[en] Full text: The site of INIS centre of Uzbekistan has been reorganized. Main purpose of reorganization is creating main tool of nuclear knowledge management in Uzbekistan. On the site you can find information like what is INIS, what it does, INIS Subject Scope, INIS philosophy, INIS outputs and services, about INIS centre of Uzbekistan. There are different electronic resources related to radiation physics. You can access web page of scientific technical library of Institute of Nuclear Physics. The site provides access to the INIS database and to information resources of INIS centre, also provides services for the delivery of full texts of non-conventional literature and publications, published in Uzbekistan on nuclear issues, and information from the resource found for the Institute of Nuclear Physics, and for many nuclear physics organizations in Uzbekistan. Below is a list of changes in the site: 1. Module for registration users; With this module users can save information about them to the database. Registered users have access to INIS database from the site and they can add their news or other information. 2. Module for working with news section; With this module users can add, edit news or other information. Added news will moderated by administrator, before it'll posted on main page. 3. Module for access INIS database; This module gives access to INIS database in INIS centre of Uzbekistan. Site is in Tas-Ix zone, that's why no more reasons to pay for international traffic. 4. Updated all information on site; 5. Administrator panel; this panel can access only administrator of the site. Administrator must control work of the site, moderate added news, and answer to questions of users. 6. Improved Multilanguage function of the site; These are main changes. We are trying to create main tool for nuclear knowledge management in Uzbekistan. (author)

[en] Full text: Main purpose of this information report is to show advantages of the new INIS Collection Search (ICS) web application over the replaced old INIS Online Database (IODB). This represents the most important outcome achieved in 2011 and can be considered one of the major improvements of the services provided to users since the establishment of the INIS Secretariat. In report have explained the following features of the INIS Collection Search: Integration of the Joint INIS/ETDE Thesaurus with the INIS Collection Search; INIS Authorities Integration: support for Subject Category, Journal and Report; Multi-lingual User Interface; Google Search Appliance; Dynamic Navigation; RSS2.0 Feed; My Workspace. The INIS Collection Search has been well received by our users and a number of suggestions for further improvement have been identified. Our aim is to continue to develop and implement new features. (authors)

[en] Highlights: • We parsed the 30 years of scientific collaboration data to construct a network. • We made empirical measurements to uncover topological measurements of the network. • The Turkish scientific collaboration network stated out small-world properties. • We also found the degree distribution indicating the network is scale free. • With a high clustering coefficient, the network is a strongly interconnected one. -- Abstract: Networking via co-authorship is an important area of research and used in many fields such as ranking of the universities/departments. Studying on the data supplied by the Web of Science, we constructed a structural database that defines the scientific collaboration network of the authors from Turkey, based on the publications between 1980 and 2010. To uncover the evolution and structure of this complex network by scientific means, we executed some empirical measurements. The Turkish scientific collaboration network is in an accelerating phase in growth, highly governed by the national policies aiming to develop a competitive higher education system in Turkey. As our results suggest the authors tend to make more number of collaborations in their studies over the years. The results also showed that, node separation of the network slightly converges about 4, consistent with the small world phenomenon. Together with this key indicator, the high clustering coefficient, (which is about 0.75) reveals that our network is strongly interconnected. Another quantity of major interest about such networks is, “the degree distribution”. It has a power-law tail that defines the network as scale-free. Along with the final values, the time evolutions of the above-mentioned parameters are presented in detail with this work. In a good agreement with the recent studies, our network yields some significant differences especially in growing rate, clustering properties and node separation. In contrast with the recent studies, we also showed that preferring to attach popular nodes result with being a more popular node in the future

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[en] A practical procedure for conducting Special Topic Information Service (STIS) has been summarized and analyzed basing on the case of STIS carried out for the topic of ^antineutrino detection technology^, including such steps as the proposing and analysis of STIS need, design of STIS solution, implementation of STIS solution, design and realization of STIS product. Suggestions for improving STIS under the new situation are made in the end of the article. (authors)

[en] The acquisition work in professional libraries is an important part of library work, and faces enormous challenges at this stage. For the status quo of the acquisition work in professional libraries, we should develop effective acquisition principles to ensure the integrity of our professional library's collection and systematic literature, and to provide more effective protection for relevant research work. We need reasonable arrangements for the procurement of books with limited funding to avoid the waste of funds. We should use the network, to actively develop the procurement channels, and to establish accurate and reliable systematic network of information resources for the reader. We need to consciously cultivate and improve the professional competence of acquisition staff, to meet the requirement of the acquisition staff in the new situation. We should carry out knowledge management in professional library, to form a competitive 'knowledge resources'. For information research, technical personnel, and scientific researchers, we provide effective information services in time, and carry out personalized services. (authors)

[en] During the tenth five-year plan, along with the digitization of information, and the development of information transmission network, the co-construction and sharing of China's nuclear industry information is facing a new development opportunities and challenges. This paper is based on the analysis of the nuclear library status and characteristics, combined of the development process of nuclear information resources over the past 20 years. For the characteristic of information sharing and services in the net environment, the problem in the current co-construction and sharing of nuclear information, and the needs of the future nuclear research and development of nuclear production, this paper forecast the work trends of nuclear information, and gives some countermeasure to strength the development of the co-construction and sharing of nuclear information. (author)

[en] Safe and sustainable nuclear power plant operation is one of the many areas that depend upon sustained nuclear knowledge management. The IAEA's Nuclear Knowledge Management programs help Member States strengthen their nuclear education and training programmes. As a part of that on-going effort, the IAEA signed a 'practical arrangement' with the Nuclear Power Institute (NPI), based at Texas A and M University, USA, on 24 September

[en] Purpose: To improve the ability of graduate students to learn medical physics concepts through the incorporation of active learning techniques. Methods: A traditional lecture-based radiological physics course was modified such that: (1) traditional (two-hour) lectures were provided online for students to watch prior to class, (2) a student was chosen randomly at the start of each class to give a two minute synopsis of the material and its relevance (two-minute drill), (3) lectures were significantly abbreviated and remaining classroom time used for group problem solving, and (4) videos of the abbreviated lectures were made available online for review. In the transition year, students were surveyed about the perceived effects of these changes on learning. Student performance was evaluated for 3 years prior to and 4 years after modification. Results: The survey tool used a five point scale from 1=Not True to 5=Very True. While nearly all students reviewed written materials prior to class (4.3±0.9), a minority watched the lectures (2.1±1.5). A larger number watched the abbreviated lectures for further clarification (3.6±1.6) and found it helpful in learning the content (4.2±1.0). Most felt that the two-minute drill helped them get more out of the lecture (3.9±0.8) and the problem solving contributed to their understanding of the content (4.1±0.8). However, no significant improvement in exam scores resulted from the modifications (mean scores well within 1 SD during study period). Conclusion: Students felt that active learning techniques improved their ability to learn the material in what is considered the most difficult course in the program. They valued the ability to review the abbreviated class lecture more than the opportunity to watch traditional lectures prior to class. While no significant changes in student performance were observed, aptitude variations across the student cohorts make it difficult to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of active learning