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Unit 7: Libraries and Information Centers in India

DISNIC Notes

NIC has launched its DISNIC programme to provide timely, complete and accurate
information/ data to the policy/ decision makers for effective planning at various
levels of government.

It captures data in sectors of importance in respect or infrastructural facilities and development
indicators relating to demographic, agro-economic and socio-economic aspects at the root level and
transmits the same to state capitals. The relevant decision support information from the districts
will thus be readily available with the State Govt. and of course to Centre as well through NICNET.
NICNET: NIC has the honour to introduce you to the world’s largest Satellite based Computer
communication network known as National Informatics Centre network, generally referred to as
NICNET. Commissioned in 1977, NICNET comprises of a satellite over the Indian Ocean, a giant
Computer and Mother Earth Station (MES) in Delhiand some 500 Computer terminals with their
own antennas in each of the District Headquarters and State secretariats. It is an efficient and reliable
means for interchange of information between various NIC Centres.
NICMAIL

NICMAIL is a special purpose, fully secured electronic mail system made available
on NICNET with the Super Computer System as the central node.

This configuration allows messages to be transferred between different sites via HUB. Each NICMAIL
user is assigned a password-protected mailbox with unique mailing address. NICMAIL asks for the
password for important confidential messages and can send mail to any number of nodes
simultaneously within very short time.
GISTNIC: GISTNIC is designed with an objective to make available general information to public
about India, Important national and international information, infrastructural and recreational
facilities and other static and near static information through query system. The content and scope
of information provided on GISTNIC spans a very wide range of potential user’s viz. farmers, tourists,
students, researchers, Govt. Officials and foreigners.

Write briefly about NICNET

7.5 CALIBNET

It was the first library network visualized and started by NISSAT. At a meeting in 1986 in Calcutta,
DSIR initiated action for preparation of a feasibility study for networking about 40 libraries in
Calcutta.

CALIBNET now is a society under West Bengal Societies Registration Act 1961
and responsible for Calcutta Library Network, a project sponsored and supported
by NISSAT.

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