The Conference was held because of a recognition by the Committee on Scientific and Technical Information (COSATI) Task Group on Library Programs and the Federal Library Committee of a fundamental responsibility to interact in a meaningful way with the non-Federal sector--the state, local and private users of Federal information resources. This…

The second conference on Federal Information Resources continued the discussion, begun in 1970, between the Federal library and information community and the research library community. Although each had its particular mission and problems, there is agreement that some problems are common to the two groups and that, in at least some instances, the…

A study was conducted to assess the feasibility of establishing a regional information transfer center within the context of the National Network of Transportation Research Information Services (TRISNET). The principle areas of investigation were: (1) the transportation information needs of the public and private sectors; (2) the utility of…