Accessing Japanese Technical Information: A Group of Essays Extracted from the NTIS (National Technical Information Service) Directory of Japanese Technical Resources in the United States for 1987 and 1988

摘要

Each year, NTIS produces a directory of Japanese technical information resources in the United States. In addition to the actual directory sections of the publications, every annual edition contains a series of essays concerning various aspects of access to Japanese technical information. The present document is comprised of those essays which originally appeared in the out of print 1987 and 1988 editions of the directory. Topics include: A comparison of infrastructures for technology transfer that exist in Japan and the United States; a private sector view on how the U.S. Government can work with industry to make Japanese S&T information more accessible and available in the United States; barriers to accessing Japanese S&T information; impressions of American's readiness to take advantage of Japanese technology; the U.S. Government's efforts to carry out the provisions of the Japanese Technical Literature Act; the efforts of six universities to provide both students and practicing scientists and engineers with sufficient Japanese language proficiency to take advantage of technical material from Japan; the status of machine-aided translation projects in the United States, Japan and Europe.