ALL-RUSSIAN INSTITUTE of SCIENTIFIC and TECHNICAL INFORMATION of the Russian Academy of Sciences (VINITI RAN)

Usievich Street, 20 Moscow, 125190, Russia

http://www.viniti.ru

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History and present time

Founded – 1952 by Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Since that time – the leading information center in former Soviet Union (USSR), and now – in Russia and CIS countries Today – one of the main producers of scientific and technical information in the world

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Main goals

To supply the national and world community with scientific and technical information about the achievements in fundamental, natural, engineering and applied sciences

Main tasks

To produce the information products and services on the basis of world and Russian scientific and technical publications

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Main directions of activity

To produce the information products in print and electronic forms To provide information services on the basis of own and foreign information products and literature collections in print and electronic forms To conduct scientific research in the field of scientific and technical information

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Main information products

Abstract Journal in print form – Referativnyi Zhurnal – VINITI’s RZh Abstract Database – VINITI’s DB Abstract Journal in electronic form – VINITI’s e-RZh

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VINITI’s Abstract Journal - RZh

Published since 1952 continuously Periodical publication with monthly or bimonthly issues Annually includes about 1 million indexed documents as abstracts, summaries and bibliography of scientific and technical primary publications Sources from 70 countries on 40 languages Includes 70% - foreign documents, 30% Russian documents Consists of 28 summary subject volumes with 208 sections, each of which is issued independently as well, plus 41 subject sections not included in summary volumes

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Main subject fields of issues

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Earth Sciences (Geology, Geophysics, Geography, Mining) Environmental Science Life Sciences and Medicine Mathematics and Computer Science Physics and Astronomy Automatic Equipment and Electronics (

including Computers, Radio Engineering, Communications

) Electrical Engineering and Energy Mechanical Engineering Metallurgy and Welding Transport and Logistics Economics and Management Information and Library Science Printing and Publishing

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VINITI’s Abstract Database

One of the world largest documental database Contains about 28 million records since 1981 till present time 19 subject divisions as separate DB Multidisciplinary file joining all divisions since 2000 Main distribution - online access on VINITI’s Internet-platform with monthly updating Different selects on the user’s requests on CD-, DVD-ROM’s or FTP

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VINITI’s Electronic Abstract Journal e-RZh

Full analogue of RZh in print form Issued since 1995 in DOS and Windows Friendly user interface with broad search possibilities: browse of content of the issue - listing it from page to page - search using subject and author indexes - subject and author search on all textual fields

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Other products in print form

Review publications Express information , including periodical reviews and irregular issues of special publication «Progress in Science and Technology» («Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki» - INT) Bulletins Problem-oriented periodicals abstract and information (collected papers, bulletins) Bibliographic periodical index « Deposited scientific manuscripts» Periodicals and monographs on the theory and practice of scientific and technical information

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Specialized information databases

-Factual database on Structural chemistry -Document-factual database « Corrosion » Full-text database of the journal «Nauchno Tekhnicheskaya Informatsiya» («Scientific and Technical Information»).

Archive since 1997 in open access VINITI’s web-site from the

VINITI RAN Main sources of primary information for VINITI’s products and services

Periodicals and Serials forms Books

main source -

in print and electronic

70-75%

of all information included in VINITI’s products - monographs, collected papers, reports of scientific conferences, textbooks for institutions of higher education etc.

Deposited scientific manuscripts - “grey literature” type of documents Other documents - patents, standards, dissertations etc.

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Main channels of foreign journals input flow for VINITI’s products

Literature sent free from publishers for coverage - 31% Online full-text resources - 22% Free of charge - 15% International Book Exchange - 12% Using the collections of other libraries - 10% Subscription on print or print+online forms 4% Other - 10%

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Some statistics about annual input document flow for VINITI’s information products

Total volume of input flow - more than 200.000 documents Foreign journals and serials – about 6000 titles and 37.000 issues - from 70 countries on 40 languages Russian journals and serials - about 3500 titles and 23.000

issues Russian books – about 20.000

Author preprints of Russian dissertations – 19.000

copies Foreign books and thesis – 1500 copies Patents and other documents – more than 100.000 copies copies

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Input flow in electronic form from foreign full-text online resources more than 10000 titles in total

Elsevier Publishing journals, and journals from other publishers on ScienceDirect Platform (about 500 titles) EBSCO Publishing (11 full-text DB) Springer Publishing Journals Kluwer Publishing Journals Blackwell Publishing Journals Cambridge University Press Oxford University Press Journals and Reference Resources

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Foreign Databases for VINITI’s users

Present subscription:

DB «SCOPUS» Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory online Cochrane Library on CD-ROM

Subscription in nearest future

DB INSPEC

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VINITI’s Library Collection

Total volume 2 million documents, including:

Foreign journals - 800.000 issues Russian journals - 190.000 issues Russian books Foreign books - 290.000 copies - 35.000 copies Deposited manuscripts - 200.000 documents since 1962 Microfilms and microfiches - 185.000 copies since 1970-s’

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Deposit of manuscripts (scientific articles and other non-published documents)

Specific activity were accepted) - to accept scientific papers for Specific document Present collection is formed - deposited DM acquires the status of after depositing process and publishing the Beginning of the activity published document - 1962 (first documents documents manuscripts of DM - about 200.000 - more than 2500

VINITI RAN Library and Information Services

Library - service for individual internal and their copies in print and electronic forms on the basis of VINITI’s collection of literature Information service : - supporting of online access to VINITI’s DB - providing with secondary (abstract and bibliographic) subject information of individual users and organizations according foreign DB and online resources - other forms of information service Document Delivery Service with copies of documents in print and electronic forms

VINITI RAN VINITI’s USERS

Scientific Research Organizations of Russian Academy of Sciences Institutions of Higher Education – Institutes, Universities, Academies Industrial Enterprises Commercial and Private Limited Companies Government Organizations Individual Users – scientists and specialists, lecturers, postgraduates, students and others

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VINITI and GSNTI

Leading organization of Scientific and Technical Information (GSNTI) Leading role in production of normative and methodological documents and state standards in information and library work Main producer in Russian State System of Russian classification system - State Rubricator of STI Main Russian partner in production and distribution of international classifications Iniversal Decimal Classification (UDC)

VINITI RAN VINITI – navigator on STI Russian and world online resources

Works out general requirements needed for creation, presentation and use of online information resources Creates scientific portals Participates in Federal Special Programs including “Electronic Russia” and “Electronic Earth”

Thank you for your attention!

Svetlana Yashukova, PhD, Economy Deputy Director, VINITI RAN [email protected] +7 (095) 152-57-11