Japanese Scientific And Technology Information in the United States - Public Policy and Private Initiatives
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JP-WP-87-05.pdf
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Author(s)
Samuels, Richard J.
Date Issued
September 1987
Publisher
MIT-Japan Program
Series/Report no.
MITJP (Series);87-05
Abstract
In January 1983 a group of US government, industry and university information specialists gathered at MIT to take stock of efforts to monitor, acquire, assess, and disseminate Japanese scientific and technical information (JSTI). It was agreed that these efforts were uncoordinated and poorly conceived, and that a clearer understanding of Japanese technical
information systems and a clearer sense of its importance to end users was necessary. That meeting led to formal technology assessments, Congressinal hearings, and legislation; it also helped stimulate several private initiatives in JSTI provision. Four years later there exist better coordinated and better conceived JSTI programs in both the public and private sectors, but there remains much room for improvement. This paper will recount their development and assess future directions.
Subjects
public policy
private initiatives
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