INSDOC was established in 1952 to provide information support to Indian scientists and researchers. It later merged with NISCOM in 2002 to form NISCAIR. NISCAIR collects, organizes, and disseminates science and technology information to researchers, universities, industries, and others. It provides various services including document delivery, library automation, publications, training, and access to resources like the National Science Library and databases.

1. Document Delivery Services of
INSDOC
By
Jayanta Kr. Nayek (MLIB 03)
Samhati Soor (MLIB 08)
Date: 20.05.2014.

2. Document Delivery Service
● Document Delivery Service (DDS) is concerned
with the supply of documents to the users on
demand either in original or its photocopy in print or
non-print/ digital form.
● Documents can be provided from their own library
or from other libraries on inter-library loan.
● This service which locates the reqired documents
and supplies it to the user on demand is known as
DDS.

3. INSDOC
● Indian National Scientific
Documentation Centre
(INSDOC) was established
in 1952 with technical
assistance from United
Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO).
● It was established to provide
information support to
scientist and researchers of
the country.
● It functioning under he
Council of Scientific and
Industrial research(CSIR).

4. NISCAIR
National Institute of Science Communication
and Information Resources (NISCAIR) came
into existence on 30 September,2002.
This was the merge 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.
The core activity of NISCAIR is to
collect/store, publish and disseminate S&T
information through a mix of traditional and
modern means, which will benefit different
segments of society.

6. Service is being given to...
● Research organisation
● Universities
● Industrial houses
● Business establishments
● Government departments
● Individual researchers and scientific workers

7. Mission
● 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 harness information technology applications in information management with particular reference to
science communication and modernizing libraries
● To act as a facilitator in furthering the economic, social, industrial, scientific and commercial development
by providing timely access to relevant and accurate information
● To develop human resources in science communication, library, documentation and information science and
S&T information management systems and services
● To collaborate with international institutions and organizations having objectives and goals similar to those
of NISCAIR

8. Function of INSDOC
Information resource Management
IT based services Library automation
Publications
Human Resource
Development
INSDOC
Information

9. Information Resources
● One of the core activities of NISCAIR is to collect, organize and disseminate S&T
information generated in India as well as in the world which has relevance to Indian S&T
community.
● The institute is building comprehensive collection of S&T publications in print as well as
in electronic form and disseminating through traditional as well as modern means
benefiting different segments of the society.
● Major resources under this activity are National Science Library (NSL), Electronic
Resources, Indigenous Databases, Raw Materials Herbarium and Museum, NISCAIR
Online periodical Repository (NOPR), National Knowledge Resource Consortium
(NKRC), National Science Digital Library(NSDL), National Union catalogue(NUCSSI).

10. National Union Catalogue of Scientific
Serials in India (NUCSSI) Database
● NISCAIR locates the journals with the help of
NUCSSI.
● NUCSSI database contains serials holding
information about 850 science libraries in India.
● It helps rationlisation acquisition by encouraging
resource sharing.
● It is easy to use (menu driven) and cost effective.
● It provides a number of search options such as
author, title, subject, library name etc.

12. Contents, Abstruct and Photocopy
Service (CAPS)
● Subscriber receives tables of contents of selected
journals every month from a list of 8000 Indian and
foreign periodicals.
● We can get contents of 15 journals as individual
person or 30 journals on the behalf of institution.
Full Text Journal service( FTJS)
● It is available on paper or through electronic mode.
● On browsing through contents,users and place order
for abstracts and copies of full papers.

14. References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Science
_Communication_and_Information_Resources
http://www.niscair.res.in/
http://www.netugc.com/national-institute-of-science-
communication-and-information-resources-niscair
http://nsl.niscair.res.in/downloads/pdf/Serial%20data
%20sheet.pdf
http://www.niscair.res.in/Downloadables/advertiseme
nt-scientist-27Feb12.pdf