ABSTRACT
There is a growing interdependence among the major Federal technical reports processing agencies, the science/technology libraries/information centers and commercial services with which they interact. In this interconnected information network, the participants both feed and use the system to fulfill their missions in regard to transferring government research and development results. Cooperative arrangements between and among the participants and a sharing of resources are becoming increasingly imperative in order to lower costs and increase efficiency. Recent steps taken toward updating standards, sharing resources and moving toward closer cooperation are described.
