5. The producers
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At international level, the initial efforts of the US Federal Agencies to develop scientific and technical databases were subsequently relayed by learned societies and private companies.
The presence of public bodies remains important, for example the National Library of Medicine, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Learned societies, non-profit associations, have always played an important role in science and technology, making them very active producers of databases: American Chemical Society in the USA, Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK. The need for global coverage and the high cost of production have led to the production of data by international bodies...
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1. Costs and pricing of online databases
The costs of using online databases correspond to the various stages involved in accessing information: telephone network, teletransmission network(s), server and databases.
1.1 Telephone networks and remote transmission
Apart from the basic telephone network unit (0.73 F), teletransmission costs depend on the networks used, the duration...
Bibliography
References
Database directories
Gale Directory of Databases. Vol. 1: Online Databases. January 1997, Gale Research.
Répertoire des banques de données professionnelles. 15th edition, 1996, ADBS, Paris, 783 p.
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