ALL-RUSSIAN INSTITUTE of SCIENTIFIC and TECHNICAL INFORMATION of the Russian Academy of Sciences (VINITI RAN)

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ALL-RUSSIAN INSTITUTE of SCIENTIFIC and TECHNICAL
INFORMATIONof the Russian Academy of Sciences
(VINITI RAN)

• Usievich Street, 20
• Moscow, 125190, Russia

http//www.viniti.ru
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History and present time
VINITI RAN

• Founded 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
VINITI RAN

• 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
VINITI RAN

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

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Main information products
VINITI RAN

• Abstract Journal in print form Referativnyi
  Zhurnal VINITIs RZh
• Abstract Database VINITIs DB
• Abstract Journal in electronic form VINITIs
  e-RZh

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VINITIs Abstract Journal - RZh
VINITI RAN

• Published since 1952 continuously
• Periodical publication with monthly or bimonthly
  issues
• Annually includes about 1 million indexed
  documents as abstracts, summaries and
  bibliography of scientific and technical primary
  publications
• Sources from 70 countries on 40 languages
• Includes 70 - foreign documents, 30 - Russian
  documents
• Consists 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
VINITIs Abstract Journal - RZh

• Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
• Earth Sciences (Geology, Geophysics, Geography,
  Mining)
• Environmental Science
• Life Sciences and Medicine
• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Physics and Astronomy

• Automatic Equipment and Electronics (including
  Computers, Radio Engineering, Communications)
• Electrical Engineering and Energy
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgy and Welding
• Transport and Logistics
• Economics and Management
• Information and Library Science
• Printing and Publishing

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VINITIs Abstract Database
VINITI RAN

• One of the world largest documental database
• Contains 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 VINITIs
  Internet-platform with monthly updating
• Different selects on the users requests on CD-,
  DVD-ROMs or FTP

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VINITIs Electronic Abstract Journal - e-RZh
VINITI RAN

• Full analogue of RZh in print form
• Issued since 1995 in DOS and Windows
• Friendly 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 form
VINITI RAN

• Review 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
VINITI RAN

• -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
  VINITIs web-site

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Main sources of primary information for VINITIs
products and services
VINITI RAN

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

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Main channels of foreign journals input flow for
VINITIs products
VINITI RAN

• 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 printonline forms - 4
• Other - 10

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Some statistics about annual input document flow
for VINITIs information products
VINITI RAN

• Total volume of input flow - more than 200.000
  documents
• Foreign journals and serials about 6000 titles
  and 37.000 issues - from 70 countries on 40
  languages
• Russian 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 copies
• Patents 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
VINITI RAN

• 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 Press
• Oxford University Press Journals and Reference
  Resources

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Foreign Databases for VINITIs users
VINITI RAN

• Present subscription
• DB SCOPUS
• Ulrichs Periodicals Directory online
• Cochrane Library on CD-ROM
• Subscription in nearest future
• DB INSPEC

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VINITIs Library Collection
VINITI RAN

• 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)
VINITI RAN

• Specific activity - to accept scientific papers
  for endless storage
• Specific document is formed - deposited
  manuscript (DM) - the kind of grey literature
• DM 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
  documents
• Annual present flow - more than 2500 manuscripts

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Library and Information Services
VINITI RAN

• Library - service for individual internal and
  external users with primary documents and their
  copies in print and electronic forms on the basis
  of VINITIs collection of literature and
  accessible electronic resources
• Information service
• - supporting of online access to VINITIs DB
• - providing with secondary (abstract and
  bibliographic) subject information of individual
  users and organizations according to their
  requests on the basis of VINITIs 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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VINITIs USERS
VINITI RAN

• Scientific Research Organizations of Russian
  Academy of Sciences
• Institutions of Higher Education Institutes,
  Universities, Academies
• Industrial Enterprises
• Commercial and Private Limited Companies
• Government Organizations
• Individual Users scientists and specialists,
  lecturers, postgraduates, students and others

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VINITI and GSNTI
VINITI RAN

• Leading 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 work
• Main 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
VINITI RAN

• Works out general requirements needed for
  creation, presentation and use of online
  information resources
• Creates 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_at_viniti.ru
• 7 [phone]