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Dissertation Information for Kathleen Marie Eisenbeis

NAME:
- Kathleen Marie Eisenbeis

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Texas, Austin (USA) (1992)

ADVISORS:
- Julie Hallmark Bichteler

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- [Indecipherable1]
- Francis L. Miksa
- Barbara Froling Immroth
- James Kenneth Galbraith

MPACT Status: Complete - Except Indecipherables

Title: Privatizing space-derived data: A case study of the effects of the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 on the academic geography community

Abstract: The privatization of the land remote-sensing satellite system (Landsat) served as a case study for examining the effects of a policy action, the Land Remote-Sensing Commercialization Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-365), on users of government information. The literature review covered policy studies, information science, government information policy and clarified the concepts of privatization vs. commercialization, effect vs. impact, use and users of government information, and scientific and technical information policy. The research design combined multiple data collection methods. The descriptive phase employed a qualitative case study to separate and describe the predicted effects of the law from the policy and political context. It highlighted the contribution of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science to PL98-365 which mandated the establishment of a national archive for land remote sensing data. The empirical phase incorporated two dissimilar data collection methods: a survey of academic geographers specializing in remote sensing with experience in the use of Landsat data, and a content analysis of published research in four remote sensing journals.

A questionnaire to a purposive sample of 118 U.S. academic geographers resulted in a response rate of 57.5%. It collected data concerning changes in the research behavior and attitude of the respondents since the enactment of Public Law 98-365 in 1984. Change was measured by comparing data between two periods from 1982 to 1988, three academic years before and after the law's passage. Results showed that the majority of the respondents were unable to pay for all the Landsat data they needed and that they used less of it in their research. 83% of those responding purchased no Landsat data after 1985. The majority of departments had no funds for purchasing data for faculty or student research and received no grants. Open-ended questions collected comments which reflected the strong feelings of the user community toward the commercialization. The most noticeable effects since EOSAT's takeover were the increased costs and copyright-like restrictions on the data. The content analysis showed an increase in articles published in remote sensing but less use of Landsat data.

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