Directory of Japanese Technical Resources in the United States, 1988

摘要

Developed in response to the Japanese Technical Literature Act of 1986, the Directory has been divided into four parts. The first part contains an alphabetical list of commercial services that collect, abstract, translate or disseminate Japanese technical information. Following this are two indices, one by area of specialization and one by state. The second part lists Government agencies with programs and services involving Japanese technical information. The third contains libraries in both the public and private sectors that have extensive holdings of Japanese technical information. The final part cites Japanese technical documents translated at Federal expense which are available to the public. In addition to these directories, the publication also includes background articles: (1) universities that have initiated programs to provide undergraduate and graduate students, as well as experienced scientists and engineers, with sufficient proficiency in Japanese to enable them to take advantage of the large amount of untranslated material emanating from Japan; (2) the status of Japanese-to-English machine translation projects in the United States, Europe and Japan; (3) U.S. Government efforts to implement the Japanese Technical Literature Act; (4) follow-up on two case studies reported in the 1987 Directory; (5) a private sector view of America's readiness to take advantage of Japanese technology.