IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency INIS Training Seminar FUTURE OF INIS Dobrica Savić Head of INIS Unit November 2009 Vienna, Austria

IAEA Friday, 08 May 2015 INIS Training Seminar 2  Changing Environment  Complexity of the Future Planning Task  Elements of the Future  Directional Pillars  INIS Technological Challenges  Conclusions  Presentation Overview

IAEA Friday, 08 May 2015 INIS Training Seminar 3 Characteristics of the environment The state of world’s economy Fast pace of steady change Organizations need to examine What they do How they do it To keep relevance and their role organizations need to Reposition Reinvent themselves  Changing Environment

IAEA Friday, 08 May 2015 INIS Training Seminar 4 Common wisdom tells We need to learn from the past We need to work hard today We must plan for tomorrow Complexity of the task How to find organization’s inner self? How to define its goals? How to plan for the future? What should be taken into consideration?  Complexity of the Future Planning Task

IAEA Friday, 08 May 2015 INIS Training Seminar 5 Elements to use when defining the future Purpose of the organization What the organization stands for It expends further than its products. Business model The way we carry out our business Difference between “us” and the “others” Redefining and reinventing vs. committing to the existing one Tools and means Used for achieving business goals, making products or delivering services Require constant change Growth Companies that grow for the sake of growth rarely survive downturn and difficult times Sustainable growth should be driven by quality, not quantity  Future Definition Elements

IAEA Friday, 08 May 2015 INIS Training Seminar 6 INIS purpose Larger than its products Provide to the world an easy access to nuclear information for peaceful use INIS "business" model A self-governed, not for profit, collaborative system of member states and international organizations INIS tools and means INIS is inseparable from the information technology it uses Future tools and means to be outside the ordinary Creative and innovative in order to achieve desired purpose INIS growth To continue accumulation of world nuclear literature Focus on quality growth achievable through continuous use of reliable nuclear information provided by recognized sources Full texts  Directional Pillars

IAEA Friday, 08 May 2015 INIS Training Seminar 7 Constraints Increased expectations from information consumers Aging and fragmented INIS technology Lack of standardization Challenges Consolidating dispersed INIS repositories Improving access to the INIS database Standardizing and upgrading INIS input and processing technology Becoming part of broader information systems (e.g. World Wide Science, Google Scholar, etc.)  INIS Technological Challenges

IAEA Friday, 08 May 2015 INIS Training Seminar 8 Forty years of INIS existence is a proof of its usefulness to the world of nuclear science and technology Current hard work and constant improvements are good signs of its sustainability Clear and distinct direction are the only guarantors for its future relevance and leading place in providing the world with reliable nuclear information for peaceful use  Conclusions

IAEA Friday, 08 May 2015 INIS Training Seminar 9 Thank you!