Introduction
In common with many other initiatives worldwide, the Government Information Locator Service (GILS) has a simple goal: make it easier for people to find information.
Obviously, this is not merely a technological challenge. The Global Information Society now taking form will have deep implications worldwide for many decades to come. William Y. Arms, with the Corporation for National Research Initiatives, has written: "Early networked information systems were developed by technical and professional communities, concentrating on their own needs....The digital library of the future will exist within a much larger economic, social and legal framework." [ 1 ]
I think we are at a rare moment in history where specific public policy and technology choices today can have profound and widespread influence. And, no choices are more crucial than the mechanisms by which people find information.
Background
The ideas behind the Government Information Locator Service have many roots. One of these is ongoing work concerning data management for Global Change research, which focuses on topics such as Global Warming and Loss of Biological Diversity. These are aptly named "Grand Challenges", especially as it has now become obvious that Earth systems are intrinsically entwined with many other kinds of systems--social, economic, political, etc.
One of the fundamental realities in this arena is that researchers and policy-makers today and in the future will need access to long baseline data. There is a fundamental need for continuity not only among world data centers, but with the vast treasure-houses of literature and other information maintained by libraries, museums, and archives worldwide. Current and future records must also be managed appropriately, but it is fundamentally not possible to fully anticipate what data and information will be needed. In some areas of basic research today, it may be 40 years until societies know the right questions to ask and what crucial data and information should have been maintained.
IntroductionIn common with many other initiatives worldwide, the Government Information Locator Service (GILS) has a simple goal: make it easier for people to find information.Obviously, this is not merely a technological challenge. The Global Information Society now taking form will have deep implications worldwide for many decades to come. William Y. Arms, with the Corporation for National Research Initiatives, has written: "Early networked information systems were developed by technical and professional communities, concentrating on their own needs....The digital library of the future will exist within a much larger economic, social and legal framework." [ 1 ]I think we are at a rare moment in history where specific public policy and technology choices today can have profound and widespread influence. And, no choices are more crucial than the mechanisms by which people find information.BackgroundThe ideas behind the Government Information Locator Service have many roots. One of these is ongoing work concerning data management for Global Change research, which focuses on topics such as Global Warming and Loss of Biological Diversity. These are aptly named "Grand Challenges", especially as it has now become obvious that Earth systems are intrinsically entwined with many other kinds of systems--social, economic, political, etc.ความเป็นจริงพื้นฐานในเวทีนี้อย่างใดอย่างหนึ่งได้ว่า นักวิจัยและ policy-makers วันนี้ และในอนาคตจะต้องเข้าถึงข้อมูลพื้นฐานที่ยาวนาน มีความจำเป็นพื้นฐานสำหรับความต่อเนื่องไม่เพียง ระหว่างศูนย์ข้อมูลโลก แต่ มีสมบัติมากมายบ้านวรรณกรรมและข้อมูลอื่น ๆ ที่รักษา ด้วยไลบรารี พิพิธภัณฑ์ หอจดหมายเหตุทั่วโลก ระเบียนปัจจุบัน และในอนาคตต้องยังได้รับการจัดการอย่างเหมาะสม แต่เป็นภาระไม่ต้องเต็มคาดว่าจะมีข้อมูลอะไรและข้อมูลจำเป็น ในบางพื้นที่ของงานวิจัยพื้นฐานวันนี้ มันอาจจะ 40 ปีจนกว่าคำถามที่ถูกถามรู้ว่าสังคมและข้อมูลที่สำคัญและข้อมูลใดควรมีการรักษา
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