CDS/ISIS CLEARING-HOUSE IN ASTINFO REGION

With support from UNESCO, a Clearinghouse on CDS/ISIS software package has been established in National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi. NISSAT is the national distributor of UNESCO supported softwares like CDS/ISIS and IDAMS. The broad objectives and related activities are given below:

  1. To collect and disseminate information on CDS/ISIS based applications, databases, softwares, utilities, training courses, etc.

  1. Documents, articles and publications on CDS/ISIS,

  2. Training materials like course notes, audio-visuals, manuals, tutorials, etc.

  3. Information on training courses (in different languages, cost curricula, etc.) being provided in the region and

  4. Information on databases of general/common interest which could be exchanged/shared within the region.

  1. To create an ASTINFO directory of CDS/ISIS installations

  1. To create a database of experts on CDS/ISIS and

  2. To create a database of library networking experts in the region

National distributors/ASTINFO Coordination units are requested to cooperate by sending information on :

NISSAT will send the questionnaires, etc. to the National distributors for collection of above mentioned information.

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