Revitalizing Laboratory Instrumentation: The Report of a Workshop of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Scientific Instrumentation

The status of scientific instrumentation in university research laboratories was reviewed. Approaches to alleviating the problem within existing budgetary constraints were explored. There is a serious problem of providing adequate instrumentation in university research laboratories. Approaches to the management of the university research enterprise that could promote more effective use of existing resources were discussed. A series of regional workshops were recommended, the main purpose of which would be to inform the university community (both researchers and administrators) of ways to make more effective use of existing resources.