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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

Technology transfer means transfer of knowledge. The knowledge can be stored and
conveyed in many ways: The written word is knowledge; the spoken word is knowledge;
computerized data banks are knowledge, information and knowledge are considered
commodities. The competitive companies must rely on information in forms other than
volumes on the library shelves. Similarly, Larsen, Wigand, and Rogers l3 des cri be the
transfer of technology to industry from a university in their report to the National Science
Foundation:
From the perspective of the university researcher, most technology transfer involves
the flow of technological information from the university to industry, while relatively little
information comes from industry to the university, primarily because of problems with
proprietary information. This view of the technology transfer process is consistent with the
idea that the role of the university is to transfer knowledge to the private sector.
The current understanding of technology transfer includes research findings,
information, and knowledge of technology. In this type of partnership, the library may
sometimes be bypassed. The co-operation and the knowledge transfer takes place directly
between the university researcher and the industrial partners. However, the library can
become involved through the continuing educational process of industry's employees. Not
only should they benefit from the co-operative activities, they can also benefit from an access
to and a discovery of more sophisticated information and library services.
Another channel of technology transfer is the so-called professional development
programme that is an integral part of most US engineering schools. Through their continuing
education efforts, short courses, and conferences the importance of the role of libraries can
also be disseminated.
ROLE OF LIBRARY IN EDUCATION
Education and training of the individuals is considered in every developmental and
educational plan as an essential means of stimulating economic and social development. To
make the people erudite and civilized, the society requires an effective educational system.
This system requires the systematic use of the published reading material. If they are to be at
the disposal of the whole population, libraries are inevitable. Without libraries, there can be
neither any good schools, colleges or university nor the life-long integrated education of
adults . It is believed that where formal education ends informal education begins and a life-
long learning process is continued with the support of adequate and proper library services.

(a) The Library is People’s University


The education aims at imparting knowledge and skills to individual human beings for
their self development, so as to challenge the organization and functioning of the society.
Libraries are the foundation in such an endeavor and are considered essentially “Universities
of the people”.

(b) The Library is a Centre of Mass Education


Libraries in general and public libraries in particular, have an important role to play in
the future development of the country in the fields of political awareness, socioeconomic
growth, cultural and educational enlightenment. Library services to all classes of people act
as an intellectual catalyst by providing facilities of acquiring education, information,
recreation, aesthetic appreciation and research, irrespective of age and sex for the welfare of
the society as a whole.

(c) The Library is a Centre of Continuing Education


People continue their reading habits with the help of libraries according to their desire,
capacity or need. Being a centre of continuing education for millions of people, it develops
the vocational and professional skills, learning skills of solving individual and community
problems. Library informally provides a life-long continuing education to the learners
throughout their life. This is also same for neoliterates.
Role of Library in Research

Researchers spend time in getting to learn to retrieve gather information fast in the library.
Time has changed; however, the researchers need to understand thet the utility of modern
libraries still remains quite pertinent.
A specialized library, always has major concern with literature of a particular subject or
group of subjects, is an institution which is created to serve the needs of some working
organization, companies, a research association or a government department. It is often
established to save time which is the staff, either executive or research which otherwise
searching for information.
The special library has been historically and remains today and integral functioning unit of
the organization, dedicated to the proposition that it exists only to offer the information,
which the user in organization need in order to build, prosper, advance, and achieve ultimate
goals.

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