An assessment of the effectiveness of the transfer of foreign literature to U.S. transportation professionals has been conducted. The methodology involved a series of case studies concerning (1) distribution of the report on a major German Federal Republic study on high speed ground transport through the efforts of the Federal Railroad Administration, the Transportation Research Information Services and journal literature, (2) analysis of the transfer of publications on light rail transit in Europe, (3) survey of the members of the Transportation Research Forum on requirements for and access to foreign transportation developments, (4) description of the National Translations Center. The objectives, methodologies and findings for each case study are presented.


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    Titel :

    Information Transfer Case Studies in Foreign Transportation Literature


    Beteiligte:
    M. Roy (Autor:in) / B. H. Jacobson (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1983


    Format / Umfang :

    47 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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