Basic introduction:
Foreign intelligence organizations engaged in intelligence collection, processing and dissemination. Mainly refers to scientific and technological intelligence agencies, including natural science and social science. Most of them were in the 20th century, and they were not for profit. They mainly collect information and documents, and process and compile various publications.
Since the 1960s, various databases have been established one after another, providing users with information offline or online, which has gradually become the main business work. In addition, consultation, translation, photocopying, training and technical development are also carried out properly.
In the service work, according to the depth of information processing, appropriate fees are generally charged. According to the scale of services, some have achieved self-sufficiency, and most of them can achieve partial self-sufficiency and become part of the knowledge or information industry.
Representative office:
The American Society for Information Science (ASIS) was founded in ASIS 1937. Formerly known as American Documentary Society, 1968 was renamed as a non-profit organization. At present, there are 24 professional groups, mainly engaged in holding various exchange meetings, publishing periodicals and bulletins, carrying out continuing education plans and consulting services.
There are about 6,000 members and 9 staff members. Address: Washington.
National Technical Information Service (ntis) was established in 1970. It is responsible for collecting, processing and printing American government research reports, with a collection of more than 6,543,800+0.5 million, and has established the NTIS literature database, the world citation index database and the ongoing federal research project database.
Carry out online search services, rent tapes, provide microforms, and answer inquiries. There are more than 370 employees. The annual budget is about $30 million. Address: Virginia.