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32. National Information Systems and Programmes in Social Science
P- 05. Information Sources, Systems and Services *
By :Dr.Renu Arora,Paper Coordinator
MODULE 32: NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND
PROGRAMMES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
Content Writer/Author - Dr. R K VERMA
Structure of Module/Syllabus of module(Define Topic of Module and its subtopics)
National Information
systems for Social
Sciences
Introduction, ICSSR, NASSDOC, TISS, IIML, ITPO, FICCI,
NI-MSME, SENDOC, NCAER, NCERT,
Parliament Library,
GIPE, Pune, IIPA, SNDT Women’s University
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE MODULE
Description of the Module
Subject Name Library and Information Science
Paper Name Information Sources, Systems and Services
Module Name/Title National Information systems for Social Sciences
Module Id LIS/ISSS/32
Pre-requisites Library and Documentation services, Information sources,
Information dissemination, National Institutes, Social science
subject fields
Objectives To learn about the structure, objectives, functions, products,
achievements, and information dissemination activities of
major National Information systems in Social sciences
Keywords Information system, Information dissemination, National
institutes- Social science, ICSSR, NASSDOC
2. OBJECTIVES
After reading this module, you will be able to:
get an overview of National information systems in Social Sciences in India,
learn about the structure, objectives, functions, products, achievements, and information
dissemination activities of major National Information systems in Social Sciences,2
familiarize the users with the activities of the major national level institutions in the field
of Social Sciences, and
take stock of the information infrastructure of premier institutions in Social Sciences
particularly reflecting the use of modern ICT.
3. INTRODUCTION
There has been a substantial growth in social science research in India in recent years. It is
estimated that every year around 1000 doctoral degrees are awarded in this field. Consequently
an increase in investment has resulted in a number of survey and project reports, articles, and
papers. Further a marked increase in cultural and ideological contrasts in approaches to social,
political, and cultural problems have led to increased growth in literature in this field.
It is
estimated that around 60% of the documents having social science information are not available
for dissemination and use. Further, it is realized that social science research is essential for
formulation of Government policies. This leads to the importance of National information system
ensuring adequate bibliographic control. It is also realized that no single institution can perform
and handle the job of library and information services alone. Information is considered as a
‘national resource’ now, and this awareness has led to various information services like indexing,
abstracting and computerized information services at national and international level.
This
implies a strong need for a national network which is possible through social science information
system and programmes. To gain from the benefits of emerging technologies, India recognised
the need for strengthening the information base in the country by integrating various information
agencies in to a well-knit information system. The components of an information system include
hardware, software, manpower, communication systems and involves selecting, organizing,
storing, and disseminating public knowledge to the users as per the objectives laid down in the
information programmes and activities of the concerned Institution. Information programmes
refer to the objectives to be achieved, infrastructure required and sources of funds for setting up
information system. In fact, the institutions act as the vital sources of information.
Recognizing this need for research in social sciences, Government of India has initiated various
programmes which include the setting up of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
as the major institution.
The council recognized major disciplines viz. Economics including
Commerce; Education; Management & Business administration; Political science including
International relations; Psychology; Public Administration and Sociology including Social work
and Criminology. Besides ICSSR, there are several other institutions both governmental and
nongovernmental and other professional organizations that are involved in the promotion of
various social science disciplines. These institutions are either mission-oriented or discipline
oriented.
ICSSR has recognized various disciplines under the broad field of Social sciences. These are:
Economics including Commerce;
Education;
Management & Business administration;
Political science including International relations;
Psychology;
Public Administration; and
Sociology including Social work and Criminology3
This module deals with some national Information systems and programmes in the field of social
sciences which include leading Government as well as private institutions engaged primarily in
dissemination of information at national level in almost all the above mentioned disciplines.
Within each Institution, various aspects like their background, scope, objectives, major
activities/programmes, and a brief sketch of documentation and information dissemination
activities are highlighted. While describing the various aspects particularly the information
dissemination part, an emphasis is laid on only the major services, publications and
documentation activities.
4. SOCIAL SCIENCES IN GENERAL
4.1 Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
Established in the year 1969, ICSSR was entrusted by the Government of India to promote
research in social sciences in the country.
The main objectives of the Council are to:
Sponsor social science research programmes and projects;
Review the progress of social science research and offer advice to its users;
Administer grants to institutions and scholarships/fellowships to individuals for research
in social sciences;
Provide financial support to institutions, associations, and journals engaged in social
science research;
Undertake and assist publication of books and journals in social sciences;
Arrange for technical training in research methodology including guidance for research;
Co-ordinate research activities and encourage programmes for interdisciplinary
research;
Develop and support centres for documentation services and supply of data;
Organize, sponsor and finance seminars, workshops and study groups; and
Advise the Government of India on all matters pertaining to social science research as
may be referred to it from time to time; and take such measures generally as may be
necessary from time to time to promote social science research and its utilization.
4.1.1 Research Institutes and Regional Centres Division (RI&RC)
These provide maintenance and development grants to research Institutes and maintain
Regional Centres in various regions of the country. The Council is at present assisting 27
Research Institutes and 6 Regional Centres in different regions of India. The Research
Institutes have adequate infrastructural facilities including well designed libraries/information
and knowledge centres. These are engaged in disseminating information in social science
research in diverse fields of study with regional, national, and international scope.
The
research Institutes are of all India character- outside the scope of the University Grants
Commission (UGC). Their main objectives include providing of talent from more developed to
less developed regions, especially to areas where social science research are under 4
developed; and development of quality of research and interdisciplinary research in social
sciences in order to improve the social science inputs into development.
The Council brings out a bi-annual publication ‘ICSSR Journal of Abstracts and Reviews’ in
five disciplines viz., Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology
including Social Anthropology. Other publications are- ‘Indian Social Science Review’- a
quarterly newsletter providing an account of major activities and programs of not only the
Centre but also its regional centres and various research institutes. The Council also provides
grants to scholars to conduct research in various fields of social sciences which have a
theoretical, conceptual, methodological or policy orientation on the subject of their choice. The
research projects may belong to any one of the following social science disciplines or may be
interdisciplinary in nature.
4.1.2 National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC)
NASSDOC, established in 1969 as a Division of the ICSSR, is India's leading information
centre for research and innovation in Social Sciences. This Centre has the major role of
providing library and information support services to researchers in social sciences. The
services are for those working in academic institutions, autonomous research organisations,
policy making, planning and research units of government departments, business and industry,
etc. NASSDOC also provides guidance to libraries of ICSSR Regional Centres and ICSSR
supported Research Institutes.
The main objectives of the Centre are:
Facilities Available at NASSDOC
To understand development of social sciences with a view to familiarize with tools useful
to various stakeholders in imparting information,
To sensitize in planning and designing of local/national information systems pertaining to
various social sciences,
To disseminate information about the developments in social science research,
To provide library and information support services of the researchers in the field of
social sciences,
To provide financial assistance for bibliographic and documentation projects in social
science field,
To conduct short-term training courses for librarians, research scholars, and social
scientists; and
To make available study grant to doctoral students for collecting research material from
libraries and information centres located in various parts of the country.
Facilities provided by NASSDOC are: Documentation, Library and Reference Service;
Collection of unpublished doctoral dissertations; Research project reports; Current and old
volumes of social science journals of Indian and foreign origin; Literature Search Service from
printed and digital databases, i.e., CD-ROMS, floppies, Online database etc.; Compilation of
short bibliographies on request; Study grant to doctoral students for collection of research
material from various libraries located in different parts of India; Provision of financial assistance
for taking up bibliographical and documentation projects; Document Delivery Service by
procuring books and journals on Inter-library loan or by photocopying the documents; organizing
short-term training courses for the research scholars, social scientists, librarians and IT 5
professionals; and Cyber Cafe, to facilitate access to internet resources on social sciences.
One of the important publications is Indian Social Science Periodicals literature (INSSPEL).
NASSDOC has created an integrated and computerized database of articles published in 119
Indian social science journals since their inception till 1970. It consists of 43,272 issues of
journals containing 97491 articles thus providing reasonable control over the literature published
in Indian social science periodicals during the last 100 years or so. This database, is available
in a CD-ROM. Two Indexes viz. Indian Education Index (1947-1978) and Index to Indian
Periodicals: Sociology & Psychology (1886-1970) have been published.
The former is a
combined retrospective index, having 26 Indian educational journals in English language. It
provides access to more than 20,000 articles published in these journals while the later one
contains 35 Indian periodicals in sociology (English) which have been indexed from volume one
to the year 1970, covering the period from 1886-1970. The number of periodicals in psychology
indexed is 7 and time period covered is from 1926-1970. The earliest periodical indexed in
sociology is the 'Journal of Anthropological Society of Bombay'.
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.2 Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
TISS was established in 1936 as Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work. In 1944, it
was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. During the year 1964, it was declared
Deemed to be a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act (UGC),
1956.
It is one of the premier Institutes in the country in the field of Social Sciences and has
been recognized as one of the progressive centres of learning catering to the educational and
research information needs of academic and scientific community for excellent teaching,
research and development work carried out by the faculty members, research scholars and
students. Since its inception, the vision of the TISS has been to be an institution of excellence in
higher education that continually responds to changing social realities through the development
and application of knowledge, towards creating a people-centred, ecologically sustainable and
just society that promotes and protects dignity, equality, social justice and human rights for all.
The vision of TISS is:
Creation and provision of socially relevant and high quality professional education in a
wide range of inter-disciplinary areas of Social Sciences to students from all sections of
the society.
Enabling of autonomous research and dissemination of knowledge.
Support knowledge creation through M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes and Post-Doctoral
scholars.
Strategic extension, field action and advocacy through training and capacity building of
State and non-State institutions and personnel.
Initiate field action and advocacy to demonstrate and facilitate creation of policies and
programmes.
Professional response to natural and human-made disasters, through participation in
relief and rehabilitation activities.
Over the years, the Institute has made consistent contributions to civil society and the
development sector through its education, research, field action and extension.
TISS Library
established along with the institute way back in 1936 is one of the leading social science
libraries in the country. The library was named as "Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library" in the
memory of late Sir Dorabjii Tata. It is geared to meet the academic and research information
needs of the user community. It provides user-focused services to obtain and evaluate scholarly 6
information and knowledge. As the library specializes in the field of applied social sciences, it
has become most sought after library for the social scientists in India. It is a unique knowledge
centre, which offers essential and specialized information resources and services to meet the
growing information needs by developing user-based resources; organizing information
resources; providing human and technologically moderated access to information; and
facilitating users to identify, locate, obtain and evaluate information.
Besides this the eresources
and services like OPAC, Ezproxy remote access, Access to e-resources, and Indian
Journal of Social work online facility (Intranet access only) are worth mentioning.
5. MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
5.1 Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML)
IIML was established in 1984 and has now grown into a fully integrated global management
school. The guiding philosophy of the school, throughout, has been creation of knowledge,
influencing management practices and integrate globally. The objectives of imparting education,
combined with creation, dissemination and publication of knowledge, are being met in an
integrated form, to create a synergetic impact. Research is undertaken for strengthening the
knowledge base, relevant to management practices for the corporate as well as non-corporate
sector. Consultancy services are provided to various kinds of organizations, spread across
different sectors of the economy, for solving their problems and upgrading their management
practices.
In keeping with the mission of the Institute, Management Development Programmes
(MDPs) are conducted to help improve management systems by providing relevant training to
senior executives in industry, government and the non-government sectors. Special ‘Centres of
Excellence’ in the area of agriculture – ‘Agriculture Management Centre’; leadership – ‘Centre
for Leadership in Human Values’; and entrepreneurship – ‘Centre for Entrepreneur
Development and New Venture Management’, have been established to undertake pioneering
work in their respective areas.
Recognizing the role of library and information services in meeting the requirements of the
Institute’s academic, research, training and consultancy programs, the Library of the institute
was set-up as one of the key divisions.
The library started functioning in 1985 from a small
room in the rented premises of the Giri Institute of Development Studies. Over a period of 28
years, the library has grown tremendously and now stocks a core collection of over 70,000
select documents (in various forms) and subscribes to 533 learned periodicals. Equipped with
latest designed furniture and fittings, the library has all modern equipment to support its diverse
range of activities. State-of-the-art information technology (IT) products are in place to
modernize its operations and services. It meets the complex information requirements of a
variety of users (both from within the Institute and outside) satisfactorily. In keeping with the
vision and mission of the Institute, the library has been established ‘to promote knowledge
generation and application through its effective dissemination’. The library acts as the main
learning resource centre of the Institute and provides services and facilities to meet the
requirements of the Institute's teaching, training, research and consultancy programmers. Eresources
of the library’s collection include e-books, e-journals, e-newspapers, e-databases,
DELNET databases, video library, digital knowledge repositories, and Union list of periodicals.
A
biannual journal entitled ‘Metamorphosis: A Journal for Business Leaders’ is published as its
official organ reporting breakthrough ideas in the ever emerging and evolving processes of
management.
5.2 India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)7
ITPO
is the premier trade promotion agency of the Government of India, which provides a broad
spectrum of services to trade and industry so as to catalyse the growth of bilateral trade,
particularly India's exports, and technological up gradation and modernisation of different
industry segments. ITPO’s programmes are carried out in close cooperation with the Indian
industry whose promotional needs are served. As an apex agency of the Government, ITPO
accords approvals for holding of international trade fairs in India in order to ensure and facilitate,
among others, the customs clearance of imported exhibits. ITPO has taken a lead in promoting
the Fair Culture all over the country. Major initiatives have been taken through negotiations and
discussions with the State Governments for setting up of exhibition complexes.
The significant
achievement in this direction has been the setting up of Regional Trade Promotion Centres at
Chennai and Bangalore.
Business Information Centre (BIS) is ITPO's initiative in providing trade information services with
electronic accessibility. BIC addresses the new challenges and methods of doing business
using reliable trade information and support services. BIC provides varied trade information and
services on India by serving overseas importers to source from India and Indian exporters to
expand business.
BIC provides efficient management of trade information services besides
connectivity and linkages to trade organizations in India and overseas and facilitates greater
market access for Indian business The centre hosts
the first Trade Portal of India
http://www.tradeportalofindia.com which provides reliable information access both off-line and
online by addressing the entire spectrum of trade information among the other wings converging
product profiles, supplier profiles from India, country profiles of major trade destinations, global
importer's directory, world economic environment, overseas market situation, trade fairs &
exhibitions, market surveys (product-wise), trade and investment policy, trade statistics, tariff
and taxes, etc. BIC thus, is the one stop for varied trade information and services on India
serving overseas importers and Indian exporters in expanding business. BIC envisages
encompassing specialized services like video conferencing, language translation, virtual office,
and virtual trade fair and in due course e-transactions.
5.3 Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Established in 1927, FICCI is the oldest and largest non-government, not-for-profit business
organisation in India. Its history is closely interwoven with India’s struggle for independence. Its
industrialization is considered as emergence of one of the most rapidly growing global
economies.
FICCI has contributed to this historical process by encouraging debate, articulating
the private sector’s views and influencing policy. FICCI draws its membership from the
corporate sector, both private and public, including Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs) and
Multi-National Companies; FICCI enjoys an indirect membership of over 2,50,000 companies
from various regional chambers of commerce. FICCI brings out several publications in the form
of surveys, studies, policy documents, and business digests on wide spectrum of business,
commercial and industrial matters for all the states of India.
5.4 National Institute for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME)
NI-MSE was originally set up as Central Industrial Extension Training Institute (CIETI) in New
Delhi in 1960 as a Department under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Government of
India. The Institute was shifted to Hyderabad in 1962, and was renamed as Small Industry
Extension Training (SIET) Institute. SIET, as it was popularly known for over two decades later,
is managed by Governing Council, appointed by the Government of India.
SIET was conferred
the status of national institute by the Government of India with the charter of assisting in the 8
promotion of Small Enterprises mainly by creating a pro-business environment. In 1984, the
UNIDO had recognised SIET as an institute of meritorious performance under its Centres of
Excellence Scheme subsequently, it was also accorded the national status in the same year
and SIET Institute became NISIET. Since then the institute has come a long way, in making it a
place of distinction for itself in the domain of entrepreneurship promotion, achieving recognition
both at the national level and in the international arena. The Institute, in order to reflect the
expanded focus of its objectives with name was rechristened as NI-MSE from 11th April 2007
and re-designed its structure and organisation. Now, it is an organisation of the Ministry of Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry, Government of India.
Almost all the information
dissemination activities are organized by the documentation centre viz. Small Enterprises
National Documentation Centre (SENDOC).
5.4.1 The Small Enterprises National Documentation Centre (SENDOC)
SENDOC was set up in 1970 by erstwhile SIET, to energise MSMEs in India and the
developing countries around the world with information and knowledge. Since then, it has been
functioning as 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. The main objectives of the Centre are to collect, store and disseminate technomanagerial
information pertaining to MSMEs and to conduct need and demand based training
programmes. 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 subscribes 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 area literature, licensing, etc.
Experts working in the Centre scan and
arrange information systematically for quick retrieval using LIMS (Library Information
Management System) package. The information is accessible through the website
www.nimsme.org. 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 clippings, and Technical enquiry. It also provides reprography and
consultancy service, product profiles, and organises training programmes for clientele on cost.
Since 1974, SENDOC plays a crucial role in the quarterly publication of the primary research
journal SEDME (Small enterprises development, management and extension). This is dedicated
to small entrepreneurs and academia who wish to express and exchange their thoughts on any
facet of MSMEs
.
6. ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE
6.1 The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)
NCAER
has done pioneering research work in areas of applied economics with an emphasis on
policy analysis and application of modern quantitative techniques to development issues,
regional development and planning, household income, consumption, savings /investment and
energy. It has a unique position in the country for designing and executing large-scale sample
surveys on regional and human development as well as a large range of consumer products.
NCAER has built up a rich database on economic and commercial data. Its clients include
government ministries, The Planning Commission, state governments, public and private sector
companies and international agencies.9
The major activities of NCAER are: developing policy reports for clients; Examining domestic
agricultural market structures, price policy, linkages between agricultural price policy and
poverty, and, the role of the Panchayats in fostering sustainable development.; tracking key
sectors of the economy for subscribers; forecasting the economic outlook; conducting,
designing, and analyzing surveys that illuminate public policy issues as well as assist private
sector decisions ; and Disseminating research findings.
NCAER library has been an integral part of the institution, providing research support to the
Council's economists as well as to policy makers, administrators, consultants, students and
others from all over the country. The library plays a vital role in collecting, organizing and
disseminating information for the benefit of researchers.
The NCAER Library is a Depository
Library for Asian Development Bank, International Monetary Fund and for selected UN
publications. NCAER publishes three periodicals, namely, Margin, Quarterly review of the Indian
Economy and Arthasuchi.
Margin is a peer-reviewed journal of original articles, and a focal point
for the dissemination of empirical and theoretical knowledge in the broad area of applied
economics-specifically in areas such as monetary and fiscal policies, trade and regulation,
international investment, rural economics and development economics. A major emphasis is on
policy analysis and application of modern quantitative techniques to development issues. The
journal is intended at encouraging economic research and analysis to achieve a deeper
understanding of the dynamics of the development process needed for policy making.
The
research articles and empirical information focus on the broad areas of applied economics. The
journal intends to influence policy making by encouraging a deeper understanding of the
dynamics of the development process. The issues covered have a broad scope of national and
international importance.
NCAER has been monitoring and analysing the macro aspects of the
Indian economy for a number of years. Based on its analysis of the economy, they offer a
package of reports and seminars comprising of Quarterly Review of the Economy, Quarterly
Business Expectations Survey, Monthly Journal MacroTrack and Quarterly State of the
Economy Seminars. This package is provided as an annual subscription service under the title
“Quarterly Review of the Economy”.
Arthasuchi is a .quarterly computerised index to Indian
economic literature comprising government reports, journal articles and newspaper write-ups. A
printed version of this database is published Quarterly as " Artha Suchi: An Index to Indian
Economic Literature”. A bibliographical database on Indian Economic Literature covering journal
articles and working papers received in the NCAER Library has more than 40,000 citations and
is updated regularly.
7. EDUCATION
7.1 The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
NCERT was set up by the Government of India in 1961 as an autonomous organization
registered under Societies Registration Act (Act XXI of 1860) to advise and assist the Ministry of
Human Resource Development, Government of India and Departments of Education in
States/Union Territories in formulation and implementation of their policies and major
programmes in the field of education, particularly for qualitative improvement of school
education. For realization of its objectives, the NCERT and its Constituent Units:
Undertake, aid, promote and coordinate research in areas related to school education; 10
Organize pre-service and in-service training of teachers;
Organize extension services for institutions that are engaged in educational research,
training of teachers or have extension services to schools;
Develop and disseminate improved educational techniques, practices and innovations;
Collaborate, advise and assist State Education Departments, Universities and other
educational institutions;
Act as a clearing-house for ideas and information to all matters relating to school
education;
Undertake the preparation and/or the publication of books, materials, periodicals and
other literature to achieve its objectives;
Act as a nodal agency for achieving goals of universalization of elementary education.
The Division of Library, Documentation and Information (DLDI),
is the Learning Resource
Centre and Service Division of NCERT.
Population Education Documentation Centre (POPDOC)
and International Educational Resource Documentation Centre (IERDOC) are integral parts of
DLDI. Its mission is to provide updated and comprehensive information and material on
education in general and school education in particular. It houses books on psychology,
environmental education, value education, population education, education for special needs
groups, literature and languages.
Textual and supplementary reading materials relating to
school curriculum, reports of various commissions, educational surveys and policy documents
also find a place in the Library. Among the publications of NCERT, various types of the same
viz. E-books, Online books, children books, non-print materials, and journals are included. The
journals and periodicals are: Journal of Indian Education, The Primary teacher, Indian
Educational abstracts, School Science, Prathmic Shikshak (in Hindi), Journal of Value
Education, Bhartiya Aadhunic Shiksha (in Hindi), and Indian Educational review.
8. POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
8.1 Parliament Library
Parliament Library, one of the richest repositories of books in India, was established in the year
1921 to assist members of the Indian Legislature. A Research and Reference Branch was also
established which initially functioned independent of the Parliament Library. During the past four
decades, the Library as well as Research and Reference Services for members have gradually
developed into what is now familiarly known as
LARRDIS (The Library, Reference, Research,
Documentation and Information Service).
Even though LARRDIS is a part of the administrative
set up of the Lok Sabha Secretariat, it serves members of both the Houses of Parliament.
LARRDIS is presently divided into the various functional divisions, viz. Research and
Information, Reference, Library, Documentation, Press Clipping, Parliament Museum and
Archives, Press and Public Relations, Microfilming, Audio-visual and Telecasting,
Computerisation of Information Service for Members of Parliament.11
‘Sansadiya Gyanpeeth’, the new Parliament Library Building having a covered area of about
55,000 sq.m. houses the Library, Reference, Research, Documentation and Information
Services (LARRDIS),
the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training (BPST) and
Parliamentary Museum and Archives (PMA)
and Press & Public Relations Wing.
It can
accommodate about 3 million volumes of publications. The Library has been fully computerized
having state of the art Local Area Network and high speed Internet connectivity. The audiovisual
aids also form a substantial part of the information services. A sufficient number of
cubicles fully equipped with audio and video facilities and computer terminals have also been
provided in the two reading rooms for members of Parliament.
A Closed Circuit TV network has
also been provided for viewing the live proceedings of the Parliament. A 'Media Centre'
equipped with latest telecommunication facilities, as part of the Press and Public Relations Wing
has also been made available. The building is now fully functional and all the information
services are being offered from the Library.
The new Parliament Library Building is a functionally
viable library providing for an advanced and sophisticated storage and retrieval system. This is
the richest and the second largest library in the country keeping pace with the rapid
developments taking place in the field of Information Technology (IT) where networking,
microfilming, multimedia and national and international linkages through satellites are every
day's realities. It is a futuristic and intelligent library building geared to meet the ever-growing
information needs of the members of Parliament for many decades to come. Parliament Library,
at present has holdings of over 1.27 million volumes of printed books, reports, governmental
publications, U.N. reports, debates, gazettes, other documents (including periodicals and
publications brought out by the Lok Sabha Secretariat. Eighty eight Indian and foreign
newspapers and 491 periodicals in English, Hindi and other Indian languages are being
received regularly in the Parliament Library.
The Library Division also brings out a monthly
publication named Parliamentary Library Bulletin. It contains information regarding the titles of
new additions to the holdings of Parliament Library during the month. It also highlights the
various activities and developments like visits of delegations/dignitaries to Parliament Library,
release of latest publications, backgrounders and information bulletins, etc. brought out by the
LARRDIS. Research and Information Division publishes the following periodicals for the use of
members:
The Journal of Parliamentary Information (Quarterly): This Journal carries practice and problem
oriented articles on constitutional and parliamentary subjects from members of Parliament and
other experts in the field. It also serves as an authentic recorder of developments in practice
and procedure and parliamentary events and activities in Indian and foreign Legislatures.
The Digest of Central Acts (Quarterly): The Digest contains synopses of all the Bills passed by
Parliament and assented to by the President.
The Digest of Legislative and Constitutional Cases (Quarterly): This Digest contains abstracts of
judgments of the Supreme Court and the High Courts involving interpretation of the provisions
of the Constitution in important legislative and constitutional cases.
IPG Newsletter (Quarterly): This Newsletter keeps members of the Indian Parliamentary Group
(IPG) informed of the various events and activities of the IPG like exchange of Parliamentary
Delegations, IPU, CPA and SAARC Parliamentary Conferences, Meetings, Seminars, Symposia,
etc.
CPA Asia Region Newsletter (Quarterly): The Newsletter provides information to members of
the National Branches of the Parliaments of Bangladesh, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka and 12
State Branches of India on important parliamentary events and activities which take place in
their Branches and which have a significance insofar as the Commonwealth and the
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) are concerned.
8.2 Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE)
GIPE, Pune, is one of the oldest research and training institutes in Economics in the country,
Research in the socio-economic dimensions of the Indian society, and training to researchers in
this domain being its primary objectives. Established in 1930 by the Servants of India Society,
the Institute is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, and the Bombay Public
Trusts Act, 1950. The Servants of India Society, founded by late Shri Gopal Krishna Gokhale,
are the Trustees of the Institute.
In view of the eminent and sustained contribution of the
Institute to teaching, training and research in Economics since its inception, and in recognition
of its potential to emerge as a centre of excellence in the field of teaching and research in
Economics, the University Grants Commission, in 1993, granted to the Institute the status of a
Deemed to be University. Since its inception in 1930, Gokhale Institute of Politics and
Economics is renowned for its initiatives in qualitative research in diverse areas of economic
theory and practice. Its studies on Poverty, Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes and
Cooperatives were instrumental in shaping public policies, and in formulating economic plans at
local and regional level.
GIPE is the one of the handful of research institutions in the country to
carry out research on demographic problems facing the country. The Institute is credited with
pioneering contributions by way of surveys, research, informed debate and analysis which has
shaped public discourse on major socio-economic initiatives in the State of Maharashtra, as well
at the national level. For some of the major contributions including on-going research projects
its official website may be visited
Dhananjayarao Gadgil Library was established in 1905 as a public library under the aegis of
Servants of India Society with late Gopal Krishna Gokhale as one of its founding members. The
Library has a rare combination of colonial and modern architecture including a rare collection of
old British Parliamentary Papers of the 18th and 19th centuries, about almost unbroken series
of the proceedings of legislatures in India, both Central and States; and a large collection of
reports of commissions and committees appointed by the Government of India, U.K., U.S. etc.
It
also possesses the union budgets rights from 1799-1805 and 1874-75 to till date, the budgets of
princely and provincial states of pre-independence period and unbroken series of the budgets of
state governments after the formation of states on linguistic basis. The census publications of
government of India and states right from 1872 first census of India to till date, also form a very
valuable part of our collection. Special holdings include gazetteers Maharashtra state gazettes
and Gokhale papers microfilms etc.
The library is also a depository library for the publications of
the United Nations and its specialised agencies, the World Bank, the International Monetary
Fund, the European Community and also the Government of Canada. Besides books, it
receives few journals as depository. It has a very comprehensive collection of census
publications starting right from the first census (1871 to 2001), Govt. of Maharashtra Gazettes
from 1960 onwards, and grey literature in the form of working papers/discussion papers,
occasional papers etc. of various national and international research institution, universities, and
agencies
8.3 Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)
IIPA is an autonomous academic institution of national eminence for training, research and
information dissemination in streams related to the ethos of public administration.
The institute13
established in 1953, is known internationally as a premier centre for training and research in
public administration and Management. Its thrust areas are - enhancing leadership and
managerial qualities on the one hand and developing a service-orientation on the other. The
research work involves simplifying procedures and suggesting policy changes to ensure
improved delivery of public services.
The Institute’s objectives are:
To promote and provide for the study of public administration, economic and political
science with special reference to public administration and the machinery of government
and educational purposes,
To undertake, organise and facilitate study courses, conferences and lectures and
research in matters relating to public administration and the machinery of government,
To undertake and provide for the publication of journals and of research papers and
books to impart training in and promote the study of public administration,
To establish and maintain libraries and information services to facilitate the study of
public administration and spreading information,
To constitute or cause to be constituted Regional Branches at convenient centres in
India to promote the objects of the society, and
To cooperate with approved institutions and bodies for the purposes of helping the
cause of public administration
The activities of the Institute are organized in four inter-related areas of Research, Training,
Advisory Services and Dissemination of Information.
It undertakes normally the sponsored
projects of Government and national/international organizations and offers advisory services in
operational areas and provides the necessary hand-holding in implementation of schemes,
programmes and project in both Government and private sectors. It conducts a large number of
long and short-duration training programmes.
Besides the Indian Journal of Public
Administration, Nagarlok and Lok Prashashan journals, the Institute also periodically publishes
a bibliographic journal Documentation in Public Administration and a monthly Newsletter.
The
Institute has enriched the literature on Public Administration through a large number of serials
and monographs besides research studies, proceedings of seminars /conferences and
lectures, etc. The Institute publishes five periodicals regularly:
i. Indian Journal of Public Administration (IJPA, Quarterly, published since 1955)
ii. Lok Prashasan (Hindi, six-monthly, published since 2009)
iii. Nagarlok (Quarterly, published since 1969)
iv. Documentation in Public Administration (DPA, Quarterly, published since 1973)
v. IIPA Newsletter (Monthly, published since 1955)
The IIPA Library is one of the major social science resources in India. IIPA has published about
400 books, monographs, reports, working papers, and compendiums in spheres of governance
and public administration. It has a collection of about 2 lakh volumes of books and periodicals
and receives 350 current periodicals. It is a depository library for the publications of the World
Bank and has been accorded co-operating library status for the publications of International
Monetary Fund. The World Bank has recently set up a state-of-the-art Information Kiosk in the
Library to facilitate on-line access to the knowledge portals of the Bank and its associate
institutions. Its e-resources and research tools include web-OPAC, JSTOR full text, EPW full
text, ABI Inform full text, World Bank e-library, IMF e-library, IMF data manager, Governance
knowledge centre, UNESCO-WSSR 2010, DOAJ Journals, J-gate , and OAISTER –a project of
the Digital Library Production Service of the University of Michigan University Library with a goal 14
is to create a collection of freely available, previously difficult-to-access, academically oriented
digital resources that are easily searchable.
9. SOCIOLOGY
9.1 SNDT Women’s University
Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) University, earlier known as The Indian
Women’s University founded in 1916, got statutory recognition during 1951.
The goals of the
SNDT Women's University are to:
Provide access to higher education for women through formal and non- formal streams
including adult and continuing education,
Provide a wide range of professional and vocational courses for women to meet the
socio-economic demands,
Develop scholarship and research in emerging areas of study, particularly with focus
on women's perspectives,
Inculcate among women positive self- concept, awareness of women's issues and
rights with a rational outlook towards society,
Enhance purposeful education with 'human values' and social responsibility by
participating in outreach programmes, and
Achieve excellence in the academic disciplines, research and extension activities
through emphasis on 'quality in every activity'.
The collection of the University Library includes information material in English, Hindi, Marathi,
Gujarati and Sanskrit. The collection includes books and monographs, journals, newspapers,
back volumes of indian & foreign journals, back runs of newspapers and women’s magazines,
state-of –the art reviews, databases, dissertations and these, standards and specifications,
reprints of articles & newspaper clippings, pamphlets, leaflets and brochures, annual reports of
governments agencies & research institutes, unique collection of hindustani music, select
collection of teaching aids audio-visual material, microforms and electronic resources including
e-books and e-journals. the collection of the central library is particularly strong in the social
sciences, Gandhiana, women’s studies, arts, literature, nursing, education and library and
information science.
10. SUMMARY
Recognising the need for a systematic and formal information system in socio-economic
development, an overview of national Information systems and programmes in India as reflected
in the major activities and programmes of leading institutions in the field of social sciences is
presented. In this context, the leading role of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)
and its major constituent, i.e.,
National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC) is
emphasized. Keeping in view the seven major disciplines under social science field viz.,
Economics and Commerce; Education; Management & Business administration; Political
science including International relations; Psychology; Public Administration and Sociology
including social work and Criminology, a brief sketch of some of the premier institutions in these
disciplines including ICSSR and NASSDOC as major carriers of information dissemination has 15
been provided. These institutions are:
Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), India Trade
Promotion Organisation (ITPO),
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI),
National Institute for Micro, small, and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSE),
National Council
of Applied Economic Research (NCAER),
National Council of Educational Research and
Training (NCERT),
Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML),
Parliament Library,
Gokhale Institue of Politics and Economics, Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA),
and
Shreemati Nathibai DamodarThackersey (SNDT)
University. The information content under
each Institution covers the important aspects such as background, scope, objectives/goals,
major activities and programmes, and information dissemination details including journals and
e-resources.
STORY BOARD/CHUNK
TEXT
1.
National Information system in social sciences
A marked increase in cultural and ideological contrasts in approaches to social, political, and
cultural problems have led to increased growth in literature in this field. It is realized that social
science research is essential for formulation of Government policies. This leads to the
importance of ensuring adequate bibliographic control. This is possible with information
dissemination system through various institutions in the field of social sciences at National level.
Government of India has recognized this need and established Indian Council of Social Science
Research (ICSSR) and National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC) to fulfill
this need. Besides this, ICSSR has recognized various disciplines under the broad field of
Social sciences.
These are:
Economics including Commerce;
Education;
Management & Business administration;
Political science including International relations;
Psychology;
Public Administration; and
Sociology including Social work and Criminology
2. ICSSR activities
The main objectives of the Council are to sponsor social science research programmes and
projects, provide financial support, to arrange technical training, develop and support
documentation centres and advise the Government of India on matters related to promotion of
social science research and its utilization. The Council is at present assisting 27 Research
Institutes and 6 Regional Centres in different regions in India.
The Research Institutes are
of all India character- outside the scope of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Their main
objectives are : Dispersal of talent from more developed to less developed regions, especially,
to areas where social science research are under developed. The Council brings out the
following publications
o ICSSR Journal of Abstracts and Reviews (bi-annual) in five disciplines viz.,
Economics,
Geography, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology including Social Anthropology.16
o Indian Social Science Review- a quarterly Newsletter providing an account of major
activities and programs including those of Regional centres and various Research
institutes
3. National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC)
Established as a Division of ICSSR, it has the major role of providing library and information
support services to researchers in social sciences. The main objectives of the Centre are to
disseminate information about the developments in social science research, to sensitize in
planning and designing of local/National information systems pertaining to various Social
Science, to conduct short-term training courses, and to provide study grant to doctoral students
for collecting research material from libraries and information centres located in various parts of
the country. Its publications are:
Indian Social Science Periodicals literature (INSSPEL)
Integrated and computerized database of articles published in Indian social
science journals
Indian Education Index (1947-1978)
Index to Indian Periodicals : Sociology & Psychology (1886-1970)
Journal of Anthropological Society of Bombay
4. Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
TISS is one of the progressive centers of learning catering to the educational and research
information needs of academic and scientific community for excellent teaching, research and
development work. Its vision is creation and provision of socially relevant and high quality
professional education, facilitation of autonomous research and dissemination of knowledge,
and support knowledge creation through strong M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes and PostDoctoral
scholars. Includes strategic extension, field action and advocacy through training and
capacity building of State and non-State institutions and personnel. Its library and publication
activities are:
To offer essential and specialized information resources and services to meet the
growing information needs by Developing user-based resources;
To organize information resources;
To provide human and technologically moderated access to information;
To facilitate users to identify, locate, obtain and evaluate information.
To provide access to e-resources and services like OPAC, Ezproxy remote access; and
Indian Journal of Social work online facility
5. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML)17
IIML has been to grow into a fully integrated global management school. The objectives of
imparting education, combined with creation, dissemination and publication of knowledge, are
being met in an integrated form, to create a synergetic impact. In keeping with the mission of the
Institute, Management Development Programmes (MDPs) are conducted to help improve
management systems by providing relevant training to senior executives in industry,
government and the non-government sectors. It has undertaken some of the pioneering work in
the following areas
Centres of Excellence’ in the area of agriculture – Agriculture Management Centre;
Leadership – Centre for Leadership in Human Values; and
Entrepreneurship – Centre for Entrepreneur Development and New Venture
Management.
IIMl’s library, acts as main learning resource centre of the Institute and provides services and
facilities to meet the requirements of the Institute's teaching, training, research and consultancy
programmers. E-resources of the library’s collection include e-books, e-journals, e-newspapers,
e-databases,
DELNET databases, video library, digital knowledge repositories, and Union list of
periodicals.
A biannual journal entitled ‘Metamorphosis: A Journal for Business Leaders’ is published as its
official organ reporting breakthrough ideas in the ever emerging and evolving processes of
management
6. India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) ITPO is the premier trade promotion agency of the government of India, which provides a broad
spectrum of services to trade and industry so as to catalyse the growth of bilateral trade,
particularly India's exports, and technological upgradation and modernisation of different
industry segments. ITPO has taken a lead in promoting the Fair Culture all over the country.
Major initiatives have been taken through negotiations and discussions with the State
Governments for setting up of exhibition complexes in West Bengal, Assam for the NorthEastern
region.
Its Business Information Centre (BIS) provides following information
dissemination facilities:
One stop point for varied trade information and services on India by serving overseas
importers to source from India and Indian exporters to expand business
Efficient management of trade information services besides connectivity and linkages to
trade organizations in India and overseas and facilitates greater market access for
Indian business
Hosts the first Trade Portal in INDIA http://www.tradeportalofindia.com
Reliable information access to whole spectrum of trade information including Product
Profiles, Supplier profiles from India, Country profiles of major trade destinations, Global
Importer's directory, World economic environment, Overseas Market Situation, Trade
Fairs & Exhibitions, Market Surveys (Product-wise), Trade and Investment Policy, Trade
statistics, Tariff and Taxes etc.
Specialized services like video conferencing, language translation, virtual office, and
virtual trade fair and in due course e-transactions.
7. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)18
FICCI is the oldest and largest non-government, not-for-profit business
organisation, in India.
Considered as emergence of one of the most rapidly growing global economies.
Contributes to the historical process by encouraging debate, articulating the
private sector’s views and influencing policy.
Draws its membership from the corporate sector, both private and public,
including Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs) and Multi National Companies;
Enjoys an indirect membership of over 2,50,000 companies from various regional
chambers of commerce.
Brings out several publications in the form of surveys, studies, policy documents,
and business digests on wide spectrum of business, commercial and industrial
matters for all the States of India
8. National Institute for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME)
NI-MSE was originally set up as Central Industrial Extension Training Institute (CIETI) in
New Delhi in 1960 as a Department under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce,
Government of India.
The Institute was shifted to Hyderabad in 1962, and was renamed as Small Industry
Extension Training (SIET) Institute and is managed by Governing Council, appointed by
the Government of India.
It was accorded the national status in 1984 and SIET Institute became NISIET. The
Institute, in order to reflect the expanded focus of its objectives with name was
rechristened as NI-MSE from 11th April 2007 and re-designed its structure and
organisation.
It is an organisation of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry,
Government of India.
Almost all the information dissemination activities are organized by the documentation
centre viz. Small Enterprises National Documentation Centre (SENDOC) which was set
up in 1970 when NI-MSME, was SIET, to energise MSMEs in India and the developing
countries around the world with information and knowledge as a clearing house of
information both for entrepreneurs and extension agents
The main objectives of the Centre are to collect, store and disseminate technomanagerial
information pertaining to MSMEs and to conduct need and demand based
training programmes.
Experts working in the Centre scan and arrange information systematically for quick
retrieval using LIMS (Library Information Management System) package.
The information is accessible through the website www.nimsme.org.
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 clippings, and Technical enquiry.
Also publishes a quarterly publication of the primary research journal SEDME (Small
enterprises development, management and extension) – since 1974.
9. The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)
NCAER has a pioneering research work in areas of applied economics. It has a unique position
in the country for designing and executing large-scale sample surveys on regional and human 19
development as well as a large range of consumer products. NCAER has built up a rich
database on economic and commercial data. Its major activities are :
Developing policy reports for clients;
Examining domestic agricultural market structures, price policy, linkages between
agricultural price policy and poverty, and, the role of the Panchayats in fostering
sustainable development.;
Tracking key sectors of the economy for subscribers ;
Forecasting the economic outlook;
Conducting, designing, and analyzing surveys that illuminate public policy issues as well
as assist private sector decisions ; and
Disseminating research findings.
The NCAER Library is a Depository Library for Asian Development Bank and International
Monetary Fund including selected UN publications. NCAER publishes three periodicals. These
are:
Margin - a peer-reviewed journal of original articles, and a focal point for the
dissemination of empirical and theoretical knowledge in the broad area of applied
economics
Quarterly review of the Indian economy- a package of reports and seminars comprising
of Quarterly Review of the Economy; Quarterly Business Expectations Survey; Monthly
Journal MacroTrack; and Quarterly State of the Economy Seminars. This package is
provided as an annual subscription service under the title “Quarterly Review of the
Economy”.
Arthasuchi - is a .quarterly computerised index to Indian economic literature comprising
government reports, journal articles and newspaper write-ups.
A printed version of this database is published Quarterly as " Artha Suchi: An Index to
Indian Economic Literature”. A bibliographical database on Indian Economic Literature
covering journal articles and working papers received in the NCAER Library
10.The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
NCERT was set up by the Government of India as an autonomous organization to advise and
assist the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India and Departments of
Education in States/Union Territories in formulation and implementation of their policies and 20
major programmes in the field of education, particularly for qualitative improvement of school
education. Its main objectives are: to develop and disseminate improved educational techniques,
collaborate, advise and assist State Education Departments, Universities and other educational
institutions; act as a clearing-house for ideas and information to all matters relating to school
education; and undertake the preparation and/or the publication of books, materials, and
periodicals
The Division of Library, Documentation and Information (DLDI), is the Learning Resource
Centre and Service Division of NCERT.
Population Education Documentation Centre (POPDOC)
and International Educational Resource Documentation Centre (IERDOC) are integral parts of
DLDI. Its mission is to provide updated and comprehensive information and material on
education in general and school education in particular.
The publications of NCERT, include E-books, Online books, children books, non-print materials,
and journals. The journals and periodicals are:
Journal of Indian Education,
The Primary teacher,
Indian Educational abstracts,
School Science,
Prathmic Shikshak (in Hindi),
Journal of Value Education,
Bhartiya Aadhunic Shiksha (in Hindi), and
Indian Educational review.
11. Parliament Library
Parliament Library, was established during the year 1921 to assist members of the Indian
Legislature. A Research and Reference Branch was also established which initially functioned
independent of the Parliament Library. "Sansadiya Gyanpeeth",is the new Parliament Library
Building having the covered area of about 55,000 sq.m.
houses the Library
The Library as well as Research and Reference Services for members have developed into
LARRDIS (The Library, Reference, Research, Documentation and Information Service).
Even though LARRDIS is a part of the administrative set up of the Lok Sabha Secretariat, it
serves members of both the Houses of Parliament.
LARRDIS is presently divided into the various functional Divisions:
Research and Information, Reference,
Library, Documentation,
Press Clipping,
Parliament Museum and Archives,
Press and Public Relations,
Microfilming,
Audio-visual and Telecasting,
Computerisation of Information Service for Members of Parliament21
The Library Division brings out the following publications
Parliamentary Library Bulletin - a monthly publication containing information regarding
the titles of new additions to the holdings of Parliament Library during the month.
The Journal of Parliamentary Information (Quarterly): carries practice and problem
oriented articles on constitutional and parliamentary subjects from members of
Parliament and other experts in the field.
The Digest of Central Acts (Quarterly): The Digest contains synopses of all the Bills
passed by Parliament and assented to by the President.
The Digest of Legislative and Constitutional Cases (Quarterly):
This Digest contains
abstracts of judgments of the Supreme Court and the High Courts involving
interpretation of the provisions of the Constitution in important legislative and
constitutional cases.
IPG Newsletter (Quarterly): This Newsletter keeps members of the Indian Parliamentary
Group (IPG) informed of the various events and activities like exchange of Parliamentary
Delegations, SAARC Parliamentary Conferences, Meetings, Seminars, Symposia, etc.
CPA Asia Region Newsletter (Quarterly): The Newsletter provides information to
members of the National Branches of the Parliaments of Bangladesh, India, Maldives
and Sri Lanka and State Branches of India on important parliamentary events and
activities
12. Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE)
GIPE, Pune, is one of the oldest research and training institutes in Economics in the
country, Research in the socio-economic dimensions of the Indian society, and training
to researchers in this domain being its primary objectives.
The Servants of India Society, founded by late Shri Gopal Krishna Gokhale, are the
Trustees of the Institute. The University Grants Commission, in 1993, granted to the
Institute the status of a Deemed to be University. Since its inception in 1930,
GIPE is renowned for its initiatives in qualitative research in diverse areas of economic
theory and practice.
Its studies on Poverty, Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes and
Cooperatives were instrumental in shaping public policies, and in formulating economic
plans at local and regional level.
The Institute is credited with pioneering contributions by way of surveys, research,
informed debate and analysis which has shaped public discourse on major socioeconomic
initiatives .
Dhananjayarao Gadgil Library established in 1905 as a public library has a rare
combination of colonial and modern architecture including a rare collection of old British
Parliamentary Papers of the 18th and 19th centuries
Possesses the union budgets rights from 1799-1805 and 1874-75 to till date, the
budgets of princely and provincial states of pre-independence period and unbroken
series of the budgets of state governments after the formation of states on linguistic
basis.
The census publications of government of India and states right from 1872 first census of
India to till date,
Special holdings include gazetteers Maharashtra state gazettes and Gokhale papers
microfilms etc.
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As a depository library for the publications of the United Nations and its specialised
agencies, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the European Community
and also the Government of Canada.
A comprehensive collection of census publications starting right from the first census
(1871 to 2001), Govt. of Maharashtra Gazettes from 1960 onwards, and
Grey literature in the form of working papers/discussion papers, occasional papers etc.
of various national and international research institution, universities, and agencies
13. Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)
IIPA is an autonomous academic institution of national eminence for training, research and
information dissemination in streams related to the ethos of Public Administration. Its thrust
areas are: Enhancing leadership and managerial qualities on the one hand and developing a
service-orientation on the other. The research work involves simplifying procedures and
suggesting policy changes to ensure improved delivery of public services. The Institute’s
objectives are:
To promote and provide for the study of Public Administration and economic and political
science with special reference to public administration;
To undertake, organise and facilitate study courses, conferences and lectures and
research in matters relating to public administration
To establish and maintain libraries and information services to facilitate the study of
public administration and spreading information; and
To cooperate with approved institutions and bodies for the purposes of helping the
cause of public administration
The activities of the Institute are organized in four inter-related areas of Research, Training,
Advisory Services and Dissemination of Information. It undertakes normally the sponsored
projects of Government and national / international organizations and offers advisory services in
operational areas and provides the necessary hand-holding in implementation of schemes,
programmes and project in both Government and private sectors.
The Institute has enriched the literature on Public Administration through a large number of
serials and monographs besides research studies, proceedings of seminars
/conferences and lectures, etc. The Institute publishes five periodicals regularly:
vi. Indian Journal of Public Administration (IJPA, Quarterly, published since 1955).
vii. Lok Prashasan (Hindi, six-monthly, published since 2009)
viii. Nagarlok (Quarterly, published since 1969)
ix. Documentation in Public Administration (DPA, Quarterly, published since 1973).
x. IIPA Newsletter (Monthly, published since 1955)
IIPA Library is one of the major social science resources in India.
The World Bank has recently
set up a state-of-the-art Information Kiosk in the Library to facilitate on-line access to the
knowledge portals of the Bank and its associate institutions. Its e-resources and research tools
include
Web-OPAC,
JSTOR full text, 23
EPW full text,
ABI Inform full text,
World Bank e-library,
IMF e-library,
IMF data manager,
Governance knowledge centre,
UNESCO-WSSR 2010,
DOAJ Journals,
J-gate , and
OAISTER –a project of the Digital Library Production Service of the University of
Michigan University Library with a goal is to create a collection of freely available,
previously difficult-to-access, academically oriented digital resources that are easily
searchable.
14. SNDT Women’s University
Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) University got statutory recognition during
1951 which was earlier known as The Indian Women’s University founded during 1916 when
Maharishi Karve laid down the foundation for Women’s empowerment. The main goals of the
SNDT Women's University emerging from the Vision and Mission are to: provide access to
higher education for women through formal and non- formal streams including adult and
continuing education ,develop scholarship and research in emerging areas of study,
particularly with focus on women's perspectives, enhance purposeful education with 'human
values’, and social responsibility by participating in outreach programmes.
The collection of the University Library includes information material in English, Hindi, Marathi,
Gujarati and Sanskrit particularly in the areas such as Social sciences, Gandhiana, women’s
studies, arts, literature, nursing, education and library & information science. It covers:
Books and monographs ;
Journals;
Newspapers;
Back volumes of Indian & foreign journals;
Back runs of newspapers and women’s magazines ;
State-of –the art reviews;
Databases;
Dissertations and theses;
Standards and specifications;
Pamphlets, leaflets and brochures;
Annual reports of Governments agencies & research institutes;
Unique collection of Hindustani Music;
Select collection of teaching aids audio-visual material, microforms; and Electronic
resources
ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION
A. Multiple Choice Questions with Answers
1. Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) is currently assisting following
numbers of research institutes spread all over the country
a. 25
b. 27
c. 30
2. The main role of National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC) is to
a. Provide library and information support services in the subject of social
sciences
b. Advise researchers for their career developments
c. Provide awards and prizes to eminent social science scholars
3. SENDOC stands for
a. Sociology and Economics National Documentation centre
b. Social and Economical National Documentation Centre
c. Small Enterprises National Documentation Centre
4. The library of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is known
as
a. Population Education Documentation Centre
b. Division of Library, Documentation and Information
c. International Educational Resource Documentation Centre
5. The periodicity of Indian Journal of Public Administration is
a. Quarterly
b. Bi-monthly
c. Monthly
Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. b 5. a B.
True & False Statements
1. The various components of an information system include : hardware, software,
manpower, and communication systems.
2. Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) has recognized three disciplines
viz. Economics, political Science, and Sociology in its various programmes and
information systems
3. Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library belongs to Tata Institute of Social Sciences
(TISS)
4. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is one of the
oldest institutions set up by Government of India.
5. The NCAER Library is a Depository Library for Asian Development Bank and
International Monetary Fund including selected UN publications
Correct Answer
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. True
C. Fill in the Blanks
1. A biannual journal entitled ----------------------------------- is published as official organ of
IIM, Lucknow
2. Business Information Centre (BIS) is ITPO's initiative in providing -----------------------
with electronic accessibility.
3. National Institute for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME) was originally
set up as --------------------------------- in New Delhi
4. "----------------------------" is the new Parliament Library Building having the covered
area of about 55,000 sq.m.
5. Dhananjayarao Gadgil Library was established in 1905 as a ----------------------under
the aegis of Servants of India Society with late Gopal Krishna Gokhale as one of its
founding members
Correct Answer
1. Metamorphosis: A Journal for Business Leaders electronic format
2. Trade information services
3. Central Industrial Extension Training Institute (CIETI)
4. Sansadiya Gyanpeeth
5. Public library
SUPPORTING MATERIALS/LEARN MORE
A. DID YOU KNOW
1. Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) provides maintenance and
development grants to its various research Institutes. Its one of the major
programmes is sponsoring of research institutes which fall outside the scope of the
University Grants Commission. These institutes constitute an important mechanism
for implementing the ICSSR’s policy of dispersal of research talents and building up
of research capabilities in the different regions of the country, particularly in the areas
where social science research is not yet well developed.
2. ICSSR has established six Regional centres as a part of its programme for
decentralising administration and broad basing social science research in the
regions. These are: Eastern Regional Centre, Kolkata , North-Eastern Regional
Centre, Shillong, North-Western Regional Centre, Chandigarh, Northern Regional
Centre, New Delhi, Southern Regional Centre, Hyderabad , andWestern Regional
Centre, Mumbai
Description Image Source
Parliament Library is the
largest library in Delhi and
second largest library in
India after the National
Library. The bibliographic
details about the
publications received after
1992 are available for
online searching.
http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Libr
ary/parliament_library.html
In IIPA, the academic
interaction between the
faculty members of the
institute is facilitated
through its 12 academic
centres. These are
engaged in different
sub-disciplines viz.
economic analysis,
financial management,
public policy and
planning, rural
development, urban
studies, e-governance,
consumer studies,
climate change,
environment, and
drought administration
http://www.iipa.org.in/centers.htmlB.
INTERESTING FACTS
No. Interesting Facts
1. The Indian Parliament Home Page was inaugurated by the President of India on 15
March, 1996. The information available on the PARLIS database has been
converted into a Web enabled environment. Twelve Touch Screen Information
Kiosks have been installed at the various vantage points in Parliament House and
its Annexe building
2. Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) has a membership of over 11,000
including about 100 overseas, a nation-wide network of 23 regional branches and
44 local branches, which provide exchange of ideas on current trends and practice
in public administration to public servants, academics and students. The Institute is
one of the founder members of the Eastern Regional Organization for Public
Administration (EROPA). It works in association with the universities, industry
associations advanced research institutes, training centres and government
departments in India..
3. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)’s Business
Information system network (BISNET) has launched several web portals to provide
a wide variety of business information and match-making services in the cyber
space.
The web portals are packed with information and interactive tools for business
development, promotion, facilitation and match making.
All the web portals are hosted on dedicated web servers co-located at data centers
with excellent infrastructure and high bandwidth.
BISNET not only manages its own
business portals on the web but also offers web site development and hosting
services, migration services (redesigning and revamping), e-survey campaign,
content creation and management
C. TIMELINE
D. GLOSSARY
Starting
Character
Term Definition Related
Term
B Bibliographic
control
Bibliographic control refers to the
operations by which recorded information
is organized or arranged according to
established standards and thereby made
readily retrievable
Information
organization
or
bibliographic
organization
C Cyber Café Cybercafé is a place which provides
internet access to the public, usually for a
fee. These businesses usually provide
snacks and drinks, hence the café in the
name.
The fee for using a computer is
usually charged as a time-based rate.
Internet caféE Ezproxy remote
access
EZproxy remote access is the
recommended way to get subscription
Library content from off campus, since
most people find it easier to use. Requires
only a web browser plus a MyAccess
username and password, no software or
computer set-up required
I Information Kiosk An information kiosk dispenses free
information in the form of maps,
pamphlets, and other literature, and/or
advice offered by an attendant or self
operated
information
booth
M Metamorphosis A major change in the appearance or
character of someone or something
V Virtual office A virtual office provides communication
and address services that allow users to
reduce traditional office costs while
maintaining business professionalism
Information
Kiosk
E. WEB LINKS / REFERENCES
References
Agrawal, S P. National Information for Social Sciences in India. In: Sharma,
CD, and Vyas, Kailash (eds). Developing Horizons in Library and
Information science. Printwell, Jaipur, 1983, 95-108pp
Agarwal, S P. National Information systems in Social Sciences: A study in
perspectives. In: Gupta, B M (et.al.) (eds). Handbook of Libraries, Archives,
and Information Centres in India. Information Industry Publications, New
Delhi, 1986, vol.3, 179-95pp
Goil, N K. Need for social science information system: guidelines for model
for India. Library Herald 17, no. 1-4 (1975-1979), 70-93
Web links
http://www.icssr.org/
http://www.ssrc.org/
http://www.tiss.edu/
http://www.iiml.ac.in/
http://www.indiatradefair.com/
http://www.ficci.com/
http://www.nimsme.org/
http://www.ncaer.org/
http://www.ncert.nic.in/
http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/intro/p14.htm
http://www.gipe.ac.in/
http://www.iipa.org.in/
http://sndt.ac.in
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