALS SCIENCES""

""Characteristics Distinguishing Data in Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Sciences from Data in Field...""""The Nature and Kinds of Electronically Recorded Data in Physics, Chemistry, and Materials Sciences""; ""3 DATA MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS""; ""Metadata, Algorithms, and References""; ""Classification""; ""Locator System""; ""Speed of Retrieval""; ""Storage Media""; ""Data Formats""; ""4 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS FROM PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, AND MATERIALS SCIENCES""; ""Original Experimental Records""; ""Example 1: Atmospheric and Underground Nuclear Weapons Test Results""

""Compiled Data"" ""Example 2: JANAF Thermochemical Tables""; ""Example 3: Evaluated Neutron Cross Sections""; ""Example 4: Center for Information and Data Analysis and Synthesis""; ""Example 5: Radiation Chemistry Data Center""; ""Engineering Data""; ""Example 6: Aluminum Fracture Toughness Data Bank""; ""NARA's Laboratory Data Holdings""; ""5 DATA RETENTION AND RECORD PRESERVATION CRITERIA""; ""The Current System Is Effective Most of the Time""; ""6 SUGGESTED ROLE OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION""; ""Need for a Repository of Last Resort""

""Broadening the Definition of Archivable and of Secondary User for Scientific Data"" "More Flexibility on Data Formats and Storage Media""; ""Scientific and Technical Competence""; ""Interagency Cooperation and Communication""; ""Need for a Locator System""; ""Approaching the Ideal Guidelines for the Preservation of Archivable Information""; ""7 SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""II Report of the Space Sciences Data Panel ""; ""Contents""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 OVERVIEW OF SPACE SCIENCE DATA""; ""Planetary Data""

""Structure of the PDS"" ""The Central Node""; ""Discipline Nodes""; ""Data Nodes""; ""The National Space Science Data Center""; ""Functions of the PDS""; ""Data Peer Review and Ingestion""; ""Data Distribution""; ""Support of Active Missions""; ""Promotion of Research""; ""Examples of Ingesting Data into the PDS""; ""Restoration of Data from an Inactive Planetary Mission""; ""Ingestion of Data from an Active Planetary Mission""; ""Magellan Venus Mission Case Study""; ""Lessons Learned from the Magellan Data Management Experience""; ""Summary of Findings and Conclusions""; "Astronomy and Astrophysics Data""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

58567029