Paradigm Shift in Tools & Technologies in Providing Aerospace Information Services at National

Aerospace Laboratories

Dr. (Mrs.) Poornima NarayanaHead

Information Center for Aerospace Science & TechnologyNational Aerospace Laboratories

Bangalore –560017 India

  Workshop on “ICT AND ITS USAGE IN

Aerospace Libraries for Information Services” AR&DB/ARP, 9TH October 2009 CEPTAM,

Bangalore, India

LibrariesLibrary: A warehouse of information which

has been indexed and cataloged to make retrieval of information easier in the future.

Then…….Traditional paper-based catalog/indexes,Accession/Asset registers, Files/Folders etc.Now….Online/ICT based Information products/s

services…

User’ s Point of View

Where do I look

for Information?

How do I obtainthe

actual materials?

How do I get accurate

answer?

How do I compare lists of results?

How do I navigate

to related resources?

How do I make a query?

Modern Libraries…Advent of Internet, World Wide Web ICT Applications/Usage

Library Automation…..

Computer and Library Networks

Sophisticated advances in databases

Web and Libraries 2.0

Blogs, wikis, RSS feeds..

Videoconferencing..

Information Resources (Aerospace) Organisations

Individuals

Associations

Corporations

Internet and Websites

Document Resources (Print / Electronic) Books Technical Reports Conference Papers Patents Standards Journals

Policy & Plan Documents Staff Profiles Video

Course materials Multimedia Graphics Manuals News Clips Lectures E-mail Archive Photographs Numerical data

Information Services – “Paradigm Shift”

Information products Formats, contents and methods of production & delivery of information products, New business model for use of information products. Requires procedural and infrastructural changes and cost implications

in Libraries. Emergence of Internet as the largest repository of information

and knowledge. Extinction or significant transformation of some of the

conventional information services such as press clippings, contents pages, company information etc.

Use of new tools and technologies for storage, retrieval and dissemination of information.

Transformation of role of LIS professional as the subject specialist and end-user gets directly involved in the information work and consequent need for new skills.

Shift from physical to virtual services that offer convenience of time and location for access to services.

Impact of ICT on Libraries and Information Centers

ICT Enabled Conventional LIS Library Catalogue – WebOPAC, Web Browser.. Information Services- Reference Service, Bibliography, Current

Awareness/SDI Document Delivery – Automated (Arial, Artel)… Interlibrary loan and union catalogue – Centralized, Distributed,

Automated… Audio Visual Services – Format, Storage, Access, Transmission,

Multimedia.. Customer Relations and User Education - Communication medium, LIS-

serves, Video Conferencing…

ICT Based New LIS Internet Access Access to web-based resources:

- E-journals, E-books, Course ware, Patents, Standards……… Subject Gateways – Portals (AeroInfo), Links … Developing and delivering local resources – Digital Libraries,

Repositories, Archives…. contd….

Impact of ICT on Service

ICT has had impact on all spheres of life

Typical Characteristics of Service activities- Intangibility, inseparability, heterogeneity and Perishability

Dimensions of Services Management (7 Ps). Product, Price, Promotion, Place, Process, People, Physical Evidence

Typical characteristics and dimensions of services have made impact of ICT on Services more profound

4 Es: Economy, Ease, Extension, Efficiency

Building an ICT Based Information CenterCore Technologies• Library Management System• Digital Library System• Document Delivery System• Document Management System• Content Management System• Digital Archives

Client Enabled Technologies• Single sign-on• RFID• Web 2.0 services

Building and ICT Library - ConstructionTechnology – Choose and install software platform• Open source, Free, Proprietary• Self Hosted

Marketing

Launching a Service• Training • Publicising the service

Running a Service• Support (internal or commercial)• Business continuity planning• Service Levels• Managing growth

Information Center at NALISO-9001:2000 Certified CenterState-of-Art Center ICT based CenterExpertise, sound Infrastructure, and Value

added services

http://www.icast.org.in (Library Website)http://www.aeroinfo.org.in (Aerospace

Subject Gateway)

Aerospace Subject ‘Gateway’

AeroInfo

Information Center @ NAL

ICAST Mission StatementCollection, organisation and retrieval of documents and acting as repository centre in the field of aerospace and related areas for providing specialized information services using various sources of information in electronic/print media and adopting developments in Information & Communication Technology for making services much more effective, exhaustive, dynamic and almost instantaneous.

DATABASES

E-JOURNALS

DIGITAL REPOSITORY

Ebooks

PATENTS

STANDARDS

UNION CATALOGUES

Access to e-ResourcesEJournals: >6000• 14 Leading Publishers through CSIR Consortium - IEL, ACM, ASME, AIP,, Springer, Blackwell,

Wiley, OUP, CUP, ACS, RSC, Sage, ASCE, Nature…• Individual/Selective Titles - AIAA, Elsevier, AMetS, AMS, MRS….

E-Books: • CUP, Springer, Credo reference….

Back Volumes Journals): • Springer (Engg + Materials), Elsevier (Engg), JFM

Free Journals• ICAST Gateway, DOAJ, Open J Gate….

Access to E Resources

Databases: Web Of Science, AIAA Meeting Papers, Aerospace, J Gate

+JCCC….

Standards: BIS, ASTM Standards & Digital Library….

Patents: Derwent, Delphion, WIPS….

Union Catalogue of Serials

ICAST & OPEN ACCESS

Institutional Repository

CSIR Harvester

Conferences at NAL

Institutional Repository(http://nal-ir.nal.res.in)

Digital archive/Knowledge Base of Research output/Scholarly publications of NAL scientists

Covers about 3000 ItemsJournal Articles, Conf. Papers, Technical

reports, Lectures/presentations, images….Browse: Department, Year, type, author,

subject…Search – Quick/Advanced Authors can self archive their publications

by Registering

IADL: How it operates

Tech Reports Pre-prints Journal Articles

Access & Dissemination

NAL DRDO ISRO IISc IITs, Etc

Deposit

Metadata +Full Pub)

Service Provider

ICAST, NAL

Presentation Thesis, etc

Digital Repository

Local Intranetaccess

Remote Internet access

MetadataOAI-PMH

In the Pipeline…..Aerospace Libraries/Information Center

networking

Harvesting of Aerospace Repositories Integrating OPACs of Aerospace Libraries with

Federated searching

The Good of ICT Usage

Open services

Open Access

Stable, Functional, Open Source

Virtualisation & Cloud computing

Ubiquitous mobility

Web 2.0

Mash-ups

Rich database resources

New research paradigms

CONS Copyright

Digital rights management

Digital archive management

Complexity: multiple platforms for content delivery, multiple systems to support

Thank Thank youyou

ERAU Virtual Library: Aerospacehttp://www.erau.edu/libraries/virtual/Aerospace/

Conferences (13) Government (14) Images (12) Manufacturers and

Businesses (136) Museums (6) NASA Space Centers (16) Online Services (25) Publications (23) Software Engineering

(27) University Dept (58) University Research (14)

ERAU Virtual Library: Aviationhttp://www.erau.edu/libraries/virtual/Aviation

Aircraft ,Airlines Airports, Airshows Airships and BalloonsCommercial AviationConferences Employment and ServicesFBOs and Flight Schools Flight SimulationHelicopters and GyrocraftHomebuilts and

UltralightsResearch, SkydivingSoaring and Hang Gliding

International Aerospace

Information Network (IAIN) http://www.iainetwork.net/main.html

TIC of NATO AGARDInformation RepositoriesResearch & DevelopmentEducational InstitutionsCivil AviationOrganizations &

NewsgroupsConferencesRegulatory Information

Yahoo Directory: Space Scienceshttp://dir.yahoo.com/science/space/

A-Z TopicsAeronauticsAstronomyConferencesRemote sensingSpace shuttleSpace tourismChallenger accident

GOOGLE Directory: Aerospacehttp://www.google.com/Top/Science/Technology/Aerospace/

Categories - Academic Departments (35) - Aeronautics (676) - Astronautics (2140) - New Ideas (10) - Organizations (65) - Software (22) - Spacecraft and - Satellite Design (37)

Flow Simulation’s Engineering Links Author: Flow Simulation Ltd. http://www.englinks.com/

Links to Resources• Aerospace engineering• CAD• Civil engineering• Marine engineering,• Materials science• Mechanical

engineering.

SciCentral: Aerospace Engineeringhttp://www.scicentral.com/S-02eart.html

Links directoriesSpace program (NASA,

Russia & ESA)Databases (NASA/STI,

AIAA papers)Research news, special

reportsWorld directory of space

agenciesAviation companies

Lunacity Space Linkshttp://www.lunacity.com/space.html

Space programsCompaniesNASAFAAHotels in space

AEROLINK.COMhttp://www.aerolink.com/

Thousands of Aviation Sites

academic organizationsAir carriersAcquisition, operationsType sites of aircraftAirports, airshipsAssociationsConferences Consumer productsRegulatory information

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauticshttp://www.aiaa.org/

AIAA Conf PapersLinks to academic

institutionsInternational

Aerospace organizations/ agencies

Aerospace Socities and Associations

NewsgroupsAerospace Internet

sites

AERADEhttp://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/

Portal to aerospace and defense sources

Web sitesSpecialist databasesFull text technical

reportsEngineering design

dataConferences and news

AEROSPACE-INDEX.COMAEROSPACE-INDEX.COMhttp://www.aerospace-index.com/http://www.aerospace-index.com/

Freely directory of Civil & military aerospace

Manufacturers - Name A-Z - Country Products A-Z

AviationNow.ComAviationNow.Comhttp://www.aviationnow.com/content/reference/http://www.aviationnow.com/content/reference/sourcebook/sourcebook.htmsourcebook/sourcebook.htm

Aviation Week & Space Technology

Aviation Source BookBrief company profiles of

aviation and aerospace companies :

- Prime Contractors - Major Airlines - Regional Airlines - Cargo Airlines

Georgia Institute of TechnologySubject Guide: Engineeringhttp://www.library.gatech.edu/research_help/subject/index.php?/group/Engineering