Researcher and Lab Info 'Jureureuk' with One Keyword... What Happens When You Click 'Star Library'

UNIST, KAIST, GIST, and DGIST Four Science and Technology Institute Library Integrated Portal System Public Service

Star Library portal site screen.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] By typing just one keyword, you can find researchers, research results, and even the names of research labs. It has become easier for companies to find researchers with the patented technologies they need.

Four domestic science and technology institutes, specialized universities in science, have completed building a system that allows integrated searches of all researchers and research information, and have launched it as a public service.

The ‘STAR Library,’ jointly established by four science and technology institutes?Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST, President Lee Yong-hoon), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST, President Shin Sung-chul), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST, President Kim Ki-sun), and Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST, President Kook Yang)?now enables integrated searches of objective and verified information on researchers, research labs, and research achievements.

The STAR Library is a library portal site jointly operated by the four science and technology institutes to collect and analyze science and technology information resources and support researcher collaboration and convergence research. It has been operating since December 2015 with support from the Ministry of Science and ICT.

Through the ‘STAR Library’ portal site, these institutes have made available to the public since the second half of 2019 about 100,000 papers, 15,000 patents, and 60,000 various academic activities, totaling approximately 200,000 research achievement records.

Starting this fall, integrated search and utilization of information on 1,170 researchers (full-time faculty) and 752 research labs from the four science and technology institutes have been enabled.

This verified integrated research information is expected to be of great help to students wishing to enter graduate school, domestic and international researchers seeking collaborative research, companies and local communities needing expert information by field from the science and technology institutes.

Additionally, the ‘STAR Library’ provides access to the latest research trends such as domestic and international research projects, and allows integrated searches of materials held by the four science and technology institutes.

Starting with a business agreement among the science and technology institute libraries in 2014, from 2017, the Researcher Information Management System (RIMS) of KAIST was standardized and expanded to the other three science and technology institutes to share research achievement information.

In early 2020, the presidents of the four science and technology institutes signed a ‘Business Agreement for Joint Use of Academic and Research Information,’ laying the foundation for providing broader services.

As a result, the four science and technology institutes have jointly built and operate an integrated portal system that shares core information and experiences such as academic and research achievements of science and technology specialized universities.

This is expected to provide future-oriented academic and research information services and establish a foundation for comprehensive information sharing, creating synergy effects through inter-university cooperation.

Moon Soo-bok, Director of the KAIST Academic Culture Center, said, “To actively respond to changes in the research environment in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, we have been able to support collaboration and convergence research among researchers through sharing and disclosure of research achievement information based on the ‘STAR Library.’”

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