Canadas scientific infostructure Csi

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Canadas scientific infostructure (Csi)

• Universal, seamless and permanent access to
  information for Canadian research and innovation
  
• Access 2006 National Digital Initiatives Panel
• Ottawa, Ontario
• 12 October 2006
• Lucie Molgat, Director Csi Program, CISTI

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

• A Library
• Canadas national science library
• National Research Council (NRC) information
  resource
• A Publisher
• Canadas foremost scientific and technical
  publisher
• A Document Provider
• Document delivery services from our collection,
  link partners, and around the world
• A Gateway to the World's Scientific Information
• Current awareness services
• Access and linkages to the worlds STM
  information
• A Source of Competitive Technical Intelligence

CISTI is
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A national mandate
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Canadas scientific infostructure (Csi) - Vision

• National information and infrastructure network
  to provide seamless and permanent access to
  full-text digital content to Canadians.
• This will be achieved through collaborations and
  partnerships with stakeholders in the Canadian
  library and information community.

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Csi components
Infrastructure
Repository
Services Tools
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SOA View of Csi
Clients
Partners
Portals
Services
Content
Infrastructure
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Csi progress
Clients
Partners
Portals
Services
Content
Infrastructure
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Partners key to Csi
Infrastructure
Repository
Partners
Services Tools
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Csi partners

• Csi partner projects

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The partnership continuum
Marriage LAC
Engagement FSeLibrary
Date UdeMUofO AAFC
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The power of partnering
Partners

• CISTI is seeking partners who share a common
  vision and want to collaborate on developing
• services and tools
• content
• technology infrastructure

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Questions?

• Lucie Molgat, Program Director,
• Canadas scientific infostructure Canada
  Institute for Scientific and Technical
  Information (CISTI)
• E-mail lucie.molgat_at_nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
• http//cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca