Review of options regarding the future operation of the DOE/RECON system and the marketing of information products of the DOE technical information system
Problems of the DOE/RECON system and DOE/TI information marketing are addressed, and the role of DOE/TI activities in the overall DOE information transfer process is discussed. Factors to be considered in a pricing policy for DOE/TI information products are examined. It is recommended that the costs to produce basic technical reports and secondary information products be assumed by DOE, but that costs of value-added services be assumed partially or completely by product users. It is also recommended that, for a trial period of not more than two years, the DOE/RECON system be operated as at present and that provision be made for the on-line distribution of the EDB and GAP files as public files on commercial vendor systems; costs of public files would be borne by the users. If commercial vendors elect not to distribute the EDB and GAP files, then they should be mounted as private files on a selected commercial system with costs shared by DOE and system users. 7 figures, 10 tables. (RWR)
- Research Organization:
- QEI, Inc., Bedford, MA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EU-78-C-01-6182
- OSTI ID:
- 6189701
- Report Number(s):
- QEI-Report-8915
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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