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The Langley Technical Report Server (LTRS) provides Internet access to NASA Langley-authored (unclassified-unrestricted) technical reports in electronic format. Since its beginnings in 1994, approximately 800 technical reports in electronic format are now available via anonymous FTP through the LTRS. Little is known about the technical report as an information product for knowledge transfer in terms of its actual use, importance, and value. As a rhetorical device, little is known about the use of technical reports in electronic format. To learn more about the use of technical reports in electonic format, we surveyed 300 users of LTRS to solicit their opinions concerning the format of NASA Langley technical reports. The questions covered such topics as (a) the order in which report components are read, (b) components used to determine if a report would be read, (c) those components that could be deleted, (d) the placement of such components as the symbols list, (e) the format of reference citations, and (f) column layout and right margin treatment. A survey (self-reported) loaded within LTRS was used to collect the data. Includes : Conference preprint, Pratt student commentary XA International |
