Record Group 41 - Center for Innovative Technology (CIT)

Scope and content:

May include Center for Information Retrieval, Analysis, and Management (IRAM)

Biographical / historical:

In 1984, the Virginia General Assembly created Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), which established Technology Development Centers (TDCs) at universities across Virginia. TDCs established at Virginia Tech include Fiber and Electro-Optics Research Center [RG 18/6/1], Virginia Power Electronics Center [RG 18/6/2], Center for Coal and Minerals Processing, Center for Advanced Ceramic Materials, Center for Biobased Materials [RG 13/18], Center for Wireless Telecommunications, and Internet Technology Innovation Center. In 2020, the General Assembly passed legislation to make part of the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority.

Related material:

See also RG 13/18; RG 18/6/1; RG 18/6/2.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Parent terms of access:

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