ALL-RUSSIAN INSTITUTE of SCIENTIFIC and TECHNICAL

INFORMATIONof the Russian Academy of Sciences

(VINITI RAN)

Usievich Street, 20Moscow, 125190, Russia

http://www.viniti.ru

History and present timeFounded – 1952 by Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Since that time – the leading information center in former Soviet Union (USSR), and now – in Russia and CIS countries Today – one of the main producers of scientific and technical information in the world

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Main goals Main tasks

To supply the national and world community with

scientific and technical

information about the achievements in fundamental,

natural, engineering and applied sciences

To produce the information

products and services on the

basis of world and Russian scientific

and technical publications

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Main directions of activity

To produce the information products in print and electronic formsTo provide information services on the basis of own and foreign information products and literature collections in print and electronic formsTo conduct scientific research in the field of scientific and technical information

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Main information products

Abstract Journal in print form – Referativnyi Zhurnal – VINITI’s RZh

Abstract Database – VINITI’s DB

Abstract Journal in electronic form – VINITI’s e-RZh

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VINITI’s Abstract Journal - RZhPublished since 1952 continuouslyPeriodical publication with monthly or bimonthly issues Annually includes about 1 million indexed documents as abstracts, summaries and bibliography of scientific and technical primary publicationsSources from 70 countries on 40 languagesIncludes 70% - foreign documents, 30% - Russian documentsConsists of 28 summary subject volumes with 208 sections, each of which is issued independently as well, plus 41 subject sections not included in summary volumes

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Main subject fields of issues

Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringEarth Sciences (Geology, Geophysics, Geography, Mining)Environmental ScienceLife Sciences and MedicineMathematics and Computer SciencePhysics and Astronomy

Automatic Equipment and Electronics (including Computers, Radio Engineering, Communications)Electrical Engineering and EnergyMechanical Engineering Metallurgy and WeldingTransport and LogisticsEconomics and ManagementInformation and Library SciencePrinting and Publishing

VINITI’s Abstract Journal - RZh

One of the world largest documental databaseContains about 28 million records since 1981 till present time 19 subject divisions as separate DB Multidisciplinary file joining all divisions since 2000 Main distribution - online access on VINITI’s Internet-platform with monthly updatingDifferent selects on the user’s requests on CD-, DVD-ROM’s or FTP

VINITI’s Abstract Database

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VINITI’s Electronic Abstract Journal - e-RZh

Full analogue of RZh in print formIssued since 1995 in DOS and WindowsFriendly user interface with broad search possibilities:

- browse of content of the issue- listing it from page to page- search using subject and author

indexes - subject and author search on all

textual fields

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Other products in print formReview publications, including periodical reviews and irregular issues of special publication «Progress in Science and Technology» («Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki» - INT) Express information Bulletins Problem-oriented abstract and information periodicals (collected papers, bulletins)Bibliographic periodical index «Deposited scientific manuscripts»Periodicals and monographs on the theory and practice of scientific and technical information

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Specialized information databases-Factual database on Structural chemistry

-Document-factual database «Corrosion»

Full-text database of the journal «Nauchno-Tekhnicheskaya Informatsiya» («Scientific and Technical Information»).Archive since 1997 in open access from the VINITI’s web-site

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Main sources of primary information for VINITI’s products and services

Periodicals and Serials in print and electronic forms - main source - 70-75% of all information included in VINITI’s products Books - monographs, collected papers, reports of scientific conferences, textbooks for institutions of higher education etc.Deposited scientific manuscripts - “grey literature” type of documentsOther documents - patents, standards, dissertations etc.

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Main channels of foreign journals input flow for

VINITI’s products Literature sent free from publishers for coverage - 31% Online full-text resources - 22% Free of charge - 15%International Book Exchange - 12%Using the collections of other libraries - 10% Subscription on print or print+online forms - 4%Other - 10%

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Some statistics about annual input document flow for VINITI’s information products

Total volume of input flow - more than 200.000 documentsForeign journals and serials – about 6000 titles and 37.000 issues - from 70 countries on 40 languagesRussian journals and serials - about 3500 titles and 23.000 issues Russian books – about 20.000 copies Author preprints of Russian dissertations – 19.000 copies Foreign books and thesis – 1500 copiesPatents and other documents – more than 100.000 copies

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Input flow in electronic form from foreign full-text online resources -

more than 10000 titles in total Elsevier Publishing journals, and journals from other publishers on ScienceDirect Platform (about 500 titles) EBSCO Publishing (11 full-text DB)Springer Publishing Journals Kluwer Publishing Journals Blackwell Publishing Journals Cambridge University PressOxford University Press Journals and Reference Resources

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Foreign Databases for VINITI’s users

Present subscription:DB «SCOPUS»Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory onlineCochrane Library on CD-ROM

Subscription in nearest futureDB INSPEC

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VINITI’s Library Collection

Total volume - 2 million documents, including:- Foreign journals - 800.000 issues- Russian journals - 190.000 issues- Russian books - 290.000 copies- Foreign books - 35.000 copies - Deposited manuscripts - 200.000 documents since 1962- Microfilms and microfiches - 185.000 copies since 1970-s’

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Deposit of manuscripts (scientific articles and other non-published documents)

Specific activity - to accept scientific papers for endless storage Specific document is formed - deposited manuscript (DM) - the kind of grey literatureDM acquires the status of published document after depositing process and publishing the information in special bibliographic index Beginning of the activity - 1962 (first documents were accepted) Present collection of DM - about 200.000 documentsAnnual present flow - more than 2500 manuscripts

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Library and Information ServicesLibrary - service for individual internal and external users with primary documents and their copies in print and electronic forms on the basis of VINITI’s collection of literature and accessible electronic resourcesInformation service: - supporting of online access to VINITI’s DB - providing with secondary (abstract and bibliographic) subject information of individual users and organizations according to their requests on the basis of VINITI’s and foreign DB and online resources - other forms of information service Document Delivery Service with copies of documents in print and electronic forms

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VINITI’s USERSScientific Research Organizations of Russian Academy of SciencesInstitutions of Higher Education – Institutes, Universities, AcademiesIndustrial Enterprises Commercial and Private Limited Companies Government Organizations Individual Users – scientists and specialists, lecturers, postgraduates, students and others

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VINITI and GSNTILeading organization in Russian State System of Scientific and Technical Information (GSNTI)Leading role in production of normative and methodological documents and state standards in information and library workMain producer of Russian classification system - State Rubricator of STI Main Russian partner in production and distribution of international classifications - Iniversal Decimal Classification (UDC)

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VINITI – navigator on STI Russian and world online resources

Works out general requirements needed for creation, presentation and use of online information resourcesCreates scientific portals Participates in Federal Special Programs including “Electronic Russia” and “Electronic Earth”

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Thank you for your attention!Svetlana Yashukova, PhD, Economy

Deputy Director, VINITI RAN

yashukova@viniti.ru +7 (095) 152-57-11