Helping the public find information the U.S. Government Information Locator Service (GILS) |
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| Institution: | 1. Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Martinstraße 12, A-3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria;2. Centre for Logic and Analytic Philosophy, KU Leuven, Andreas Vesaliusstraat 2-Box 3220, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;1. Heidelberg University, Institute of Geography, GIScience Research Group, Heidelberg, Germany;2. Ryerson University, Department of Geography, Toronto, ON, Canada;1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Regional Science, Kaiserstraße 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany;2. Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Weberplatz 1, 01217 Dresden, Germany |
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| Abstract: | As part of the National Information Infrastructure, the U.S. federal government is establishing a Government Information Locator Service (GILS). GILS will identify and describe public information resources throughout the federal government and provide assistance in obtaining the information. It will be decentralized and will supplement other agency and commercial information dissemination mechanisms. The public will use GILS directly or through intermediaries, including the Government Printing Office and the National Technical Information Service, as well as federal depository libraries, other public libraries, and private sector information services. Direct users will have access to a GILS Core accessible on the Internet without charge. Intermediate access may include kiosks, 800 numbers, electronic mail, bulletin boards, FAX, and offline media such as floppy disks, CD-ROM, and printed works. GILS will use network technology and the American National Standards Institute Z39.50 standard for information search and retrieval so that information can be retrieved in a variety of ways. Direct users may have access to many other major federal and nonfederal information resources, linkages to data systems, and electronic delivery of information products. An Office of Management and Budget Bulletin in 1994 will provide implementing guidance to agencies. The National Institute of Standards and Technology will also establish a Federal Information Processing Standard specifying a GILS Profile and its application for agencies establishing information locators. |
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