1. MARKETING OF INFORMATION : A case study of Documentation Cell of Launch Vehicle Projects, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre GEETHARANI V S E-Mail : geetharani@vssc.gov.in DOCUMENTATION & INFORMATION SERVICES LAUNCH VEHICLE PROJECTS, VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

2. Launch Vehicle Projects Documentation and Information Services Launch Vehicle Projects - VSSC

3.  Marketing of Information means keeping users informed about latest developments, innovations and products  Marketing becomes important either when supply exceeds the demand or the introduction of a new service  Means of making the user aware of the services and enabling them to use it Marketing of Information

4. Contributions : DIS-LV Projects  To meet the specific information needs of the Project  To capture, create, organize and disseminate all relevant worldwide information on Launch Vehicle Technology in specific areas as required  To anticipate the information requirements of the users and their fulfillment  To keep a repository of the documents generated in the projects for fast retrieval  To manage Tacit knowledge

5. Contributions ……  Information on the web is growing exponentially  New web pages are added every second  NEEDLE IN HAYSTACK  Library / Documentation professionals surf the net, select, find, arrange, classify and automatically deliver the needed information to each user as per his/her special interest.  Helping the Project engineers to access the right information at the right time thereby conserving their potential for scientific pursuits

6. Prefer desktop access to information than visit to Library / Documentation Centre  Digital Documentation cell of DIS-LV projects enable this

7. DIS-LV Projects Website http://ashoka.vssc.gov.in/intranet/projects/GSLV mkiii/missions/lvm3 doc (or) http://ashoka.vssc.gov.in/intranet/projects/GSLV/missions/GSLV doc (or) http://ashoka.vssc.gov.in/intranet/projects/PSLV/PSLV DOC

8. Unique Services- DIS-LV Projects for Marketing Information

9. Unique Services ……  INFORMATION BRIDGE : Current articles on a specific topic of interest to the project Team  E-MAIL ALERT : Tool for marketing the information  NEWS TIPS : Abstracts of important news reaching to users’ mail box at the right time

10. 1. Liquid rocket engines 2. Unmanned lunar mission 3. Reusable launch vehicles 4. World launch vehicles 5. Solid propellant boosters 6. Cryogenic stage servicing at launch pad 7. Launch vehicle : Structural qualification / validation testing 8. Launch Vehicle Navigation, Guidance and Control 9. Launch Sites and Pre-launch Operations 10. Launch Vehicle Man Rating 11. Cryostage Structures 12. Composite Payload fairings 13. Coupled load analysis 14. Launch vehicle base flow 15. Ground resonance tests 16. Rubber to Metal Bonding

11. 17. Failure Detection and Isolation in Launch Vehicles 18. Lightning Protection in Space System Operations 19. A Survey of Launch Mission Failures (Revised) 20. Ares – NASA’s New Launch Vehicles 21. Risk Management in Space Systems 22. Contingencies And Failures in Manned Spaceflight 23. Joining of Dissimilar Metals (Brazing, Soldering and Diffusion Bonding) 24. Viking Engine 25. Launch Vehicle Range Safety 26. Control Actuation Systems of Launch Vehicle

12. 27. Turbopumps 28. Cryogenic Seals 29. Contamination Control 30. Stress Concentration in Structures 31. Design of Launch Complex Infrastructure 32. Materials for Cryogenic Applications 33. Launch Vehicle Buffeting 34. Space Shuttle 35. Solid Rocket Motor Segment Joints

13. Institutional Repository of Launch Vehicle Projects  Documentation and Information Services - LV projects is the focal point of the Project Reports of the Launch Vehicle Projects (PSLV, GSLV and GSLV Mk III)  Authentication of reports with Report Number.  Report numbering scheme  PSLV-VSSC-PR-MA-35-011  PSLV : PROJECT IDENTIFICATION  VSSC : CENTRE IN ISRO  PR : PROJECT REPORT  MA : SUBJECT CODE (Eg. MISSION AND AERODYNAMICS)  35 : SERIAL NUMBER / ACCESSION NUMBER  011 : YEAR OF PUBLICATION

14. TACIT Knowledge Standards, Documents Values, Handbooks,... Thoughts Ideas, Comments, Critics Means for sharing implicit & tacit knowledge Means for sharing explicit knowledge

15. Evaluation

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17. Conclusion Successful efforts taken for marketing information is not in vain. All the users are of the opinion that announcements through e-mail regarding addition/updation of information in DIS website inspire them to browse the site.

18. Thanking You …