NISSAT INFORMATION CENTERS

SECTORAL INFORMATION CENTERS

Subject Area	Acronym	Host Institution
Leather Technology	NICLAI	Central Leather Research Institute, Madras
Food Technology	NICFOS	Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
Machine Tools & production Engineering	NICMAP	Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore
Drugs and Pharmaceuticals	NICDAP	Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
Textiles and Allied Subjects	NICTAS	Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association, Ahmedabad
Chemicals & Allied Industries	NICHEM	National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Advanced Ceramics	NICAC	Central Glass and Ceramics Research Institute, Calcutta
Bibliometrics	NCB	Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre, New Delhi
Crystallography	NICRYS	University of Madras, Madras
CD-ROM	NICDROM	National Aerospace Laboratory, Bangalore
Management Sciences	NICMAN	Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Marine Sciences	NICMAS	National Institute of Oceanography

LISOFORUM

An Electronic Mail Discussion Forum for providers and users of information services in India, called LISOFORUM has been set at NCSI in Nov. 95. LISOFORUM provides an e-mail based electronic forum for its participants to discuss issues of relevance to library and information services.

VALUE-ADDED PATENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

Considering the expert manpower available in the national R&D systems and the increasing need from industries for technical information, NISSAT established Value Added Patent Information System (VAPIS) at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune and Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore to offer specialized, value added information services. The services are based on databases pertaining to US, European, World, Japanese and other patents available on CDROM. The information on patent and IPR legislations, etc. of various countries are located at patent office of CSIR.