Library Network in Science and Technology: Brazilian experience in innovation in strategic areas of national development

Abstract

The Library Network of Research Institutes of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil, created at the beginning of 2009, is a pioneering initiative to increase efforts towards the access and dissemination of national scientific and technological knowledge. Each of the specialized libraries primarily delivers their focus of research which links with, and includes the effort to define the technologies and methodologies that facilitate access to research knowledge in order to give greater visibility to the results achieved across society. The initiative encourages cooperation in the creation of the Integrated Union Catalog, the definition of free library management software, digital repositories and digital preservation. This work will specifically address the Open Book Portal in Science, Technology and Innovation, which aims to collect, disseminate and preserve official publications in science, technology and innovation. The selected themes are: aerospace, biodiversity, biotechnology, information science, industrial complex defense, renewable energy, pharmaceuticals and the industrial health complex, productive and social inclusion, improving science education, climate change, nanotechnology, nuclear, oceans and coastal areas, oil and gas, popularization of science, information and communication technologies, technologies for sustainable cities, structuring programs and activities of the national strategy of science, technology and innovation. Ensuring...