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Inter‐governmental developments in scientific and technical information

John Gray (British Library Research and Development Department)

Aslib Proceedings

ISSN: 0001-253X

Article publication date: 1 January 1976

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Abstract

Co‐operation between governments on scientific and technical information is normally at three levels: the development of national policies, the creation or improvement of systems and services, and the establishment and acceptance of standards for systems and services. Regional organizations such as the European Economic Community and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance can be interested in all three; the Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development is primarily interested in the first; specialist organizations such as the European Space Agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Food and Agricultural Organization are mainly interested in the second, though they can contribute to the third; Unesco is primarily concerned with the first and third and in technical assistance. In promoting co‐operation each organization seeks to benefit its members, who are of limited number in the regional organizations and in OECD but are world wide in the UN agencies and therefore composed mainly of developing countries.

Citation

Gray, J. (1976), "Inter‐governmental developments in scientific and technical information", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 28 No. 1, pp. 2-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050537

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