National Information Systems and network
NISCAIR, DESIDOC, SENDOC, ENVIS, INFLIBNE DELNET, NICNET, ERNET, National Knowledge Network (NKN), Bio-technology Information System Network
1. National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR)
The National Institute of Science Communication (NISCOM), the erstwhile publications and Information Directorate (PID) was set up in 1951 to published Scientific journals, periodicals and to compile information on the country's raw material in the form of an encyclopedia of great importance. Again, the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC) was set up in 1952, with the technical assistance from UNESCO. Both the institute NISCOM and INSDOC merged on 30th September, 2002 giving rise to NISCAIR, which devotes itself to Science Communication dissemination and Science and Technology information management Systems and Services user with the application of modern Information Technology infrastructure. NISCOM+ INSDOC = NISCAIR
1951 1952 2002
Technical Assistance from UNESCO
1. Aims and objectives
The main aims and objectives of NISCAIR are A. Mission Statement To become the prime custodiam of all information resources on current and traditional knowledge systems in science and technology in the country, and to promote communication in science to diverse constituents at all levels, using the most appropriate technologies.
B. Mandate of NISCAIR
i. To provide formal linkages of communication among the scientific community in the form of research journals in different areas of S and T.
ii. To disseminate S and T information to general public, particularly school students, to inculcate interest in science among them.
iii. To collect, collate and disseminate information on plant, animal and mineral wealth of the country.
iv. To harness information technology applications in information management with particular reference to science communication and moderning libraries.
v. To act as a facilitator in furthering the economic, social, industrial, scientific and commercial development by providing timely access to relevant and accurate information.
vi. To develop human resources in science communication, library, documentation and information science and S and T information management systems and services.
vii. To collaborate with international institutions and organizations having objectives and goals similar to those of NISCAIR.
viii. Any other activity in consonance with the mission statement of NISCAIR.
2. Activities and Services Broadly the core activity of NISCAIR is to collect store, publish and disseminate S and T information through a mix of traditional and modern means, which benefits different segments of society.
i. Acquisition of Information Resources One of the core activities of NISCAIR is to collect, organize and disseminate S and T information generated in India as well as in the world which has relevance to Indian S and T community. Under this programme, the institute is building comprehensive collection of S and T publications in print as well as in electronic from and disseminating through traditional as well as modern means benefiting differents of the society.
ii. National Science Library The National Science Library (NSL), which was set up in 1964 has a comprehensive collection of over 2,00,000 volumes including monographs and bound volumes of journals in the country and is offering services on a national scale. NSL also as a referral centre and clearing house for the best utilisation of the existing collection in the country. The NSL is enrich with electronic resources. online databases, CD-ROM databases.
iii. In-house Databases The databases developed by NISCAIR includes
* National Union Catalogue of Scientific Serials in India (NUCSSI).
* Indian Patents (INPAT) database.
* Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Abstract (MAPA)
* Indian Science Abstract (ISA)
iv. Raw Materials Herbarium and Museum
NISCAIR has set up a Herbarium and Museum housing economically important raw materials of plant, animal and mineral origin from India at one place, to cater to the needs of scientists, researchers, industrialists students and the public. The NISCAIR Herbarium and Museum has been assigned the acronym RHMD (Raw Materials Herbarium and Museum, Delhi) by the International Association for plant taxonomy, which appears in the publication "Index Herbarium : New York, USA". The Herbarium houses over 6000 specimen of economic and medicinal plants of India and the Museum Comprises over 2500 samples of crude - drugs, animal and mineral specimens.
v. Consultancy Services
Under this programme, services are offered in the identification of plants and crude drug samples against payment, Information on plants regarding availability, use, cultivation, export/Import data is provided on request. Services on other important aspects of plants, animals and minerals of commercial and industrial uses are also supplied against payment.
vi. Official Certifying centre (OCC)
Based on the herbarium and museum of crude drug samples and in-house expertise, NISCAIR herbarium serves as one of the nodal agencies in India for authentication of crude drugs used in the Indigenous Systems of Medicine.
vii. NISCAIR Citizen Charter
The charter would essentially incorporate citizen's entitlement to public services, wide publicity of standards of performance quality of services, access to information, simplified procedures of complaints, time-bound redressal of grievance and provision for independent scrutiny of performance.
viii. E-Journals Consartia
NISCAIR is the nodal agency for developing a "consortium for CSIR laboratories for accessing e-journals". The activity ranges from creation to monitoring of the access facility of scientific periodicals by leading international institutions.
ix Translation Service
NISCAIR provides translation of S and T documents from 20 foreign languages into English. The languages include chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Franch, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Swedish etc. The clients include National Laboratories, S and T institutes, R and D organisation, corporate and public sector undertaking, universities, Research Scholars, etc. NISCAIR also provides reverse translation (English into foreign language)
x. Document Copy Supply Service (DCSS)
NISCAIR provides DCSS to the Indian scientific community by supplying copies of articles from Indian and foreign journalis at nominal charges copies of Indian and foreign patents and standards can also be obtained from NISCAIR.
xi. Human Resource Development
NISCAIR conducts training program in library and information science, documentation, science communication and herbarium techniques with an objective of human resource development. Short-Term / Attachment/on-site Training programmes including a two year master's level academic course [Associateship in information Science (AIS)] in information science (one course every year) is the peculiarity of NISCAIR.
xii. Publication
The institute brings out 17 primary and 2 secondary scientific journals of international repute. The institute also brings out three popular science magazines in hindi, english and urdu to meet the scientific quest of the masses. Encyclopedia volumes of "The wealth of India" and "Bharat ki Sampada", which deal with the natural resourcers of the country, cater to the needs of enterpreneurs, progressive farmers, students, researchers, etc. Besides, Fortnightly issues of CSIR News (in English) and monthly issues of CSIR Samachar (in Hindi) serve as an effective link between various CSIR constituents and users of information on various R and D programs and other activities of CSIR. Other R and D organizations, university departments and industry. The journals published by the institute includes Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK) and Mélicinal and Aromatic Plants Abstracts (MAPA).
It also publishers digitized versions of Indian Science Abstracts (ISA). Medicinal and Aromatic plant Abstracts (MAPA). The wealth of India, Raw Materials series.
xiii. International Collaboration
NISCAIR is the National centre of the ISSN International centre for assigning ISSN numbers for serials published in India . NISCAIR exchanges publications with over 150 institutions in 44 countries in the world. Distinguished experts from other countries visit the institute every year. NISCAIR scientists also attend international conferences, seminars, workshops and training programmes.
3. Conclusion
In addition, NISCAIR provides various services such as Medicinal and Aromatic plants information service; Contents, Abstracts and Photo Copy Service (CAPS); Literature Search Service; S and T Translation Service, Bibliometric Service; Editing, Designing, Production and Printing of Scientific Publications.
* NISCAIR start 1975, ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) 8 digit.
* NISCAIR Headquarter location New Delhi, India.
* New Name NISCAIR CSIR-NIScPR 2021 year
* Council of scientific and Industrial Research National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research.
2. DESIDOC
Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC)
DESIDOC started functioning in 1958 as Scientific Information Bureau (SIB). It was a division of the Defence Science Laboratory (DSL) which is presently called as Laser Science and Technology Centre (LASTEC). The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) library which had its beginning in 1948 became a division of Scientific Information Burean (SIB) in 1959. In 1967 SIB was reorganised with augmented activities and named Defence Scientific Information, and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC). It still continued to function under the administrative control of defence Science Laboratory (DSL). Defence Scientific information and Documentation centre (DESIDOC) became a self accounting unit and one of the main building of Metcalfe House, a land mark in Delhi and a national monument. In Augest 1988 it moved to its nearly built f ive-storied building in the same Metcalfe House Complex. Since it became a self-accounting unit. DESIDOC has been functioning as a central information resources for DRDO. It provides science and Technology information, based on its library and other information resources, to the DRDO headquarters and its various laboratories at various places in India.
1.Organization
DESIDOC has been divided into various sections such as Documentation section, Translation Section, Reprography Section, Technical Section, Administrative Section, Library Section, Multicopier Section, Publication Section, etc.
2. Services and Facilities Available
The main services of DESIDOC are -
a. Information Processing and Dissemination
Collection of science and and technology information of DRDO interest, provide current awareness services to DRDO scientists. This includs Newspaper Clippings Service, JEE IEFE contents, Current Contents in Military Science and Technology.
b. Training
Training in the areas of library automation, database development, Online searching, e-mail and internet use, technical communication, multimedia development and other relevant aspects of information technology.
c. Technical Services
Providing reprography (photography, audio, presentation materials), translation, communication (e-mail, Internet) and printing services.
3. Internet and E-mail Assess
DESIDOC took initiative and started providing e-mail and internet access to the DRDO laboratories spread over the country, through 64 kbps leased line connection from VSNL, presently about 25 dial up TCP IP internet connection for top management are also being managed and Monitored.
vi. Multimedia Laboratory
The laboratory was established to provide multimedia authoring, designing and presentation facilities to the top management and the scientific adviser to the defence minister. Expertise has been established in image processing, CD writing, audio-video designing, desktop CD publishing and multimedia CD-ROM production. A few multimedia products were published and consultancy was provided to establish multimedia laboratories both within and outside DRDO.
* 1981 DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT) published. headquater Delhi.
* Library Management Software called "SUCHIKA".
* 'Patrika' newspaper clipping software.
v. Reprographic Facility This facility helps DRDO top management and scientists in their technical presentations. The facility is equipped with a computer based 35 mm multicolour slide making system a digital colour copier, high quality colour printers and video recorders, and provides high quality presentation materials.
vi. Printing Facility A full fledged high quality printing facility has been established which includes designing, layout, type setting, DTP, processing and printing units for in-house production of DRDO publication. High quality multicolour printing is carried out with the help of commercial printing agencies.
e. DRDO Publications DESIDOC functions as the publication wing of DRDO and brings out a number of publications, covering, current developments in Indian Defence Research and Development. The periodicals Published are
i. Defence Science Journal
ii. Technology Focus iii.DRDO Newsletter iv. DRDO Samachar v. DSIDOC Bulletin of Information technology
3. Small Enterprises National Documentation Centre (SENDOC)
The Small Enterprises National Documentation Centre (SENDOC) was set up in 1978/1970 when NI-MSMEs was SIET, to energies MSMEs in India and the developing countries around the world with information and knowledge. Since then, it has been functioning a clearing house of information both for entrepreneurs and extension agents. The centre has emerged as a one stop global and IT powered information centre for a wide spectrum of MSMEs, academia, students, research institutions, industry associations and entrepreneurs. objectives The objectives of the centre are to collect, store and disseminate techno-managerial information pertaining to MSMEs and to conduct need and demand based training programmes. Strengths The Library of the SENDOC possesses 70,000 books. 18,000 back volumes of journals, 30,000 reports 65,000 Journal abstracts, 7,500 Product Profiles and Subscribe to 140 national and international periodicals. It has also a collection that provides information on statistics, economics, production, finance, marketing, technology, machinery and equipment, raw materials, consultants, Government Policies and Programmes, exports and imports, investment, trade and are literature, licensing, etc. Experts working in the centre scan and arrange information systematically for quick retrieval using LIMS (Library Information Management System) package. Services Some of the important services provided by the centre are :
* Inter library lending of documents.
* Lending of books
* Reference Services (Preparation of bibliographies) and literature search.
* Newspaper clipping (on select items)
* Technical enquiry
* Reprographic Services Publications SENDOC plays a crucial role in the publication of the primary research journal SEDME (since 1974) which is dedicated to small entreprenears and academia who wish to express and exchange their thoughts on any facet of MSMEs.
* SENDOC Hyderabad (1971) SIET Institute.
* TRAILS The document storage system SENDOC
T-Tread literature.
R-Report
A-Area
I - Institutional literature.
L - Library literature.
S - Sundry literature.
4. Environmental Information System (ENVIS)
Realising the importance of Environmental information, the Government of India, in December 1982, established an Environment Information System (ENVIS) as a plan programme. ENVIS is a decentralised system with a network of distributed subject oriented ensuring integration of national efforts in environmental information collection, collation, storage, retrieval and dissemination to all concerned. Presently the ENVIS network consists of focal point at the Ministry of Environment and Forest and ENVIS centres setup in different organizations establishments in the country in selected areas of environment. These centres have been set up in the areas of pollution contral, toxic chemicals, central and offshore ecology, environmentally sound and appropriate technology, bio-degradation of wastes and environment management, etc.
ENVIS India has already established eighty one partner nodes, which include, thirty government departments. Thirty six institutions and fifteen NGOs. These nodes are supposed to create websites on specific envisionment related subject areas.
1. Aims and Objectives ENVIS focal point ensures integration of national efforts in environmental information collection, collation, storage, retrieval and dissemination to all concerned.
1·1 Long-term objectives
a. To build up a repository and dissemination centre in Environmental science and Engineering.
b. To gear up the modern technologies of acquisition, processing, storage, retrievral and dissemination of information of environmental nature; and
c. To support and promote research, development and innovation in environmental information technology.
1.2 Short-term objectives
a. To provide national environmental information service relevant to present needs and capable of development to meet the future needs of the users, originators processors and disseminators of information.
b. To build up storage, retrieval and dissemination capabilities with the ultimate objectives of disseminating information speedily to the users.
c. To promote, national and international cooperation and liaison for exchange of environment related information.
d. To Promote, support and assist education and personnel training programmes designed to enhance environmental information processing and utilization capabilities.
e. To promote exchange of information amongst developing countries.
2. Functions
i. EMCBTAP ENVIS has started implementing the World Bank assisted Environment Management Capacity Building Technical Assistance Project (EMCBTAP) since January, 2002 which aims at structuring the ENVIS scheme by extending its reach through involvement of Institution/organizations in State Goverments, academia Sector, Corporate Sector, NGO Sector etc.
ii. ENVIS - Nodes To strengthen EMVIS in disseminating information pertaining to environment and sustainable development, ENVIS India establishes different ENVIS nodes by involving organizations, institutions, universities and Government department working in diverse areas of environment.
3. Conclusion
ENVIS due to its comprehensive network has been designed as the National Focal Point (NEP) for INFOTERRA, a global environmental information network of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNED). In order to strengthan the information activities of the NEP, ENVIS was designed as the Regional Service Centre (RSC) of INFOTERRA of UNEP in 1985 for the south Asia Sub- Region Countries.
INFOTERRA 1989. International Environmental Referral System
5. Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET)
In April 1988. the university Grant Commission (UGC) constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Prof. Yash Pal, to work out the details of a university information library networking system. The report of this working group was published in December 1988 containing a project proposal for the establishment and development of an information and library network. Finally, in April 1991, INFLIBNET was initiated by the UGC. It can be defined as a computer communication network of libraries and information centres of universities, institutions of national importance, Research and Development Institutions, bibliographical information centre, etc. there by improving the capability in information handling and services.
a. Objectives
INFLIBNET centre is an autonomous Inter-university centre (IUC) of university grants commission (UGC) involved in creation infrastructure for the sharing of library and information resources and services among the academic and research institutions.
b. Organization
The organization of INFLIBNET can be viewed from the following Angles
i. National Centre : one national centre at Ahemdabad.
ii. Regional Centre : 4 Regional centre located in four geographical region of the country. They are -
- North : Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
- South : Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
- East : Jadavpur University. Kolkata.
- West : University of Poona, Puna.
iii. Sectoral centre : These are means for bibliographic and information services. About 40 Sectoral Information Centre (SIC) will be set up in due course.
iv. Document Resource centre (DRC) : About 100 library / information centeres will be deigned as document resource centre. They will provide document delivery service and they will be identified based on their collection strength.
Each regional centre will maintain the copies of union catalogue of other regions so that union catalogue enquires relating to the whole country holding can be solved at the regional centre itself. The terminal of the college/ department library is to be connected to the university library, the terminal of the university library is to be connected to the regional centre, sectoral centre and D.R. centres.
c. Resources
The main resource of INFLIBNET are
i. University Catalogue : The catalogue of document, periodicals, thesis forms major part of INFLIBNET resources.
ii. Research and Development Library Catalogue : The collection of NISCAIR and NASSDOC.
iii. National Library : The computerized catalogue of the National Library of Kolkata.
iv. Indigenous Databases : The databases of discipline oriented information centre such as machine tools, food technology, leather technology, Drugs, Aeronautics are considered as input to the INFLIBNET resources.
d. Functions and Activities The main functions and activities of INFLIBNET are -
i. SOUL Software : INFLIBNET has developed library management software known as SOUL. It is associated with its training, installation and up-gradations under prime minister's special package to NE India, SOUL packages are given free of cost to those libraries which are under 2F or 12B of UGC. Delivery of SOUL package is done through the UGC Regional office. The SOUL 2.0 was launched in 2009.
First version Soul Name CALIBER 2000
Second version Soul Name SOUL 2009
Third version Soul Name SOUL 2021
ii. Institutional Repository : INFLIBNET centre develops a digital repository using DSpace software. It hosts INFLIBNET's press and media related documents. INFLIBNET's annual reports, INFLIBNETs convention proceeding, INFLIBNETs special seminar, etc.
iii. Electroni Submission of Theses and Dissertation (ETD) : It is a joint venture of UGC, IMFLIBNET takes an active role in making it mandatory to submit the electronic copy of a thesis whenever the research scholars submit their thesis to the respective university on institutions for the PhD degree.
iv. Indcat : Online union catalogue of Indian universities : It is uni unified online library catalogues of books, theses and journals available in major university libraries in Indian.
v. CCF to MARC Conversion Utility : INFLIBNET lanched on open source unitity primarily focused on libraries, where one needs to convert CCF data to MARC 21 format. Development of tool has been done with VB Net 2005 with Framework 2.0. It can be found in
7. National Information Centre (NIC/NICNET)
NIC was set up in 1975 by Government of India, for developing computerized Management Information Systems (MIS) for ministries and departments of central and state governments to facilitate planning and decision making process in the county.
Presently NIC, under the department of information techology, Ministry of communication and information technology, New Delhi, is recognised as a premier information technology organisation providing network backbone and e-governance support to the Government of India at all levels.
NIC has its Head Quarters (HQ) at New Delhi, 28 state units at state capitals, 7 units termitories units at UT Headquarters and 571 district centres, in almost all the districts of India.
In addition to these units, NIC two other units namely NIC training unit at mussoorie and software development unit at Pune.
The centre commissioned nation-wide online network system called NICNET in 1977 to enable efficient exchange of information between the central and state government departments and between the states and their districts.
NICNET is one of the largest VSAT based network connecting the national capital, the state capitals and district headquarters to one another.
NICNET stands for National Informations centre network. National Informatics Centre (NIC) is an institution under the government of India. It provide solutions in the area of e-governance particularly for the sectors that fall under government of India. It supports NICNET. It can be made available to all organizations (both public and private) organization engaged in specific projects and programmes. NICNET produced the enabling facilities for supporting added activities, projects and programmes in the special work areas.
8. Education and Research Network (ERNET)
ERNET was initiated in 1986 by the Departments of Electronics (DoE), with funding support from the Government of India and united Nations Development Program (UNDP), involving eight premier institutions as participating agencies NCST (National Centre for Software Technology) Bombay, IISc (Indian Institute of Science) Bangalore, Five IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) at Delhi, Bombay, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Madras, and the DoE, New Delhi.
ERNET began as a multi protocol network with both the TCP/IP and the OSI-IP protocol stacks running over the backbone. Since 1995, however, almost all traffic is carried over TCP/IP.
ERNET (Education and Research Network) has made a significant contribution to the emergence of networking in the country. It practically brought the internet to India and has built up national capabilities in the area of net-working, especially in protocal software engineeping. It has not only succeeded in building a large network that provides various facilities to the intellectual segment of Indian society the research and education community, it has over the years become a trendsetter in the field of networking.
UNDP has lauded ERNET as one of the most successful programmes it has funded. The Govt. of India has committed itself to further strengthen the project by including it in the 9th plan with the allocation of funds and by creation of a neal organisational set-up in the form of a society.
The science community of the country has also recognized ERNET's contribution both for infrastrnicture services as well as for R and D. In 1998, it became an autonomous scientific society - ERNET India under the administrative control of Ministry of Information Technology, Gort. of India.
9. National Knowledge Network (NKN)
The idea of setting up of a NKN was deliberated at the office of principal scientific advisor to the Government of India and the National Knowledge Commission Collaborative engagements were held with key stakeholders including experts, potential users, telecom service providers and educational and research institutions. This project is again a part of the knowledge commission headed by Sam Pitroda.
The decision to set up NKN was announced in 2008-09 with an initial allocation of INR, 100 core to the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communications and IT. However, to provide the much needed impetus to this initiative the cabinet committee on infrastructure in March 2010 approved the establishment of NKN at an outlay of INR 5,990 core to be implemented by National Informatics Centre (NIC) over a period of 10 years. The project is being monitored by a High level committee headed by Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister of India. Under this project, nearly 2500 institutes like all state universities, central universities. IIT's government medical and engineering colleges. R and D institutes like ICMR, BARC. etc. are going to the connected. BARC = Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-1954. 3 January.
NKN will provide a unified high handwith (low latency) network backhome for all the sectors. It will also provide necessary equipment required to connect the institute to the network. It will encourage and enable the use of specialized applications, which allow sharing of high performance computing facilities (for example GARUDA through mutual consent with the owner of HPC services), R and D Networks (for example GLORIAD, an Indo-Us initiative, TIEN 3, an Indo-European initiative, etc.), e-Libraries, virtual classrooms, large databases and high speed internet. It will be a critical infrastructure for India to evolve as a knowledge society.
At present, 15 points of presence (PoP) for NKN have been established across the country. The target of NKM shall be to connect 1,500+ institutions by March 2012.
10. Bio-technology information System Network (BTISNET)
The Biotechnology Information System Network is started by the government of India i.e. Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology.
The Department of Bio-technology had been the dream project of them prime Minister, Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi with the objective that India would not progress without using this aspect of technical science. This was because many of ournacro-economic issues of growth were subsumed within the science's development. In the resultant of above decision has made India one of the first countries to have aseparate department for science and technology. However the initiation of deliberations to establish the department started much earlier.
Bio-technology Information System Network An overview : The importance of infor -mation technology, as tools for pursuing advanced research in modern biological science and bio-technology, a bio-information programme, looks the importance of bio-informatics research in India. Department of Bio-technology (DBT) launched a programme in India as a Biotechnology Information System Network (BTISNET) in year 1987 by the Dr. S. Ramachandran. Even as the trem 'Bio-informatics' was just coined, the Department of Bio-Technology took a bold step in initiating the Bio-technology Information system Network (BTISHET).
BTISNET consists of four inistitutions consisting of 168 Bio-informatics centres spread across the country with an administrative Apex Biotechnology Information Centre (BTIC) at DBT, New Delhi. These four institutions are viz. Centres of Excellence (CoE) institute of Biainformatics, Distributed Information Centres (DICs) institute of bio- Informatics, Sub-Distributed Information centres, (Sub-DICs) institutes of bio-Informatics and Bio-informatics infrastructure Facilities (BIF) institute of bioinformatics.
Dr Ramachandran, Founder, secretary of DBT, laid the foundation for BTISNET in the country during the seventh Five year plan and, of course, the present System of Bio-information Network is the result of his vision To start in the f inancial year 1986-87, the nine institutions were identified for initiating.
Extra, National Information System for Science and Technology. (NISSAT) 1977
The increasing role of science and technology in the economic and social development of the country generated a pressing demand for faster technology transfer to the industries. In fact information centres serving the needs of different industries and Research and Development units, were therefore required to be coordinated and organized into an integrated system to aroid a haphazard growth and duplication of activities and to conform to national and international standards. In onder to meet this requirement the National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT) was launched in 1977. In tune with the changing global scenario and in pursuance of the national efforts in liberalization and globalization of the economy. NISSAT reoriented its programme activities continually in order to be usefull to a wider base of clientele in diverse subjects. Besides establishing the internal linkages between the information industry, its promoters and users, NISSAT also made efforts to establish a bridge betalen information resource developers and users in India and other countries.
A. History In 1971 the government of India made a request to UNESCO for advising the government about the establishment of an information network in science and technology in the country. In 1972, Dr Peter Lazer, who worked as a consultants submitted a report on NISSAT. In 1973 the panel group of National Committee on Science and Technology (NCST) recommended the establishment of NISSAT under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and finally NISSAT alas launched on 13th May1977 under the Department of Science and Technology and was put under the charges of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in the Ministry of Science and Technology.
B. Closure of Scheme The scheme has not been included as a component of the Tenth plan of the Planning Commission. So, finally the NISSAT comes to an end. Through, it has not been possible to provide financial assistance to many of the project during 2002-03 most of them continued their activities and provided services.
* 'Information Today and Tomorrow' was the newsletter of NISSAT.
Extra, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) was established by Ministry of Human Resource Development (erstwhile Ministry of Education), Government of India, in 1969 to promote social science research in the country.
ICSSR an autonomous body sponsors social science research programmes and projects in the country, administers grant to institutions and individuals; awards fellowship; sponsors and arrangs technical training in research methodology and provide guidance for research, develop and support library and documentation centres for providing information services in social sciences; organises and support seminars, workshops and study group and undertakes publication work in social sciences.
The council has its Head Quarters in New Delhi and 27 research centre and 6 regional centres spread all over the country.
It publishes bi-annually "Journal of Abstracts and Reviews' in five disciplines viz. Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology and Social Anthropology.
It collaborate with Indian Institute of public administration, New Delhi and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in the publication of two quarterly journals, 'Documentation in Public Administration' and 'Vikalpa' respectively.
Another scholarly journal, 'Indian Social Science Review' was launched in Jan, 1999, by the council. The council also publisher quarterly Newsletter giving an account of major programmes, and activities of the centre, Research Institutes and Regional Centre.
Extra, National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC)
National Social Science Documentation Centre (NSSDOC) was set up in 1969 as a division of ICSSR to provide library and Information support to Social Science community. Over the years the centre with rich collection of information resources in social science, has developed into a national level centre to meet the following.
Objectives
i. The provide library and information support services to the researchers in the field of social sciences.
ii. To provide information support to these worthing in academic institutions, autonomous research organisations, policy making, planning and research units of government departments, business and industry, etc.
iii. To disseminate information about developments in social science research.
iv. To provide guidance to libraries of ICSSR Regional Centres and ICSSR maintained Research Institutions.
v. To Provide financial assistance for documentation and bibliographic projects.
vi. To conduct short - term training courses for social scientists, research scholars, librarian and IT professionals, and
vii. To make available study grant to doctoral students for collection of research material from libraries located in various parts of the country.
INSSPEL Database NASSDOC is planning to create an integrated and computerised database INSSPEL (Indian Social Sciences Periodical Literature). The database will cover articles published in 240 Indian Social Sciences Periodicals since their inception till 1970. The database will cover of 43,272 issues of journals containing 346, 176 articles, thereby providing bibliographical control over social science literature published during last 100 years.
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