Bibliographic Database Management in a R and D Organization: InformationSpecialists Helping End-Users. (Reannouncement with New Availability Information)

摘要

Scientists and engineers in government and industrial research and developmentorganizations have an important need to manage documentation associated with their work. This document management can include establishing libraries and databases for their projects, building personal reprint files, or developing other in-house support databases. Most of the current literature on bibliographic database management (also called personal reprint management, reference management, etc.) emphasizes managing journal literature, including inserting references in manuscripts being prepared for publication. This literature, however, does not address the non-journal material that often predominates in R and D organizations. Establishing bibliographic databases can improve the efficiency of the R and D process, but it can also be a costly and time consuming effort. To ensure that these databases are developed properly and economically, librarians with their information management skills should be involved in the process. Researchers are going to build bibliographic databases with or without the proper knowledge, so librarians must be proactive rather than reactive by setting the standards and guiding the efforts.