The Digital Road to Scientific Knowledge Diffusion; A Faster, Better Way to Scientific Progress?
Description/Abstract
With the United States federal government spending billions annually for research and development, ways to increase the productivity of that research can have a significant return on investment. The process by which science knowledge is spread is called diffusion. It is therefore important to better understand and measure the benefits of this diffusion of knowledge. In particular, it is important to understand whether advances in Internet searching can speed up the diffusion of scientific knowledge and accelerate scientific progress despite the fact that the vast majority of scientific information resources continue to be held in deep web databases that many search engines cannot fully access. To address the complexity of the search issue, the term global discovery is used for the act of searching across heterogeneous environments and distant communities. This article discusses these issues and describes research being conducted by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI).
| Creator/Author: | Wojick, D. E. ; Warnick, W. L. ; Carroll, B. C. ; Crowe, J. |
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| Publication Date: | 2006 Jun 01 |
| OSTI Identifier: | OSTI ID: 902122 |
| Other Number(s): | Journal ID: ISSN 1082-9873; TRN: US200718%%379 |
| Resource Type: | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation: | Journal Name: D-Lib Magazine; Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 6 |
| Research Org: | Office of Scientific and Technical Information |
| Sponsoring Org: | USDOE |
| Subject: | 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; COMMUNITIES; COMPUTERS; DIFFUSION; INTERNET; NATIONAL GOVERNMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; VELOCITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION |
| Country of Publication: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Size: 1-7 |
| Update Date: | 2009 Dec 16 |
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