Technology Transfer
The Role of the Sci-Tech Librarian
Cynthia Steinke(Author)
Haworth Press Inc
Published on 20. May 1991
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-1-56024-116-4 (ISBN)
Description
As automation and competitiveness between companies and countries grows, the need for the speedy research and delivery of information is becoming greater than ever before. Defining technology transfer as "the process of getting technical knowledge, ideas, services, inventions, and products from their origin to wherever they can be put to practical use," this timely new book explores the role of the information specialist in the technology transfer process. The volume brings together discussions from information mediaries associated with federal information centers, academic research institutions, and a large metropolitan public library.Agencies and organizations at the federal, state, and local level that are involved in and responsible for technology transfer programs are described in a "who's who" section of the volume, and the system for the distribution of information at NASA is covered in detail, this being considered by some to be the birthplace of the technology transfer concept. The various regional NASA Industrial Application Centers are also identified, and the numerous print and online services available are noted as well. Other topics covered include the use of technology transfer in agricultural programs to improve U.S. competiveness in the global marketplace and how the large public library can promote technology transfer by acting as important centers for information transfer and research.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Binghamton
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56024-116-4 (9781560241164)
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Content
Contents Introduction
Developing Information Systems for Technology Transfer: An Example from Tribology
Emerging Roles for Academic Librarians in the Technology Transfer Process
American Libraries and Domestic Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer at NASA--A Librarian's View
The Role of the Information Intermediary in the Diffusion of Aerospace Knowledge
The Role of Libraries in Technology Transfer for Agriculture
The Public Library: A Key to Technology Transfer
Supernova 1987A: A Case Study of the Flow of Information in the Literature of Astronomy and Physics
Developing Information Systems for Technology Transfer: An Example from Tribology
Emerging Roles for Academic Librarians in the Technology Transfer Process
American Libraries and Domestic Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer at NASA--A Librarian's View
The Role of the Information Intermediary in the Diffusion of Aerospace Knowledge
The Role of Libraries in Technology Transfer for Agriculture
The Public Library: A Key to Technology Transfer
Supernova 1987A: A Case Study of the Flow of Information in the Literature of Astronomy and Physics