The Oak Ridge Technical Information Center: A trailblazer in federal documentation
This softbound book attempts to record the history of US AEC's Technical Information Center, from its conception (1947) to 1977. This organization centralizes and manages the issues related to control and dissemination of technical information, to fulfill the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. TIC tried to search out and install efficient and economical systems for servicing the various technical information programs. It coordinated a direct organization-to-organization information exchange program, and it also participated in official bilateral exchange programs and in developing information systems for IAEA and Euratom. The work, planning, and strategies employed to achieve goals are chronicled in this book, whose 18 chapters are arranged into four sections according to different presidential administrations.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6649931
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/OSTI-11673; ON: DE92018247; ISBN: 0-87079-596-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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