Knowledge Management is a process of creating, storing, sharing and re-using organizational knowledge (Know-How) to enable an organization to achieve its goals and objectives. How ever can be defined as follows. Knowledge management is a discipline that promotes an integrated approach to identifying, managing and sharing all of an enterprise's information assets. These information assets may include databases, documents, policies and procedures as well as previously unarticulated expertise and experience resident in individual workers. Knowledge management issues include developing, implementing and maintaining the appropriate technical and organizational infrastructures to enable knowledge sharing, and selecting specific contributing technologies and vendors. Various tools and Techniques of KM Knowledge maps: Establish a classification scheme called a taxonomy of knowledge, provide a frame of reference for many knowledge management products, and serve as a critical first step for identifying available knowledge. Electronic yellow-page directories: Aid in finding hard-to-access tacit knowledge resources by providing access to experts. They also organize existing web sites and serve up a variety of explicit knowledge assets in understandable ways. Apprenticeship programs: Are typically one-on-one type relationships where an expert coaches a less experience person in various forms. Communities of practice: Support groups of individuals with similar work responsibilities but who are not part of a formally designated work team. Many communities of practice communicate through a web-based system. Best practices and lessons learned: Typically present the situation, the options, choices taken, and the results for a typical decision problem. They are widely used in natural resource management and can be extensively found on the internet. Lectures and story telling: Allow people to gain more understanding and have greater recall then they do from written reports. Stories can be used to capture lectures on a particular topic, to capture after action reports, to record difficult to codify tacit knowledge, and for many other purposes. Web-based software systems exist that support this knowledge management tool. Frequently Asked Questions: In the course of performing a job, people naturally identify questions that their coworkers or their clients ask repeatedly. It is worthwhile to document and develop useful and standardized answers for these types of repetitive questions. Web-based systems also exist that specialize in the management of these questions. Web-based learning: Allows to translate a typical classroom experience to an online media to offer students the opportunity to learn codified knowledge in a structure way at their own pace. Scientific content management sites: Collects knowledge in some kind of web-based content management system. First, the knowledge has to be found, organized, synthesized, reviewed for quality, and uploaded for availability. Second, the knowledge content has to be updated and maintained so it keeps its currency. Software systems exist that support both of these functions. Simulation models: Are a popular way to organize specific problem solving knowledge and provide precise, quantitative answers to guide natural resource managers. Most such models have not yet been converted to execute over the internet, however, many simulation models can be downloaded from the internet and then executed on a stand-alone computer. Free-content information collaboratories: Create and distribute free information content, e.g., encyclopedia. Articles are edited by volunteers and are subject to change by nearly anyone. They cover a wide range of

topics, but lack the authority of traditional materials and lack the chance of a quality control regarding the content.Timemaps: A visual-matrix index of the events, research topics, people, and publications, organized by time, for a specific area. An electronic zoomable canvas allows embedding a large amount of information in a single plane. Databases: A common way to organize original source material in a database structure. It is irrelevant whether the data is numeric or graphic or computer files. Web-based methods have been developed to manage database online. Library services: Managing and making accessible published books and scientific journal articles has long been the province of science libraries. These services are also available on the internet either free of charge. Online scientific journals: More and more scientific journals have placed all or part of the content of their original research articles online. Search engines allow to find relevant articels and the number of citations refering to them. Web portals: Provide links to many other sites that can either be accessed directly or can be found by following an organized sequence of related categories. The provider of a web portal is responsible for structuring and filtering of web-addresses relating to a special theme. Institutional Repository Digital Library CD-ROM database Wiki Blog Content Management System E-Mail Direct access to bibliographic database with dynamic harvesting approach: Provide users with direct query access to upwards of online database and gives the ability to pull journal citation records directly into their profiles library portal. This dynamic harvesting approach also creates linkages back to the journal articles

* Prof. Ashok Mitra Commission (1992)

“Each School or College should have a post of a trained Librarian sanctioned for it; the individual selected for the post must be given the same scale of pay and allowances as that offered to a member of the teaching staff”

Reference:  P-215, Para 12:19.

This recommendation has already been accepted by the then Chief Minister, Mr. Jyoti Basu in the floor of Assembly, W.B. on 7th June 1994.

 

Justice D. K. Basu, (Honorable High Court, Calcutta) case No.13319 (w) 1990.

“…….. I think and hold that the post of a librarian of a higher secondary school should be considered a post of Asst. Teacher……….. and is entitled to the scale of Asst. Teacher for all practical purposes……”

 “… it cannot be said that post of Librarian is not a teaching post. It can be said that Librarian in the school is brain bank or resource bank to feed the students as well as the teachers…”

* Recommendation of the Education Commission: Kothari Commission (1964-66).

“The scale of pay for librarians should also be related to those for teachers in a suitable manner.”

Reference: Section 3.14 School stage: simplification of pay scales, P. 53

* Report of Secondary Education Commission: Government of India, Ministry of Education. (1952-53).

“ it would be require the service of highly qualified and trained librarian who would be on par with other senior teachers in pay and status and we definitely recommended that there should be in every secondary school, a full time librarian of this type”.

Reference: P. 109, Chapter-VII.

* C. B. S. E. Library Guidelines: Status of School Librarian.

 “Both the post and the post-holder should be treated on par with the head of teaching faculty in the school in terms of status, pay scales and other facilities.”

* Founder of Library science of India, Dr. S.R. Ranganathan opined in his book- ‘Philosophy of Librarianship’ that

‘the status of school librarian should be equal to that of a senior teacher of the school”.

* N. C. E. R. T.

“the scale of pay and Status of the librarian should be as per teachers”.

Information Transfer Cycle Lists

VINITI is the publisher of UDC schedules in Russian language and the only publisher that still maintains, develops and publishes a full UDC edition. Much of VINITI’s effort is put into research and development of the classification, user support and training. Being part of the Russian Academy of Science, VINITI’s main strength as classification publisher comes from its team of scientists, researchers and subject specialists that work on the development and maintenance of the knowledge organization terminology. VINITI maintains a Russian UDC database and is also responsible for the alignment of the UDC with the Russian Rubricator for Science and Technology, the official scientific taxonomy that serves as a unified indexing language for information Exchange in the fields of scientific research and technology.

UNIDO United Nations Industrial development organization

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), French/Spanish acronym ONUDI, is a specialized agency in theUnited Nations system, headquartered in Vienna, Austria. The Organization's primary objective is the promotion and acceleration of industrial development in developing countries and countries with economies in transition and the promotion of international industrial cooperation (wiki 2010).

SAARC Documentation Centre, established in the year 1994, is one of the Regional Centre of SAARC . It acts as an effective information system for the SAARC member states that enables exchange of information in the areas of biological, physical, chemical, engineering and life sciences as well as in developmental matters.

SAARC Documentation system comprises a central facilities i.e. SDC and its sub-units in all the member states i.e. National Focal Points, which act as the repositories of the centre.

SDC acts as a repository of documents/reports produced in the region and on the region in scientific, technical, economical, industry-related and developmental matters. Publications of the SDC include the Directory of Research and Industrial Institutions in the SAARC Region and Select Bibliography on Alternative Systems of Medicine in the SAARC Region.

Human resource development is an important activity of SDC. It conducts short term and attachment training programmes in information technology applications for library/documentation/information professionals in the Member States. The Centre also offers information services for research scholors in the Member States

LIB: Abbrivation

Association for Information Management, previously, the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureau. CALIBER: Convention on Automation of LIBraries in Education and Research institutions. CAS: Current Awareness Service CCF: Common Communication Format CILIP: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. CMS: Content Management System. DCMI: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. DDS: Document Delivery Service DELNET: DEveloping Library NETwork. DLF = Digital Library Federation. DNS: Domain Naming System. Dr. S. R. Ranganathan: Dr. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan. DRTC: Documentation Research and Training Centre. FRAD: Functional Requirements for Authority Data. FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records. FSF: Free Software Foundation. FTP: File Transfer Protocol. GPRS: General packet radio service. GSDL: Green Stone Digital Library software. HTML: Hyper Text Mark Up Language. HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. IASLIC: Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers. IATLIS: Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science. IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. ILL: Inter Library Loan INDEST: Indian National Digital library in Engineering Sciences and Technology INFLIBNET INFormation and LIBrary NETwork IP: Inte rnet Protocol ISBD:International Standard Bibliographic Description ISO: International Organization For Standardization ISP: Internet Service Provider ISSN: International Standard Serial Number. JANET: Joint Aceemic NETwork. JOCLAI: Joint Council of Library Associations of India LAN: Local Area Network MALI: Meical Library Association of India MAN: Metropolitan Area Netwok MARC: Machine Readable Catalougue NCP: Network Control Protocol NISCAIR: National Institute of Science Communication And Information Resources NSF: National Science Foundation OAI: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. OCLC: Online Computer Library Centre. OPAC: Online

Computer Access Catalogue PLANNER: Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region RDA: Resource Description and Access RRRLF: Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation SDI: Selective Dissemination Of Information. SIS: Society For Information Science. SRU: Search Retrieval via URL TCP IP: Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization UNIMARC: Universal Machine Readable Catalogue. URL: Uniform Resource Locator. WAN: Wide Area Network. WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization. WWW: World Wide Web.…

(INFLIBNET)

nformation और पुस्तकालय नेटवक� (इनफ्लि�लबनेट) केन्द्र भारत के विवश्वविवद्यालय अनुदान आयोग (यूजीसी) की एक स्वायत्त अंतर विवश्वविवद्यालय केन्द्र है. यह गुजरात विवश्वविवद्यालय परिरसर, अहमदाबाद में अपने मुख्यालय के साथ 1991 में विवश्वविवद्यालय अनुदान आयोग द्वारा शुरू की एक प्रमुख राष्ट्रीय काय�क्रम है. प्रारंभ में IUCAA के तहत एक परिरयोजना के रूप में शुरू विकया था, यह 1996 में एक स्वतंत्र अंतर विवश्वविवद्यालय केन्द्र बन गया.

इनफ्लि�लबनेट भारत में विवश्वविवद्यालय के पुस्तकालयों के आधुविनकीकरण और जानकारी के अधिधकतम उपयोग के लिलए राज्य के अत्याधुविनक प्रौद्योविगकी का उपयोग कर एक देशव्यापी हाई स्पीड डाटा नेटवक� के माध्यम से देश में और साथ ही सूचना केन्द्रों उन्हें जोड़ने में शाधिमल है. इनफ्लि�लबनेट भारत में लिशक्षाविवदों और शोधकता�ओं के बीच विवद्वानों के संचार को बढ़ावा देने में एक प्रमुख खिखलाड़ी बनने के लिलए विनधा�रिरत है.

he primary objectives of INFLIBNET as envisaged in Memorandum of Association are:

To promote and establish communication facilities to improve capability in information transfer and access, that provide support to scholarship, learning, research and academic pursuit through cooperation and involvement of agencies concerned.

To establish INFLIBNET: Information and Library Network a computer communication network for linking libraries and information centres in universities, deemed to be universities, colleges, UGC information centres, institutions of national importance and R & D institutions, etc. avoiding duplication of efforts.

i. to promote and implement computerization of operations and services in the libraries and information centres of the country, following a uniform standard;

ii. to evolve standards and uniform guidelines in techniques, methods, procedures, computer hardware and software, services and promote their adoption in actual practice by all libraries, in order to facilitate pooling, sharing and exchange of information towards optimal use of resources and facilities:

iii. to evolve a national network interconnecting various libraries and information centres in the country and to improve capability in information handling and service;

iv. to provide reliable access to document collection of libraries by creating on-line union catalogue of serials, theses/ dissertations, books, monographs and non-book materials (manuscripts, audio-visuals, computer data, multimedia, etc.) in various libraries in India:

v. to provide access to bibliographic information sources with citations, abstracts, etc. through indigenously created databases of the Sectoral Information Centres of NISSAT, UGC Information Centres, City Networks and such others and by establishing gateways for on-line accessing of national

and international databases held by national and international information networks and centres respectively;

vi. to develop new methods and techniques for archival of valuable information available as manuscripts and information documents in difference Indian languages, in the form of digital images using high density storage media;

vii. to optimize information resource utilization through shared cataloguing, inter-library loan service, catalogue production, collection development and thus avoiding duplication in acquisition to the extent possible;

viii. to enable the users dispersed all over the country, irrespective of location and distance, to have access to information regarding serials, theses/dissertation, books, monographic and non-book materials by locating the sources wherefrom available and to obtain it through the facilities of INFLIBNET and union catalogue of documents;

ix. to create databases of projects, institutions, specialists, etc. for providing on-line information service;

x. to encourage co-operation among libraries, documentation centres and information centres in the country, so that the resources can be poled for the benefit of helping the weaker resource centres by stronger ones; and

xi. to train and develop human resources in the field of computerized library operations and networking to establish, manage and sustain INFLIBNET.

To facilitate academic communication amongst scientist, engineers, social scientists, academics, faculties, researchers and students through electronic mail, file transfer, computer/audio/video conferencing, etc

To undertake system design and studies in the field of communications, computer networking, information handling and data management;

To establish appropriate control and monitoring system for the communication network and organize maintenance;

To collaborate with institutions, libraries, information centres and other organizations

in India and abroad in the field relevant to the objectives of the Centre; To promote R&D and develop necessary facilities and create technical positions for

realizing the objectives of the Centre; To generate revenue by providing consultancies and information services; and To do all other such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the

attainment of all or any of the above objectives.

Mission and Vision

Leveraging on the latest technology, create a virtual network of people and resources in academic institutions with an aim to provide effective and efficient access to knowledge through preserverance, innovation and collaboration.

Provide seamless, reliable and ubiquitous access to scholarly, peer-reviewed electronic resources to the academic community in all educational institutions with a focus on services and tools, processes and practices that support its effective use and increase value of this information.

Build and strengthen ICT infrastructure in educational institutions with value-added services.

Develop tools, techniques and procedures for secure and convenient access management enabling users to access information in electronic format from any where, anytime.

Develop resource selection guides and online tutorials for effective delivery and usage of e-resources.

Facilitate creation of open access digital repositories in every educational institutions for hosting educational and research contents created by these institutions.

Goals

Achieve complete automation of libraries in educational institutons Create union catalogues of documents available in libraries in online and real-time

environment. Provide seamless and ubiquitous access to scholarly, peer-reviewed electronic

resources to the universities. Promote digitization of legacy documents and creation of content in e-format

(including electronic theses and dissertations, electronic version of research articles, working papers, technical reports, concept papers, technical reports, annual reports, statistical data, etc.) in universities.

Promote setting-up of open access digital repositories in universities for hosting content created in the process mentioned above.

Develop expertise in o Digital content creation; o Process of digitization; and o Managing digital depositories.

Impart training in applications on various aspects of new technology to achieve goals mentioned above.

 

he Council Members The members of the Council are as follows (As on 25-06-2013):

Ex-officioChairperson, UGC - President

Prof Ved Prakash

Chairperson, UGC -Chairperson, AICTE Prof. S S ManthaDirector General, CSIR Dr. Samir K BrahmachariChairperson, ICSSR Prof S.K. ThoratDirector, National Library

Dr Swapan Chakravorty

Director, INFLIBNET Centre

Dr. Jagdish Arora , Member Secretary

NominatedOne Vice-Chancellor of a University

Prof. Mohammad Miyan, Vice-Chancellor Maulana Azad National Urdu University Hyderabad

One eminent Library Scientist

Dr V G Talawar, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore

One expert in Information

Prof. Rajbir Singh, Director,Consortium for Educational Communication

TechnologyAll members of Governing Board are also member of Governing Council.

The Governing Board The GB of the Centre for the purpose of ACT XXI of 1860 shall consist of the

following members:Chairperson, Governing Board shall be appointed by the president of the Council, as per the procedure given in rule 37.

Chairman, Governing Board Prof. N. MukundaEx-officioVice-Chairperson,UGC ---Secretary, UGC Dr. Akhilesh GuptaVice Chancellor (Local University)

Dr. Adesh Pal, Gujarat University

Nominee of AICTE (Member Secretary, AICTE)

Dr. Kuncheria P Isaac

Director, INFLIBNET Centre Dr. Jagdish Arora, Member SecretaryNominatedThree Vice-Chancellors of Universities

Prof. R. K. Kale , Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Gujarat Dr. Rajan M Welukar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mumbai Prof. Jai Rup Singh, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Panjab, Bathinda

One eminent Librarian Dr. R K Chadha, Additional Secretary, Lok Sabha, Parliament House, New Delhi

One Director of IUC's Prof. Ajit Kembhavi Director IUCAA, Pune

The Finance Committee The Finance Committee will consist of the following members:

Chairman, Governing Board, INFLIBNET

Prof N. Mukunda

Secretary, UGC Dr. Akhilesh GuptaFinancial Advisor, UGC Sh. Upamanyu BasuOne Senior professional staff of the Centre

Sh Ashok Kumar Rai, Scientist-D, Member

Director, INFLIBNET Centre Dr. Jagdish AroraAdministrative / Accounts Officer of the Centre

Shri Harish Chandra, Non-Member Secretary Admin. Officer ( P & A)

Building Committee

Prof. S K Khanna , Chairman, Building Committee, Chairma

nDr Adesh Pal, Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat University MemberDr.Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET Centre MemberDr. R.K. Chadha, Additional Secretary, Lok Sabha, New Delhi MemberDr. M. N. Patel, Principal, L.D. Engineering College, Ahmedabad

Member

A Senior Civil Engineer, PWD, Gandhinagar MemberProf H A Ranganath, Director, NAAC, Bangalore MemberMr Rajeev Kathpalia, Vastu Shilpa Consultants MemberShri Manoj Kumar K, Scientist D(CS), INFLIBNET Centre MemberAdmn.Officer (F), INFLIBNET Centre MemberShri Harish Chandra, Admn.Officer (P&A), INFLIBNET Centre,

Convenor

  Training of manpower working in the universities and colleges in the use of

Information Technology(IT) is an important objective of INFLIBNET and has been given due priority. Twenty training courses of four-week duration for operational staff working in the university libraries and seven workshops of one-week duration for senior library staff, focusing on the managing automation and networking, have been conducted so far.

  INFLIBNET Regional Training Program on Library Automation (IRTPLA), a

new series of training programs are conducted at different locations in collaboration with universities across the country to train library professionals from college and university libraries at regional level with emphasis on regional languages. More than 44 IRTPLA training programs have been conducted so far. More than 1100 College library professionals have been trained under these training programs.

  Due to the technological advancement, the Centre has conducted specialized

workshops on Network Management for Libraries, Website Designing and Hosting, Network Configuration and Management, E-Resource Management in using UGC-Infonet, Orientation programme on awareness of access to e-resources. All programmes have received good response from professionals and there was heavy demand for conducting such special kind of training programmes/workshops on regular basis. Similarly various types of training courses are conducted from time to time to suit the requirements of the professionals.

  Centre has conducted workshops on Library Automation in Hindi for the

benefit of Hindi speaking states in the country.   Apart from these courses, several other collaborative training programmes

were conducted for All India Radio Libraries, ICSSR/ NASSDOC, ICAR-NATP and Kendriya Vidyalayas Sanghatan. Centre has also conducted collaborative training/workshop on Digital Library using D-space at Osamania University, Hyderabad, Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani and Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

  Centre has conducted two days duration of five National Seminars on UGC-

Infonet and E-Resource in collaboration with universities for benefit of faculties, Research Scholars and Students. More than 1000 participants were benefited from these seminars.

 

Centre also conducts every year the national convention viz. CALIBER (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions) which helps the library professionals, as well as IT professionals to interact with each other and discuss the burning issues for mutual benefit. Eleven such conventions have been held on various topics of interest to profession. This event has got an international status and this year the event will be held during February 2005 at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin.

  Though all the libraries in north eastern states have been

covered under INFLIBNET program, in order to provide special attention to the problems and issues of these states, the centre is conducting two days annual program called PLANNER (Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North Eastern Region) for the benefit of north eastern region libraries. The first PLANNER-2003 was successfully conducted at North Eastern Hill University Shillong in November 2003 and the second PLANNER-2004 was held at Manipur University, Imphal in November 2004.

  2.4 E- Journal Gateway and Archival Library   The INFLIBNET Library is also maintaining a National Archive

for the print version of e-journals subscribed under UGC-Infonet E-Journals Consortium in its “E-Journal Gateway and Archival Library”. Academicians can make use of this facility.

2.2 SOUL Software   To facilitate automation functions of the participating libraries,

SOUL Software has been developed. This software works in Client / Server mode in Windows environment using MS-SQL server as back end tool. It also provides web access. SOUL software supports barcode technology to generate labels. It supports international standards such as MARC21, CCF, AACR2, ISO 2709 etc. This software is attracting many libraries and has more than 540 installations so far, and many installations are in pipeline. The software is very economical as it is developed and distributed by non-profit organization INFLIBNET, and the features of the software suit any type of library. INFLIBNET has also established SOUL service centres at three different places viz. Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi to serve the respective and neighboring states. Many more such service centres are likely to be established to support and promote SOUL activities.

4. Publications of the Centre   INFLIBNET Centre publishes following publications;          Quarterly Newsletter titled ‘INFLIBNET Newsletter’ is being

published since 1995 to create awareness among the professionals about the activities of INFLIBNET.

       Guidelines for Data capturing manual        CALIBER Proceedings are brought out every year.        PLANNER Proceedings are brought out every year.        Information Brochures, Course Material        Union Catalogue of Serials        Union Catalogue of Secondary Serials        Union Catalogue of Current Serials of Document Delivery

Centres        Annual Reports        INFLIBNET Directory of Indian Universities accessible

through INFLIBNET Website (http://libserver.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/wwwisis/add.01/form.htm)

 

UGC-Infonet with bandwidth ranging from 64 Kbps to 2 Mbps.

nstitutional MemberThe Centre has institutional membership of following national and international organizations:

Association for Information Management (ASLIB) International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) American Library Association (ALA) National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Indian Library Association (ILA) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Society for Information Science (SIS) Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) Computer Society of India (CSI) ADINET (Ahmedbad Library Nework) American Resource Centre, British Library, Ahmedabad

INSDOC

 About NISCAIRNational Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) came into existence   on 30 September 2002 with the merger of National Institute of Science Communication (NISCOM) and Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC). Both NISCOM and INSDOC, the two premier institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), were devoted to dissemination and documentation of S&T information.

NISCOM had been in existence for the last six decades (first as two Publication Units of CSIR, which were merged to form the Publications Division, which was later renamed as Publications & Information Directorate and in 1996, as NISCOM). Over the years, NISCOM

diversified its activities, and through a host of its information products, comprising research and popular science journals, encyclopaedic publications, monographs, books, and information services, it had been reaching out to researchers, students, entrepreneurs, industrialists, agriculturists, policy planners and also the common man.

INSDOC came into being in 1952 and was engaged in providing S&T information and documentation services through myriad activities such as abstracting and indexing, design and development of  databases, translation, library automation, providing access to international information sources, human resource development, consultancy services in setting up modern library-cum-information centres. INSDOC was also host to the National Science Library and the SAARC Documentation Centre.

Now, with the formation of NISCAIR, all the above multi-faceted activities have been amalgamated, making NISCAIR, an institute capable of serving the society using modern IT infrastructure in a more effective manner and taking up new ventures in the field of science communication, dissemination and S&T information management systems and services. Broadly the core activity of NISCAIR will be to collect/store, publish and disseminate S&T information through a mix of traditional and modern means, which will benefit different segments of society.

A solution called “NISCAIR ONLINE PERIODICALS REPOSITORY (NOPR)” has been implemented based on the open source digital repository system software. This has enabled NISCAIR to host online its research journals. All the 17 research journals have been added under Open Access mode for accessing full text [http://nopr.niscair.res.in]. Research communities including students not only in India but all over the world are being benefited by open access of NISCAIR journals. This will also help in enhancing the accessibility, visibility and subscription base of NISCAIR journals at National and International level. Current issues of all the research journals are published in NOPR for open access well before the publication of print version. The repository has data spanning from 2007 till current issues and for some journals from 2002 onwards. The repository has about 6400 articles.

To increase visibility of NISCAIR journals, all the journals are registered with Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR), Directory of Open Access Repositories (DOAR), Google Analytics and all of the prominent search engines.

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's scientists also attend international conferences, seminars, workshops and training programmes.

Since its inception in 1952, INSDOC has been providing information services that aim at fulfilling the information needs of researchers and scientists in the country. Over the years, INSDOC has designed several information products and services for the corporate and business sector as well. Keeping pace with technological developments, new information products are being brought out on CD-ROMs and floppies and many services are being offered on networks like the Internet.

INSDOC's competency areas include: Library automation, Library networks, Computer networking, Electronic libraries, CD-ROM networking, Design and development of databases, Access to international information sources, On-line system, Feasibility studies, and Design, establishment and operational management of library-cum-information centres.

INSDOC houses the National Science Library that acts as a major information resource centre in the country in the area of Science and Technology and a strong reference collection in general S&T aspects. It receives over 3,320 periodicals both Indian and foreign. A significant number of these periodicals are received in electronic form in CD-ROMs. An Electronic Library Division is set up with facilities to access information from CD-ROMs.

INSDOC has a strong academic and training programme. As part of the academic programme INSDOC offers a Master's level programme in Information Science called Associateship in Information Science. INSDOC also conducts regular short-term courses and attachment training programmes on various topics, including the application of computers and information technology in the field of library, documentation and information. To support its academic and training programme, INSDOC has set up an information technology laboratory which is equipped with the state of the art computer and networking facilities to ensure high quality education and training to the students.

INSDOC works closely with counterpart institutions in other countries to bring about global information exchange. INSDOC is associated with the activities of International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID), International Federation of Library Associations(IFLA) and the Documentation Centre of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation(SAARC).

Wide dissemination of S&T information is an important aim of INSDOC. For this purpose, it has a network of regional centres located at Bangalore, Calcutta and Chennai to provide information services in these regions. In addition, INSDOC's services are available through Communications Research Consultants, Calcutta for the Eastern and North-Eastern regions of the country.

A team of about 300 personnel comprising scientific, technical and administrative staff handling the programmes of INSDOC. Over 120 persons of the staff are graduates or post-graduates in science, engineering or computers. Many of them have specialised in Library, Documentation of Information Science.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

INSDOC attaches great importance to mutual co-operation amongst various institutions in different countries and continuously works for its development. INSDOC is the National Member of the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) from India and has been actively involved in the FID activities since 1952. The headquarters for the FID Commission for Asia and Oceania is located at INSDOC since January 1996.

INSDOC is also associated with the International Federation of Library Association and Institutions (IFLA). IFLA has been regularly sponsoring candidates for undergoing training at INSDOC. The SAARC Documentation Centre (SDC), set up at INSDOC for exchanging S&T information among SAARC nations, has been functioning since June 1994.

INSDOC is the National Centre of the ISSN International Centre for assigning ISSN numbers for serials published in India. INSDOC exchanges publications with over 150 institutions in 44 countries in the world. Distinguished experts from other countries visit INSDOC every year. INSDOC scientists also attend international conferences, seminars, workshops and training programmes

National Informatics Centre (NIC) was established in 1976, and has since emerged as a "prime builder" of e-Government / e-Governance applications up to the grassroots level as well as a promoter of digital opportunities for sustainable development. NIC, through its ICT Network, "NICNET", has institutional linkages with all the Ministries /Departments of the Central Government, 35 State Governments/ Union Territories, and about 625 District administrations of India. NIC has been instrumental in steering e-Government/e-Governance applications in government ministries/departments at the Centre, States, Districts and Blocks, facilitating improvement in government services, wider transparency, promoting decentralized planning and management, resulting in better efficiency and accountability to the people of India.

Unesco

About us

The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) was founded on 16 November 1945.

UNESCO has 195 Members and eight Associate Members. It is governed by the General Conference and the Executive Board. The Secretariat, headed by the Director-General, implements the decisions of these two bodies.

The Organization has more than 50 field offices around the world. Its headquarters are located at Place de Fontenoy in Paris, France, in in an outstanding, Modernist building inaugurated in 1958 and recently renovated.

UNESCO Headquarters is established in the heart of Paris. Offices are located in two places in the same area:

7 Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France

1 rue Miollis 75732 Paris Cedex 15 France

RRRLF is a central autonomous organization established and fully financed by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. RRRLF is registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961. It is the nodal agency of the Government of India to support public library services and systems and promote public library movement in the country commensurate with the objectives as embodied in its Memorandum of Association.

The supreme policy-making body of RRRLF is called the Foundation. It consists of 22 members nominated by the Government of India from amongst eminent educationists, librarians, administrators and senior officials. The Minister of the Department of Culture, Government of India or his nominee is the Chairman of RRRLF. Ms. Sangita Gairola, Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Culture is the present Chairperson of RRRLF and Shri K.K. Banerjee , Director General is the executive head and ex-officio Member-Secretary of the Foundation. The Foundation functions in each State/U.T. through a machinery called State Library Committee (SLC).

The Foundation works in close association and active cooperation with different State Govts. and Union Territory Administrations through a machinery called State Library Planning Committee (SLPC/SLC) set up in each State at the instance of the Foundation. To participate in Foundation's programmes, a State Government/U.T. is required to contribute a certain amount fixed by the Foundation.

Genesis: The year 1972 is a significant year in the history of library movement in India. The country was celebrating silver jubilee of independence. It was the bicentenary year of the birth of Raja Rammohun Roy, a pioneer social reformer who had stressed the need for modern education for the progress of the nation. The year was also being celebrated as an International Book Year with the slogan BOOKS FOR ALL. Emphasis was laid on promotion of reading habit among the masses for betterment of their lives. It was in this auspicious year that Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) was established in May, 1972 by the Department of Culture, Govt. of India to spread library services all over the country in cooperation with State Governments, Union Territory Administrations and Organisation working in the field.

The Foundation: RRRLF is a central autonomous organization established and fully financed by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. RRRLF is registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961. It is the nodal agency of the Governemnt of India to support public library services and systems and promote public library movement in the country commensurate with the objectives as embodied in its Memorandum of Association.

The supreme policy-making body of RRRLF is called the Foundation. It consists of 22 members nominated by the Government of India from amongst eminent educationists, librarians, administrators and senior officials. The Minister of the Department of Culture, Government of India or his nominee is the Chairman of RRRLF. Ms. Sangita Gairola, Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Culture is the present Chairperson of RRRLF and Shri K.K. Banerjee , Director is the executive head and ex-officio Member-Secretary of the Foundation. The Foundation functions in each State/U.T. through a machinery called State Library Committee (SLC).

The Foundation works in close association and active cooperation with different State Govts. and Union Territory Administrations through a machinery called State Library Planning Committee (SLPC/SLC) set up in each State at the instance of the Foundation. To participate in Foundation's programmes, a State Government/U.T. is required to contribute a certain amount fixed by the Foundation.

Since 2005-06 the Foundation has also taken up the initiative to develop the District Youth Resource Centre (DYRC) in collaboration with Nehru Yuvak Kendra Sangathana, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs.

Since 2005-06 the Foundation has also taken up the initiative to develop the District Youth Resource Centre (DYRC) in collaboration with Nehru Yuvak Kendra Sangathana, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs.