Transcript Ms Taghrid Atieh - International Atomic Energy Agency

International Atomic Energy Agency
The Role of the National INIS Centre
and the INIS Secretariat
INIS Training Seminar
14 -16 November 2011, Vienna, Austria
Taghrid ATIEH
Leader, Capacity Building & Liaison Group
INIS & NKM Section
Department of Nuclear Energy
[email protected]
http://www.iaea.org/inis
The International Nuclear Information System
 What is INIS
 Role of INIS Centre
 Benefits of Active Participation
 Role of INIS Secretariat
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The International Nuclear Information System
INIS
Established in 1970
The leading information source on
peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology
INIS Secretariat is located at the
HQs of the IAEA, Vienna – Austria
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The International Nuclear Information System
INIS Mission
To produce and disseminate:
• Bibliographic database of the world’s nuclear
literature
• Full text of non-conventional literature (NCL)
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The International Nuclear Information System
Subject Scope:
All aspects of peaceful applications
of nuclear sciences and technology
Reflects the activities & interests of
all IAEA Members States
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The International Nuclear Information System
INIS is based on international cooperation
127 Member States and 24 Inter. organizations
INIS Member is represented by a Liaison Officer
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The International Nuclear Information System
Why Training
Two partners:
 The INIS Secretariat
 The INIS Centres
Centralized role
Decentralised role
Most stages of operations are decentralized
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The International Nuclear Information System
Why Training
 Input
 Quality
 Coverage
 Promotion and Outreach
 Nuclear information services
 Support to the national nuclear programmes
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The International Nuclear Information System
The Role of National INIS Centre
1. Full coverage of national literature:
current and historical
a. Collect, select literature, and prepare input
b. Send full text of NCL
Core activities
2. Provide information services & maintain contact
with users, Users Needs Studies
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The International Nuclear Information System
The Role of National INIS Centre
3. Contribute advices/recommendations for the
improvement & development of INIS
4. Promotion and Outreach; Proactive role... for
universities:
a. Products & Services
b. Input
not only for identifying new users….
but also for identifying input sources
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The International Nuclear Information System
The Role of National INIS Centre
5. Identify INIS as the source of information when
disseminating or repackaging such information
6. Participate in studies & evaluations
 Nuclear knowledge preservation
Nuclear knowledge management
A new challenge to fulfil Members States need
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The International Nuclear Information System
Benefits of Active Participation for the INIS Centre
P Capacity building of the national INIS Centre
P Support the national nuclear programmes
P Members knowledge preservation in the field
P Worldwide visibility of national literature
INIS Trustworthy & Reliable
Greater recognition and support from
decision makers/government
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The International Nuclear Information System
Rights and Privileges of INIS Centre
 Receive assistance from the INIS Secretariat
 Cooperate with other INIS Members
 Participate at the INIS Liaison Officers meetings
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The International Nuclear Information System
Rights and Privileges of INIS Centre
 Receive copy of the INIS Products
 Receive financial assistance to participate at
INIS meetings
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The International Nuclear Information System
Role of the INIS Secretariat
Management of INIS
Input control and computer processing
Development and maintenance of standards
Products
Assistance… Capacity Building
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The International Nuclear Information System
Definition of Membership Arrangement for INIS
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International Nuclear Information System
INIS Products & Services
DB on DVD/CD
INIS Collection on web
Atomindex & Authority Files
Direct link to:
•Full texts
•INIS NCL
NSA
INIS NCL
on DVD
INIS E-Learning
Document Delivery
INIS Web Site
Reference Series
Members’ Area
Thesaurus
Topical sets on CD/web
Promotion & Outreach
OECD / NEA Data Bank
Taghrid ATIEH
Training Courses
TC Assistance
The International Nuclear Information System
Objective: to provide the ILO's with an easy and fast access
to recent and/or valid information, and documents issued by
the INIS Secretariat:
http://www.iaea.org/INIS/Members_area/Members_only/index.html
Demo
 Correspondence
 Promotion & Outreach
 Membership Agreement
 Statistics
 Alert Service to ILO's
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The International Nuclear Information System
Open only to staff at national INIS centres
Password = xa-inis
User ID = csu2000
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The International Nuclear Information System
Decentralized
Centralized
National INIS Centres
INIS Secretariat
Input preparation
- Acquisitions
•Articles
•Reports
•Books
•Conference
Proceedings
•etc…
- Descriptive cataloguing
- Indexing
- NCL processing
- Imaging
Output
Input
National INIS Centres
Dissemination
Utilization
Atomindex files
control
and
Computer
processing
INIS Collection
NCL
Tools
Standards
Assistance
Capacity Building
Taghrid ATIEH
Decentralized
End User
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The Role of National INIS Centre
Summary
Comprehensive, Timely and High Quality INIS products
Effective use of INIS Information Resources and Services
by all who need INIS
Proactive… to reach all potential users & input sources
universities & research institutes
Active role in knowledge preservation
Feedback on Products and Services & future development
Staff at the INIS Secretariat always ready to help you
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The International Nuclear Information System
Thank you
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