Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information the national information centre and specialized scientific library of the Slovak Republic focused on all branches of technology and selected areas of natural and economic sciences Since 1938

Two aims of the presentation 1.Short view of our organisation with emphasis on new national wide tasks in the field of R&D 2.Problem of the transformation of information system on research and development in the Slovakia Transformation of information system on research and development in the Slovakia 20/05/ ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

Basic characteristics of SCSTI State-owned institution with task to gather, process and provide science- related information and build complex information systems for R&D 98 employees 40 servers 200 PC (80 for users) 1 Gbps interent connection New modern building 20 mil.EUR /open 2007/ Budget for year approximately 2,5 mil. EUR Books units Users (readers) Average salary of employee 680 EUR 20/05/ ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

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Functions - classical – Library services of scientific library * – Depository Library of the OECD and the EBRD – European Documentation Centre, provision of EU-related information – Methodical and analytical support of management and evaluation in the area of R&D and higher education – Centre of Patent Information of the SR – PATLIB * explanation : Our former name was “Slovak technical library” 20/05/ ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

Library services loaning consulting reference researching interlibrary loaning service reprography and bookbinding 20/05/20106ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

Study rooms SCSTI  Study room for periodicals (1. floor)  local and foreign periodicals  free access to last 4 years volumes  General study room ( 3. floor)  books in free choice  Study room for special documents ( 4. floor)  norms, patents, firem literature  European document centre  Deposit library of OECD and EBOR 20/05/20107ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

Information sources in library Local * Foreign * books serials manuals encyclopedias dictionaries statistical yearbooks Statute books (legal code) Printed * Electronic norms patents firm literature documents OECD, EBOR documents EU 20/05/20108ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

New functions of SCSTI with nation- wide operations Implementation of Central register of dissertations and habilitations of Universities in Slovakia – in routine from Implementation of Central register of evidence public activities Universities in Slovakia – in routine from Oktober 2009 Implementation of Antiplague system (supplier is private Slovak firma) - in routine from Managment of two National projects funded by EU through ERDF 20/05/ ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

New parts of SCSTI Project OFFICE for managment of projects funded by ERDF /7/ Technology Transfer Centre (TTC) - from 2009 /5/ National Centre for Popularisation of Science and Technology in Society, incl. administration of the Information portal fng of or research, development and innovation – from 2007 /12/ Data Centre for Research (separate unit in town Zilina 20 mil. Euro from EU ERDF) - will be opened /5/ Workplace for complex digitalization (5 types of scanner Euro EU ERDF) – from 11.May 2010 /5/ Plus 27 internal employees /relative to end of 2007/ 20/05/ ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

_______________________________ ____ 1.National project funded by ERDF National Information System of Support Research in Slovakia access to electronical information sources There are 4 activities create to obtain or to implement : 1 - “SCIENCE” database collections for “all” scientists live in Slovakia 2 - strong tools for searching in this collections /Metalib SFX/ 3 - building own Slovak science results database 4 - transforming actual IS of R and D to SK CRIS Unrecoverable allowance: 20 mil. € Realisation : /05/2010ICSTI conference BAKU

Activity 1 - Database collections Free on – line access for all academic and research workers in Slovakia for 2008/ Knovel 2.Scopus 3.IEEE/IET Electronic Library Conditions: 1. User have to be a member of 4.ACM Universities or Slovak Academy or 5.SCIENCE DIRECT an scientific library or SCSTI 6.Web of Science 2. Only for R and D purposeWeb of Science 7.Current Contents Connect 3. Only through reserved range of IP 8.Essential Science Indicators 9.Journal Citation Reports 10. ISI Proceedings – Scientific 11. ProQuest Central 12. SPRINGERLink – national licence 13. Beilstein-CrossFire cca 14. WILEY-BLACKWELL 15. GALE ̶ for art 16. H.W. Wilson ̶ for art 20/05/2010ICSTI conference BAKU

National Information System of Support Research in Slovakia access to electronical information sources Transformation of IS of R and D to new functions with respect of standards EU with emphasing to efective using and conections to other IS Activity number 4

What do we want to change ? Central Information Portal for Research, Development and Innovation (CIP RDI) One of the main information, managerial and supervisory tools of the state scientific and technical policy Hosted and administrated by the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information CIP RDI according to the law on state R&D support provides: Information on public calls for research proposals and projects implemented within the state R&D support programmes, incl. results achieved; Information on results of R&D tasks’ solution and participation of the Slovak Republic in international programmes and initiatives; R&D related summary reports and further information according to the Minister of Education decision. 20/05/ ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

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Why we want to change it ? 1. Augmented with new functions /export by demand, sophisticated searching, etc../ 2. Better interconnection with other R&D related information systems. 3.The improvement of English version of the portal. The portal have to become an effective support tool also for foreign researchers, entrepreneurs and venture investors interested in Slovak R&D 4.Be compatible with EU standard /easy to exchange ”right” information/ 5. Be really complex and actual system /new system of collection information/ 6.System more strongly oriented to ”science” user 20/05/ ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

From CIP RDI to SK CRIS Situation there are two parts of CIP RDICIP RDI 1. Popularisation part 2. RIS /research information system/ Our aim in one sentence: With EU money to transform national RIS to European standards what means to SK CRIS Inspiration: euro CRISeuro CRIS Basic idea : full implementation of data model CERIF CERIF Source for this activity : max € Main tool: Public tender 20/05/ ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

What was done and why ? 2009 April 2009 International conference about science in EU /standarts and compatibility of CRIS/ in Bratislava - for all who have “something” with science especially ministry clerks, different types of state managers etc. /they have power and possibility to give money/ AIM : TO SHOW THAT in EU SOLVED THE SAME P ROBLEM S AS WE HAVE TO SOLVE …. Create effective CRIS April 2009 Seminar about format CERIF /for IT experts - they have knowledge and no possibility to give money / AIM : Creator of format CERIF explained Slovak IT experts ”What is it CERIF” May 2009 – December 2009 elaborated 7 studies from : 2 active scientists, 1 expert from science funding organisation, 1 ministry expert / in Slovakia science is s ”under” Ministry of Education, 1 expert from Slovak Technical University, 1 expert from area RD data and indicators 1 expert from Slovak Academy of Science As the result we obtained approximately 400 pages of analyses and ideas about “ ideal” CRIS …. 20/05/ ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

What was done and what we plan 2010 Januar 2010 – March 2010 Elaborate conditions for supplier of SK CRIS /economical, experts qualification and references/ April June 2010 We have 10 tenderers and we have to decide who fullfilled conditions July to month ”M” Selection of best tender and signature of contract M+2 months Preparation phase M+9 months Analytic and project phase M+14 months Development phase M+ 16 months Testing phase M+17 months Pilot operation phase M+ 18 months System launching into the full operation CONCLUSIO N : In the next ICSTI conference there will be a presentation about first experiences with SK CRIS but i t is depend s on number M and results of our polls in Slovakia, too. 20/05/ ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

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