cifri annual report 2007- 2008 - Central Institute of Brackishwater ...
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CIFRI ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2007</strong>- <strong>2008</strong><br />
Research Support Services<br />
Library<br />
CIFRI Library prov~de serviccs to the sclentlsls<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Hcadquancrs and Ccntrcs as wcll as to the<br />
rcrsearch scholars, reachcrs and other <strong>of</strong>iicinls from<br />
dilTerent orpnn7atinns. The l~brary added 540 books<br />
out<strong>of</strong>whlch 2 17 hooks are inHind~. I2 m~sccllancous<br />
puhl~catlons and 598 loose lssucs <strong>of</strong> journals lo its<br />
collect~on and subscribed Ih foreign. 37 lnd~an and<br />
102 e-Joumais (foreign) during the ysdr. Thc currcllt<br />
total hold~ngs are 11909 books. 4312 rcprlnts, 1252<br />
maps and4342mi~cellaneouspuhl1cat1ons. Complete<br />
d~gitizatlun ol' hooks and othcr matrr~als is undcr<br />
process.<br />
The library ma~nta~ncd irec mililinp <strong>of</strong> thc<br />
Ins~ilute's publlc~tlun lo vnrlous rchcalch<br />
organizntions, unlvcraltles, mtrsprencur and farmrrs<br />
lo keep abreast with lillest developlncnts. The<br />
publ~cation <strong>of</strong> Indian Flshcrlcs Abstracts wns<br />
continued. The I~brary has cxchangc programmes<br />
wlth othcr Nationui and lnlcrnatio~ial organrzations A<br />
hudgct US Rs. 3U,hh,737 was provided and spcnt<br />
during the year <strong>2007</strong>.08 for prucurlnp library books.<br />
joumalsandotherrcad~ngmatcr~als.<br />
Project Monitoring and Documentation<br />
Section<br />
Mintstly <strong>of</strong> Agriculture and other agencies from tmc<br />
to tlmc. Technicsi queries rcgardlng the actlvitlcs <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>Institute</strong> from various qunncrr w~th~n and outs~de<br />
the country wcrc attcndcd to by the secllon. The<br />
section monitorcd thcprogrrss <strong>of</strong> Research Project< <strong>of</strong><br />
ihelnstlrutc. Thesection processed thc rcsearch pupera<br />
suh~nittcd by the sclentlsts for thelr publlcatbons In<br />
d~ffcrent journals and for prcacnlatlon i.1<br />
sympourn~workshopsisummer school, el'<br />
Partic~patlo~~ uf acient~sls in Pclnlnar.;, sympurlii.<br />
confcrcncrs, r,ic uas also monitorcd by the acctlun. 11<br />
is cntnrsted with thc rcspons~b~ty uf publicallon <strong>of</strong><br />
bulletin, <strong>annual</strong> rcpvn. neuslerler, brochurc ctc.<br />
Durlng thc year lh~sectiun published <strong>annual</strong> repon.<br />
tu~oncu~slcttcrs and Sourbullet~ns.<br />
ARlS facility<br />
The cumputerrelotcd iucil~tles ure providcd to thc<br />
rclentlsts and other staff ~nlcrnbcrs <strong>of</strong> the inst~tutc by<br />
this Cell. Total LAN systcm la In place. The 24.hnu1<br />
512 kbpsintcmcrundE.~re~i facll~ly hushccnprov~dcd<br />
to scientists. <strong>Central</strong>ired untiv~rus and fircwull<br />
progran~n~es are ~nstulled for protection <strong>of</strong> cumpulerr<br />
and data agulnst mql~cious ~ctiv~tics The lnstlrutc<br />
uebsite (wwu ctfr~.cr~~ct.~~) is illso updetcd regularly<br />
by theCell.<br />
The Section mnintalns project records through<br />
the Pr~mary Projcct Piles and Scientists' Fllcs through<br />
RPF I, II and Ill. Preparation <strong>of</strong> Quanerly (QPR),<br />
Annual Repons and ClFRl Ncws are some <strong>of</strong> the<br />
major responsibil~ties <strong>of</strong> thc sectlon. Technical briefs<br />
highhghting thc progress <strong>of</strong> research under varlous<br />
projects arc cnmp~led and prov~dcd to the Councll,