This paper discusses the role of scientific and technical information as an important resource for effecting technological, social, cultural, and economic change within emerging Third World nations. The topics addressed in the course of the discussion include the role of science and technology in development, the transfer of technology from one…

Recognizing the rapid development of telecommunications and networking technologies and their growing importance to higher education and New Jersey's overall economic competitiveness, New Jersey's Plan for Higher Education called for the Commission on Higher Education and the Presidents' Council to appoint a Higher Education Technology Task Force…