180 likes | 379 Views
ICSTI and Inspec. 40 th Anniversary. 2009. The IET (Inspec) 1898-1966. Founded in 1898 with the first Issue of Science abstracts 1903 Science abstracts and Electrical Engineering launched 1966 – Electrical Engineering Abstracts was renamed as Electrical and Electronics Abstracts.
E N D
ICSTI and Inspec 40th Anniversary 2009
The IET (Inspec) 1898-1966 • Founded in 1898 with the first Issue of Science abstracts • 1903 Science abstracts and Electrical Engineering launched • 1966 – Electrical Engineering Abstracts was renamed as Electrical and Electronics Abstracts
Inspec 1967-1973 • 1967 Inspec was formed • 1969 – introduced a computerised system • Inspec database launched
Inspec 1974-1981 • 1974 Physics abstracts reached 1 million • Key abstracts series was launched • 1977 – January Inspec indexed 1 million abstracts • 1981 – April , Electrical and Electronics abstracts indexed its 1 thousand issue
Inspec 1982-1987 continues to grow • 1982 inspec reached 2 million abstracts • 1983 - IT Focus was launched • 1984 - Inspec extended coverage to IEEE standards • 1987 – Inspec add chemical and numerical indexing • 1987 – 3 million abstracts indexed
Inspec 1989-1995 • 1989 we introduced Inspec2 • 1993 Inspec was made available on EPIC and FirstSearch services • 1995 – Inspec reached 5 million abstracts
Inspec production 25000000 ? 20000000 15000000 Number 10000000 5000000 0 2014 2017 2020 1978 1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2011 1969 1972 1975 2008 Year
Inspec Journal Coverage • Journals 4000 plus • Conferences approximately 2000 • Books, Reports and Standards
ICSTI and Inspec partnership • 1995 Brian Howes, director of Inspec meets and signs agreement with ICSTI. • ICSTI begin translation of Russian STI journals. • ICSTI provide data to Inspec in Word format for Bibliographic data.
ICSTI and Inspec • 2007 ICSTI and Inspec agree a new contract • ICSTI will use Inspec’s new production system • October 2008 – training started in Moscow • Moldova and Kazakhstan delegates attend training session
Production after training in Moscow • 29 publications • 73 publication issues • 1323 articles • 35% of total items produced since training completed
ICSTI and Inspec (further developments) • 2008 Inspec and ICSTI arrange and agree consultation with additional interested parties to provide translation of bibliographic information for Inspec • 2009 – ICSTI identify Belarus and the Ukraine as potential partners for Inspec
Inspec extends translation of articles • Following the success of previous joint ventures with ICSTI – translations extended • Translations to include conferences and STI journals from other member states
Additional publications • 25 new publications from Moldova • 20 new publications from Kazakhstan • Additional publications from the Republic of Belarus • Additional publications from the Ukraine • Conferences held in Russia (non English)
What will the future bring • Increased coverage of non-English articles. • Faster and improved currency (perhaps with the help of SWETs. • Further expansion and cooperation with other interested parties.