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number of requests by <strong>Indonesia</strong>ns for BOSTID publications, approximately
3,000 per month. BOSTID could not possibly respond to all these
requests, because only a limited number of copies of BOSTID reports are
available and because there are no means of determ<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the legitimacy
and appropriateness of the requests. Dur<strong>in</strong>g the discussions it was
suggested that LIPI's National Scientific Documentation Center (PDIN)
might be able to distribute BOSTID reports. Such an arrangement would
not only provide outreach to the scientific community but would also
enable the reports to reach the appropriate libraries and <strong>in</strong>dividuals
<strong>in</strong> <strong>Indonesia</strong>.
After negotiations with Dr. Did<strong>in</strong> Sastrapradja, deputy chairman for
natural sciences, LIPI, and Ms. Luwarsih Pr<strong>in</strong>ggoadisurjo, director of
PDIN, the follow<strong>in</strong>g arrangements were made:
• BOSTID would send a complete set of its available reports to
the PDIN for <strong>in</strong>formation and their bibliographic records.
• BOSTID would furnish a supply of current reports <strong>in</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>t and
thereafter would forward all requests from <strong>Indonesia</strong> to the
PDIN for action.
• A notice would be <strong>in</strong>serted <strong>in</strong> each future publication stat<strong>in</strong>g
that residents of <strong>Indonesia</strong> could request copies directly from
the PDIN.
Approximately 200-300 copies of each of the follow<strong>in</strong>g BOSTID reports
were shipped to the PDIN for distribution:
• More Water for Arid Lands: Promis<strong>in</strong>g Technologies and Research
Opportunities
• Underexploited Tropical Plants with Promis<strong>in</strong>g Economic Value
• Energy for Rural Development: Renewable Resources and Alternative
Technologies for Develop<strong>in</strong>g Countries (plus the Supplement)
• Methane Generation from Human, Animal, and Agricultural Wastes
• Mak<strong>in</strong>g Aquatic Weeds Useful: Some Perspectives for Develop<strong>in</strong>g
Countries
• Guayule: An Alternative Source of Natural Rubber
• Tropical Legumes: Resources for the Future
• Leucaena: Promis<strong>in</strong>g Forage and Tree Crop for the Tropics
• Firewood Crops: Shrub and Tree Species for Energy Production
• Microbial Processes: Promis<strong>in</strong>g Technologies for Develop<strong>in</strong>g
Countries
• Postharvest Food Losses <strong>in</strong> Develop<strong>in</strong>g Countries
• U.S. Science and Technology for Development: Contributions to
the UN Conference
• Food, Fuel, and Fertilizer from Organic Wastes
• The Water Buffalo: New Prospects for an Underutilized Animal
• Sow<strong>in</strong>g Forests from the Air
• The W<strong>in</strong>ged Bean: A High Prote<strong>in</strong> Crop for the Tropics (second
edition)
• Proceed<strong>in</strong>gs, International Workshop on Energy Survey
Methodologies
• Alcohol Fuels: Options for Develop<strong>in</strong>g Countries