The widest practicable dissemination : the NASA Technical Report Server / Michael L. Nelson [and nine others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Michael L., author.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, author.

Contributor:

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, author.

Series:

NASA technical memorandum ; 111627.

NASA-TM ; 111627

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Pennsylvania. Educational Survey. Reports.

University of Pennsylvania.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

NASA Technical Report Server

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.]: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, [1996]

Summary:

The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 established NASA and charged it to "provide for the widest practical and appropriate dissemination of information concerning [...] its activities and the results thereof." The search for innovative methods to distribute NASA's information lead a grass-roots team to create the NASA Technical Report Server (NTRS), which uses the World Wide Web and other popular Internet-based information systems as search engines. The NTRS is an inter-center effort which provides uniform access to various distributed publication servers residing on the Internet. Users have immediate desktop access to technical publications from NASA centers and institutes. The NTRS is comprised of several units, some constructed especially for inclusion in NTRS, and others that are existing NASA publication services that NTRS reuses. This paper presents the NTRS architecture, usage metrics, and the lessons learned while implementing and maintaining the services over the initial 6-month period. The NTRS is largely constructed with freely available software running on existing hardware. NTRS builds on existing hardware and software, and the resulting additional exposure for the body of literature contained will allow NASA to ensure that its institutional knowledge base will continue to receive the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination.

Notes:

"Computers in Aerospace 10, March 28-30, 1995/San Antonio, TX."

Includes bibliographical references (page 13).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NASA, viewed June 16, 2017).

"AIAA 95-0964."

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Widest practicable dissemination

OCLC:

703661926