The Scottish Science Library: A New National Resource for Scotland

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia J. Bunch
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Information Services ◽  
National Library ◽  
Business Information ◽  
Scientific And Technical Information ◽  
The Uk ◽  
National Resource

The Scottish Science Library (SSL), part of the National Library of Scotland (NLS), was opened in 1989. The NLS, the largest library in Scotland, is one of the legal deposit libraries in the UK and had a large scientific collection that was underused. Together with the foreign periodicals collection of the Royal Society of Edinburgh this formed the basis for a new service. Housed in a new building, the SSL provides scientific and technical information services to Scottish industry as well as to academics and the general public. It also incorporates the Scottish Business Information Service.

Intellectual property information services and the impacts on academic libraries’ transformation from the perspective of Chinese university libraries

IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522110255
Author(s):  
Wei Yang ◽  
Tianlin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Information Services ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Library Transformation ◽  
Information Providers

Approximately 100 Intellectual Property Information Services Centres have been established in Chinese university libraries, more than 80% of them since 2017. The context of this boom in Intellectual Property Information Services Centres is the rapidly increasing number of patent applications in China, as well as an unacceptably low transfer ratio. Do Intellectual Property Information Services Centres represent a promising direction for university library transformation? This is the central issue addressed in this article. The characteristics of the Chinese evolutionary path and driving forces are discussed, and distinctive intellectual property information service practices are studied and summarized. Comparisons are made with the USA, the UK, Europe and India. With Intellectual Property Information Services Centres, university libraries can evolve from information providers to innovation catalysts, and establish closer connections between universities, communities and industries. The impacts of Intellectual Property Information Services Centres on university librarianship are multifaceted. The trends and challenges of intellectual property information services are also discussed in the article.

Caribbean Commission

1948 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 544-545
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Research Information ◽  
Population Movements ◽  
Scientific And Technical Information ◽  
Sixth Session ◽  
The Caribbean

The Caribbean Commission met for its sixth session at San Juan, Puerto Rico, from May 24 to 29, 1948. Among the subjects discussed were tourism, industrial, development, transportation and communications, population movements, water supply, and the establishment of a scientific and technical information service: and a statistical unit to serve research needs on Caribbean topics. The Commission decided to make a six-month survey of all existing research institutions, projects, and personnel in the region, to serve as a basis for a permanent research information service to be maintained by the secretariat.

The Study on the Typical KPO Service Modes Undertook by the Scientific and Technical Information Institutes Based on SWOT Model Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 373-375 ◽  
pp. 2256-2261
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Cheng Li ◽  
Shen Jing Chen ◽  
Yun Du ◽  
Xin Li
Keyword(s):  
Market Competition ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Model Analysis ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Knowledge Process ◽  
Knowledge Service ◽  
Scientific And Technical Information ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Knowledge Services

The Chinese government departments and enterprises increased emphasis on service outsourcing, especially on knowledge process outsourcing which has knowledge-intensive characteristics. Because the increasing demands for the knowledge services in the current market competition, the Scientific and Technical Information Institutes (as the knowledge service organizations), faced the huge market opportunities, but also faced the huge market challenges. In this paper, based on the service status of the institutes, we select some typical knowledge services modes such as media monitoring, industrial monitoring, and patent information service for SWOT model analysis. And we make the SO, WO, ST, WT strategy research. The SWOT model analysis can help the institutes establish proper understandings and assessments of their competitive strengths. Therefore they can make full use of their advantages, overcome the disadvantages, and develop varieties of knowledge service products suitable for the market demands. Through the efforts, the KPO services will become one of the main business directions for the institutes.

scholarly journals Quality Evaluation of the Scientific and Technical Information Services and Its User Study

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-47
Author(s):  
Sung-Been Moon ◽  
In-Sook Choe ◽  
Sang-Hee Choi ◽  
Sung-Sook Lee ◽  
Hye-Young Chang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Evaluation ◽  
User Study ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Scientific And Technical Information

scholarly journals National Library and Information Resources of the Country: New Maker Posts

2011 ◽  
pp. 14-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yury A. Grikhanov ◽  
Aleksandr A. Dzhigo ◽  
Elena Yu. Elisina ◽  
Nina Z. Starodubova ◽  
Lidia M. Tolchinskaya
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Information Collection ◽  
National Library ◽  
Network Information ◽  
Scientific And Technical Information ◽  
Sharing Responsibility

On the new concept of the National library and information collection formation by book chambers, libraries, archives, scientific and technical information institutions and specialized depositories. The idea of a more complete preservation of documental cultural heritage of Russia, including network information resources is substantiated. Criteria of sharing responsibility between the organizations participating in formation of distributed national collection are offered in the paper.

scholarly journals Discipline Formation in Information Management: Case Study of Scientific and Technological Information Services

10.28945/2902 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Middleton
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Technical Information ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Reference Database ◽  
Discipline Formation ◽  
Control Factors ◽  
Technological Information ◽  
Scientific And Technical Information ◽  
Management Case Study

Discipline formation in information management is investigated through a case study of the origination and development of information services for scientific and technical information in Australia. Particular reference is made to a case of AESIS, a national geoscience, minerals and petroleum reference database coordinated by the Australian Mineral Foundation. This study provided a model for consideration of similar services and their contribution to the discipline. The perspective adopted is to consider information management at operational, analytical and strategic levels. Political and financial influences are considered along with analysis of scope, performance and quality control. Factors that influenced the creation, transitions, and abeyance of the service are examined, and some conclusions are drawn about an information management discipline being exemplified by such services.

scholarly journals Library and Information Services on the Websites of National Libraries of Russia: Classification and Presentation Issues

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita Y. Dvorkina
Keyword(s):  
Information Service ◽  
Information Services ◽  
National Library ◽  
Full List ◽  
Main Page ◽  
Russian State ◽  
State Library ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
National Libraries

The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse services on the websites of national libraries of Russia. The author presents definition of the concept “library (library and information) service” and highlights the essence of these services. The article analyses how the services are presented on the official websites of national libraries: the Russian State Library (RSL), the National Library of Russia (NLR) and the Presidential Library named after B. Yeltsin (PL). The author uses the following methods: analysis of texts of library sites, comparison, generalization, classification analysis. RSL names the services on the main page of the website and provides the list of fee-based services. NLR also demonstrates services twice, but more complete list presents on the main page of the site. PL does not provide the full list of services on the website, but lists some services in the section “Access to Resources” (also, the site presents “The Price List of fee-based services (works)”. Electronic services of national libraries of Russia are allocated.The author characterizes classification of services on the website of each national library. Analysis of these services shows that they are not presented comprehensively (most fully in the RSL), and the services are called and classified by libraries in different ways. Users accessing different national libraries are not always able to understand exactly what services are described there.The article proposes classification of library and information services developed by the author. The classification is based on two attributes: the object that is requested by the user (document, reference, etc.), and the place of service. This classification can be used by both national and other libraries.

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