International Atomic Energy Agency
The Role of the National INIS Centre and the INIS Secretariat
INIS Training Seminar14 -16 November 2011, Vienna, Austria
Taghrid ATIEH
INIS & NKM SectionDepartment of Nuclear Energy
[email protected]://www.iaea.org/inis
Leader, Capacity Building & Liaison Group
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What is INIS
Role of INIS Centre
Benefits of Active Participation
Role of INIS Secretariat
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I N I S
The leading information source on peaceful uses of nuclear science and
technology
INIS Secretariat is located at theHQs of the IAEA, Vienna – Austria
Established in 1970
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INIS Mission
• Full text of non-conventional literature (NCL)
To produce and disseminate:
• Bibliographic database of the world’s nuclear literature
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Reflects the activities & interests ofall IAEA Members States
Subject Scope:
All aspects of peaceful applications of nuclear sciences and technology
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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 INIS Secretariat
Two partners:
The INIS Centres
Centralized role
Decentralised role
Why Training
Most stages of operations are decentralized
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Input
Quality
Promotion and Outreach
Nuclear information services
Coverage
Why Training
Support to the national nuclear programmes
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a.
b.
2.
Collect, select literature, and prepare input
Send full text of NCL
Provide information services & maintain contact with users, Users Needs Studies
Full coverage of national literature:current and historical
1.
Core activities
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4. Promotion and Outreach; Proactive role... for universities:
Products & Services
Input a. b.
not only for identifying new users…. but also for identifying input sources
Contribute advices/recommendations for theimprovement & development of INIS
3.
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Nuclear knowledge preservationNuclear knowledge managementA new challenge to fulfil Members States need
Participate in studies & evaluations6.
Identify INIS as the source of information whendisseminating or repackaging such information5.
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Worldwide visibility of national literature
Capacity building of the national INIS Centre
Members knowledge preservation in the field
Greater recognition and support from
decision makers/government
INIS Trustworthy & Reliable
Benefits of Active Participation for the INIS Centre
Support the national nuclear programmes
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Participate at the INIS Liaison Officers meetings
Cooperate with other INIS Members
Rights and Privileges of INIS Centre
Receive assistance from the INIS Secretariat
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Receive copy of the INIS Products
Receive financial assistance to participate at INIS meetings
Rights and Privileges of INIS Centre
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Input control and computer processing
Management of INIS
Development and maintenance of standards
Products
Assistance… Capacity Building
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Definition of Membership Arrangement for INIS
In all IAEA officia
l languages
INIS E-Learning
INIS Collection on web
DB on DVD/CD
INIS NCL
INIS Web Site
Reference Series
Direct link to:•Full texts•INIS NCL
on DVD
Document Delivery
Training Courses
Promotion & Outreach
INIS Products & Services
TC Assistance
International Nuclear Information SystemInternational Nuclear Information SystemAtomindex & Authority Files
NSA
OECD / NEA Data Bank
Topical sets on CD/web
Members’ Area
Thesaurus
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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
Alert Service to ILO's
Correspondence
Membership Agreement
Promotion & Outreach
Statistics
Demo
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Open only to staff at national INIS centres
Password = xa-inisUser ID = csu2000
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Output
Atomindex files
DecentralizedNational INIS
Centres
CentralizedINIS Secretariat
Decentralized National INIS
CentresInput
preparation
Input
control
and
Computer
processin
g
INIS Collection
NCL
•Articles•Reports•Books•Conference Proceedings•etc…
- Descriptive cataloguing- Indexing- NCL processing- Imaging
- Acquisitions
End User
Dissemination
Utilization
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AssistanceCapacity Building
Tools Standards
Feedback on Products and Services & future development
Comprehensive, Timely and High Quality INIS products
Effective use of INIS Information Resources and Services
by all who need INISProactive… to reach all potential users & input sources
universities & research institutesActive role in knowledge preservation
Summary
Staff at the INIS Secretariat always ready to help you
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Thank you