Virtual Technical Reports Center

[Gerry Mckiernan]

         Virtual Technical Reports Center

   In response to my recent posting regarding the 
existence of a registry of Web sites of  professional society technical reports I received notice from
Gloria Chawla of the University of Maryland about a
"Virtual Technical Reports Center" noted below.

   Gloria has informed me that she has and will continue to focus on  the technical reports universities, government agencies, and research institutes for her virtual center. As it appears that 
their is no  _per se_ of professional  societies and organization Web sites, I have decided to establish a registry to complement her center and have already started a systematic review of the society Web sites.
I hope to make a formal announcement of my registry
within the next 2-3 months.

   I wish to thank Gloria for informing me of her project and applaud her efforts to compile such a valuable
information resource.

   Regards,

/Gerry McKiernan
Science and Technology Librarian and Bibliographer
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu 


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I have started to compile a central registry of Technical 
Reports Websites in my capacity as Technical Reports 
Librarian at the University of Maryland.  Actually, there 
are two:

The Virtual Technical Reports Center, lists reports 
worldwide, except for University of Maryland at College 
Park: 
www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual-TechReports.html 

www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/ENGIN/TechReports/UMDTechReports.html 
covers University of Maryland at College Park

I plan to update the lists weekly.  I think this effort 
becomes more and more important as more sites are placed on 
the web, and fewer reports are published in print format.  
Especially if/when NTIS closes!

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Regards!

Gloria Chawla
gc9 at umail.umd.edu