Scientific Information Centre

Responsibilities

The Centre for Scientific Information (SVI) provides comprehensive library, information, and literature search services for researchers, PhD students, and staff of the Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the CAS. It ensures access to national and international scientific information resources, manages the Institute’s library collection, and offers professional support for publishing research outcomes.

The Library of the ICPF of the Czech Academy of Sciences is part of the Scientific Information Center at the ICPF of the CAS. It provides its services both to the employees of the institute and to a wide range of users from the public, students and employees of other institutions. Here, you can find magazines, books, and encyclopedias in the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, and physics, many of which are completely unique in the Czech Republic. Due to the institute’s membership in the Library of the CAS and in the consortium of the CzechELib National Center, the library also offers access to key electronic and information resources and specialist databases. Open Science, i.e. open access to results and data, is addressed and ensured by the Library of the CAS.

Key Responsibilities and Activities:

• Library and Interlibrary Loan Services: Management of the Institute’s library, specialized book collections, and scientific journals; coordination of Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and International Interlibrary Loan (IILL) services.
• Access to Electronic Information Resources (EIR): Administering and providing access to leading scientific databases (e.g., Web of Science, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Wiley, SpringerLink).
• Records of publication activity: Every researcher of the institute is obliged to immediately report a published article (or other type of publication activity) to the processor of ASEP (e‑mail jirsova@​icps.​cas.​cz). The processor will ensure that the results are entered into ASEP and subsequently, if they meet the given conditions, into RIV.
• Open Access and FAIR Data Support: Advisory services regarding Open Access publishing, research data management, and compliance with grant agency mandates.
• Literature Search and Scientometrics: Conducting custom literature searches in scientific databases and monitoring citation metrics (h‑index, scientometric analysis).