1. International Resource Coordination A CISTI Perspective Naomi Krym @ IATUL 2002 6 June 2002

2. Why CISTI? CISTI is a natural leader in resource sharing in Canada CISTI is uniquely positioned in Canada between government, academia and private sector

3. What is CISTI? Comprehensive STM information source National Research Council (NRC) –premier national R&D agency / facilities Mandate as the “national science library” and Canada’s largest S & T publisher Serves a wide Canadian and international client base –Document delivery services –Current awareness services –NRC Research Press publications –Products for innovation

4. Canadian Government Objectives Re-invest to ensure Canada in top 5 R&D nations by 2010 –knowledge-based economy –value for Canada in new technologies, business opportunities Strengthen Canada’s innovation system key to: –economic growth –improved quality of life

5. CISTI: culture & environment 1. Entrepreneurial (technology transfer) 2. Integrated (public sector / academic & international / national) 3. Collaborative (private & public partnerships) 4. Innovative (e-communication)

6. 1. CISTI fuels Canadian entrepreneurship CISTI has close to 6,500 clients from Canadian industry Canada’s largest R&D enterprises are CISTI clients Outreach to SMEs through collaboration with IRAP

7. 2. CISTI as partner and integrator Government research –NRC –Other government departments Universities –Consortia –Journal editors and peer review Health information libraries –National Network of Libraries for Health

8. 3. Science & e-communication: new reality e-publishing Virtual libraries - NRC Canadian National Site Licensing Project - advisory role

9. 4. e-Infostructure initiative Vision includes extending the infrastructure to the Canadian university research community $1M per year funding for 5 years from Federal Government Initiative will help ensure NRC’s long term access to electronic journals Component of the infrastructure for the proposed Federal Science e-Library

10. CISTI e-Business

11. CISTI enables “Resource Sharing” By partnering with: –NLC –Consortia –Link Partners By exploiting technology: –IntelliDoc –CISTI Source –ISO ILL Protocol

12. CISTI’s role in resource coordination is unique in Canada, bringing together a world-class collection, information delivery expertise and public / private / academic partnerships. CISTI: bridging the gap

13. Naomi KrymNaomi Krym naomi.krym@nrc.canaomi.krym@nrc.ca 1-800-668-1222 (Canada & U.S.)1-800-668-1222 (Canada & U.S.) 613-993-9248 (direct line)613-993-9248 (direct line) 613-952-8244 fax613-952-8244 fax http://www.nrc.ca/cistihttp://www.nrc.ca/cisti Thank You!