§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Minister of Technology if he will give details of Techlink as an information retrieval unit; and how many firms take part in the Techlink project.
§ Dr. BrayTechlink is intended to be a service for the selective dissemination of information rather than an information retrieval unit. Its aim is to stimulate a closer technological link between research and industry. It operates through the Mintech Regional Organisation and its function is the selection of technological information and its prompt dissemination to where it can be used in industry.
Although still in a comparatively early experimental stage, the scheme currently has approximately 3,000 recipients in some 2,500 participating firms.