cifri annual report 2007- 2008 - Central Institute of Brackishwater ...

CIFRI ANNUAL REPORT 2007- 2008
Research Support Services
Library
CIFRI Library prov~de serviccs to the sclentlsls
of the Hcadquancrs and Ccntrcs as wcll as to the
rcrsearch scholars, reachcrs and other ofiicinls from
dilTerent orpnn7atinns. The l~brary added 540 books
outofwhlch 2 17 hooks are inHind~. I2 m~sccllancous
puhl~catlons and 598 loose lssucs of journals lo its
collect~on and subscribed Ih foreign. 37 lnd~an and
102 e-Joumais (foreign) during the ysdr. Thc currcllt
total hold~ngs are 11909 books. 4312 rcprlnts, 1252
maps and4342mi~cellaneouspuhl1cat1ons. Complete
d~gitizatlun ol' hooks and othcr matrr~als is undcr
process.
The library ma~nta~ncd irec mililinp of thc
Ins~ilute's publlc~tlun lo vnrlous rchcalch
organizntions, unlvcraltles, mtrsprencur and farmrrs
lo keep abreast with lillest developlncnts. The
publ~cation of Indian Flshcrlcs Abstracts wns
continued. The I~brary has cxchangc programmes
wlth othcr Nationui and lnlcrnatio~ial organrzations A
hudgct US Rs. 3U,hh,737 was provided and spcnt
during the year 2007.08 for prucurlnp library books.
joumalsandotherrcad~ngmatcr~als.
Project Monitoring and Documentation
Section
Mintstly of Agriculture and other agencies from tmc
to tlmc. Technicsi queries rcgardlng the actlvitlcs of
the Institute from various qunncrr w~th~n and outs~de
the country wcrc attcndcd to by the secllon. The
section monitorcd thcprogrrss of Research Project< of
ihelnstlrutc. Thesection processed thc rcsearch pupera
suh~nittcd by the sclentlsts for thelr publlcatbons In
d~ffcrent journals and for prcacnlatlon i.1
sympourn~workshopsisummer school, el'
Partic~patlo~~ uf acient~sls in Pclnlnar.;, sympurlii.
confcrcncrs, r,ic uas also monitorcd by the acctlun. 11
is cntnrsted with thc rcspons~b~ty uf publicallon of
bulletin, annual rcpvn. neuslerler, brochurc ctc.
Durlng thc year lh~sectiun published annual repon.
tu~oncu~slcttcrs and Sourbullet~ns.
ARlS facility
The cumputerrelotcd iucil~tles ure providcd to thc
rclentlsts and other staff ~nlcrnbcrs of the inst~tutc by
this Cell. Total LAN systcm la In place. The 24.hnu1
512 kbpsintcmcrundE.~re~i facll~ly hushccnprov~dcd
to scientists. Centralired untiv~rus and fircwull
progran~n~es are ~nstulled for protection of cumpulerr
and data agulnst mql~cious ~ctiv~tics The lnstlrutc
uebsite (wwu ctfr~.cr~~ct.~~) is illso updetcd regularly
by theCell.
The Section mnintalns project records through
the Pr~mary Projcct Piles and Scientists' Fllcs through
RPF I, II and Ill. Preparation of Quanerly (QPR),
Annual Repons and ClFRl Ncws are some of the
major responsibil~ties of thc sectlon. Technical briefs
highhghting thc progress of research under varlous
projects arc cnmp~led and prov~dcd to the Councll,