Annual Historical Summary Defense Documentation Center, 1 July 1969 through 30 June 1970
Abstract
The summary presents highlights of the more significant activities and achievements of the Defense Documentation Center during FY 1970 including: (a) DDC and the Scientific and Technical Community. The DDC role in the DoD Scientific and Technical Information Program continued to expand from providing secondary distribution of Defense-related technical reports to furnishing a coordinated mix of scientific, technical, and management information products and services tailored to the needs of users of the information. (b) DDC Mission Responsibilities. Basic responsibilities are summarized as: (1) acquiring, storing, announcing, retrieving, and providing secondary distribution of results of RDT and E performed or sponsored by military departments and other DoD components, (2) operating the central DoD computer-based data banks of technical and management information resulting from Defense-related efforts in research and technology, and (3) planning and executing a development program to introduce new or improved systems and techniques related to information transfer. (c) Operational and Developmental Activities. The summary describes activities and accomplishments during the year including those in the areas of: (1) technical report services, (2) research and engineering management information services including a variety of data banks and special services, (3) on-line tretrieval, (4) selective documentation services, (5) automatic data processing, (6) microform systems, (7) language and indexing systems, and (8) supporting customer relations and management functions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0715500