科技情报工作伴随着科学技术事业的迅速发展,已经成为一种重要的社会职业,这已经是为越来越多的人们所承认的一个基本事实。然而,我们应当正视的另一个基本事实,就是科技情报工作的社会职能的发挥,转过来影响和推动着科学技术事业的进一步发展和经济建设的不断创新。从这一基本事实出发,探论一下科技情报的基本功能,对于我们深化对科技情报工作的认识是很有必要的。众所周知,情报工作是利用全人类在改造客观世界过程中成功的或失败的经验来为人类自身服务的一项科学劳动。情报工作者为了一定的目的,利用特定的手段搜集、整理、分析、浓缩所获取的情报,并主动地定 Scientific and technological intelligence work has become an important social occupation with the rapid development of science and technology. This is already a basic fact recognized by more and more people. However, another basic fact that we should face is the development of the social functions of science and technology intelligence work, which in turn will affect and promote the further development of science and technology and the constant innovation in economic construction. Starting from this basic fact, exploring the basic functions of science and technology intelligence is of great necessity for us to deepen our understanding of science and technology intelligence work. It is well known that intelligence work is a scientific work that takes advantage of the successful or failed experience of all mankind in transforming the objective world to serve human beings themselves. Information workers use certain means to collect, sort out, analyze and concentrate the information obtained for certain purposes and take the initiative to decide