1. THE GAEC LIBRARY AS A RESOURCE BASE FOR INFORMATION ON THE PEACEFUL APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN GHANA (AN OVERVIEW OF THE GAEC DIGITAL LIBRARY AND INIS) A Presentation by Mr. Albert P. K. E. Bilson (Acting Head, GAEC Library & INIS Laison Officer for Ghana) April, 2017

2. Outline of presentation
Mission of the GAEC Library
The GAEC digital library – How it came about
What is a digital library
Benefits & Limitations
Features of the GAEC digital library
Search interface of the GAEC digital library
Social Media Intergration
International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
Contact us – The GAEC Library
Conclusion

3. Mission of the GAEC Library
In line with Section 3 (f) Act 588, 2000, The GAEC Library exists to serve as a resource base for information on the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology in Ghana.
It aims at acquiring scientific literature relevant to the interests of the user population, organizing and making them available to the research scientists, technologists, technicians and other workers of the Commission.

4. The GAEC Digital Library –
How it came about
GAEC strategic plan required the Library to provide LAN access to the GAEC Library database, OPAC to enhance library material & access to remote digital information (GAEC, 2011, p. 8).
Libraries that want to remain relevant due to the changes brought by ICT have now become digital libraries.
In 2015 the GAEC Library with assistance from the ICT Department developed the GAEC digital library to serve as the organizational repository and enhance access to relevant nuclear literature.

5. What is a Digital Library digital Library
Digital libraries are the digital face of traditional libraries.
Before the current term came into being previous terms such as “virtual library”, “electronic library,” “library without walls” were used to describe this broad concept.
A collection of documents in organized electronic form, available on the Internet (Techtarget, 2017).
A collection of digitized and organized information giving us powers traditional libraries never had (Lesk, 2004).

6. Examples of digital Libraries
Internet Archive Library. Over 279 billion items
Project Gutenberg. The first digital library developed in 1971.
Oxford Digital library
Cambridge Digital Library
Open Library

7. Benefits & Limitations
Access anytime (24/7)
Access anywhere (office, home etc)
Open access and sharing of information
Access by several users at a time
Limitations
Copyright/ rights management
Internet access
Bandwidth speed of network
Hardware and software issues

8. Features of the GAEC digital library

9. Features of the GAEC digital library

10. Features of the GAEC digital library

11. Features of the GAEC digital library

12. GAEC Library catalogue (GLIBCAT) (Highlights of 2016)

13. GAEC Library catalogue (GLIBCAT) (Highlights of 2016)

14. GAEC Library catalogue (GLIBCAT) (Highlights of 2016)

15. Brochures/ Booklets

16. Brochures/ Booklets

17. New IAEA Publications

18. New IAEA Publications

19. New IAEA Publications

20. Photos

21. Photos

22. E-Resources Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)
Online Access To Research in the Enviroment (OARE)
Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI)
Health Access to Research Program (HINARI)
ICTP eJournal Delivery Service
African Journals Online (AJOL)
International Nuclear Library Network (INLN)
WorldWideScience – The Global Science Gateway
IAEA Training Course Series
IAEA Library
IAEA Publications
Scientific Research

23. E-Resources

24. Annual & Technical Reports

25. Annual & Technical Reports

26. Annual & Technical Reports

27. Journal Articles

28. Journal Articles

29. GAEC Laws

30. GAEC Laws

31. GAEC Laws

32. Theses/dissertations

33. Theses/dissertations

34. Theses/dissertations

35. Theses/dissertations

36. Theses/dissertations
88 theses records currently in full text
Department of Medical Physics [28]
Department of Nuclear Engineering - [20]
Department of Nuclear Agriculture and Radiation Processing - [11]
Department of Nuclear Safety and Security [9]
Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications [20]

37. Search Interface

38. Social Media Integration

39. International Nuclear Info. System
INIS – International Nuclear Information System contains scientific literature on the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology.
Established in 1970 and operated by the IAEA. Ghana is part of the over 150 countries and organisations who have joined INIS.
According to INIS (2017), its Database contains over 4 million bibliographic records out of which 527,919 are full-text documents of non-conventional literature (NCL).

40. International Nuclear Info. System
Books, Journal articles, scientific & Technical Reports, Legislative material, Patents, audiovisual, standards, reports, theses/ dissertations, conference papers.
Publications in 63 languages.
All records include keywords and most have an abstract in English. (INIS, 2017)
The GAEC library is the designated centre for Ghana in collecting, processing and sending to the INIS secretariat all relevant Nuclear publications in Ghana. These records will then be added to the INIS database.

41. International Nuclear Info. System
GAEC Library is therefore mandated to fulfil article
2.3.1 of the INIS members’ rights, privileges and responsibilities namely “the collection, selection, description, categorization, indexing, abstracting and related preparation, of items of literature published within its national boundaries (or organizational confines if an international body) and submission to the INIS Secretariat in Vienna in accordance with the definitions, rules, procedures, formats, and guidelines set forth in the ‘IAEA/INIS Reference Series’ and associated INIS Circular Letters”.
(International Atomic Energy Agency, 2000).

42. International Nuclear Info. System
Some notable Journals we process and send articles from include the following:
Agricultural and Food Science Journal of Ghana
Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science
Ghana Journal of Geography

43. International Nuclear Info. System
Ghana Journal of Science
Ghana Medical Journal
Ghana Mining Journal

44. International Nuclear Info. System
Journal of Applied Science and Technology
Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences
Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)

45. International Nuclear Info. System
West African Journal of Applied Ecology
Journal of the Ghana Science Association
Journal of the Ghana Institution of Engineers

46. International Nuclear Info. System

47. International Nuclear Info. System

48. International Nuclear Info. System

49. International Nuclear Info. System

50. International Nuclear Info. System

51. INIS - Overview

52. INIS – Subject Scope SUBJECT PERCENTAGE (%) Life Sciences 17
Elementary Particle Physics 16
Nuclear Power and Safety 13
Nuclear Physics 11
Atomic, Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics 10
Engineering and Instrumentation 9
Nuclear Materials
Economic. Environmental & Legal Aspects 8
Fuel Cycle, Waste & Radiochemistry 7

53. INIS– Ghana’s Theses rankings (past 5 years)
NO. OF RECORDS
WORLD RANKINGS
AFRICA RANKING
2016 77 5 1
2015 59 7 2
2014 98
2013 41
2012 68 6

54. INIS – Theses rankings (2016)

55. INIS – Total Records submitted
• The total number of Ghanaian records in the INIS database as at March 2017 is 943. Input figures for Ghana have been relatively high during the last 5 years as shown below:

56. INIS – INIS Usage in Ghana
YEAR
NO. UNIQUE VISITORS
TOTAL UNIQUE SEARCHERS
2016
998
3924
2015
1017
3078
2014
1040
3506
2013
123
1613
2012
103
1877
TOTAL
3281
13,998

57. INIS Matters - Library publications (Highlights of 2016)

60. Contact Us – The GAEC Library
We are always available to assist you and we welcome your suggestions and contributions as well.
You can contact the GAEC Library at 

61. REFERENCES
Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (2011). Corporate Strategic plan
2012 – 2016.
International Atomic Energy Agency (2000). INIS members’ rights,
privileges and responsibilities. Retrieved on 13/3/17 from
International Nuclear Information System (2017) INIS Progress and
Activity Report. Retrieved on 12/3/17 from
International Nuclear Information System (2016) INIS Progress and
International Nuclear Information System (2015) INIS Progress and

62. REFERENCES
International Nuclear Information System (2014) INIS Progress and
Activity Report. Retrieved on 12/3/17 from
International Nuclear Information System (2013) INIS Progress and
International Nuclear Information System (2017). INIS repository.
Retrieved 13/3/17 from
Lesk, M. (2004). Understanding digital libraries (2nd Ed.)
Amsterdam:Elsevier.
Techtarget (2005). Digital Library. Retrieved 12/3/17 from

63. THANK YOU