The National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), located at

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, was an information science institute in India founded in 2002. In 2021, the institute was merged with

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to form National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR). It operated under the umbrella of the

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(CSIR) that comprise 38 other labs and institutes in India. The institute published several

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s and

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History

In 2002, the Indian Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC), which came into being in 1952 under CSIR, was merged with NISCOM in 2002, to form National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR).

General services

National Science Library services

Open access

18 journals and 3 popular science magazines (''

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and

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editions) published by CSIR-NISCAIR are available as

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from the NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository website.

List of publications

;Academic journals ;Magazines ;Repository

Associateship in Information Science (AIS)

NISCAIR offered Associateship in Information Science (AIS), a two-year master's degree level professional programme, earlier.

References

External links

* Research institutes in Delhi Council of Scientific and Industrial Research 2002 establishments in Delhi Research institutes established in 2002 {{Delhi-university-stub