Information Science

The client, the Canadian R&D operation of a multinational chemical firm, required a simple way of identifying experts in areas of chemistry of interest to the company's operations. 

Using  information available on the Internet a database of the research interests of the chemistry faculty of all the Canadian universities, colleges and related research institutes was compiled. This allowed R&D staff  to quickly identify and contact potential consultants when a particular problem arose for which there was no available in-house expertise.

The company's Information Managment staff were also able to use this data to set up a networked fully searchable version of the database, with plans to extend coverage to experts in other countries amd subject areas (for example, Chemical Engineering).