Information Management for Science in Korea
Hyun Y. Cho
Department of Library & Information Science
Kyonggi University
Information Infrastructure in Korea
Issues Infrastructure for collecting information from the provider
and the producer How to collect data (information) more efficiently Data, produced by domestic producers
Infrastructure for providing information services to users How effectively providing services to users How to deal with intellectual property Information technology, standards…. What else? Too many things to consider
The first thing goes first Korean National Information Resources
Citation Patterns & User Study
Analyzed citation patterns of authors (articles) on domestic journals
Highly dependent on foreign information resources (especially, science and technology), over 90%
Journals, proceedings, technical reports, dissertations, web resources….
Reasons for preference to foreign information resources for doing research
Quality difference Reliability of foreign resources Difficult to find domestic information resources (1980’s)
Need to share national information resources Open access to research information
Important Information Resources
Important information resources in Korea are mostly from academic societies, universities, and other parts, such as government, private, and so on
The Sources of National Knowledge and Information Resources Academic societies : academic journals and proceedings Associations : journals and magazines Universities : theses and dissertations, other research papers Government or government-funded organization : research reports, white
papers, and other government publications National Museum : ancient documents National Archives & Records Service : national cultural heritages and other
national archives Other resources from private sector (Only for open access resources)
Digitization (Data Collection)
Digitization in Korea – role play
Who does what for digitization of resources in Korea KRF (Korea Research Foundation), KISTI (Korea
Institute of Science & Technology Information) Domestic journals from academic societies or universities
KERIS (Korea Education Research Information Service) and individual universities
Theses, dissertations, and other research papers from universities in Korea
National Library of Korea Legal deposit for electronic resources
Other institutes, publishers…. Need-base by an individual institute
Digitization in Korea – role play
continued Government-funded Information Centers
9 information centers, representing 9 major areas (Culture, History, Maritime, Industry, Science & Technology, Education, Information & Communication, Construction, and Law)
Digitizing research reports, government publications, for assigned subject area
KADO (Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity & Promotion) Managing agent for 9 information centers (Mediating & controlling) Responsibility for making digitizing plan of national information
resources Budget allocation for digitizing of national information resources Responsibility the distribution and sharing of digitized information by
integrated services, called Korea Knowledge Portal
Digitization in Korea
Ways of Digitization in domestic resources Text-based data
A systematic approach to get original data (if possible, automatically)• Data collection system (ACOMS, dCollection, NTIS…..)• Those are the system, pursuing to collect digital documents on the spot wh
ere to be produced SGML, HTML, XML…….
Image-based Tiff, dvi, pdf, DejaVu…. Way of digitization for the past data (printed material)
Any other Legal deposit for digital materials by National Library of Korea (for t
he purpose of archiving and preservation)
Systems for Digitization in Korea
dCollectionBy KERIS, Korea Education Research Information ServiceA system for collecting metadata and digital documents from academic co
mmunities in Korea
ACOMSBy KISTI, Korea Institute of Science & Technology InformationA system to collect digital documents, produced by Korean academic societ
ies
NTISBy MOST, Ministry of Science & TechnologyA system to collect digital documents, produced by government-supported
organizations
Data Collection System - dCollection
A system for collecting metadata and digital documents, such as theses, dissertations, and other research papers from academic communities in Korea
Developed and operated by KERISTo preserve digital documents and to assure open access to
information 206 universities in Korea were attended640 thousands theses and dissertations (full-text) are includedWill be connected with major open archives in other countries
System Architecture of dCollection
National Knowledge DB
National Knowledge DB
articles others
reports thesis
Integrated DB
National Integrated DB
National Integrated DB
Duplication Detection Algorithm Data
Transfer
Data
collection
Users
Integrated DB
Integrated DB
OAI-PMH
Update requestUpdate request DP Management DP Management
SystemSystem
DB Integration SystemDB Integration System
Data Transmission Data Transmission SystemSystem
dCollection SP SystemdCollection SP System
dCollection DP SystemdCollection DP System
Full-textArchive
LocalMetadata
Data Exposing Data Exposing SystemSystem
Data Management SystemData Management System
Local Searching Local Searching SystemSystem
License Management SystemLicense Management System
Hosting Management SystemHosting Management System
dCollection int. retriev sysdCollection int. retriev sys
Local ServicesLocal Services
Integrated ServicesIntegrated Services
Data Collection System - ACOMS
Article COntribution Management System, developed and operated by KISTI
Two different Purposes; For Academic Societies : Web-based Paper Submission & Review System
To support the major activities of academic societies including membership management, journal processing, conference organization, e-journal management and search system
For Information Center : Web-based system for collecting information, produced by academic societies
To collect digital documents, in a systematic approach, produced by Korea
n academic societies At the present, 225 academic societies were attended
System Architecture of ACOMS
Journal DatabaseJournal
Database
NTIS : National S & T Information SystemDeveloped by Ministry of Science & TechnologyA part of National R&D Management Systemthe system, pursuing to collect digital documents on the spot
where to be produced Target data are research or project information from government
or government-funded organizationsOpen access to research informationSharing research results
Data Collection System - NTIS
National S&T Information SystemNational S&T Information System
National R&D ProgramSupport System
National R&D ProgramSupport System
R&D Planning & Man. Evaluation & Promotion
R&D Process
Innovation
National R&D ProgramMonitoring Board
Support Policy Making
Innovative S&T ActivitySupport System
Innovative S&T ActivitySupport System
National S&T Information System
National S&T Information System
Support R&D Activity
Support Industrialization
Industry
SupportPolicy Making
Economy
Education
Information ServicesKorean Knowledge PortaldCollection Service SystemKoreaScience Portal
Korea Knowledge Portal (Service)
Korea Knowledge Portal is the web-based information service system, designed to promote the circulation of the digitized Korean national knowledge and information resourcesOperated by KADO (Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and
Promotion) providing integrated information search services that encompass
9635 databases, scattered across various areas 331 government agencies operate service systems for their own databases
Korea Knowledge Portal gives the highest priority to maximize sharing and usage of national knowledge information
resourcesOpen to public
Korea Knowledge Portal
Data Distribution Ratio by Subject
A: General
B: Humanities
C: Social Sciences
D: Management/Economics
E: Law
F: Pure Science
G: Applied Science
H: Electronic/Electric/Comp. Sci.
J: Medical Science
K: Art/Culture
L: Language & Literature
M: History/Geology
A: General
B: Humanities
C: Social Sciences
D: Management/Economics
E: Law
F: Pure Science
G: Applied Science
H: Electronic/Electric/Comp. Sci.
J: Medical Science
K: Art/Culture
L: Language & Literature
M: History/Geology
Central Service Center
Integrated DB
Information Center
Specialized Information Center(Data Provider)
dCollection member librarydCollection member library
dCollection Service System & Korean Knowledge Portal
Korean Knowledge
Portal
dCollection Hosting Agency
Integrated DB
UserUser
A Portal To Provide a Seamless & Barrier-free Access to &
from World-wide S&T InformationOperated by KISTI (also operates ACOMS)Covers articles in domestic journals in science & technology
KoreaScience Portal
Korea-Science Service Structure
- Sorting- Refined Search- Category Search
-MD Registration-J. Registration to Comm. Aggregator
- - Article View-Citation Info.- ref. linking
National S &T Info.Link Center
E-journals E-journals
DOI
Link Center as a Bridge to the World
Concluding Remarks
We found a way to go, but we did not find a way how well to get there yet in sharing information among …..
Information Infrastructure is not a matter of how well to collect electronic data, but a matter of how well to cooperate and share information among libraries, countries, all over the world
The ultimate goal is to provide information services to users Should be ready to open, and to be shared
Digital Divide among people, countries should be minimized
How can we do?