1. IRAD INITIATIVES Objectives Increase content/records
Increase downloads (strategies:
Promotion (business cards, brief oral presentations in the regions/schools)
attractive packaging

2. IRAD’s role in stii and the division’s core competence
STII as a Central Repository
Output / Products
PSTA
PMWS
Information Systems
Reference Service
Information Management
Content Development
Systems Development
Indicators
Hits / Visits
Clients served

3. From September (09)16, 2013 onwards
Documentation unit
From September (09)16, 2013 onwards

4. Regular Tasks – Documentation Unit
Ged
Jobet (only up to 3rd qtr 2013)
Jeff
Josie

5. Regular Tasks – Documentation Unit
Products
Improvement
PSTA
Increase in records input
Total Filipiniana Records as of 11 Feb 2014:
5,760
1,874
Product
1,161
Philippine Science and Technology Abstracts
(PSTA)
651
602
578
236
181
215
152 25 49 36
No. of Inputs per Year

6. PSTA Downloads – SciencePh and STII Website as of 31 Dec 2013
Volume
Date Uploaded
Downloads
January-June 2012
1020
July-December 2012
875
January-June 2013
574
July-December 2012 volume late completion and submission (Lyn Bacani)

7. Regular Tasks – Documentation Unit
Products
Improvement
PMWS
Successfully renamed to Philippine Men and Women of Science last August 2013
309
Profile
As of
2012
2013
11 Feb 2014
Complete
1078
1,100
1,102
Incomplete
419
443
449
Total
1,497
1,543
1,551
198
180
144
135
120
118 97 66 54 46 21 30 24 8 1
Product
Philippine Men and Women of Science (PMWS)
No. of Inputs per Year

8. PMWS Downloads – SciencePh and STII Website as of Dec 31, 2013
Volume
Date Uploaded
Downloads
Vol June 2012
4066
Vol December 2012
2408
Vol June 2013
1537

9. Regular Tasks – Documentation Unit
Products
Improvement
PMWS
Successfully renamed to Philippine Men and Women of Science last August 2013

10. Plans and Proposed Improvements
IT and Documentation Unit

11. Plans / Proposed Improvements
Documentation Unit
PSTA – turn quarterly issues (1,200/yr. records)
PMWS
Add new records/profiles from NAST and PJS and other agencies (would need additional staff SRS1)
Picture and word description of scientist/specialized field (weekly)
Feature/Blog (monthly or twice a month)
Outsource Layout and Design.
Can we pay for professional service for 6 layout designs for PSTA and PMWS? Tokens or gift checks 1,000.00/layout; 6,000/yr.

12. Plans / Proposed Improvements
Documentation
Alloting of budget for contribution ( 4/month plus retainer for editor) P48,000/year.
Additional staff to sustain content gathering and encoding.