Paradigm Shift in Tools & Technologies in Providing

Aerospace Information Services at National

Aerospace Laboratories

Dr. (Mrs.) Poornima Narayana

Head
Information Center for Aerospace Science & Technology
National 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
Libraries
Library: 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
How do
I make How do I get
a query? accurate
Where do
answer?
I look
for Information?
How do
I navigate
to related resources?
How do
I compare
lists of results? How do I obtain
the
actual materials?
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  Course materials
 Technical Reports  Multimedia
 Conference Papers  Graphics
 Patents  Manuals
 Standards  News Clips
 Journals  Lectures
 Policy & Plan Documents  E-mail Archive
 Staff Profiles  Photographs
 Video  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
Center
Core 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 - Construction
Technology – 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 NAL
ISO-9001:2000 Certified Center
State-of-Art Center
ICT based Center
Expertise, 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 Statement
Collection, 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-Resources
EJournals: >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 Items
Journal 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 Presentation Thesis, etc

Deposit
Metadata +Full Pub)

Digital Repository

Access & Dissemination Service

Metadata Provider
NAL DRDO ISRO IISc IITs, Etc OAI-PMH ICAST, NAL

Local Intranet Remote Internet

access access
In the Pipeline…..
 Aerospace Libraries/Information Center networking

 Harvesting of Aerospace Repositories

 Integrating OPACs of Aerospace Libraries with Federated
searching
The Good of Open services
ICT Usage 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
you
ERAU Virtual Library: Aerospace
http://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: Aviation
http://www.erau.edu/libraries/virtual/Aviation
Aircraft ,Airlines
Airports, Airshows
Airships and Balloons
Commercial Aviation
Conferences
Employment and Services
FBOs and Flight Schools
Flight Simulation
Helicopters and Gyrocraft
Homebuilts and Ultralights
Research, Skydiving
Soaring and Hang Gliding
International Aerospace
Information Network (IAIN)
http://www.iainetwork.net/main.html

TIC of NATO AGARD

Information Repositories
Research & Development
Educational Institutions
Civil Aviation
Organizations &
Newsgroups
Conferences
Regulatory Information
Yahoo Directory: Space Sciences
http://dir.yahoo.com/science/space/
A-Z Topics
Aeronautics
Astronomy
Conferences
Remote sensing
Space shuttle
Space tourism
Challenger accident
GOOGLE Directory: Aerospace
http://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 Engineering
http://www.scicentral.com/S-02eart.html
Links directories
Space program (NASA,
Russia & ESA)
Databases (NASA/STI,
AIAA papers)
Research news, special
reports
World directory of space
agencies
Aviation companies
Lunacity Space Links
http://www.lunacity.com/space.html
Space programs
Companies
NASA
FAA
Hotels in space
AEROLINK.COM
http://www.aerolink.com/
Thousands of Aviation
Sites
academic organizations
Air carriers
Acquisition, operations
Type sites of aircraft
Airports, airships
Associations
Conferences
Consumer products
Regulatory information
American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics
http://www.aiaa.org/
AIAA Conf Papers
Links to academic
institutions
International
Aerospace
organizations/
agencies
 Aerospace Socities
and Associations
Newsgroups
Aerospace Internet
sites
AERADE
http://aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/

Portal to aerospace
and defense sources
Web sites
Specialist databases
Full text technical
reports
Engineering design
data
Conferences and news
AEROSPACE-INDEX.COM
http://www.aerospace-index.com/
Freely directory
of Civil & military
aerospace
Manufacturers
- Name A-Z
- Country
Products A-Z
AviationNow.Com
http://www.aviationnow.com/content/reference/sourceb
ook/sourcebook.htm
Aviation Week & Space
Technology
Aviation Source Book
Brief company profiles of
aviation and aerospace
companies :
- Prime Contractors
- Major Airlines
- Regional Airlines
- Cargo Airlines
Georgia Institute of Technology
Subject Guide: Engineering
http://www.library.gatech.edu/research_help/subject/ind
ex.php?/group/Engineering