ISS, a research institute as producer of publications: opportunities and challenges Paola De Castro Settore Attività Editoriali
ISS, the Italian NIH, is a research institute for public health.
It was established in 1934, it publishes since 1938, from 2000 all its publications are online 1 HOW MANY PUBLICATIONS?
About 1800 publications per year
900 Researchers (tot 2000 staff)
60% in English 30% in institucional series
150 145
Non Indicizzate 125 Indicizzate
106 103 100
83 82
73 75 67 65 62 58 54 53
50 46 46 44
31 32 23 21 25
14 10 10 8 7 5 6 4 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 0 48% GL MIPI CNE BCN FARM AMPP TES SPVSA EOMM CRIVIB CSC CNMR CNAIDS CNT SBGSA CNS SIDBAE URE 2 Not intexed/indexed. (Annual report) International science Annali ISS journal in English
Peer reviewed Indexed ISI, MEDLINE, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, CHEMABS, PASCAL, SciELO.
Aslo backfiles are availables from www.iss.it/anna
All researchers can publish on it GL collections: Notiziario ISS Monthly bullettin on current infromation on ISS activity (research, reviews, meetings) It includes data on National Epidemiological Bulletin BEN
http://www.iss.it/publ/index.php?lang=1&anno=2014&tipo=4 4 GL collections: ISTISAN Reports
Since 1977 they publish research activity, proceedings, standards and guidelines
In SIGLE since its initial development
Divided into 5 areas
http://www.iss.it/publ/index.php?lang=1&anno=2014&tipo=5
5 GL collections ISTISAN Conferences
Since 1985 they include abstracts to be presented in Conferences organized by ISS.
To be distributed during the cnference
6 Publications addressed to the schools Since 2001 Updated information on health issues relevant for schools
http://www.iss.it/publ/index.php?lang=1&anno=2014&tipo=15 7 Leaflets General inforation on ISS and specific information on health issues.
8 Historical videos, a precious source of GL
Interviews to create awareness on our history through oral memories of people working at ISS: From the glass blower, to the carpenter, to people working in serious environmental accidents, to people working with Nobel prize winners... http://www.iss.it/publ/index.php?lang=1&anno=2014&tipo=38&view=1 9 I beni storico-scientifici dell’Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Since 2005 , it publish history of science carried on in our Institute, pictures of old scientific instruments, interviews, to document the history of public health in Italy.
From malaria eradication to physics laboratories, therapeutical chemistry laboratories, etc.
10 All ISS GL is in ISS Digital archive Dspace ISS >34.000
• Title, author, date • Types • MESH terms
u Communities (9)
u Mediated deposit
Awareness towards OA u Training including GL
u Empowerment Great potential, BUT… u Direct contacts with authors
Open Science 2020 Harmonizing current OA practices with H2020 Guidelines ●11 Pisa, 8 aprile 2014 Databases and registers from ISS website Free access databases
National registers
Reserved access database
12 Open Science 2020 Harmonizing current OA practices with H2020 Guidelines ● Pisa, 8 aprile 2014 Create awareness among researchers about importance of GL and their responsibilities to create and share it online
13 Nancy style to improve the editorial production of GL
14 New levels of responsibility
15 arise for all stakeholders with Internet Sharing information and data for public interest
Training is necessary • to create awareness on the ethical and technical implications associated with OA publishing, including both white and grey literature. • to provide tools to cope with the new requirements associated with such new responsibilities
NECOBELAC project (FP7) coordinated by ISS NECOBELAC project in brief Network of Collaboration Between Europe & Latin American-Caribbean countries
It is a European project (2009-2012) “Science in Society” working in the field of PUBLIC HEALTH
It aims to: ü improve scientific writing ü promote open access publishing models ü foster technical and scientific cooperation between Europe and Latin America
www.necobelac.eu All actors taking part in TARGET scientific communication process
16 14th International Conference on Grey Literature, Rome - November 29-30, 2012 NECOBELAC SCHEME
17 14th International Conference on Grey Literature, Rome - November 29-30, 2012 NECOBELAC topic maps on scientific writing, including GL
18 Some examples of dissemination practicves (including GL) in Latin America and Africa following the experience of the NECOBELAC training OA and Grey Literature in biomedical research dissemination
Italian Asbestos Project (events in Ecuador and Colombia, 2014)
C.A.S.A. (AIDS) E-learning platform in scientific communication, 2014
Associated Presentations are available in Slideshare
19 ECDL Health Doc towards a driving license in information documentation for health professionals
Pilot course organized by IRE, AICA, ISS - Rome, 4,5,12,19 March 2014
Objective: Provide Medical Staff certified skills on :
• Information sources and seaching methodology of electronic archives • Open archives • Quality of online information Research evaluation • Scientific writing • Social networks
All these skills include GL
20 Final recommendations
• Create awareness on GL value among all stakeholders • Push the researchers as producers of GL (data, reports) to share their research output online • Link GL with OA and Open Data movement to clear up the old dust traditionally associated with GL and show its full value together with all the other primary sources of information
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