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National Institute Of Science Communication And Information Resources

1. NISCAIR ( National Institute Of Science Communication And Information Resources )

2. Introduction National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) is an information management system and service using modern IT infrastructure devoted to Science & Technology. An information science institute, operates under the umbrella of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR ). C apable of organization and dissemination of S&T information generated in India as well as which has relevance to Indian S&T community.

3. Introduction Came into existence on 30 September 2002 with the merger of National Institute of Science Communication (NISCOM) and Indian Institute of Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC). NISCAIR Headquarter is located at New Delhi, The core activity of NISCAIR is to collect, publish and disseminate S&T information through a mix of traditional and modern means, which benefit different segments of society.

4. Objectives To provide formal linkages of communication among the scientific community in the form of research journals in different areas of S&T. To disseminate S&T information to general public, particularly school students, to inculcate interest in science among them. To collect, collate and disseminate information on plant, animal and mineral wealth of the country . To develop human resource in science communication, library, documentation and information science and S&T information management systems and services To collaborate with international institutions and organizations having goals similar to those of NISCAIR. To harness information technology applications in information management with particular reference to science communication and modernizing libraries .

5. Services National Science Library: The NSL has over 2,51,000 printed collection of S&T documents which includes monographs, bound volumes of journals, theses and dissertations and patents etc. National science Digital Library: NSDL aims at providing comprehensive S&T information to students of science engineering and technology in the country in order to address their needs. NISCAIR Online Periodical Repository: User can access full text articles from research journals published by NISCAIR like Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Indian journal of chemistry etc . NISCAIR is the national center of ISSN international center for assigning ISSN to serials published in India

6. Services National Union catalogue of scientific Serials in India: NUCSSI is a data repository of a large number of unique journal titles and library holdings, belonging to major universities, S&T institutions etc spread all over the country. In addition to these Editing service, Translation service, Inter Library Loan, Print and Production, Document Search Services

7. National Science Library The decision to establish National Science Library (NSL) was taken by CSIR in June 1963 and accordingly it started from National Physical Laboratory (NPL) building . The NSL has over 2,51,000 printed collection of S&T documents which includes monographs, bound volumes of journals, reports, theses/dissertations, standards, and patents etc. The NSL's collection policy is to build resources with an emphasis on high end R&D reference sources, Indian S&T publications, foreign language dictionaries, library and information science, information & communication technology, computer science, conference proceedings, technical reports and other sources relevant to S&T community of the country.

8. National science Digital Library National Science Digital Library (NSDL) aims at providing comprehensive S&T information to students of science, engineering and technology in the country. Begun as a Tenth Five Year Plan Network Project of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), NSDL is the only one of its kind that provides curriculum based content to address the information needs of the undergraduate students of science. The content creation and development for NSDL has gone through rigorous procedures to make available quality content for the students. Authored by eminent teachers and validated by renowned faculty in Indian universities and colleges, NSDL envisages to bring finest content to the students. The discussion forum has been provided for interactions amongst NSDL users

9. NISCAIR Online Periodical Repository A ccess full text articles from research journals published by CSIR-NISCAIR! Full text facility is provided for all nineteen research journals viz. ALIS, AIR, BVAAP, IJBB, IJBT, IJCA, IJCB, IJCT, IJEB, IJEMS, IJFTR, IJMS, IJNPR, IJPAP, IJRSP, IJTK, JIPR, JSIR & JST. NOPR also hosts three Popular Science Magazines viz. Science Reporter (SR), Vigyan Pragati (VP) & Science Ki Duniya (SKD) and a Natural Products Repository (NPARR).