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informationandknowledge.Theyalsoacknowledgedtheremarkable
advancesindataaccessandsearchtechnologies,aswellastheextraor-
dinaryincreaseinthevolumeoftechnologyinformationgeneratedand
publishedacrosstheworldinrecentdecadestobefoundparticularlyin
patentsandscientificandtechnicalpublicationsasindicatedinFigure1.
Inthecaseofpatents,thisincreaseisinadditiontotheapproximately
90millionpatentdocumentsthathavealreadybeenpublishedtodate.
WorldS&Earticles
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Figure1:Increaseinpatentandscientificandengineering(S&E)articles(Source:WIPO
StatisticsDatabaseandUSNationalScienceFoundation,January2014)
Accesstotechnologicalinformationhasalwaysbeenparticularly
chellengingforthedevelopingworld.Thisisalreadyreflectedinthesize
ofnationallibrarycollectionsindifferentregionsoftheworldwithfar
smallerbookcollectionsfoundinAfrica,ascomparedtothoseinAsiaand
evenmoredramaticallyincomparisontoEurope.2Thisrestrictedaccessis
alsoseeninthenumberofsubscriptionstoscientificandtechnicaljournals
andinresidentpatentfilings,3whichindicatebetween1.0to3.0resident
2http://data.uis.unesco.org/Communicationandinformation:National
libraries–Collections,registeredusers,worksloanedout,employees.
3
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