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Development in Libraries (United Kingdom)

1st Library act ant National Level in the world- 14 August 1850

Public Library and Museum Act-1964

UGC-UK (Parry Committee Report)-1964

Various Reports

1) Adams Report-1915

2) Mitchell & Kenyon Report-1924

3) McColvin Report-1942

4) Robert Report-1959

Development in Libraries (United States of America)

Pioneer of Social Libraries- Benjamin Franklin
Boston Public Library Act-1848
1st General library Law-1956
Library of Congress-1800
 Library of Congress Shared Cataloguing service-1901

National Libraries of the worlds

State Lenin Library, Moscow 1862
National Library of India- 1835
Bibliothec Nationale, Paris (National Library, France) 1440
National DIet Library, Japan 1948
National Library, Germany 1912
Library of Congress, USA 1800

Library Associations World and India

Library Association (UK)-1877 now Known as Chartered institute of Library and Information
Professionals (From 2002) 1877 (now name changed in 2002 as CILIP)
American Library Association- 1876
Association of Special Libraries and Information Beureaux -ASLIB 1924 (The organization
ceased functioning as an independent organization in 2010, when it became a division of
Emerald Group Publishing. Since 2015, ASLIB has existed only as Emerald's professional
development arm)
IFLA-1927

President Vicki McDonald

Secretary General Sharon Memis

UBC-1974, UAP-1976
Special Library Association(SLA) 1909
FID 1895(as the International Institute of Bibliography (originally Institut International de
Bibliographie, or IIB) by two Belgian lawyers, Paul Otlet (1868–1944) and Henri La Fontaine
(1854–1943). It was popularly known as the Brussels Institute. Its headquarters was changed
to The Hague after 1934. It had gone through a number of changes in name that reflect
changes of conceptualization of the field in which it operates.The changes in names and
years are :
1931 – The International Institute for Documentation (Institut International de
Documentation, IID)
1937 – The International Federation for Documentation (Fédération Internationale de
Documentation, FID)
1988 – The International Federation for Information and Documentation (Fédération
Internationale d'Information et de Documentation, FID)The Institute was one of the
sponsors of the first World Congress of Universal Documentation, held in Paris in
1937. FID was dissolved in 2002.
UNESCO 1945
 India Library Association 1933
IASLIC 1955
RRRLF 1972

Source: 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASLIB

2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Federation_for_Information_and_Documentation

UNESCO Contributions (Library Networks)

Asia and Pacific Information Network (APIN)
Information Society program for Latin America and The Caribbean
(INFOLAC) 1986
Global Network for Education in Journalism 1999
Orbicom 1994
UNESCO Network for Associated Library (UNAL) UNISIST Programme 1971

Libraries & LIS Training in India

Imperial Library History

Formed in 1891 by combining Secretariat libraries in Calcutta.

Originally used by superior government officers.
Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee donated his personal collection of 80,000 books.

National Library of India Overview

Located in Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, India.

India's largest library by volume and public record.
Under Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

National Library Opening

Officially opened on 1 February 1953.

Name changed to National Library by Imperial Library (Change of Name) Act, 1948.
Collection transferred to Belvedere Estate.
Opened to public on 1 February 1953.

Others
Delhi Public Library- 1951
DRTC, Bangalore -1962
Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation -1972
Connemara Public Library -1890
Khuda Baksha Oriental Public Library -1891
 Asiatic Society of Mumbai: Originated from Literary Society of Bombay, First meeting in
Mumbai on 26 November 1804, Founded by Sir James Mackintosh.
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune -1917
Rampur Raza Library, Uttar Pradesh -1774 , Founded by Nawab Faizullah Khan
Sarasvati Mahal Library- 1918 (Became public Library)
National Medical Library, New Delhi 1947 (became NML on 1st April 1966.)

COMMITTEES ON LIS EDUCATION IN INDIA

Sr. No. Committee Year Chairperson

1 Ranganathan Committee on University and College 1957 Dr. S R Ranganathan

Libraries

2 Ranganathan Committee on LIS Education 1961 Dr. S R Ranganathan

3 Kaula Committee on Curriculum Development in LIS 1990 Prof. P N Kaula1

Education

4 Subject Panel on Lib. &lnf. Sc. 1997 Not Available

5 Karisiddappa Committee on Curriculum Development 1997 Dr. C R Karisiddappa

in LIS

6 Advisory Committee for Libraries (K. P. Sinha 1957 Shri K.P. Sinh
Committee)

7 National Policy on Library and Information System 1986 Prof. D.P. Chattopadhyaya
(CONPOLIS)

8 National Knowledge Commission 2005 Sam Pitroda

9 National Mission on Libraries 2012 Prof. Deepak Pental

10 Library Committee (UGC) 1957 Dr. S R Ranganathan

11 Review Committee on Library Science Education 1965 Dr. S R Ranganathan

(UGC)

12 Curriculum Development Committees (UGC) 1990 & 2001 Prof. P N Kaula (1990), Dr. C R
Karisiddappa (2001)

Source: 145259894919-Etext.pdf (inflibnet.ac.in)

THEORIES OF MANAGEMENT AND FOUNDERS

 Sr. No. Theories Founders Year

1 Principles of Scientific Management / Father of Scientific Management F.W. Taylor 1910

2 Functional Management (Command and control)/ Classical Theory, Father of Henri Fayol 1910
Administration

3 Sociological Perspective / Father of Human Relation School The human Elton Mayo 1923
relations approach is also known as New Classical approach. Elton Mayo
termed it Clinical approach. It attempts to explain the informal relations
among employers and employees are concerned with moral and
psychological rather than legal aspects of an organization. The approach
considers worker not only one of the means of production system but as a
man

4 Theory X and Theory Y D.M. Mc Gregor 1960

5 Motivation —Hygiene Approach / Father of Corporate Strategy F. Herzberg 1959

6 Hierarchy of Needs Theory/ Motivational theory Abraham Maslow 1943

7 Bureaucratic organization Max Weber 1922

8 Management as a discipline Peter Drucker 1954

9 POSDCORB Luther Gulick 1937

10 Theory Z Ouchi 1981

11 Demand & Supply Theory of Books Mc Colvin 1925

12 MBO (Management by Objective) Peter Drucker 1954

13 Zero Base Budgeting Peter Phyrr 1970

14 New York Changing System John Cotton Dana 1900

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WITH

ESTABLISHMENT YEAR
Organization Establishment Year Additional Information

CSIR — Council of Scientific And Industrial Research 1942 CSIR was established in September 1942.

FAO - Food And Agriculture Organisation 1945 FAO was founded on 16 October 1945.

UNESCO - United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization 1945 UNESCO was founded in 1945.

UGC - University Grants Commission 1953 UGC came into existence on 28 December

1953 and became a statutory Organization

of the Government of India by an Act of

Parliament in 1956.

IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency 1957 IAEA was created in 1957.

ICSSR - Indian Council For Science Research 1969 ICSSR was established in 1969.

WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization 1970 WIPO was formally created by the

Convention Establishing the World

Intellectual Property Organization, which

entered into force on 26 April 1970.

UNISIST - United Nations International Scientific Information System 1971 The UNISIST model of information

dissemination was proposed in 1971 by the

United Nations.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Sr. No. Title Author

1 Elements of Library Classification S.R. Ranganathan

2 Library Administration Theory And Practice R.L. Mithal

3 Cataloguing Theory and Practice C.G. Viswanathan

4 Rules for Dictionary Catalogue C.A. Cutter

5 Little Science Big Science D.J. Desolla Price

6 Documentation S.C. Bradford

7 Subject Approach to Information D.J. Foskett

8 Manual of Library Economy N.R. Look

9 Documentation and its Facets S.R. Ranganathan

10 Manual of Cataloguing Practice C.G. Viswanathan

LIBRARY LEGISLATION AND YEAR OF ENACTING

Sl No. State Act Year

1 Tamilnadu 1948

2 Andhra Pradesh 1960

3 Karnataka 1965

4 Maharashtra 1967

5 West Bengal 1979

6 Manipur 1988

7 Haryana 1989

8 Kerala 1989

9 Mizoram 1993

10 Goa 1993

11 Gujarat 2001

12 Odisha 2001

13 Uttarakhand 2005

14 Rajasthan 2006

15 Uttar Pradesh 2006

16 Bihar 2008

17 Chhattisgarh 2009

18 Arunachal Pradesh 2009

19 Telangana 2015

CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES
Sr. No. Classification Schemes Inventor Year

1 Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) Melvil Dewey 1876

2 Colon Classification (CC) S.R. Ranganathan 1933

3 Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) FID 1905

4 Library of Congress Classification Library of Congress 1904

5 Subject Classification (SC) J.D. Brown 1906

6 Expansive Classification (EC) Cutter C.A. 1879/1891

7 Bibliographic Classification (BC) Bliss H.E. 1935

8 International Classification (IC) F. Rider 1961

9 Library Bibliographic Classification (LBK) Lenin Library Moscow 1959

10 Broad System of Ordering (BSO) FID/Unesco 1978

CATALOGUING SCHEMES
Sr. No. Cataloguing Schemes Inventor Year

1 Vatican Code Vatican Library 1927

2 Anglo-American rules: ALA 1908

Catalog Rules: Author and

Title Entries. 1908.

3 American Library Association ALA 1949

rules: A.L.A. Cataloging Rules

for Author and Title Entries

4 British Museum Code The British Museum Research Board 1841

5 Rules For Dictionary Cutter C.A. 1876

Catalogues

6 Classified Catalogue Code Dr. S.R. Ranganathan 1934

(CCC)

7 American Library Association ALA 1949

8 Anglo American Cataloguing ALA 1967

Rules—I

9 Anglo American Cataloguing Publisher-ALA and Gorman, Michaël; Winkler, Paul 1978

Rules— Walter

10 Anglo — American Cataloging ALA 1988

Rules II 2 R (Anglo-American

Cataloguing Rules (2nd

revised ed.).)

Cataloguing and Bibliographic Description Standards, Subject

Headings
 Standard Year
Library of Congress Subject Headings 1898

Sears List of Subject Headings (SLSH) 1923

AACR (Anglo-American Cataloging Rules) first published 1908

MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging) 1966

AACR-1 1967

CCF (Common Communication Format) 1972

ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description) 1974

UNIMARC 1977

AACR-II 1978

INDEXING SYSTEMS/ ORIGINATORS AND YEARS

 Sr. No. Indexing System Inventor Year

1 Citation Indexing A. Garfield 1955

2 Subject Indexing M.E. Sears 1923

3 Automated Indexing H. Ohlman 1957

4 SLIC Indexing J.R. Sharma 1966

5 Thesaurus Indexing P.M. Rogget 29 April 1852

6 Systematic indexing Kaiser, J. 1911

7 Chain Indexing Dr. S.R. Rangnathan 1934

8 Uniterm Indexing M. Taube 1953

9 Key Word Indexing H.P. Luhn 1959

10 PREserved Context Indexing System Derik Austin 1974

11 Postulate Based Permuted Subject Indexing G. Bhattacharya 1969

(POPSI)

12 COMPASS BNB 1991

Source:

1. https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/35769/5/Unit-9.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roget%27s_Thesaurus

Major Citation Index Contribution by Eugene Garfield

 Year Event Description

1955 Eugene Garfield introduces the concept of citation indexing for the sciences.

1960 ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) is founded.

1964 ISI produces the first Science Citation Index (SCI)

1973 Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)™ is introduced

1976 Journal Citation Reports™ is introduced, collating journal-to-journal citations

1978 Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)™ is introduced.

1960 ISI introduces Index Chemicus, its first offering focusing on the chemical sciences.

1976 Journal Citation Reports™ includes indicators such as the Journal Impact Factor™.

Pre-Coordinate Indexing
Sr. No. Indexing System Inventor Year

1 Kaiser's Systematic Indexing Kaiser, J. 1911

2 Chain Indexing Dr. S.R. Rangnathan 1934

3 Relational Indexing J.E.L. Farradane 1950

4 Coats Subject Indexing E.J. Coats 1963

5 PRECIS Derek Austin 1974

6 POPSI G. Bhattacharya 1969

Source: https://www.mlsu.ac.in/econtents/413_Indexing%20techniques%20and%20process.pdf

Post-Coordinate Indexing
Sr. No. Indexing System Inventor Year

1 UNITERM Martimer Taube 1953

List of Post-Coordinate Indexing Systems

Uniterm
Optical Coincidence Card / Peek-a-boo
Edge-Notched Card
Post-Coordinate Searching Devices

Year of Publication:
Sr. No. Indexing System Year of Publication
1 Science Citation Index 1974
2 Social Science Citation Index 1973
3 Arts & Humanities Citation Index 1978
 Thesaurus:
Sr. No. Thesaurus Inventor Year

1 Roget's Thesaurus Peter Mark Roget 1852

G.INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND ORGANISATIONS

Sr. No. Organization Place Year

1 International Federation for Documentation (FID) Hague 1895

2 International Federation of Library Association and Institutions (IFLA) Scotland 1927

3 International Council of Scientific Union (ICSU) Brussels 1931

4 University Grand Commission (UGC) New Delhi 1953

5 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Viena 1957

6 Defence Research & Development Organization New Delhi 1958

7 Documentation Research & Training Center (DRTC) Bangalore 1962

8 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva 1967

9 Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) Mumbai 1967

10 International Nuclear Information System (INIS) Viena 1970

11 Agricultural Information System of FAO (AGRIS) Rome 1975

12 Patent Information System (PIS) Nagpur 1980

Source: https://www.google.com/search

q=International+Nuclear+Information+System(INIS)&rlz=1C1RXQR_enIN1031IN1031&oq=International+Nuclear+Information+System(INIS)&gs_lcr

p=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBBzcwOGowajSoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Sr. No. Organization Place Year

1 Indian National Scientific Documentation Center (INSDOC) New Delhi, India 1952

2 Defence Science Documentation Center (DESIDOC) New Delhi,India 1958

3 Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) Dublin,USA 1967

4 National Social Science Documentation Center (NASSDOC)-Part of ICSSR New Delhi 1970

5 Small Scale Enterprise National Documental Center (SENDOC) Hyderabad 1971

6 National Information Center (NIC) New Delhi, India 1975

7 National Information Center Network (NICNET) (NIC) New Delhi, India 1977

8 Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN) UK 1978

9 Joint Academic Network (JANET) To manage the operation and UK 1984

development of the UK's national education and research network

10 Education and Research Network (ERNET) New Delhi, iNDIA 1986

11 Information And Library Network (INFLIBNET) Ahmadabad 1991

More info

NISCAIR: Bridging Science and Policy in India

Key Points:

Founded in 2002, merged in 2021: Formerly NISCAIR, now part of NIScPR.

Mission: Bridge science and policy through research, communication, and resource creation.
Focus: Scientific information for academia, researchers, and policymakers.
Publications: Renowned journals like "Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research" and
"Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics."
Impact: Shaping science policy and fostering public understanding of scientific
advancements.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Science_Communication_and_Info
rmation_Resources

List of Important Programming Language with their founder

Language Creator/Developer Year

Python Guido van Rossum 1991

Ruby Yukihiro Matsumoto 1993

Java James Gosling 1995

C Dennis M. Ritchie 1972

C++ Bjarne Stroustrup 1985

PHP Rasmus Lerdorf 1994

Perl Larry Wall 1987

JavaScript Brendan Eich 1995

Pascal Niklaus Wirth 1970

Lisp John McCarthy 1958

List of Communication Models

 Model Founder(s) Year Brief Information

Aristotle's Model Aristotle 4th Century Aristotle's model emphasizes persuasion through rhetoric and the three

BCE modes of persuasion: ethos, pathos, and logos.

Lasswell's Model Harold Lasswell 1948 Lasswell's model focuses on answering five key questions in the

communication process: Who, Says What, In Which Channel, To Whom, With

What Effect.

Shannon - Weaver Claude Shannon and 1949 The Shannon-Weaver model is a mathematical theory of communication,

Model Warren Weaver highlighting the elements of sender, message, channel, receiver, and

feedback.

Berlo's S-M-C-R Model David Berlo 1960 Berlo's model involves four components: Source, Message, Channel,

Receiver, emphasizing the role of encoding and decoding in communication.

Barnlund's Dean C. Barnlund 1970 This model views communication as a dynamic and ongoing process, with

Transactional Model both parties acting as senders and receivers, exchanging messages

simultaneously.

Dance's Helical Model Frank Dance 1970 Dance's model suggests that communication is an ever-changing spiral

process, with each interaction influencing future interactions in a

continuous cycle.

Osgood - Schramm Charles E. Osgood and 1954 Osgood and Schramm's model emphasizes the role of feedback in

Model Wilbur Schramm communication and the concept of encoding and decoding messages.

Westley and Maclean Bruce Westley and 1957 This model introduces the concept of communication as a process involving

Model Malcolm Maclean various gatekeepers, with feedback loops influencing subsequent messages.

Linear Model Harold D. Lasswell 1948 The linear model sees communication as a one-way process from sender to

receiver, often oversimplifying the complexity of real-world

communication.

Transactional Model Harold D. Lasswell 1960s This model, associated with scholars like Harold D. Lasswell, views

(contributed) communication as an exchange where both parties play active roles,

constantly influencing each other.

Interactive Model Wilbur Schramm 1954 The interactive model emphasizes a two-way communication process, with

feedback playing a crucial role in clarifying and improving the

communication.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Models_of_communication

List of Important Libraries Locations

 SR.NO. LIBRARY LOCATION

1 Asiatic Society Library Mumbai

2 British Museum UK

3 Connemara Public Library Chennai

4 Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library Patna

5 Library of Congress USA

6 National Science Library Delhi

7 National Library Calcutta

8 National Manuscripts Library Tanjore

9 National Library for Blinds and Handicaps Dehradun

10 National Library of Oriental Literature and Culture Patna

11 National Diet Library Japan

12 Raja Rammohun Roy Library Calcutta

13 Saraswathi Mahal Library Tanjore

About S.R Ranganathan

S.R. Ranganathan, born on 9th August 1892 in Sirkali, Tamil Nadu, India, was a prominent figure
in the field of library science. He passed away on 27th September 1972, at the age of 80, in India.

Notable Works:

The Five Laws of Library Science (1931): A fundamental set of principles outlining the core
tenets of library science.
Colon Classification (1933): A system for classifying knowledge in libraries.
Classified Catalogue Code (1934): Provides rules for creating classified catalogs in libraries.
Prolegomena to Library Classification (1937): An introductory work on library classification.
Theory of the Library Catalogue (1938): Explores the theoretical aspects of library catalogs.
Elements of Library Classification (1945): Further contributions to the understanding of
library classification.
Classification and International Documentation (1948): Addresses the relationship between
classification and international documentation.
Classification and Communication (1951): Discusses the communication aspects of library
classification.
Headings and Canons (1955): Explores the use of headings and canons in libraries.

Other Significant Works:

Prolegomena to Library Classification, 3rd ed. (1967): An updated edition of the introductory
work.
New Education and School Library (1973): Discusses the role of libraries in the context of new
education.
 Philosophy of Library Classification (1950): Explores the philosophical aspects of library
classification.
Documentation: Genesis and Development (1973): Traces the origins and development of
documentation.
Documentation and Its Facets (1963): Explores different facets of documentation.
Library Book Selection, 2nd ed. (1966): Provides guidelines for selecting books for libraries.
Reference Service, 2nd ed. (1961): Discusses the principles and practices of reference services
in libraries.

Other Short info

Copyright Acts:

Berne Convention (1886, as modified at Paris in 1971): An international treaty establishing the basic
principles of copyright protection.
British Copyright Act (1911): Legislation in the United Kingdom governing copyright.
Copyright Law in India (Pre-Independence) (1914): Early copyright legislation in India during the pre-
independence period.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948): While not a copyright act, it emphasizes the right to
participate in cultural life, which has implications for copyright.
Universal Copyright Convention (1951): An international copyright treaty providing a framework for
copyright protection.
Copyright Act of the United Kingdom (1956): Legislation in the United Kingdom further shaping copyright
laws.
Indian Copyright Act (1957): Legislation in India governing copyright.
Rome Convention (1961): An international treaty protecting the rights of performers and producers of
phonograms.
WIPO Copyright Treaty (1996): An agreement under the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
addressing the challenges of the digital age.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (1998): A U.S. law addressing copyright issues arising from the digital
environment.
Information Technology Act (India) (2000): Legislation in India dealing with various aspects of electronic
commerce, including copyright.
Right to Information Act (India) (2005): Legislation in India providing citizens with the right to access
information held by public authorities.

National Libraries of the World:

Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (National Library, France) (1480):

Library of Congress, USA (1800):
National Library of India (1948/1835): Established in 1835 (Calcutta Public Library) and transformed
into the National Library in 1948. IPL Act in 1891 and 1902, IPL Act in 1903 (public).
State Lenin Library, Moscow (1862):
National Library, Germany (1912):
National Diet Library, Japan (1948):

Library Associations Worldwide and in India:

American Library Association (ALA) (1876):

 Library Association (UK) (1877, known as Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
(CILIP) from 2002):
Special Library Association (SLA) (1909):
Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux (ASLIB) (1924):(Now known as The Association for
Information Management)
India Library Association (ILA) (1933):

International Library Organizations:

IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) (1929):

UBC-1974, UAP-1976: (Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC Core Activity)
FID (International Federation for Information and Documentation) (1988):
Dissolved in 2002.

UNESCO Contributions (Library Networks):

Asia and Pacific Information Network (APIN) (Bangkok, 2002):

Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experiences (ASTINFO):
Regional Informatics Network for Southeast Asia and the Pacific (RINSEAP):
Regional Informatics Network for South and Central Asia (RINSCA):
Information Society Program for Latin America and The Caribbean (INFOLAC) (1986):
Global Network for Education in Journalism (1999):
Orbicom (1994): The first mission of the Orbicom network is to “develop and promote the sharing of
knowledge and expertise in communication through education, research and concrete action". It also
aims to focus on development-related communication issues, including bilateral and multilateral aid
policies, national policies and communication laws.
UNESCO Network for Associated Library (UNAL):1990, Unesco France,Bring together and support a group
of libraries, working in association with UNESCO and cooperating organizations, to: foster international
understanding; promote dialogue between cultures; encourage multicultural initiatives; spread knowledge of
minority cultures; increase awareness of international issues and pursue some of UNESCO's main goals -
promotion of peace and human rights, work for literacy, protection of environment, cultural development.
UNISIST Programme (1971):UNISIST (United Nations International Scientific Information System) is a
model of the social system of communication, which consists of knowledge producers, intermediaries,
and users. These groups of people (or actors) are different kinds of professionals. The social system
also contains institutes such as research institutes, publishers, and libraries. The actors and institutions
perform information services such as writing, publishing, storing and retrieving documents and
information. The actors are communicating in both formal and informal ways and they are producing
different kinds of documents such as journal articles, books, book reviews, proceedings, bibliographies
and catalogues, dictionaries, handbooks, encyclopedias and review articles.
UNESCO's Information for All Programme (IFAP),2001 ,The overall goal of IFAP is to help UNESCO
Member States develop and implement national information policies and knowledge strategies in a
world increasingly using information and communication technologies (ICT).

Global Information Systems:

INIS (International Nuclear Information System): IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) (1970):
Focuses on nuclear information.
INFOTERRA: UN (Nairobi, Kenya) (1972, 1992):
Developed by the United Nations, includes the ENVOC Multilingual Thesaurus of Environmental Terms.
PIPS (Policies Information Exchange Programme): UNESCO (1984):
 A program by UNESCO for exchanging information on policies.
AST INFO (Regional Network for Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia
and Pacific): (1983):
Facilitates information exchange in science and technology in the Asia-Pacific region.
APINESS (1986):

MEDLARS (NLM: 1964):

A medical information retrieval system.

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) (1907):

Provides information on chemical literature and substances.

INSPEC (IEE: 1967):

Focuses on physics, engineering, and computer science literature.

BIOSIS (Thompson Scientific):

A biological information database.

Indian Information Systems:

NISSAT (National Information System for Science and Technology): DSIR (September 1977):
Focuses on science and technology information.
National Informatics Centre (NIC) (1975):
Provides informatics services to the government.
Biotechnology Information System (BTIS) (1987):
Established by the Department of Biotechnology.
ENVIS (Environmental Information System): (1982):
Focuses on environmental information.
INFLIBNET (1991):
Manages the Caliber project (Convention for Automation of Libraries in Education and Research
Institutes).
DELNET (1988):
National Convention on Library and Information Networking.
NISCAIR (National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources): October 1, 2002:
Manages Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) and National Science Digital Library (NSDL).

Information Systems in Social Sciences:

NASSDOC (National Social Science Documentation Centre): (1969):

Focuses on social science information.

Humanities Information Systems:

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) (1985):

Comprises divisions like Kala Nidhi, Kala Kosa, Janpada Sampada, Kala Darsana, and Sutra Dhara.
National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM): Feb. 2003:

Focuses on preserving and documenting manuscripts.

Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR):

Promotes cultural exchange.

Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) (1972):

Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR) (March 1977):

National Archives of India (NAI) (March 1891 in Calcutta):

Preserves and manages national archives.

Conferences/Seminars on Cataloging:

ICCP Paris (1961)

International Meeting of Cataloging Experts (1969)
International Symposium of Bibliographic Exchange Format (1978)
International Conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR (1997 Toronto)
First CCF Users Meet (1990)

Subject Headings:

Library of Congress Subject Headings (1898):

Sears List of Subject Headings (SLSH) (1923/ M. Sears):

Bibliographic Description Standards:

MARC (1966/1968-LC):
ISBD (1971/1974-IFLA):
UNIMARC (1977, 2nd ed):
CCF (1984-UNESCO):
MARC21 (1999-US+CANADIAN+UNIMARC-LC):

Other Standards:

FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records):

Defines entities like "work," "expression," "manifestation," and "item," along with user tasks (Find,
Identify, Select, Obtain).
RDA (Resource Description and Access):
Published in the RDA Toolkit in June. Developed by IFLA, focusing on bibliographic records.
(DANSKIN)
SRU/SRW (Search/Retrieve via URL/Search/Retrieve Web service):
Utilizes the Z39.50 protocol.
Z39.50 (International Standard ISO 23950):
An information retrieval protocol.
Digital Library Systems:

Greenstone (1997):

A digital library software suite for building and distributing digital library collections.

EPrints (2000):

A digital repository software designed for academic and research institutions.

DSpace (2002):

A digital repository system that captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and redistributes
an organization's research material.

Operating Systems:

UNIX (1969):
MS-DOS (1982):
Windows (1985):
Linux (1991):

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Intern at TERI LIbrary IHC New Delhi

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