CISTI

The Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (commonly NRC-CISTI) began in 1924 as the library of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the leading agency for research and development in Canada. This library took on the role of national science library unofficially in 1957 and became the official National Science Library in 1967. The name CISTI came in 1974 to reflect the wide scope of services provided and the increasing role in the development of electronic information products and services for the science and technology community. The NRC Research Press joined with CISTI in 1992, and publishes 16 international journals of research as well as books (monographs) and conference proceedings.

CISTI's headquarters in Ottawa houses one of the world's most comprehensive collections of publications in science, technology, engineering and medicine. CISTI branches are co-located with NRC institutes and programmes across Canada.

As of June 2008, CISTI is a member of the WorldWideScience Alliance, which provides a global science gateway.[1]

In 2009 a joint partnership between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the United States National Library of Medicine and CISTI launched PubMed Central Canada.

Document Delivery

CISTI can provide documents by Secure Desktop Delivery (SDD)[2], a Digital Rights Management system, similar but not identical to the Secure electronic delivery service provided by the British Library.

In 2008 CISTI launched a web-based interface allowing for the search and retrieval of millions of articles called CISTI Discover.

In 2009 CISTI announced that document delivery services will be provided in partnership with Infotrieve.[3]

Organizational Membership

CISTI is a member of

• the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
• the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)
• the Special Libraries Association (SLA)
• the Canadian Library Association (CLA)
• the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA)
• the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)

External links

• NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI)
  • History of the NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, 1924 to 2009
• NRC Research Press
• NRC-CISTI on Facebook
• NRC-CISTI Lab
• Project Ungava -- a research project

• Medical Technology Watch Canada
• UBC Health Library Wiki: Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)
• World Wide Science

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