National Science Library (Abbreviated as NSL) is
India's central govt owned science library, archive and repository.
In June 1963,
CSIR desired to establish science library to receive and retain all scientific periodicals, reports of scientific work of nation both published and unpublished.
Initially it was established in the
National Physical Laboratory (NPL) building, later shifted to
JNU club building temporarily.
Establishment
In 1983, permanently four-floored centrally air-conditioned NSL building was built up in 3.5-acre plot for library and others corollary purpose, products and services at Satsang Bihar Marg,
New Delhi
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Objective
Main goals and objectives are to accomplish various types of formal and informal instruction for promoting information literacy thorough out the country as well as Identify, acquire, organize, preserve, and provide access to pertinent recorded knowledge to researchers, scientists and all users engaged in research activities.
Collection
The NSL archived over 2,51,000 printed collection of S&T documents including
monographs, bound volumes of journals, reports, theses/dissertations, standards, and
patent
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
s etc. These huge collections makes a worthy R&D reference sources.
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CSIR India
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (IAST: ''vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada''), abbreviated as CSIR, was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the l ...
References
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Libraries in India
Libraries established in 1963