美国科学院(NAS)院长 Bruce Alberts 于1999年4月26日在该院第136届年会上就上年度的工作和今后的设想做了讲演。他在讲演中透露,该院已决定今后向私人企业募捐,以便有财力组织一些较为长期的项目,扩大 NAS 在国内和国际的影响。其报告中关于今后工作的设想如下:利用因特网和通讯革命更有效地传播知识计算机和信息技术的飞速发展为 NAS 和美国科学家提供了更加有效地传播知识的机会和手段。至今,NAS 已在因特网上建立了网页,向社会免费提供上千本该机构所撰写的调研报告和书籍。今后将邀请著名科学家就社会广为关注的基础教育和 Bruce Alberts, president of the NAS, gave a speech on the work of the previous year and his vision for the future at the 136th annual conference of the hospital on April 26, 1999. In his speech, he disclosed that the hospital has decided to solicit contributions from private enterprises in the future in order to have the financial resources to organize some more long-term projects to expand the influence of NAS on the domestic and international markets. The report's vision for future work is as follows: Using the Internet and the Communication Revolution to Communicate Knowledge More Effectively The rapid advances in computers and information technology have provided NAS and U.S. scientists with opportunities and tools to disseminate knowledge more effectively. To date, NAS has created a web page on the Internet to provide thousands of research reports and books authored by the agency to the public free of charge. In the future, we will invite well-known scientists in basic education and social care