MARKETING OF INFORMATION : A

case study of Documentation Cell

of Launch Vehicle Projects, Vikram

Sarabhai Space Centre

GEETHARANI V SE-Mail : geetharani@vssc.gov.in

DOCUMENTATION & INFORMATION SERVICESLAUNCH VEHICLE PROJECTS, VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE

CENTRETHIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Launch Vehicle Projects

Documentation and Information ServicesLaunch Vehicle Projects - VSSC

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

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

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

Prefer desktop access to information than visit to Library /

Documentation Centre

Digital Documentation cell of DIS-LV projects enable this

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

Unique Services- DIS-LV Projects for Marketing Information

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

1. Liquid rocket engines2. Unmanned lunar mission

3. Reusable launch vehicles

4. World launch vehicles5. 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 Rating11. Cryostage Structures

12. Composite Payload fairings   

13. Coupled load analysis

14. Launch vehicle base flow

15. Ground resonance tests

16. Rubber to Metal Bonding

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

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  

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

TACIT Knowledge

Standards, Documents

Values, Handbooks,...

ThoughtsIdeas,

Comments,Critics

Means for sharing implicit & tacit knowledge

Means for sharing explicit knowledge

Evaluation

Evaluation……

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.

Thanking You …