A BILL TO AMEND TITLE IX OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE 31-464 HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1969 DEPOSITED 71 576 AA A 30 CONTENTS Adkinson, Dr. Burton W., head, Office of Science Information Service, National Science Foundation; accompanied by Henry J. Dubester, deputy head, Office of Science Information Service; and Charles Maechling, deputy general counsel..... Cairns, R. W., vice president, Hercules, Inc., Wilmington, Del.; Carter, Launor F., vice president, System Development Corp., Santa Riegel, Byron, president elect, American Chemical Society- 391 Seaborg, Dr. Glenn T., Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission; accompanied by Edward Brunenkant, Director, Division of Tech- Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.: Adkinson, Dr. Burton W., Head, Office of Science Information Service, Grants made by the National Science Foundation in fiscal year 1968 in support of international scientific exchange and travel "I-Science Information Activities," an article entitled. Lists of grants and contracts awarded for Science Information Carter, Launor F., vice president and manager, Public Systems Division, Santa Monica, Calif., letter to Chairman Pucinski, dated Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material, etc.-Continued "A Computer-Program System To Facilitate the Study of Tech- "A Crux in Scientific and Technical Communication," an article "A Time-Sharing Debugging System for a Small Computer," an An article from Science and Technology. "Invited Papers I.-The Perception Problem," an article entitled. "Man-Computer Symbiosis," an article entitled_ "Man-Machine Information Systems," an article entitled.. Page 264 328 336 246 296 343 259 365 320 256 280 358 268 192 Piore, Dr. E. R., vice president and chief scientist, IBM Corp., statement of 198 Rothman, Dr. John, manager of information services, New York News release, dated March 26, 1969- 208 206 Schill, A. C., vice president, International Systems Design, Inc., statement by... 403 "The On-Line Intellectual Community," an article entitled_ Myatt, DeWitt O., president, Science Communication, Inc., McLean, Va., statement of NATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH DATA PROCESSING AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1969 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, GENERAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:08 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 2261, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Roman C. Pucinski (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present Representatives Pucinski, Bell, and Dellenback. Staff members present: Allan Kiron, technical adviser; John F. Jennings, subcommittee counsel, Alexandra Kisla, clerk; and Charles W. Radcliffe, minority counsel for education. (The text of H.R. 8809 follows:) [H.R. 8809, 91st Cong., first sess.] A BILL To amend title IX of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 to provide for establishment of A National Science Research Data Processing and Information Retrieval System Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the first sentence of section 901 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 is amended by striking out "a Science Information Service" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, A National Science Research Data Proccessing and Information Retrieval System. "In order to avoid unnecessary and costly duplication in scientific research and to assure quick access to, and a constant inventory of, all science research data, such a nationwide system shall include close voluntary cooperation with, and utilization of, on a contract basis wherever practicable, all existing science research data processing and information retrieval facilities in the United States and its possessions including Government agencies, private and public universities, private and public laboratories and libraries, abstracting societies, professional organizations dealing with specific scientific disciplines and any other facilities dealing with dissemination of scientific research information. "The purpose of this Act is to implement, not substitute, existing information retrieval facilities. Therefore, it is specifically prohibited under this Act for the National System to establish any Government-owned or operated science research data processing or information retrieval facility where such a facility already exists under either private or public ownership. The National System shall use every voluntary means to arrange for an orderly cataloging, digesting, and translating, with the aid of electronic devices, if necessary, of all scientific research data produced in the United States or available in the United States from other nations and through the national science research data processing and information retrieval system, make such information readily available to any scientist or researcher, either privately, publicly, or self-employed, through an appropriate communications network. The national system shall arrange for appropriate financial payment for all science data provided into the national system by private source." |