Appropriate Technology: Microfiche Collection
The Appropriate Technology Microfiche Collection provides a practical source for locating information about the use of technology to help build communities. The Appropriate Technology Collection focuses not only on providing technological information, but attempts to do so according to a set of socio-political guidelines.
The primary technological areas that the Collection focuses on are listed below:
- Agriculture
- Forestry
- Aquaculture
- Water Supply
- Energy
- General Energy
- Wind Energy
- Water Energy
- Solar Energy
- Biogas Energy
- Housing and Construction
- Transportation
- Health Care
- Science Teaching
- Nonformal Education
- Small Enterprises and Cooperatives
- Beekeeping
- Small Industries
- Disaster Preparedness
The Appropriate Technology Collection provides practical instruction within these areas. For example, under Agriculture you will find farmer's planting guides, materials on alternative sources of rubber, articles about raising poultry, information on irrigation, etc. Under Energy, you will find a manual on building a solar home. Under Transportation, you can find out how to build a fishing boat; under Heath Care, how to set up a health lab; or, under the Disaster Preparedness how to set up shelters after a disaster.
The Appropriate Technology Microfiche Collection contains a wealth of information about many concepts relating to technology .
Content Editor: Thomas Main main@appstate.edu ( 828) 262-2793