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| Library and Information Services |
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| Design and Development of Databases
and Maintenance Services |
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| The Informatics Division has been
working to enhance capacity building and information
networking by collecting, collating and disseminating
actionable information. Informatics is also looking
after the intranet, web services, remote administration
and email administration. |
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| Bioinformatics Centre and CD-ROM
Library |
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| The Bioinformatics Centre, supported
by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India,
serves as a vehicle for access to and dissemination
of databases. The Centre also supports a CD-ROM library,
which offers CAB Abstract searches free of cost. From
June 2004 to May 2005, 1,262 researchers from 23 universities,
16 research institutions and 46 colleges used the CD-ROM
library. The concept of Open Access is also being promoted. |
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| Library |
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| The Library provides relevant information
and plays an important role in meeting the needs of
the research programmes of the institution. The main
services rendered are Online Public Access Catalogue
(OPAC), Current Awareness Service (CAS), Selective Dissemination
of Information (SDI), Online Information Retrieval System
(E-Alerts), Photoduplicating Service and Publication
& Distribution Service. It also provides documentation
support through the print and electronic media. |
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| The Library holds books, journals,
back volumes of journals, reports, newspaper clippings
and CDs. These relate to various subjects like Agriculture,
Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Climate, Education, Food
& Nutrition, Forestry, Gender, Health, Information Technology
and Rural Development. |
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| During the year, 855 new books were
added to the existing collection. The journals available
in the library are 110 in number. There is a collection
of 98 newspaper clippings relating to MSSRF and its
activities during the year 2004-2005. CDs dealing with
different subjects have also been added and back volumes
have gone up by 228 in number. |
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| The Library is open to all and provides
open access to its resources. The facilities are used
not only by the staff of MSSRF, but also by students
and researchers from Chennai and outside. There were
1,057 external users during the year.; |
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