Associations
ERCIM
ISTI is an institutional member of the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
GreyNet International
ISTI is an institutional member of GreyNet: dedicated to Research, Publication, Access, and Education on Grey Literature.
Toscana Spazio
ISTI is a charter member of Toscana Spazio.
ERCIM
The European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics aims to foster collaborative work within the European research community and to increase cooperation with European industry. Leading research institutes from sixteen European countries are members of ERCIM.
CNR has been member of ERCIM since 1988 and IEI-CNR (now merged into ISTI-CNR) has been delegated to represent CNR into the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and Editorial Board of ERCIM. In 2002 this mandate was transferred to ISTI-CNR.
The member institutes are entitled to participate in an exchange program for European scientists and to request financial help for organizing conferences and workshops.
ERCIM activities include the formation of working groups, the workshop sponsorship and a fellowship programme.
The Fellowship Programme was launched in 1990 to enable young scientists from around the world to perform research at ERCIM institutes.
ERCIM publishes a quarterly Newsletter "ERCIM News" as well as a wide variety of technical reports, workshop, proceeding, etc.
CNR Representatives
| Board of Directors | Domenico Laforenza (IIT) |
| Executive Committee | Fausto Rabitti (ISTI) |
| ERCIM Editorial Board | Carol Peters (ISTI) |
| ERCIM Human Resources Mobility Contact and Fellowship Programme Admin Contact |
Brunella Falchi (ISTI) |
GreyNet International
The Grey Literature Network Service was founded in 1992. The goal of GreyNet is to facilitate dialog, research, and communication between persons and organisations in the field of grey literature. GreyNet further seeks to identify and distribute information on and about grey literature in networked environments. Its main activities include the International Conference Series on Grey Literature, the creation and maintenance of web-based resources, a moderated Listserv and combined Distribution List, The Grey Journal (TGJ), and curriculum development.
Grey Literature is a field in library and information science that deals with the production, distribution, and access to multiple document types produced on all levels of government, academics, business, and organization in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishing i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body.