
“Hand It To Them On A Silver Platter: Meeting Researchers Needs In The Electronic Age”
http://www.osti.gov/inforum99/papers/ruddy.pdf
Ruddy, Karen
OSTI
1999
Abstract:
This paper describes the Electronic Resource Library (ERL) at
http://plutonium-erl.actx.edu. This is a web-based, subject-oriented digital
library on the topic of plutonium and its ancillary disciplines. Previous research
analyzing differences in the information-seeking behavior of scientists and
engineers is reviewed and lessons learned applied to this digital library model.
Special consideration has been given to recommendations in the SATCOM
report from the National Academy of Sciences/National Academy of
Engineering Committee on Scientific and Technical Communication. This
report strongly advocated the development of “specialized need-groupservices”
to support the work of the engineer and practitioner.