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1 NTIS - In the beginning: Established in 1945 as the Office of the Publications Board Collect and declassify World War II German and Japanese technical data Disseminate these data to business and industry to enhance commerce of U.S. zq2

2 NTIS AUTHORITIES * NTIS Enabling Legislation "To search for, collect, classify, coordina te, integrate, record, ; and catalog such information from whatever sources, foreign and domestic, that may be available." * Japanese of 1986 Technical Literature Act... through the National Technical Information Service... acquire and translate Japanese technical reports... " Z43

3 TECHNICAL RESULTS OF FEDERAL R&D INVESTMENTS IO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Journal Publications, Patents) El KNOW HOW (Partnerships, CRADAs) INFORMATION (Unpublished Reports, Databases, etc.) 24f

4 AVAILABLE FROM NTIS Newsletter: NTIS Alert--U.S. Government Available for Licensing Inventions O O O New information twice a month from all agencies Provides drawings and technical details Explains how to apply for a license To subscribe call: (Cost: $25 year) Annual Catalog: 1991 Catalog of Government Available for Licensing Inventions O LI Summarizes more than 1, inventions annually Includes subject and inventor indexes O Catalogs from previous years available (1991 catalog costs $59) Directory: Directory of Federal Laboratory Technology Resoh trces & QL Guide to Federal labs with expertise and equipment to aid research (Costs $59.95) To order catalog or directory call: Rush service: NTIS

5 FEDRIP Federal Research In Progress Database UO O O Summarizes 14, Government-sponsored research projects in progress Focuses on engineering, physical sciences, health, agriculture, life sciences Describes project, objectives, funding and intermediate findings E You get information quickly journals are available before reports or Available on DIALOG: Knowledge Express: Batch searching and SDI services from NERAC, Inc.: Free search guide from NTIS: Ask for PR-847 Call I4

6 THE NTIS BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE I U On CD-ROM Available on-line from: BRS CISTI (in Canada), DATA-STAR DIALOG ORBIT STN International Batch searching and SDI services from NERAC FREE Search Guides Available from NTIS. Call (Specify vendor) 2Aq7

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9 1991 INTERNATIONAL ACQUISITIONS * Foreign Reports English Language Translations Foreign Languages Percent of all NTIS reports announced 22,949 15, ,141 32%

10 1991 INTERNATIONAL ACQUISITIONS * Top Country Sources Canada Germany United Kingdom Netherlands France Japan Former U.S.S.R. # of titles 5,7 4, 1,7 1,6 1,6 1 1,4 1.1

11 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY COLLECTION Exclusive distributor of unclassified CIA material. * Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Report - Business, Military, Economic, Political, etc. * Special Central Eurasia Report Three times/week - International and interregional political, economic, social. * Other Publications: - Handbook ofr Economic Statistics, World Fact Book

12 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COLLECTION Current pro rams L I * Central/Eastern Europe Business Information * Central/Eastern Europe Law Collection * Russia/Independent Collection States Law * Western Hemisphere "Export" Publications

13 GERMAN STI ACQUISITIONS Agreement with Fachinformationszentrum (FIZ4), Karlsruhe, Germany to provide German governmentsponsored STI * Approximately 4, titles added/year Bibliographic citations provided electronically * NTIS announces and takes orders; FIZ4 provides order fulfillment

14 JAPANESE DATABASES - ONLINE Offered in collaboration with the Japan Information Center of Science and Technology JICST 5 databases - 7 million records * Covers over 4, Japanese science and technology journals, conference proceedings, and technical reports I "

15 NTIS ALERT Foreign Technology Each twice monthly issue contains: * News of current international science and technology - reported by U.S. Embassies overseas * Summaries of selected international technical reports interest to U.S. industry of

16 SALES AND CUSTOMER FEEDBACK * Annually foreign language titles constitute 1% of titles acquired but less than 2% of copies sold. * Average sales of titles acquired in FY 9 and sold through 1991: March Titles U.S. Foreign Foreign (English) (Non-English) Average codles * Sales in 199 by country of origin: Country Former U.S.S.R. Japan France Netherlands United Kingdom 2V7 # of sold Total # of copies sold 134 1,383 1,49 1,878 4,244

17 FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: NATIONAL SECURITY & NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS: OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS Proceedings, Volume II - Link Page Previous NASA Requirements & Capabilities SLIDES Next FRD Requirements & Capabilities Return to Electronic Index Page

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