International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Knowledge Management Initiatives (within Programme C) Anatoli Tolstenkov & Andrei Kossilov INIS & NKM Section Programme C Capacity Building and Nuclear Knowledge Maintenance for Sustainable Energy Development C.1. Energy Modeling, Databanks and Capacity Building C.2. Energy Economy Environment (3E) Analysis C.3. Nuclear Knowledge Management C.5. Library and Information Support C.4. INIS Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 2 International Atomic Energy Agency 1
Objectives Subprogramme C.3 (NKM): To meet the needs of MS in the management of knowledge in the fields of nuclear science and technology through the development of methodologies and provisions of guidance To enhance the synergy and further develop the Agency s nuclear information resources and services Subprogramme C.4 (INIS): To meet the nuclear information needs of MS and the Agency through effective management of INIS Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 3 International Atomic Energy Agency The Knowledge Management Programme Internal KM Activities KM with Member States Knowledge Management Liason Group Knowledge Preservation Knowldge Management Knowledge Preservation Education and Training Exchange of information on activities and best practices in the Agency and helps avoid duplication Digitizing and Archiving Agency Information Preserving Knowledge and Internal Expertise Nuclear Information and Nuclear Knowledge Int. Conference (Paris) NKM Seminar in ICTP (Trieste) FR Knowledge Preservation Initiative NPP Knowledge Preservation KP in Underground Labs KM for GCR Support to WNU Asian Nuclear Education Network ENEN ESANS at Uni-Pavia Development of Guidance Documents Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 4 International Atomic Energy Agency 2
Preservation should not be postponed until a perfect solution appears Small steps are usually better than no steps Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 5 International Atomic Energy Agency Main Preservation Activities Capturing and Preservation of Knowledge/Information for later use Maintenance of INIS NCL Full-Text Collection Digitization of INIS NCL Microfiche Digitization of older IAEA and Member States Information Preserving Web-based information resources (evaluation project initiated) Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 6 International Atomic Energy Agency 3
INIS NCL (Non-Conventional Literature) full-text collection Contains knowledge about peaceful nuclear sciences&technologies (collected by Member States for over 35 years) Contains over 600 000 documents (many of them can t be found anywhere else!) http://www.iaea.org/inis/products/ncl.htm Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 7 International Atomic Energy Agency INIS NCL Collection Total NCL documents NCL available from INIS NCL in electronic form Pages (electronic) Total NCL pages 819,756 622,897 237,605 > 10,000,000 ~25,000,000 Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 8 International Atomic Energy Agency 4
INIS NCL Collection 63 languages Western languages - 83% English - 70% Cyrillic and Slavic 12% Russian 10% Asian languages 4.5% Japanese 3.5 % Arabic 0.4 % Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 9 International Atomic Energy Agency Digitization of Older IAEA and Member State Documents Documents and Records of the IAEA Board of Governors (~5,000; 1957 1996) IAEA Technical Documents (~1,500) IAEA Technical Reports Series (~3,000) Nuclear Data Reports (~3,500) Topical subsets of INIS Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 10 International Atomic Energy Agency 5
Digitization of Older IAEA and Member State Documents IAEA Nuclear Safety Series IAEA Bulletin IAEA Conference Proceedings Legal Documents (~1,000) French CEA-R Collection (~4,500; 1946-1970) Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 11 International Atomic Energy Agency INIS Full-Text Document Delivery Network 58 National INIS Centres Over 30,000 ad hoc requests annually http://www.iaea.org/inis/dd_srv.htm Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 12 International Atomic Energy Agency 6
INIS Full-Text Document Delivery Network Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 13 International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear Knowledge Desk is intended for students and professionals in nuclear and nuclear related fields. Users of the service who submit queries concerning nuclear R&D and applications will be put into contact with an expert on the relevant subject or will receive a reply from the Nuclear Knowledge Desk, as appropriate http://www.iaea.org/km/nkd Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 14 International Atomic Energy Agency 7
INIS Web Services Annotated Internet Directory of Nuclear Information Resources http://www.iaea.org/inis/ws Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 15 International Atomic Energy Agency INIS Web Services Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 16 International Atomic Energy Agency 8
INIS Web Services Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 17 International Atomic Energy Agency Find-an an-expert Facilities and Database can identify experts who are presently active in a given subject domain by searching recent entries to the INIS data base of scientific publications for authors in the nuclear field http://www-fae.iaea.org Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 18 International Atomic Energy Agency 9
Find-an an-expert Facilities and Database Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 19 International Atomic Energy Agency Meetings on Atomic Energy Database Contains information about meetings and courses relevant to the work of IAEA and to world scientific community On-line version is fully searchable from 1998 and contains over 9,800 records http://www.iaea.org/cgi-bin/maeps.page.pl/search.htm Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 20 International Atomic Energy Agency 10
Meetings on Atomic Energy Database Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 21 International Atomic Energy Agency Meetings on Atomic Energy Database IAEA Major Meetings and Seminars and IAEA co-operation meetings Scientific Meetings: on all topics of relevance to IAEA work on topics of peripheral interest to IAEA work (other energy forms, astrophysics) of very peripheral interest to IAEA work but a staff requested inclusion environmental/political themes (Kyoto-related) Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 22 International Atomic Energy Agency 11
Knowledge Bases Fast Reactors http://www.iaea.org/inis/aws/fnss Accelerator Driven Systems http://www-adsdb.iaea.org Gas Cooled Reactors http://www.iaea.org/inis/aws/htgr Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 23 International Atomic Energy Agency Knowledge Bases Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 24 International Atomic Energy Agency 12
Support Corporate Knowledge Management Knowledge and Information Resources on LiveLink Repository of Travel Reports Repository of Meeting Reports Director General Briefs Knowledge Exchange Channels Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 25 International Atomic Energy Agency Support Corporate Knowledge Management Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 26 International Atomic Energy Agency 13
Nuclear Knowledge Management Strategic Directions: IAEA Nuclear Knowledge Portal Nuclear Knowledge Packages Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 27 International Atomic Energy Agency Knowledge Preservation and Management in Nuclear Science and Technology Joint project with the CIS (Commonwealths of Independent States) Commission on Cooperation in Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan IAEA support through programme C.3 Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 28 International Atomic Energy Agency 14
Objectives Analyse the needs for and the status of Knowledge Preservation in Nuclear Science and Technology in CIS countries Develop NK structure in CIS countries Make an inventory of the existing information resources (data and knowledge bases) in CIS countries Promote NKM activities in CIS countries Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 29 International Atomic Energy Agency Organisational resources Secretariat of the CIS Commission on cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy CIS Commission Working Group on NK Management and Preservation IAEA NKM information base and related activities Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 30 International Atomic Energy Agency 15
First results Common approach (Methodology and Questionnaire) is developed Feedbacks from CIS countries partly received: needs, status, suggestions for joint activities Technical Report is on the way (to be finalized in the end of 2005) Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 31 International Atomic Energy Agency Further steps Development of the NK structure in CIS countries and then the development the CIS NK information system as a part of IAEA NK portal Establishing Regional project in Asian CIS republics to preserve and maintain scientific and academic potential in CIS countries (on a platform of the Uzbek Centre of Nuclear Research) Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 32 International Atomic Energy Agency 16
Coordinated Research Project Comparative Analysis of Methods and Tools for Nuclear Knowledge Preservation Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 33 International Atomic Energy Agency Overall Objective To support the preservation of nuclear knowledge for as long as that knowledge remains useful by selection and implementation of appropriate cost-effective technological solutions Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 34 International Atomic Energy Agency 17
Specific Research Objectives Benchmarks, alternative methods and tools for nuclear knowledge preservation. These include processes to capture, understand, analyse, retrieve, visualize, archive and disseminate knowledge. Various types of information and media. Objective will be achieved by research and comparative analysis of technological knowledge preservation practices by the CRP Team during the period of 2005-2008. Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 35 International Atomic Energy Agency Needs Analysis A survey form designed by the CRP Team and sent to representative producers to determine the current and future nuclear knowledge preservation environment. Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 36 International Atomic Energy Agency 18
Expected Outcomes Methods and Tools to support the preservation of nuclear knowledge in Member States and the IAEA by selection and implementation of appropriate costeffective technological solutions. Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 37 International Atomic Energy Agency CRP Framework CRM each year (2006-2008) Website for the CRP participants Research Activity within CRP organizations Disseminate the nuclear knowledge preservation recommendations It is not late to joint the CRP team! For more info: www.iaea.org/km Managing Nuclear Knowledge Workshop, Trieste - 2005 38 International Atomic Energy Agency 19