1. Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information the national information centre and specialized scientific library of the Slovak Republic focused on all branches of technology and selected areas of natural and economic sciences Since 1938

2. Two aims of the presentation 1.Short view of our organisation with emphasis on new national wide tasks in the field of R&D 2.Problem of the transformation of information system on research and development in the Slovakia Transformation of information system on research and development in the Slovakia 20/05/2010 2 ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

3. Basic characteristics of SCSTI State-owned institution with task to gather, process and provide science- related information and build complex information systems for R&D 98 employees 40 servers 200 PC (80 for users) 1 Gbps interent connection New modern building 20 mil.EUR /open 2007/ Budget for year approximately 2,5 mil. EUR Books units 900 000 Users (readers) 13 000 Average salary of employee 680 EUR 20/05/2010 3 ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

4. New building 20/05/20104ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

5. Functions - classical – Library services of scientific library * – Depository Library of the OECD and the EBRD – European Documentation Centre, provision of EU-related information – Methodical and analytical support of management and evaluation in the area of R&D and higher education – Centre of Patent Information of the SR – PATLIB * explanation : Our former name was “Slovak technical library” 20/05/2010 5 ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

6. Library services loaning consulting reference researching interlibrary loaning service reprography and bookbinding 20/05/20106ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

7. Study rooms SCSTI  Study room for periodicals (1. floor)  1 200 local and foreign periodicals  free access to last 4 years volumes  General study room ( 3. floor)  12 000 books in free choice  Study room for special documents ( 4. floor)  norms, patents, firem literature  European document centre  Deposit library of OECD and EBOR 20/05/20107ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

8. Information sources in library Local * Foreign * books serials manuals encyclopedias dictionaries statistical yearbooks Statute books (legal code) Printed * Electronic norms patents firm literature documents OECD, EBOR documents EU 20/05/20108ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

9. New functions of SCSTI with nation- wide operations Implementation of Central register of dissertations and habilitations of Universities in Slovakia – in routine from 1.04.2010 Implementation of Central register of evidence public activities Universities in Slovakia – in routine from Oktober 2009 Implementation of Antiplague system (supplier is private Slovak firma) - in routine from 30.4.2010 Managment of two National projects funded by EU through ERDF 20/05/2010 9 ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

10. New parts of SCSTI Project OFFICE for managment of projects funded by ERDF /7/ Technology Transfer Centre (TTC) - from 2009 /5/ National Centre for Popularisation of Science and Technology in Society, incl. administration of the Information portal fng of or research, development and innovation – from 2007 /12/ Data Centre for Research (separate unit in town Zilina 20 mil. Euro from EU ERDF) - will be opened 28.05.2009 /5/ Workplace for complex digitalization (5 types of scanner 330 000 Euro EU ERDF) – from 11.May 2010 /5/ Plus 27 internal employees /relative to end of 2007/ 20/05/2010 10 ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

11. _______________________________ ____ 1.National project funded by ERDF National Information System of Support Research in Slovakia access to electronical information sources There are 4 activities create to obtain or to implement : 1 - “SCIENCE” database collections for “all” scientists live in Slovakia 2 - strong tools for searching in this collections /Metalib SFX/ 3 - building own Slovak science results database 4 - transforming actual IS of R and D to SK CRIS Unrecoverable allowance: 20 mil. € Realisation : 2008 - 2014 20/05/2010ICSTI conference BAKU 201011

12. Activity 1 - Database collections Free on – line access for all academic and research workers in Slovakia for 2008/2014 1.Knovel 2.Scopus 3.IEEE/IET Electronic Library Conditions: 1. User have to be a member of 4.ACM Universities or Slovak Academy or 5.SCIENCE DIRECT an scientific library or SCSTI 6.Web of Science 2. Only for R and D purposeWeb of Science 7.Current Contents Connect 3. Only through reserved range of IP 8.Essential Science Indicators 9.Journal Citation Reports 10. ISI Proceedings – Scientific 11. ProQuest Central 12. SPRINGERLink – national licence 13. Beilstein-CrossFire cca 14. WILEY-BLACKWELL 15. GALE ̶ for art 16. H.W. Wilson ̶ for art 20/05/2010ICSTI conference BAKU 201012

13. National Information System of Support Research in Slovakia access to electronical information sources Transformation of IS of R and D to new functions with respect of standards EU with emphasing to efective using and conections to other IS Activity number 4

14. What do we want to change ? Central Information Portal for Research, Development and Innovation (CIP RDI) One of the main information, managerial and supervisory tools of the state scientific and technical policy Hosted and administrated by the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information CIP RDI according to the law on state R&D support provides: Information on public calls for research proposals and projects implemented within the state R&D support programmes, incl. results achieved; Information on results of R&D tasks’ solution and participation of the Slovak Republic in international programmes and initiatives; R&D related summary reports and further information according to the Minister of Education decision. 20/05/2010 14 ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

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16. Why we want to change it ? 1. Augmented with new functions /export by demand, sophisticated searching, etc../ 2. Better interconnection with other R&D related information systems. 3.The improvement of English version of the portal. The portal have to become an effective support tool also for foreign researchers, entrepreneurs and venture investors interested in Slovak R&D 4.Be compatible with EU standard /easy to exchange ”right” information/ 5. Be really complex and actual system /new system of collection information/ 6.System more strongly oriented to ”science” user 20/05/2010 16 ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

17. From CIP RDI to SK CRIS Situation there are two parts of CIP RDICIP RDI 1. Popularisation part 2. RIS /research information system/ Our aim in one sentence: With EU money to transform national RIS to European standards what means to SK CRIS Inspiration: euro CRISeuro CRIS Basic idea : full implementation of data model CERIF CERIF Source for this activity : max. 600 000 € Main tool: Public tender 20/05/2010 17 ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

18. What was done and why ? 2009 April 2009 International conference about science in EU /standarts and compatibility of CRIS/ in Bratislava - for all who have “something” with science especially ministry clerks, different types of state managers etc. /they have power and possibility to give money/ AIM : TO SHOW THAT in EU SOLVED THE SAME P ROBLEM S AS WE HAVE TO SOLVE …. Create effective CRIS April 2009 Seminar about format CERIF /for IT experts - they have knowledge and no possibility to give money / AIM : Creator of format CERIF explained Slovak IT experts ”What is it CERIF” May 2009 – December 2009 elaborated 7 studies from : 2 active scientists, 1 expert from science funding organisation, 1 ministry expert / in Slovakia science is s ”under” Ministry of Education, 1 expert from Slovak Technical University, 1 expert from area RD data and indicators 1 expert from Slovak Academy of Science As the result we obtained approximately 400 pages of analyses and ideas about “ ideal” CRIS …. 20/05/2010 18 ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

19. What was done and what we plan 2010 Januar 2010 – March 2010 Elaborate conditions for supplier of SK CRIS /economical, experts qualification and references/ April 2010 - June 2010 We have 10 tenderers and we have to decide who fullfilled conditions July 2010 - to month ”M” Selection of best tender and signature of contract M+2 months Preparation phase M+9 months Analytic and project phase M+14 months Development phase M+ 16 months Testing phase M+17 months Pilot operation phase M+ 18 months System launching into the full operation CONCLUSIO N : In the next ICSTI conference there will be a presentation about first experiences with SK CRIS but i t is depend s on number M and results of our polls in Slovakia, too. 20/05/2010 19 ICSTI conference BAKU 2010

20. 20/05/2010ICSTI conference BAKU 201020 Thank you for attention

21. Contact Oleg Cvik cvik@cvtisr.sk www.cvtisr.sk www.vedatechnika.sk 20/05/201021 ICSTI conference BAKU 2010