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Renata Blagnien ė Head of the Information Analysis Department

Impact of the ICT on the Seimas Information Service: Experience of Information Analysis Department. Renata Blagnien ė Head of the Information Analysis Department. SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA. Red Queen's Race.

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Renata Blagnien ė Head of the Information Analysis Department

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  1. Impact of the ICT on the Seimas Information Service: Experience of Information Analysis Department Renata Blagnienė Head of the Information Analysis Department SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

  2. Red Queen's Race “ Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that.” Lewis Carroll Through the Looking Glass

  3. Introduction (1) • Keeping pace with the rapid evolution of information technology and the increasing number of its possible applications is extremely difficult • Information technology offers many opportunities for parliaments to fulfill their role more effectively and meet the increased expectations of the electorate.

  4. In this presentation I will give a short overview about: The Information Analysis Department (IAD) Electronic services provided by IAD Internal web side of IAD Future plans and challenges Introduction (2)

  5. Information Analysis Department • The IAD is an independent division of the Seimas Office directly accountable to the Secretary General • The main task is to provide Seimas information users with information and research necessary to carry out their functions • Services vary from traditional library services to media monitoring, information analysis and research.

  6. Structure of IAD • Research Units • Law and Politic • Economic and Social Policy • Parliamentary Research • EU Research • Regional Security and Euro – Atlantic Integration • Quick Reference Unit • Reference Library

  7. Services provided (1) • Research units provide research, analysis and information on a wide range of legislative, policy and constituency issues • Research specialists reply to individual research requests, produce research papers and comparative studies.

  8. Services provided (2) • The Reference Library provides • Lending services • Acquisition and bibliographic services • Indexing (electronic catalogue) • Press clipping service (press articles arranged by topic) • Database search • Fact - finding

  9. Services provided (3) • Quick reference unit provides reference service and media monitoring from press, radio, television, Internet. • Publications: • Surveys of the news agencies, Lithuanian and foreign newspapers and Internet websites • Summaries of the Lithuanian TV news • Issue Briefs (concise briefing papers on issues considered of major importance to the Seimas, hot topics)

  10. Electronic Information Services (1) • Internal web site of the IAD ( almost all information prepared by the IAD or received from other sources is accessible through the web site) • Library’s online catalogue • Internal online databases

  11. Electronic Information Services (2) • External databases (e.g. Factiva, Westlaw International, EBSCO, Oxford Reference Online) • News agencies (ELTA, BNS, Reuters, ITAR-TASS, Interfax, BelaPan)

  12. Internal web site of IAD • launched in 2004 The main requirements: • Focus on content (tailor made information) • Reliability • Simplicity – user friendly interface. • Easy administration • Feedback from information users • Quick and convenient search engine

  13. First page Latest publications prepared by the IAD

  14. Headings About us Requests Guest book

  15. Library information Library’s online catalogue Library services

  16. Video recordings Short descriptions Lithuanian TV channels

  17. Search engine for video recordings Search by date, TV channel, programme, phrase

  18. Other headings Information from other institutions Audio recordings Useful links New publications

  19. Public opinion polls Sociological surveys published in Lithuanian press

  20. Current news from news agencies ELTA, BNS, Reuters, Interfax, ITAR-TASS, BelaPan

  21. Daily publications of IAD Press reviews, statistical information Summaries of current news Summaries of TV news

  22. Research papers

  23. States of the world general information, government, army foreign policy, maps history, main economic indicators, contacts with Lithuania, links

  24. Search engine

  25. Challenges • Statistics • who uses what, when and how? • do they read the information? • Feedback • Find the needs, not just serve the needs • Managing audiovisual materials

  26. Future plans • More customized electronic information services to our clients in the format the user wants (development of individual profiles) • to extend the use of multimedia • Automatic SDI service, alert services • Digital library

  27. Effective partnership with ICT specialists is a key factor in providing parliamentarians with high-quality information services, both now and in the future. “Knowledge changes incredibly fast and today’s knowledge is tomorrow’s ignorance.” Peter Drucker Conclusion

  28. Thank You ! Contact: Renata Blagnienė Information Analysis Department E-mail: reblag@lrs.lt

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