1. Poornima Narayana Scientist, Information I R N Goudar Head, ICAST Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore - 560 017 Contents Organisation for Effective Information Retrieval through the Portal ‘AeroInfo’

2. Portals Portals provide a secure, single point of access to diverse information and applications, personalised to their needs of users. Types *Corporate Portals *Intranet Portals *Knowledge Portals *E – Commerce Portals

3. Content Design Ultimately, users visit any website for its content, the design is there to allow people access to the content. The old analogy is somebody who goes to see a theatre you want them to discussing how great the play was and NOT how great the costume was.

4. Guidelines for Content Design *Writing for the Web - Short Text - Edit and Spell check - Scannability - Plain Language - Page Splitting - Page Titles Writing Head Lines Response Time Multimedia Images and Photograph Animation Video

5. Internet-based Library Services (library web site) OPACLocally owned electronic information sources ILL & Document Delivery Push-based services Housekeeping operations Links to remote Information Networked CD- ROM Databases Information about the library &its services Portal Applications

8. ‘AeroInfo’ Contents (Internal and External) * ICAST Information *Aerospace Information *Information on other S&T disciplines *General Information *Especially for Librarians *Search Engines

9. ICAST Information *General Information Collection Journal List Staff Information Self arrangement

10. ICAST …… ICAST …… Services(General) Document Circulation Inter-Library Loan Reprographic Services Audio-Visual Services Translation Services News Clipping Online Information Services CD ROM Information Aerospace Archival Library

11. Aerospace Information *Source Types *Document Types *Aerospace Subject Categories *Online Journals & Magazines

12. By Source Types Virtual Libraries and Indexes Aerospace Agencies Associations and Organizations CD-ROM Databases Corporations Engineering Information Village FTP Resources Gopher Resources Library and Information Centres Museums News Groups

13. By Document Types Aviation Directory Buyer's Guide Aviation Directory AeroInfo - Image Archives Technical Reports AIAA Papers Data Sets Standards and Specifications ESA Publications FAA Regulations Patents and Trademarks Preprints NASA Thesaurus Dictionaries

14. By Aerospace Subject Categories Aeroacoustics Aerodynamics Aerothermodynamics Aerospace Materials Aerospace Medicine Aerospace Structures Astrodynamics Astronautics Astronomy & Astrophysics Aircraft Design & Testing Aircraft Structures

15. Information on other Disciplines *By Subjects( Chemistry, Electronics, Mathematics, Physics …)Chemistry *Online Journals about 1,500 titles.

16. Institutional Information Indian Academic & Research Organizations Council of Scientific & Industrial Research Defence Research & Development Org Dept of Ocean Development Indian Council of Agricultural Research Indian R & D Organizations Indian Space Research Organization Universities and Colleges Titlewise list

17. Especially for Librarians Associations Book Suppliers Conferences Copyright Issues Databases Document Delivery Centre Employment/Career FAQs Fun Facts Journals Internet for Libraries

18. Web-based services through ‘AeroInfo’ *Access to Full Text Journals *Access to Journal Table of Contents *Access to Annual Reviews *OPAC of ICAST *Current Awareness Service *Union Catalogue of CSIR/Aerospace Libraries *News Clipping Service *Web Alert Service *COMSAC