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International Atomic Energy Agency

Highlights of the 11th INIS – ETDE Joint Highlights of the 11th INIS – ETDE Joint

Technical Committee MeetingTechnical Committee Meeting

The 34th Consultative Meeting of INIS Liaison Officers

Vienna, 3 – 5 November 2008

D.Cutler, ETDEA.Tolstenkov, INIS

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Becoming a very important mechanism to discuss both

technical and

strategic issues related to

INIS operations and

INIS-ETDE partnership

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was conducted 6-8 November 2007, in Vienna

19 representatives from 16 countries:

Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Switzerland, Syria, United Kingdom, USA and Uruguay

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• Strategy

• INIS-ETDE products

• Bibliographic and full-text access and charging policy

• NCL issues

• Communication and partnerships

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StrategyStrategy

• Strategy of input preparation (NCL vs. Journal articles)

• New input and capturing tools

• Access to the CAI system for national inputting centres

• Database enhancements (UNICODE, full-text access, …)

• Sharing information available in Members and on the Web

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INIS-ETDE productsINIS-ETDE products

The INIS/ETDE Joint Reference Series:

• Joint INIS-ETDE Thesaurus

• Subject Categories and Scope Descriptions

• Manual for Subject Analysis

• Joint INIS/ETDE Guide to Bibliographic description

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Bibliographic and full-text access and Bibliographic and full-text access and charging policycharging policy

• Opening free access to the INIS Bibliographic DB and non-restricted NCL full-texts

• Start with a pilot project with 5-6 countries

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NCL issuesNCL issues

• The digitization of the INIS NCL microfiche collection

• Access non-restricted NCL full-texts through both INIS and ETDE databases

• Negotiate with countries restricted access to their NCL documents via the Internet

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Communication and partnershipsCommunication and partnerships

• Further enhancement of INIS-ETDE partnership

• The establishment of INIS-ETDE joint working groups

• Usage of the INIS Informal Communication Network (ICN)

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INIS-ETDE joint working groupsINIS-ETDE joint working groups

1. Drafting guidelines for selection criteria

2. Review of subject categories and scope manual

3. Drafting new joint guide to bibliographic description

4. Develop INIS Joint Marketing Plan

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Thank you!