- Author
-
Burnette, C. H.
- Title
- Making Information Useful to Architects. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Burnette (Charles) and Associates, Philadelphia, PA
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC
AIA Research Corp., Washington, DC
- Report
-
NBS GCR 78-154
March 1979
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
-
professional personnel; architects; technology; technological intelligence; information systems; user needs; communicating
- Identifiers
- information transfer
- Abstract
- The purpose of this report is to present rationales, practical formats and dissemination guidelines to foster the successful delivery of information to practicing architects by those in commerce, government, research organizations and trade or professional associations who produce and supply information useful to them. This report is intended as a complement to 'Architect's Access to Information: Constraints on the Architect's Capacity to Seek, Obtain, Translate and Apply Information.' It presents a comprehensive spectrum of exemplary practices in such a way as to provide a coordinated basis for both informal and formal actions to improve the delivery of information to architects. It is, therefore, an independent explanatory critique of the state of the art of current practice intended as a useful reference for those considering the structure, content, form and delivery of information services. A bibliography is included.