Role of Pakistan in INIS Activities,
Current Development & Future Plan of
Scientific Information Division
JABEEN AKHTER
INIS Liaison Officer –Pakistan
Head, Scientific Information Division
Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology
Islamabad
Presentation Layout
Very brief description about :
 Major Objectives of PINSTECH;
 Structure of PINSTECH & Scientific
Information Division (SID);
 Current Status of SID;
 Future Programme of SID;
 Promotion of INIS activities in Pakistan;
 Suggestions / Recommendations- INIS;
Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology,
commonly known as "PINSTECH", is one of the largest
Science and Technology Research Institute in Pakistan,
managed by Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC);
Major Objectives of PINSTECH
● R & D in the field of S & T using 10 MW Research
Reactor and state of the art equipment;
● Production of Radioisotopes & Radiopharmaceuticals;
● Applications of Radioisotope Technology;
● Environmental Research;
● Provision of Radiation Dosimetry/Calibration Services
at country level;
● Provision of trained manpower to various PAEC centres
to meet future goals;
● Dissemination of Scientific information to other PAEC
establishments
Structure of PINSTECH
Current Status of SID
PINSTECH Library & INIS Office are parts of SID;
 PINSTECH Main Library was established in 1966;
 Declared as National Lib. of Physical Sciences by GOP;
 PINSTECH Library is the Member of INIS;
 Became member of International Nuclear Library
Network (INLN) in 2010;
 It is a hub for provision of S &T Information at PAEC
 Responsible for efficient acquisition, storage, retrieval
and dissemination of information to support PAEC
projects
 INIS Office at SID is National Centre of INIS Activities;
Structure of SID
LMG:
CIMG:
STRG:
INIS:
Library Management Group
Computerized Information Management Group
Scientific & Technical Reports Group
International Nuclear Information System Unit
Main Activities- SID
 Acquisition of books, journals, reports, etc. to
develop in-house collection;
 Comprehensive S &T information databases;
 On-line access to available literature;
 Resource sharing with other R & D organizations
and universities;
 Dissemination of information from INIS and
other databases to all users;
Current Status
conti…
IN-House Collection
 ~ 26,000 books on Science & Technology;
 Journals articles : 1.2 millions records from
768 journal titles having 44500 issues.
 1.47 million NCL Technical Reports on
microfiche and CDs .
 Four current awareness services.
Current Status
conti…
Steps are being taken toward digitization of Lib:
• To cope with the modern information needs,
website http:// www.sidnlps.org.pk has been
developed and hosted for online search;
• Using Koha (which is one of free full-featured
open-source library management system), a
comprehensive books catalogue has been developed
for a centralized databases of literature;
• Bibliographic data of 26,000 Books has recently
been transferred to Koha according to
International Std. for OPAC;
Current Status
conti…
• Bibliographic data of 2280 PINSTECH
Publications in international journals is available;
• Issue/ return of books is done by barcode readers;
• Auto generation of reminders for overdue books;
• Annual Stock verification procedure has been
automated due to above measures;
• Good number of PCs are placed in library to
attract the users for literature search;
A View of PINSTECH Library
Future Programme
With the enormous flow of information through
internet, future of traditional libraries is endangered;
 But, libraries can continue to play a vital role through
digitization;
 Our Future Programme is the complete Digitization/
formation of E- Library;
 For swift sharing and provision of enhanced access to
users;
 Proposal for Digitization of PINSTECH Library has
been submitted to Higher Authorities, depicting that
how will be PINSTECH Library look like after 5 years;
Future Programme
conti…
 There are ~1.0 million reports in the form of microfiche
in PINSTECH Library. Out of this ~400,000 have been
scanned. Scanning of more reports is under process;
 So far, 205,000 scanned documents have been
converted into pdf, pdf formation will continue;
 Setup for the interactive audiovisual conferencing is
being established for arranging group discussions,
seminars, presentations, interviews, meeting , etc.
 With time more improvement/addition will be carried
out in our Website and local area network;
Future Programme
conti…
• Union Catalogue/Consortium of six PAEC Libraries
will be developed for resource sharing using Koha as a
pilot project;
• ISO Certification 9001:2008 of PINT Lib is being
planned and will be implemented in two years for:
• Quality Management System;
• For quality Assurance;
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• To gain the user satisfaction ;
• To improve Standard Operating Procedures
(SOPs) of all activities being carried out in the
Library;
Promotion of INIS activities
• Pakistan has established links with INIS/IAEA
since its inception.
• INIS Unit has been established at SID/PINSTECH
• Responsible for all activities of INIS and its
promotion in the country;
• INIS Links is available at the Homepage of SID
website (http:// www.sidnlps.org.pk );
• Link is also available on PINSTECH LAN for the
users at the institute;
Promotion of INIS activities….conti
 INIS Newsletter is sent to all, by PINSTECH
LAN and placed at website;
 INIS input is being submitted regularly since
2001;
 INIS output products (full text) are made
available to all user on free of cost basis whenever
required;
 Workshops/courses regularly conducted under
PINSTECH Scientific Calendar, we distribute
INIS posters in these events;
Promotion of INIS activities
conti…
 Literature searches from INIS are provided not
only to PINSTECH /PAEC but to other research
organizations/universities;
 Visited Universities, to enhance the awareness
about INIS Activities and collection of literature
published in National journals;
 INIS Input is prepared from 50 journals
 Our target for INIS input is more than 1500, in
2015;
INIS Poster
Distribution of INIS
Posters in Local
Meetings,
Workshops,
Training Courses
regarding awareness
about INIS
Activities
1000
No. of Records
800
600
400
200
0
Years
Submitted INIS Input (2001-2014)
In 2014= 1029 (October 3, 2014)
Target for sending input to INIS in 2015 is more than 1500
Suggestions / Recommendations- INIS
 Close collaboration among INIS Liaison
Officers, for sharing of Scientific Information,
Events, Achievements, Awards etc.
 To create a Healthy competition, input from all
countries may be visible to all INIS Liaison
Officers;
 We were used to receive beautiful INIS
Brochures, Posters, Pamphlets in past. It may
be restarted. It is still beneficial for the
promotion of INIS Activities;
Suggestions / Recommendations- INIS
 Almost every member state is involved in
digitization of material already available on
microfiche.
 It is proposed that INIS-IAEA may digitize its
Literature available on microfiche for its
distribution to member states;
 Or Member states may be asked to digitize
different parts of material and then to share it.
Thank You for Your
Attention Please