R&D library and Information Landscape : Where are we? and Where are we heading?
Panel Discussion CLSTL 2017 IIT Gandhinagar 2nd March 2017
Dr. B M Meera Speaking for DST Libraries Department of Science & Technology
• Department of Science & Technology (DST) was established in May 1971, with the objective of promoting new areas of Science & Technology and to play the role of a nodal department for organizing, coordinating and promoting S&T activities in the country. • DST has many responsibilities. Important ones for this panel are- Formulation of policies relating to Science and Technology. Coordination and integration of areas of Science & Technology having cross- sectoral linkages Support and Grants-in-aid to Scientific Research Institutions, Scientific Associations and Bodies. All matters concerning National and International S&T cooperation to autonomous S&T institutions, professional science academies, the survey of India, and National spatial data infrastructure and other matters such as financial, personnel, purchase and import policies and practices of these institutions, which also includes setting up of new institutions and institutional infrastructure. Management Information Systems for Science and Technology and coordination thereof.
DST Funded Autonomous Institutions
1 Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 2 International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials 3 Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational-Sciences, Nainital 4 Bose Institute, Kolkota 5 Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow 6 Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore 7 DST, New Delhi 8 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 9 Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati 10 Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore 11 Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai 12 Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore 13 Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi 14 Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi 15 Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkota 16 Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali 17 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 18 National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad 19 Raman Research Institute, Bangalore 20 Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram 21 S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata 22 Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), New Delhi 23 Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi 24 Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun 25 Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research, New Delhi Social Media Social Media Name of the Institute Core Area IR Parent Institute Library
ARI, Pune Life Science (Basic Science) No Yes No
Astronomy & Astrophysics and ARIES, Nainital Yes Yes No Atmospheric Sciences
BSIP, Lucknow Palaeobotany Yes Yes No
Bose Institute, Kolkata Fundamental, Multidisciplinary Yes Yes No
CeNS, Bangalore Nano and Soft condensed Matter No Yes No
IACS, Kolkata Physical and Chemical Sciences Yes Yes No
IIAP, Bangalore Astronomy & Astrophysics Yes Yes Yes
IIGM, Mumbai Geomagnetism Yes Yes Yes
ARCI, Hyderabad Nanomaterials, Alternative Energy No Yes No
Fundamental Science, JNCASR, Bangalore Yes Yes No Multidisciplinary RRI, Bangalore Basic sciences Yes Yes No
SNBNCBS, Kolkata Basic sciences Yes Yes No
SCTIMST, Medical Sciences No Yes No Thiruvananthapuram
IASST, Guwahati Fundamental and applied Sciences Yes Yes No
Large-scale science and technology Digital Library Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi Yes No popularisation programmes Portal
Geology of the Himalaya and foster a WIHG, Dehradun No Yes No tradition of scholarships Some Facts
Subject wise Distribution Geographical Distribution Fundamental and Basic Science 8 Bangalore 4 Astronomy 2 Kolkata 3 Nano Science 2 Pune, Nainital, Lucknow, Medical Science 1 Mumbai, Hyderabad, 1 Thiruvananthapuram, New Delhi Geomagnetism 1 & Dehradun Geology 1 Science Communication & 1 outreach
Institutional Repository Social Media Presence Libraries With IR 10 Parent organization 16 Libraries Without IR 5 Library With Digital library Libraries 2 1 Portal NKRC- A Binding Force
• CSIR e-journal consortium started in the year 2002. • DST funded autonomous organizations joined this consortia in April 2009 • Renamed as National Knowledge Resource Consortium (NKRC) -2009 • NKRC is a network of 43 CSIR and 25 DST institutes • NKRC provides access to 5000+ e-journals from 23 publishers namely- IOP, ACS, Springer, Elsevier Etc. • Databases and other products like SciFinder, WoS, Scopus, iThenticate, J-gate are available • RRI has access to around 4000 e-journals
Raman Research Institute – Historical Perspective
• 1948 – RRI was established by Sir C V Raman • 1970 – Demise of C V Raman • 1972 – RRI – DST Funded Institution • 1948 to 2017 – 70 years of research in Basic sciences • Current strength - 40 Scientists, 20 Technical experts and 90 Research scholars • Research Publications since 1972 - 4150 • No of PhD’s awarded since 1972- 159 • Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Awards Received - 8 • Padma Bhushan- 2 • Padma Shri -1 Library @ RRI
• Library Started with personal collection of Raman in 1948 and currently has 30000 books and 40000 BVs. • 5 Professional Staff +3 Support staff • Variety of services including Web portals for e-books, e- journals, Open access resources are developed • Web portals are Internet based applications enabling access to different information sources through a single interface. • Portals aim at quickly navigating users to find the right information at right time enabling quick decision-making.
Where are we?
• We have traversed a long way from clay tablets to books to digital media • We are at the cross roads where print resources are gradually getting declined paving way for e-resources • Scholarship and science communication has taken different formats in R&D institutions • Realization that google cannot replace libraries has empowered knowledge organizations. • As long as we continue to innovate, design and develop newer services with changing times we can sustain the pressure of ICT.
Where are we heading?
• Future R&D libraries should head towards: – Library resources on mobiles and hand held devices providing seamless and incomparable services in the modern age. – Increased reliance on open source, open data, open wear etc. – Promoting resources through social media and streaming content – Application of physical space for scholarly community discussions, reading promotion platforms and cultural habitat.
“Librarians should understand that what they do is to create space, cognitive space in the environment . It can look like a public library, a website . . . . or whatever. Librarians need to make sure that they provide a rich space, where human beings can gather, interact, and become more than themselves . If librarians can do that, and do it well, they will be a part of the future.”
- John Perry Barlow