CISTI Begins World's First Full-Scale Use of ENCompass for Journals OnSite; Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information Now Centralizing Electronic Journals into a Single Repository, Searchable Via One Interface.DES PLAINES Des Plaines, city, United States Des Plaines (dĕs plānz), city (1990 pop. 53,223), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on the Des Plaines River; inc. 1925. Among its manufactures are chemicals and electronic equipment. , Ill. -- In a ceremony in Ottawa, Canada, on Wednesday, the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI CISTI Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information CISTI Civil Space Technology Initiative CISTI Canadian Institute of Telecommunications Engineers ) marked the world's first full-scale use of ENCompass for Journals OnSite (EJOS EJOS Electronic Journal of Oriental Studies (electronic journal; Utrrect University; The Netherlands) ). The deployment comes at the conclusion of CISTI's successful beta test A test of new or revised hardware or software that is performed by users at their facilities under normal operating conditions. Beta testing follows alpha testing. Vendors of packaged software often offer their customers the opportunity of beta testing new releases or versions, and the of EJOS, an advanced software platform from Endeavor Information Systems which locally stores and provides access to electronic journal content from any publisher in one location. "CISTI appreciated being selected as the beta test site for EJOS. Our hands-on experiences with the EJOS platform convinced us we can now work with, search, link and manage our local electronic journal collections more effectively," said Bernard Dumouchel, Director General of CISTI, which is based in Ottawa. "CISTI has also provided a bilingual bi·lin·gual adj. 1. a. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency. b. interface for the system, making it accessible for users in both English and French." "The EJOS system is now available to almost 5,500 employees and guest workers at the National Research Council of Canada The National Research Council Canada (NRC) is Canada's leading organization for scientific research and development. History NRC was established in 1916, mainly to advise the government. Then, in the early 1930s, laboratories were built in Ottawa. . With its high-powered search and retrieval capability to access full-text journal content, EJOS will significantly increase efficiency for researchers," Mr. Dumouchel notes. "CISTI now has a reliable, scalable, and secure environment and the capacity to load as much digital information as could ever be needed. This will be the foundation of an integrated 'infostructure' that can in the future be extended to CISTI's wider client community." EJOS provides local control of licensed journal content, enabling large research institutions or consortia to create a permanent repository of electronic journal content. Through a unique architecture based on the ENCompass technology, EJOS enables libraries to load journal content from almost any commercial publisher in the world. The initial EJOS implementation for CISTI includes content from six publishers: Elsevier, Springer springer a North American term commonly used to describe heifers close to term with their first calf. , Kluwer, NRC NRC abbr. 1. National Research Council 2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Noun 1. NRC - an independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants Research Press, Karger, and Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc. Additionally, locally produced content can be included in EJOS repositories. The EJOS interface offers a clear end-user experience, through options to search content from all licensed publishers, or browse through content from the journal title, author, category or article levels. CISTI anticipates that EJOS will produce numerous benefits for its institution, including: --Low-cost hardware running on the Linux platform --Solid ENCompass architecture for data management --Searches using the FAST Data Search(TM) search engine licensed through Elsevier, of which Endeavor is a wholly-owned subsidiary --A scalable solution enabling large institutions like CISTI to provide comprehensive access to locally held journal content --A verified methodology for rapid data loading Copying data from one electronic file or database into another. Data loading implies converting from one format into another; for example, from one type of production database into a decision support database from a different vendor. See data entry. , indexing and searching --Metadata storage in Oracle(TM) for ease of use --A single text file greatly simplifying modifications of interfaces, as the Institute is part of the Canadian government and must develop custom interfaces in both English and French Roland Dietz, Endeavor President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , says the launch ceremony in Ottawa kicking off the world's first full-scale use of the EJOS platform is gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. personally. "Yesterday's ceremonial ribbon-cutting reflects how CISTI is already confident that EJOS will fast become a key tool for its future management of local journal content. The beta test and complete deployment was Endeavors' first successful venture into clear interface usability. We're proud that CISTI was the first institution to go live with EJOS." About ENCompass for Journals OnSite (EJOS) An advanced system to provide a single point of access for the storage, searching and browsing of locally-held journal content from multiple publishers, ENCompass for Journals OnSite (EJOS) gives libraries the ability to locally load and store electronic journal content from a variety of publishers. EJOS empowers users with a single point of access for searching and browsing across journal content from diverse publishers. For more information about EJOS, contact Endeavor at info@endinfosys.com. About Endeavor Information Systems Endeavor Information Systems, based in Des Plaines, IL, was founded in September of 1994. A wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Elsevier, Endeavor offers a complete line of library solutions for traditional and digital collections. Visit Endeavor at www.endinfosys.com , for more information about Endeavor Meridian Meridian (mərĭd`ēən), city (1990 pop. 41,036), seat of Lauderdale co., E Miss., near the Ala. line; settled 1831, inc. 1860. , Voyager, ENCompass or LinkFinderPlus. About the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) As an institute of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) is one of the world's leading sources for information in all areas of science, technology, medicine and engineering. It is also Canada's foremost publisher of scientific journals and books, through the NRC Research Press, its publishing arm. With the ever-growing knowledge-based economy, CISTI is also increasingly considered a key strategic component of Canada's science and technology infrastructure. Visit CISTI at http://cisti.nrc.gc.ca. |
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