Canada’a NRC Joins WorldWideScience.org
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has joined a multilateral alliance to govern a quickly growing online access point to the world’s research information – WorldWideScience.org. Officials representing 38 countries, including Canada, met on June 12, 2008 in Seoul, Korea, to move WorldWideScience.org from a partnership-based organization to an organization governed by a multinational alliance. The NRC Canada Insitute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI) was part of the delegation that signed the “founding and purpose” document for WorldWideScience Alliance restating the Alliance’s goal to provide a single, sophisticated point of access to diverse scientific resources and knowledge from nations around the world.
“Canada is a proud founding member of WorldWideScience,” said NRC President Dr. Pierre Coulombe, “We believe that WorldWideScience will help us carry out our strategy of putting science to work for Canada by offering Canadians increased access to global scientific knowledge.” This alliance will further enhance Canada’s position as a leader in science and technology information and strengthens Canada’s innovation system by enabling access to world of information.
Source: NRC