This article aims to report on the 2012 AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy, held 26‐27 April 2012 in Washington, DC, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Its major focus this year was the current “intertwined budget and political crises”.
This report includes an overview of the themes of the several panel discussions conducted at the Forum.
There were two or three of the panels which addressed issues of particular interest to librarians and information specialists, such as copyright protection and the need for support, likely legislative in nature, for archival repositories in our digital depositories.
This report provides insights on the preparation of the upcoming FY 2013 Federal budget in the areas of science and technology. Various themes in science and technology research are highlighted by the Forum's several panels.
