CISTI Overview

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CISTI Overview

• Mary Low
• Global Research Library 2020
• 1 October 2007

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What is CISTI?
One of the worlds leading providers of
information in science, technology and medicine
(STM)

• A Library
• Mandated as Canadas national science library
• National Research Council (NRC) information
  resource
• A Publisher
• Canadas foremost scientific and technical
  publisher 16 journals
• An Information Service Provider
• Document delivery services from our collection,
  link partners, and around the world
• Information and competitive technical
  intelligence services
• A Gateway to the World's Scientific Information
• Access linkages to the worlds STM information
  current awareness services
• Canadas scientific infostructure - seamless,
  permanent and universal access to digital
  information
• A Partner
• NLM, NCASRD and other national and international
  information organizations
• A Catalyst

CISTI is
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St. Johns, NL
Edmonton, AB
Vancouver, BC
Saskatoon, SK
Saguenay, QC
Charlottetown, PEI
Victoria, BC
Winnipeg, MB
Fredericton, NB
Halifax, NS
Boucherville, QC
OTTAWA
Montréal, QC
Mississauga, ON
London, ON
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CTI Components
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Document Delivery Partners

• Canadian Agriculture Library
• Univ. of Alberta
• U.S. NLM
• British Library
• INIST, France
• ISTIC, China
• KISTI, Korea
• STPI, Taiwan
• Sunmedia, Japan

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Publishing Partners

• Canadian research community
• Volunteer editors at 16 editorial offices
• Peer reviewers in Canada and internationally
• Scholarly societies promoting authorship and
  subscription
• Canadian Government
• Depository Services Program for open access in
  Canada
• International Agencies
• HINARI, AGORA, PERI and TEEAL
• Extended reach to developing world
• Charlesworth Group
• Market reach to the Chinese academic and research
  communities

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International Commitments
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Canadas scientific infostructure

• Goal Provide universal, seamless and
• permanent access to information for
• Canadian research and innovation

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Csi Vision

• National information and infrastructure network
• Building blocks
• Trusted digital repositories
• Robust, secure and reliable technology
  infrastructure
• Innovative tools and services to search, organize
  and analyze information
• CISTIs contributions
• e-repository of scientific information
• Backfile digitization
• NRC institutional repository
• PubMed Central International Canada

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PubMed Central International Canada
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Questions
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