Canada’s scientific infostructure (Csi) Universal, seamless and permanent access to information for Canadian research and innovation Access 2006: National Digital Initiatives Panel Ottawa, Ontario 12 October 2006 Lucie Molgat, Director Csi Program, CISTI
What is CISTI? A Library Canada’s national science library National Research Council (NRC) information resource A Publisher Canada’s foremost scientific and technical publisher A Document Provider Document delivery services from our collection, link partners, and around the world A Gateway to the World's Scientific Information Current awareness services Access and linkages to the world’s STM information A Source of Competitive Technical Intelligence CISTI is … One of the world’s leading providers of information in science, technology and medicine (STM)
A national mandate OTTAWA Vancouver, BC Victoria, BC Edmonton, AB Winnipeg, MB Saskatoon, SK London, ON Montréal, QC Boucherville, QC Saguenay, QC Halifax, NS Charlottetown, PEI St. John’s, NL Fredericton, NB
National information and infrastructure network to provide seamless and permanent access to full-text digital content to Canadians. This will be achieved through collaborations and partnerships with stakeholders in the Canadian library and information community. Canada’s scientific infostructure (Csi) - Vision
Csi components InfrastructureRepository Services & Tools
Infrastructure Content Services Portals ClientsPartners SOA View of Csi
Infrastructure Content Services Portals ClientsPartners Technology Infrastructure Metadata & Electronic Content Web Services & Discovery Tools Csi progress
Partners key to Csi Services & Tools Partners InfrastructureRepository
Csi partners Csi partner projects:
The partnership continuum Maturity Value Complexity Glance Date Engagement Marriage Maturity Value Complexity Glance Date Engagement Marriage Maturity Value Complexity Glance Glance: CIHR Date Engagement Marriage Date: UdeM UofO & AAFC Engagement: FSeLibrary Marriage: LAC
The power of partnering CISTI is seeking partners who share a common vision and want to collaborate on developing: services and tools content technology infrastructure Partners
Questions? Lucie Molgat, Program Director, Canada’s scientific infostructure Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)