ICSTI and Inspec

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ICSTI and Inspec

• 40th Anniversary

2009
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The IET (Inspec) 1898-1966

• Founded in 1898 with the first Issue of Science
  abstracts
• 1903 Science abstracts and Electrical Engineering
  launched
• 1966 Electrical Engineering Abstracts was
  renamed as Electrical and Electronics Abstracts

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Inspec 1967-1973

• 1967 Inspec was formed
• 1969 introduced a computerised system
• Inspec database launched

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Inspec 1974-1981

• 1974 Physics abstracts reached 1 million
• Key abstracts series was launched
• 1977 January Inspec indexed 1 million abstracts
• 1981 April , Electrical and Electronics
  abstracts indexed its 1 thousand issue

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Inspec 1982-1987 continues to grow

• 1982 inspec reached 2 million abstracts
• 1983 - IT Focus was launched
• 1984 - Inspec extended coverage to IEEE standards
• 1987 Inspec add chemical and numerical indexing
  
• 1987 3 million abstracts indexed

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Inspec 1989-1995

• 1989 we introduced Inspec2
• 1993 Inspec was made available on EPIC and
  FirstSearch services
• 1995 Inspec reached 5 million abstracts

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Inspec Journal Coverage

• Journals 4000 plus
• Conferences approximately 2000
• Books, Reports and Standards

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ICSTI and Inspec partnership

• 1995 Brian Howes, director of Inspec meets and
  signs agreement with ICSTI.
• ICSTI begin translation of Russian STI journals.
• ICSTI provide data to Inspec in Word format for
  Bibliographic data.

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ICSTI and Inspec

• 2007 ICSTI and Inspec agree a new contract
• ICSTI will use Inspecs new production system
• October 2008 training started in Moscow
• Moldova and Kazakhstan delegates attend training
  session

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Production after training in Moscow

• 29 publications
• 73 publication issues
• 1323 articles
• 35 of total items produced since training
  completed

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The IET Inspec
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ICSTI and Inspec (further developments)

• 2008 Inspec and ICSTI arrange and agree
  consultation with additional interested parties
  to provide translation of bibliographic
  information for Inspec
• 2009 ICSTI identify Belarus and the Ukraine as
  potential partners for Inspec

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Inspec extends translation of articles

• Following the success of previous joint ventures
  with ICSTI translations extended
• Translations to include conferences and STI
  journals from other member states

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Additional publications

• 25 new publications from Moldova
• 20 new publications from Kazakhstan
• Additional publications from the Republic of
  Belarus
• Additional publications from the Ukraine
• Conferences held in Russia (non English)

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What will the future bring

• Increased coverage of non-English articles.
• Faster and improved currency (perhaps with the
  help of SWETs.
• Further expansion and cooperation with other
  interested parties.

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The IET Mission
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Inspec 10 Millionth record