Library Network

INDONET (Data Network)

Between 1982-86, C.M.C. Ltd. organized a series of seminars on networks debating the merits

of networks - whether they should be publicly or privately owned, what services they should

provide and so on. The feasibility study for a computer network which resulted from this, formed

the basis for a Government of India approval for installing the network.

The INDONET network was made operational in March 1986. The thrust areas of the company

were to:

A. Create the infrastructure for a network and promote a "network culture" within the country.

B. Create a "software library" so that specialized users could afford to use software

C. Provide a platform for developing software

D. Develop in-house expertise in networking and disseminate information to the computing professional arena through training programs, seminars etc.

Government laws placed restrictions on the ownership of the actual lines carrying the data. The Department of Telecommunications (DOT) was the only organization, apart from the railways,allowed to own telephone limes. The first three years, 1986-89 were spent in educating the personnel of the DOT to get higher quality/reliability for data networks as opposed to voice networks, which had been the only kind of networks serviced by DOT.

The network was still neither very reliable nor available however. Users of the network took it mainly as a batch and remote computing facility rather than exploring its possibilities as a network. Users with in-house computing facilities ignored the computing capabilities of the network. There was no possibility of connecting these in-house systems to INDONET because in most cases, the data protocols were different. Meaningful applications were also not available as the uptime was very low.

Indore Library Network (INDOLIBNET)

Indore Library & Information Network (INDOLIBNET) has been designed to LINK & NETWORK all the Libraries available in the City of Indore. The major Objectives of the Network are:

1. Resource Sharing,

2. Developing forums for interaction among information professionals and thereby, helping them seeking solutions to common problems,

3. Promoting and supporting adoption of standards in library operations & forming Indore Library Consortia.

BTISNET (Biotechnology Information Systems Network)

Recognizing the importance of information technology for pursuing advanced research in modern biology and biotechnology, a bioinformatics programme, envisaged as a distributed database and network organisation, was launched during 1986-87.

The programme has become a very successful vehicle for transfer and exchange of information, scientific knowledge, technology packages and references in the country involving 10-12 thousand scientific personnel. Six Centres of Excellence, Eleven Distributed Information Centres and an Apex Centre at the Department of Biotechnology, 51 Sub-Distributed Information Centres and 98 Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facilities located in Universities and Research Institutes of national importance, are fully engaged in this task. Six national facilities have been set up for interactive graphics based molecular modelling and other biocomputational needs. Five long term courses at the level of post M.Sc. Diploma in Bioinformatics, at Pune University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Calcutta University, Pondicherry University and Madurai Kamaraj University, are fullfilling the long outstanding need for trained human resources in this inter-disciplinary area. The entire network has emerged as a very sophisticated scientific infrastructure for bioinformatics involving state-of-the-art computational and communication facilities.

OBJECTIVES

The broad objectives of Biotechnology Information System Network programme are:

i) To provide a national bioinformation network designed to bridge the inter-disciplinary gaps on biotechnology information and establish link among scientists in organisations involved in R&D and manufacturing activities in the country.

ii) To build information resources, prepare databases on biotechnology and to develop relevant information handling tools and techniques.

iii) To continuously assess information requirements, create and improve necessary infrastructure and to provide informatics based support and services to the national community of users working in biotechnology and allied areas.

iv) To coordinate efforts to access Biotechnology information worldwide including establishing linkages with some of the international resources of Biotechnology information (e.g. Databanks on genetic materials, published literature, patents, and other information of scientific and commercial value). etc

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INDONET (Data Network)

Indore Library Network (INDOLIBNET)

BTISNET (Biotechnology Information Systems Network)

South Australian Public Library Network