Poornima Narayana

Scientist, Information

I R N GoudarHead, ICAST

Information Centre for Aerospace Science and Technology

National Aerospace Laboratories

Bangalore - 560 017

Contents Organisation for Effective Information Retrieval through the Portal ‘AeroInfo’

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

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.

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

Internet-based

Library Services

(library web site)

OPAC Locally 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

‘AeroInfo’

Contents (Internal and External)

* ICAST Information

* Aerospace Information

* Information on other S&T disciplines

* General Information

* Especially for Librarians

* Search Engines

ICAST Information

* General Information

• Collection

• Journal List

• Staff Information

• Self arrangement

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

Aerospace Information

* Source Types

* Document Types

* Aerospace Subject Categories

* Online Journals & Magazines

By Source Types 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

By Document TypesBy 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

By Aerospace Subject CategoriesBy Aerospace Subject Categories

• Aeroacoustics• Aerodynamics• Aerothermodynamics• Aerospace Materials• Aerospace Medicine• Aerospace Structures• Astrodynamics• Astronautics• Astronomy & Astrophysics• Aircraft Design & Testing• Aircraft Structures

Information on other Disciplines

* By Subjects( Chemistry, Electronics, Mathematics, Physics …)

* Online Journals

about 1,500 titles.

Institutional InformationInstitutional 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

Especially for Librarians Especially for Librarians

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

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