Research infrastructure

Central specialised information centres

Overview

Discipline CSIC
Natural sciences University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
Head: dr. Irena Sajovic, tel.: (+386) 1 2003-254
Persons responsible for verifying the classification of researchers’ bibliographic units:
  - dr. Irena Sajovic, tel.: (+386) 1 2003-254
  - Barbara Bohar Bobnar, tel.: (+386) 1 4704-630
E-mail: osicn@ntf.uni-lj.si
Engineering sciences University of Ljubljana, Central Technological Library
Head: dr. Doris Dekleva Smrekar, tel.: (+386) 1 2003-431
Persons responsible for verifying the classification of researchers’ bibliographic units:
  - dr. Doris Dekleva Smrekar, tel.: (+386) 1 2003-431
  - Mojca Kosem Avsec, tel.: (+386) 1 2003-434
  - Petra Durini, tel.: (+386) 1 2003-432
E-mail: osict@ctk.uni-lj.si
Biotechnical sciences University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty
Head: dr. Tomaž Bartol, tel.: (+386) 1 3203-161
Person responsible for verifying the classification of researchers’ bibliographic units: 
- meg. Simona Juvan, tel.: (+386) 1 3203-043
E-mail: osicb@bf.uni-lj.si
Medical sciences University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
Head: dr. Andrej Kastrin, tel.: (+386) 1 5437-780
Person responsible for verifying the classification of researchers’ bibliographic units:
  - Irena Janjić, tel.: (+386) 1 5437-782
  - Ksenija Sikošek, tel. (+386) 1 5437-740
E-mail: osicm@mf.uni-lj.si
Social sciences University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences
Head: Janez Jug, tel.: (+386) 1 5805-151
Persons responsible for verifying the classification of researchers’ bibliographic units:
  - mag. Janez Jug, tel.: (+386) 1 5805-151
  - dr. Tomaž Krpič, tel.: (+386) 1 5805-162
  - mag. Boštjan Mur, tel.: (+386) 1 5805-163
  E-mail: osicd@fdv.uni-lj.si
Humanities Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Head: dr. Kozma Ahačič, tel.: (+386) 1 4706-162
Persons responsible for verifying the classification of researchers’ bibliographic units:
 - Teja Završnik, tel. (+386) 1 4706-564
 - Simona Frankl, tel. (+386) 1 4706-262
 - Marjana Benčina, tel. (+386) 1 4706-253
E-mail: osich@zrc-sazu.si

 
The central specialized information centres (CSICs) for individual scientific disciplines are selected every three years on the basis of a call launched by the Slovenian Research Agency.

The tasks of the CSICs are as follows:

  • participating in the optimization of methodological bases for managing researchers’ bibliographies,
  • monitoring and supervising the compliance of the classification of researchers’ bibliographic units with the valid typology in the COBISS system,
  • organizing arbitration in the case of a disputable typology (in cooperation with the ARRS’s Expert Bodies),
  • editing bibliographic records in the case of incorrect classification of bibliographic units,
  • managing bibliographies of Slovenian-born researchers working abroad and other researchers not included in research groups,
  • participating in the integration of the COBISS system with foreign information sources,
  • helping users find scientific contents,
  • engaging in other relevant research activities.

The CSICs are coordinated by the Institute of Information Science in Maribor.