A. Current State pf Technology Transfer

 

This important and growing field of scholarship and research at universities pertains to a number of issues, including:

                                                            Intellectual Property

                                                            Copyright

                                                            Patents and Inventions

                                                            Start-ups and Innovations

              

                            

 

https://research.ncsu.edu/ott/ 

 

 

A place like North Carolina State University leads in Technology Transfer, and with the remarkable new Hunt Library that was opened three years ago, it is well-positioned to partner with the University in this area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. Related Opportunities

 

By extension, Technology Tranfer relates to the use of technology in a creative, economical and sustainable ways.  And again, the library could play an important role in this.

 

It could mean:                                                            

                                            

 

            Open Source Programming

 

                        Essentially, this involves an investment not in proprietary computing but in human capital

                        to create and develop open source technology for the benefit of the teaching/learning community

                        and ultimately the larger community.

 

                         * UW Libraries already does this to some extent

 

                                 Creation of the digital repository on the Islandora/Discovery Garden platform.

 

 

             Development of App-based library services

 

                        At Colorado College we are developing Apps for

                                              seamless access to the catalog and other digital resources

                                              access to some library services (theses submissions)

                        Create App access to various modes of library instruction -- Why not?

 

              Use of technology to broaden greatly the outreach of the UW Libraries to non-university  

                        communities  could include:     

                                                Expanded database access to certain collections of

                                                popular literature, magazines and other information

                         

                                                    eg. OJ 24x7.  While this initiative at Regis failed due to

                                                    personnel changes, the principle still remains viable. 

                                                 

                                                Create topical libraries of open access materials    

 

 

When it comes to the use of technology by the academic library, the possibilities are enormous, limited perhaps  by personnel resources and funding -- but the these can be overcome incrementally as priorities are established.