Canada’s 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

What is CISTI?

A Library Canada’s national science library National Research Council (NRC) information resource

A Publisher Canada’s 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 world’s STM information

A Source of Competitive Technical Intelligence

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One of the world’s leading providers of information in science, technology and medicine (STM)

A national mandate

OTTAWA

Vancouver, BC

Victoria, BC

Edmonton, AB

Winnipeg, MBSaskatoon, SK

London, ON

Montréal, QCBoucherville, QC

Saguenay, QC

Halifax, NS

Charlottetown, PEI

St. John’s, NL

Fredericton, NB

• 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.

Canada’s scientific infostructure (Csi) - Vision

Csi components

Infrastructure Repository

Services & Tools

Infrastructure

Content

Services

Portals

Clients Partners

SOA View of Csi

Infrastructure

Content

Services

Portals

Clients Partners

Technology Infrastructure

Metadata & Electronic Content

Web Services & Discovery Tools

Csi progress

Partners key to Csi

Services &Tools

Partners

Infrastructure Repository

Csi partners

Csi partner projects:

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Date: UdeMUofO & AAFC

Engagement: FSeLibrary

Marriage: LAC

The power of partnering

CISTI is seeking partners who share a common vision and want to collaborate on developing:

• services and tools• content • technology infrastructure

Partners

Questions?

Lucie Molgat, Program Director,

Canada’s scientific infostructure Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical

Information (CISTI)

E-mail: lucie.molgat@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

http://cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca