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INIS User Needs Study (Summary of Japan’s study)

INIS User Needs Study (Summary of Japan’s study). 34th Consultative Meeting of INIS Liaison Officers 3 – 5 November 2008 Vienna - Austria. Junichi KURAKAMI Director, Intellectual Resources Department Japan Atomic Energy Agency. Contents. About the Japan Atomic Energy Agency

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INIS User Needs Study (Summary of Japan’s study)

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  1. INIS User Needs Study(Summary of Japan’s study) 34th Consultative Meeting of INIS Liaison Officers 3 – 5 November 2008 Vienna - Austria Junichi KURAKAMI Director, Intellectual Resources DepartmentJapan Atomic Energy Agency

  2. Contents • About the Japan Atomic Energy Agency • JAEA’s Contribution to INIS • Results of our study on user needs • Summary

  3. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency was established in 2005 by merging former JAERI and JNC. has 4,157 employees as of March 31, 2008. has JP\200billion (US$ 1.8 billion) as an annual budget. 1. About the Japan Atomic Energy Agency JAEA’s Four Important Missions FBR cycle technology Fusion research & development Disposal technology of high-levelradioactive waste Quantum beam technology

  4. 2. JAEA’s Contribution to INIS 2.1 Our achievements JAEA • has been the national center in Japan since 1970. • sends 5,000 items to IAEA every year. • stands the 4th rank among member countries in 2007. Input from Member Countries Input to the INIS DB by Japan

  5. 2.2 Promotional activities Brochure Promotional materials Home page for domestic users Poster Japan is now at the top of INIS member countries (356 universities) in the use of complementary access . Demonstration Complimentary access in Japan

  6. 3. Results of our study on user needs3.1 Background • The 33rd consultative meeting of INIS Liaison Officers, 30 Oct. – 1 Nov. 2006 • Discussed the importance to learn about user needs in relation to the coverage of content in the INIS Database • Recommended INIS National Centers to conduct studies of user needs in their countries • INIS Technical Note No. 189, 16 Apr. 2008 • Encourages INIS National Centers to conduct studies of user needs

  7. 3.2 Users surveyed • Approx. 400 JAEA users and 57 universities. • Not sent to users of CD-ROM, STN. • Questionnaire is distributed to users of INIS database on the Internet. • 155 responses • 123 JAEA users • 37 users from 17 universities

  8. 3.3 Questions to INIS users • Q1. What is your main purpose of using INIS Database? • Q2. What kind of information resources do you use to search for literature in the field of nuclear science and technology? • Q3. Which INIS subjects are of interest to you? • Q4. Which is more desirable coverage policy for INIS Database? • Q5. Which type of literature do you want us to include in the INIS Database? • Q6. To what extent is complimentary access allowed to the INIS database on the Internet?

  9. 3.4 Q1: Purpose to use INIS Database

  10. 3.5 Q2: Other resources used to search multiple answers allowed

  11. 3.6 Q3: Subjects of interest multiple answers allowed

  12. 3.7 Q4: Coverage policy core and surrounding non-nuclear energy (environmental or economical aspects) nuclear matter energy planning economy legal aspects environment policy

  13. 3.8 Q5: Type of literature to be covered

  14. 3.9 Q6: Expansion of complimentary access

  15. Very useful, but not so many up-to-date information, timeliness be improved. Search for laws, regulations are difficult by INIS. Difficult to analyze search results because of inconsistency of subject category code. Convenient if all full texts can be downloaded. Proposes expansion of users by increasing complimentary service. 3.10 Comments from users

  16. Comprehensiveness and timeliness is considered as important. NCL is important type of literature. Advantages of other resources (esp. search engines) must be investigated. Make the most of this users needs study. 4. Summary

  17. JAEA Library Thank you for your attention

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