Publications
IASI Newsletter
No. 3, November 1995
Table of Contents
IASI is a non-profit making organisation whose aim is to
stimulate, support and develop activities in the field of
international documentation and information for physical education
and sport. It brings together a world-wide network of scientists,
documentalists, librarians, information experts and managers of
sports information and documentation centres.
For more information about the Association contact:
- The IASI Secretariat
- c/o "Sport for All"
- Clearing House
- "Espace 27 septembre"
- Boulevard Leopold II, n 44,
- B - 1080
- Brussels
- Tel: (+32) 2 413 2893
- Fax: (+32) 2 413 2890
All items for the Newsletter should be addressed to the Editors,
either:
- Steve Hewett
- Centre for Sports Science and History
- Main Library, University of Birmingham
- Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
- United Kingdom
- Tel: (+44) 121 414 5843
- Fax: (+44) 121 471 4691 (or)
- Nerida Clarke
- Director
- National Sport Information Centre
- Australian Sports Commission
- PO Box 176, Belconnen ACT 2616
- Australia
- Tel: (+61) 06 252 1369
- Fax: (+61) 06 252 1681
Further to the report from SOCOG published in the last issue of
the Newsletter, Melissa Kimmerly, Information Manager for SOCOG,
reminds IASI members that SOCOG publishes a bimonthly newsletter,
The Sydney Spirit. It is available, at a cost of A$30.00 for 6
issues, from:
- Sharon Nixon
- SOCOG
- GPO Box 2000
- Sydney NSW 2001
- Australia
- Fax: (+61) 2 931 2020
Alternatively, visit their web site:
http://www.sydney.olympic.org
The Olympic Museum opened in June 1993 in the Swiss city of
Lausanne. Its aim is to give access and popular expression to the
objectives of the Olympic movement. The stlg40 million project has
become an important tourist attraction winning the accolade of
European Museum of the Year earlier this year. The Olympic Museum
has its own library whose computerized catalogue is connected to
the Swiss-French and Swiss-Italian Library Network (RERO). RERO is
a collective catalogue of more than 100 university, cantonal and
specialized libraries in Swiss-French and Ticino. It serves around
4,000 university professors, 30,000 students, 85,000 junior-high
and high school students, as well as the French speaking and Ticino
population. The catalogue can be consulted from any of the 600
connected terminals and by the group of the Swiss university
network users (SWITCH). International access is possible through
Internet (telnet: sibil.switch.ch or sibil.unige.ch. For "enter
application name" type: cicsub. Type <cr> twice, ignoring
messages such as "user identification". The Library also produces a
list of new acquisitions.
For information about the library please contact:
- Yoo-Mi Steffen
- Head of Library
- Tel: (+41) 21 621 6511
- Fax: (+41) 21 621 6512
Sportcal International is a unique database that contains over
14,000 sporting events from now until the year 2005 and includes
details on date, city, country, host broadcaster, rights holders,
sponsors and organisers.
Working closely with a number of national sports Institutions,
Sportcal International has been instrumental in the promotion of
sporting events to a worldwide audience. The national sports
Institutions, including the Australian Sports Commission, where our
contact is Nerida Clarke, have licenced the Sportcal International
software to produce their own domestic calendars and we are now
looking to work with other Institutions around the world.
Available for IBM PC's or Apple Macintosh, the Sportcal
International service is easily installed and enables you to find
the answers to your questions, such as:
- What events are taking place in 1997?
- Where are they being held?
- Who are the organisers and how do I contact them?
No matter what event you are interested in, from the Grand Prix
in Athletics, to the ATP Tour in Tennis, to the World Cup in
Soccer, Sportcal International provides the most up to date,
flexible and detailed sports events planning and research tool
available. To find out more about the Sportcal International
service please contact:
- Tim Walker
- Tel: (+44) 181 944 6688
- Fax: (+44) 181 944 8740
(CONSULTATIVE FORUM AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE)
Members who have not received their official invitation to next
year's meetings should contact Ayala Maharik as soon as possible.
The dates are 4 to 10 May and the venue is the Wingate Institute.
Accommodation at the Institute will be available on a first come
first served basis so anyone who wishes to stay there should return
their registration form a.s.a.p.
Ayala's postal address is:
- Wingate Institute Library, 42902
- Israel
- Tel: (+972) 9 63 94 87
- Fax: (+972) 9 63 94 82 Email: willib@ccsg.tau.ac.il
It was suggested that we should publish the IASI membership in the
Newsletter. We begin with a list of members from the African
continent and from Asia:
AFRICAN CONTINENT
ALGERIA
- Centre National d'Information et de Documentation Sportive
- (Mr A. Benslimane)
- Cite Olympique B.P. 139
- 16011 Rostomia (Membership status unclear)
NIGERIA
- Nigerian Olympic Committee
- (Mr E. Nweri)
- P.O. Box 3156
- Lagos (Membership status unclear)
SOUTH AFRICA (Republic)
- Newlands Sport Science Institute
- Mr T.D. Noakes (Institutional member)
- University of Cape Town Medical School
- Observatory 7925
- Cape Town
- Tel: (+27) 21 406 6242
- Fax: (+27) 21 407 7669
- South Africa Sports Documentation and Information Centre
- Mr L. Tempelhoff (Institutional member)
- Info Centre
- P.O. Box 13206
- Clubview 0014
- Pretoria
- Tel: (+27) 12 663 3290/1/2/3
- Fax: (+27) 12 663 3294
- Sportslink
- John Donaldson (Personal member)
- P.O. Box 1861
- Joubert Park 2044
- Johanessburg
- Tel: (+27) 11 726 6516
- Fax: (+27) 11 726 6516
TANZANIA
- University of Dar Es Salaam
- Faculty of Education
- Mrs R.D. Jengo (Institutional member)
- P.O. Box 35048
- Dar Es Salaam
- Tel: (+255) 51 43 50 08
- Fax: (+255) 51 48274 (49161)
TUNESIA
- Association Internationale des Statisticiens de Natation
- Mr B. Chaker (Institutional member)
- 21, rue Claude Bernard Le Belvedere
- 1002 - Tunis
- Tel: (+216) 1 28 52 93
- Fax: (+216) 1 76 79 28
ASIA
CHINA
- China Sports Information Institute (CSII)
- Mr Zhao Yaping (Institutional member)
- 11, Tiyuguan Road
- Beijing
- Tel: (+86) 1 701 2233 ext. 2616
- Fax: (+86) 1 701 2028
- China Sports Information Institute
- Ma Tie (Personal member)
- 9, Tiyuguan Road
- 100061 Beijing
- Tel: (+86) 1 701 2223
- Fax: (+86) 1 701 2028
- China Sports Information Institute
- Zhao Yaping
- 11, Tiyunguan Road
- Beijing
- Tel: (+86) 1 701 2094
- Fax: (+86) 1 701 2028
- Wang Ruying (Honorary member)
- c/o China Sports Information Institute
CHINESE TAIPEI
- Chinese Taipei Sports Information Centre
- Min-Chung Tsai (Institutional member)
- 20, Chulun Street
- Taipei
- 10406 Taiwan (ROC)
- Tel: (+886) 2 741 3915
- Fax: (+886) 2 741 1512
- Chinese Taipei Sports Information Centre
- Wu Wei-Chih (Personal member)
HONG KONG
- Hong Kong Sports Information Centre
- Hong Kong Sports Institute
- Dr. D. Whitby (Institutional member)
- Shatin
- New Territories
- Tel: (+852) 2681 6888
- Fax: (+852) 2601 4440
INDIA
- National Institute of Sports, Sports Authority of India
- Mr. A.S. Garika (Institutional member)
- Netaji Subhas National, Institute of Sports
- Moti Bagh
- Patiala 147.001 (Pb)
- Tel: (+91) + 70336 ext 36
- Kerala Sports Council Sagil Seeveli Nagar
- Godinvan Nair (Honorary member)
- Kaithamukku
- Trivandrum Kerala
JAPAN
- Sasakawa Sports Foundation
- SSF Sports Information Centre
- Mr. Yoshio Tsubouchi (Institutional member)
- 1-15-16 Toranomon Minato-ku
- Tokyo 105
- Tel: (+81) 3 35 02 87 78
- Fax: (+81) 3 35 80 59 68
- Osaka University of Health and sport sciences
- Masaru Ikeda (Personal member)
- Graduate Department of Sport Management
- 1558-1 Noda, Kumatori-cho
- Sennangun, Osaka 590-04
- Tel: (+81) 6 724 53 70 00
- Fax: (+81) 6 724 53 70 28
KOREA (DPR)
- Korean Olympic Committee, Sports Information Department
- (Mr. Kim Hak Rim)
- Sohung Dong, Morandong District
- Pyongyang P.O. Box 57 (Membership status unclear)
MALAYSIA
- National Sports Council of Malaysia
- Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia, Sports Resource Centre
- Mr. Hajak Supiah HJ Ishak (Institutional member)
- Stadium Negara, Jalan Hang Jebat, Peti Surat 10440
- 50714 Kuala Lumpur
- Tel: (+60) 3 232 4522
- Fax: (+60) 3 230 0484
- Pusat Sukan
- The Sports Centre of the University of Malaya
- Mrs. S. Khoo (Institutional member)
- 59100 Kuala Lumpur
- Tel: (+60) 3 756 0022
- Fax: (+60) 3 756 9590
SINGAPORE
- Singapore Sports Council, Library
- Mrs. L. Toh (Institutional member)
- National Stadium Kallang
- Singapore 1439
- Tel: (+65) 345 7111 or 340 9641
- Fax: (+65) 340 9537
THAILAND
- Sports Authority of Thailand
- Sports Museum and Library
- 2088 Ramkhamhaeng Road
- Bangkok 10240 (Institutional member)
After twelve years of dedicated service at the Australian
National Sport Information Centre, Greg Blood, the Services
Librarian, has resigned to move to the greener pastures ofthe
horticultural industry. Greg has been planning his career move for
some time and has been studying for a qualification in
horticulture. Greg will be sadly missed by all who work at the
Australian Sports Commission as he is renowned for his
encyclopaedic knowledge of sport and his outstanding commitment to
service. We wish him well in his new career.
Jill Haynes is the Acting Services Librarian of the National
Sport Information Centre so Jill now has responsibility for making
sure all that Australian data gets into SPORT Discus.
Sue Carpenter replaces Joanne James as the Reference Librarian
at the National Sport Information Centre. Joanne is on maternity
leave and gave birth to a son, William, on 7 November.
Congratulations to her.
Congratulations also to Sally Hall, Information Services Manager
at the Sports Council for England, who has recently given birth to
a baby boy named Thomas.
Also to Michele Shoebridge, who was an active member of IASI
during the 1980s, and who recently gave birth to a baby girl,
Nancy. Michele used to be Librarian in charge of the Centre for
Sports Science and History, formerly the Sports Documentation
Centre, at the University of Birmingham. In 1989 she became the
University Library's Systems Librarian before moving up to
Sub-Librarian within the newly constituted Information
Services.
Honorary Member Siegfried Lachenicht has recently retired from
his post at the Bundesinstitut fur Sportwissenschaft in Cologne. Mr
Lachenicht was an Executive Board Member from 1972 to 1993, and
held the post of President of IASI from 1985 to 1989. Members of
IASI who knew Mr Lachenicht will undoubtedly wish him a happy and
peaceful retirement.
There are an increasing number of books and pamphlets on the
subject of sport on the Internet. Here is a list of recent
titles:
Cox, R.W. Sport and the Internet: an introduction to the
Internet for people in sport. Available from The Coxburn Press, 13,
Bradley Lane Frodsham, Cheshire WA6 6QA, United Kingdom. Price
stlg5 plus post and packing (approximately stlg1.50 for overseas).
It is possible to pay an equivalent in Australian/Canadian/US
dollars cash.
Fain, T. Pocket tour of sports on the Internet. Sybex, 1995.
(0782116930)
Maloni, K. Netsports: your guide to sports mania in cyberspace.
NY Random House, 1995. (067976187X)
Temple, B. Sport on the Net. Indianapolis, Que Corporation,
1995. (0789702401)
There are an increasing number of articles being indexed for the
SPORT database on the same subject.
SPRIG, (Sport and Recreation Information Group), organised two
workshops during September and invited Linda Wheeler,
Promotion/Marketing Coordinator for SIRC to come to England to be
the facilitator. The workshops, held in London and Leeds, were a
huge success. The participants were mainly from the education
sector. Some were considering the purchase of SPORT Discus whilst
others already subscribed to it but wanted to learn more about how
to make the most effective use of it.
Feedback from delegates showed that Linda's presentations, which
included demonstrations and hands on exercises, were much
appreciated. Additional interest in SPORT Discus was generated in
the UK and some new sales were created.
IASI members might like to consider organising something similar
in their own country. If so, Linda Wheeler at SIRC would be happy
to hear from them.
[Report by Nerida Clarke, Director, Information Services,
Australian Sports Commission].
In September 1995 sport information providers from all States in
Australia met at the New South Wales Academy of Sport to discuss
issues related to service delivery and in particular to discuss a
draft National Sport Information Strategy for Australia.
During the meeting discussions took place regarding the
definition of key clients for each information service, the
Internet and its use in sport, SportNet, the new national
electronic network for Australian sport, document delivery policy
and the issue of equity in sport information provision. Australian
sport information providers are aware that there will be increasing
demands for sport information in the lead up to the Sydney Olympic
Games and recognise the need for development of a coordinated
approach to information provision to ensure that there is equity of
access to information throughout the country.
The draft National Sport Information Strategy has been developed
because a number of inadequacies in the current provision of sport
information in Australia have been identified by information
providers who believe that a uniform set of objectives and set of
strategies need to be adopted to ensure that all those who work in
Australian sport have equitable access to sport information
resources and services in support of their work.
Objectives of the Australian National Sport Information
Strategy
The major objectives of the National Sport Information Strategy
are:
- Objective 1 - Provide stakeholders, particularly priority
stakeholders, with equitable access to sport information
services.
- Objective 2 - Provide efficient, timely and relevant
information services to stakeholders.
- Objective 3 - Collect sport and other relevant information to
meet priority and secondary stakeholders' information needs.
- Ojective 4 - Improve the marketing of sport information
services in Australia.
- Objective 5 - Manage sport information efficiently and in a
timely manner, particularly utilising the latest information
technology.
- Objective 6 - Utilise national and international networks for
the management and dissemination of sport information.
- Objective 7 - Improve co-operation between sport information
providers in Australia and overseas.
- Objective 8 - Ensure that primary sport information providers
have adequate resources so that efficient, timely and relevant
information services are provided to priority stakeholders.
Based on these objectives a number of strategies have been
proposed which are now under consideration by sport information
providers. The information providers will consider whether the
proposed strategies are feasible in terms of their organisational
objectives and in terms of there sources they have available. It is
proposed to finalise the strategy early in 1996.
All in all the meeting was very successful and provided an
excellent opportunity for sport information providers to exchange
ideas and consider new developments in sport information services,
particularly in relation to technology. Participants at the meeting
also had the opportunity of visiting the Library of the Sydney
Organising Committee for the Olympic Games which provided a useful
insight into the operation of a corporate information service
operating within sport.
Sportspeak is a new encyclopaedia that has been produced in
Australia although the content is international and should be of
use to all sport information providers. It defines particular
sports, contains key terms used in sport, has some history and
explains the meaning of many sporting terms like "clerk of the
course" and "clearing the puck". Details of the book are:
Sportspeak: an encyclopaedia of sport by Bill Coppell.
Reed Reference Australia, 1995. ISBN 1 87558973 2.
Available from: Reed Reference Australia, 18, Salmon Street,
Port Melbourne VIC 3207, Australia.
[Report by Bruno Rossi-Mori, Head of the Documentation and
Information Division, Italian National Olympic Committee and
outgoing Chairman of SIONET]
The national Sports Information Officers from 30 different
European countries met in Strasbourg, (5-6 October 1995), for the
plenary session of SIONET, the network co-operating within the
Council of Europe.
The aim of SIONET is the co-ordinated collection of information
about national sports policies according to the priorities
indicated by the Committee for the Development of Sport (CDDS), and
the dissemination of news obtained from member countries. An
essential partner of SIONET is the Clearing House in Brussels whose
Executive Director is Albert Remans. The task of the Clearing House
is to turn the documentation coming from the various countries into
information products available by subscription or upon request.
During the meeting priority topics for the next term are
examined. Such as fair play, mutual assistance, transfer and
mobility of athletes, health, participation - together with the
best working methods for the collection and use ofinformation. A
new edition of the handbook "Sportsstructures in Europe" is
planned.
Specific attention was given to the use made of European
information products in the different countries. In general, it has
been pointed out that, in comparison with the worth of the news
collected, the access from the potential users is still too
limited. In other words, it would be necessary to develop opportune
initiatives of sensitization towards all operators which could
appreciate all information about sport politics and ease the
selective retrieval of what is made available. At present the
European Sports Information Bulletin is indexed on SPORT Discus,
but in the future technology may allow direct access to full
texts.
At the end of their term of office as Chairman and
Vice-Chairman, Bruno Rossi-Mori and Andreas Georghiades were
thanked for all their hard work. Mr Tony Formosa (Malta) was
elected as the new Chairman and Mr Stig Hedlund (Sweden) as
Vice-Chairman. Our friend Alain Poncet was appointed as technical
advisor.
Further information about the work done in the Clearing House
may be obtained from Albert Remans c/o Clearing House Brussels.
by Richard W. Stark, Sport Information Resource Centre.
During February, March and April of 1995 the Sport Information
Resource Centre (Canada) and the National Sport Information Centre
(Australia) exchanged one of each of their personnel for a three
month work period. This was fortunate for me since it allowed me to
flee the depths of winter for the tranquil heat of late summer down
under. In a professional vein it allowed me to spend an extended
period of time familiarizing myself with the operations of
Australia's National Sport Information Centre (NSIC). This was
useful to both organizations since the Sport Information Resource
Centre (SIRC) and the NSIC have long had a close working
relationship in the dissemination of sport information dating back
to the mid 1980s.
The NSIC is located right in the midst of the Australian Sports
Commission's campus in a suburb of Canberra. This campus houses
training and competition facilities for over 20 sports. Athletes
from a wide variety of sports come and go to train at the
Commission's facilities for short or long periods of time. Often
they live in residence during these times so that they can benefit
from being able to train together with some of the best coaches the
country has to offer.
This environment immediately lent itself to a very different
library user community than we have at SIRC in Canada. SIRC's
principal library clients are sport administrators and technical
directors. Coaches are infrequent and athletes even less.
Consequently, it was a nice change to be assisting coaches and
athletes on a daily basis at the NSIC. After all, they are often
the end users of most sport information around the world. It is
unfortunate that we do not always see them in some sport libraries
due to geographic location constraints and other reasons.
The growth of the NSIC and its responsibilities has been either
well planned or very fortunate in that its current mandate allows
it to manage all types of information. By this I mean they have
books, periodicals, videotapes, photographs, as well as access to
different internal computerized files and databases. Information
Services Manager, Nerida Clarke, is also in charge of the records
management function of the Australian Sports Commission. This is a
logical organizational move that is all too often missing in the
makeup of other organizations both smaller and larger.
The athletes and coaches using the facility frequently use the
extensive videotape collection. Videotapes can be played in the
library on over a dozen different televisions with videoplayers
capable of playing videotapes in all major international tape
formats. The videotape collection consists both of commercially
available videos as well as tapes of recent sports events taped
from the various satellite services they subscribe to. Portions of
this collection are available for viewing throughout Australia upon
the purchase of a 12 month subscription.
The NSIC has both a video technician and a photographer on
staff. They are responsible for videotaping and photographing
sporting events and athletes. These videos are also available for
viewing so that coaches and athletes can perform post-competition
analyses of locally held events.
During my stay in Canberra the NSIC was just completing a
massive project of evaluating and weeding all their slide photos in
order to put them into a machine readable format. This will serve
two functions. First, it will allow for more widespread use of them
by Australian Sports Commission staff, coaches and athletes, both
in the library and soon throughout the campus via the Commission's
campus-wide communications network. Secondly, the NSIC will be
looking at ways to market or distribute them more widely to the
media and other people scattered across the country.
Though I had not performed reference work for some time I was
required to spend my share of time on the reference desk along with
all the other professionals. The NSIC management philosophy is that
it is essential to have all library professionals perform reference
work on an ongoing basis so that they can stay in tune with the
changing information needs and requests of their clients.
These information requests come from all parts of Australia and
even beyond its borders. The NSIC has a high level of recognition.
Indeed, the Australian Sports Commission is very widely recognized
throughout Australia as being the premier authoritative institution
for Australian sport. This results in a wide range of information
requests from all age groups, professions and all sports. The NSIC
also assists in the development and maintenance of state sport
institutes. This helps people with information needs to possibly
use the assistance of an information centre much better placed near
their own homes.
Basic information products and packages have been developed
which can be sent for a minimal fee to students and other
individuals seeking an overview of current "hot" topics in sport.
The NSIC took a leading role in transferring much of this
information to a new World Wide Web site in March of 1995. This is
certainly viewed as another important way in which the NSIC can
reach out and serve the basic information needs of all
Australians.
This overview provides a glimpse of the way in which the NSIC is
using all current media to collect and disseminate sport
information to the Australian public. Other projects, such as full
text cd-roms, were also in the early planning stages. Its status at
the Australian Sports Commission and in Australia certainly attests
to the success it has accomplished in the relatively short period
of time it has been in operation. I certainly look forward to
visiting them again sometime soon in order to see where else their
vision will take them in the future.
There has been an explosion in the number of sport CD ROMS coming
on to the market during the last few years, especially from the
United States.
The products available can be broken into three main
categories:
Participatory CD ROMS which act as instructional guides for
sports players. Intelliplay produce a large number of titles in
this category for example ESPN Interactive Soccer: Skills and
Strategies which gives users lessons on how to play soccer using
the words and images of celebrity players and a chance to try out
what they've learned via a simulation soccer game.
Couch-potato CD-ROMS providing statistical information on
professional sports past and present and game summaries.
Microsoft's Complete Baseball and Complete Basketball are good
examples of this sort of thing. They provide a recap of the
previous season, a history of the game, biographies and statistical
summaries of players, records and team histories. They also include
newsreel and video clips. For the coach-potato who wants to have up
to the minute information there is the option to subscribe to
Microsoft's Baseball or Basketball dailies, an online service which
provides scores from the previous day's games, team standings
etc.
Sports games which speak for themselves although they may
include elements of the other two categories. For example,
Microprose's Tony LaRussa Baseball III which combines games with
statistical records of Major league players.
Contact addresses:
- Intelliplay
- Two Piedmont Center, Suite 300
- Atlanta, GA 30305
Fax: (+1) 404 261 2282.
- Microsoft
- One Microsoft Way
- Redmond, WA 98052-6399
- Fax: (+1) 206 93MSFAX
- Microprose
- 180, Lakefront Drive
- Hunt Valley, MD 21030
- Tel: (+1) 410 771 1151
Further information and other addresses can be found in CD-ROM
Professional, August 1995, pp.54-66.
- Steve Hewett
- Centre for Sports Science and History
- Main Library
- University of Birmingham
- Edgbaston
- Birmingham B15 2TT
- United Kingdom email: s.j.r.hewett@bham.ac.uk
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