INSDOC

INSDOC (Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre) is a premier organisation of India that works as knowledge and repository hub by dealing with library, documentation and information science, technology, services and systems established in 1951. It is a national laboratory under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) providing information and documentation services both at the national and the international level. INSDOC’s activities involves – Services, Products and Publications, National Information Resource, Education and Training, International Collaboration etc.Over the years, INSDOC has designed several information products and services for the corporate and business sector as well. INSDOC houses the National Science Library that acts as a major information resource centre in the country in the area of Science and Technology and a strong reference collection in general S&T aspects. INSDOC works closely with counterpart institutions in other countries to bring about global information exchange such as International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID), International Federation of library Associations (IFLA) and the Documentation Centre of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC).