Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai. Role of NIC in Global Promotion of Indian Biomedical Journals Sukhdev Singh National Informatics Centre, New Delhi
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai. Indian Biomedical Journals Indian medical research covered in few international resources –200 plus. –Mostly Society Journals. –Available to society members free. –Difficult to get though normal book trade. –Lack professional marketing skills.
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai. National Informatics Centre National Informatics Centre (NIC) is Government of Indias Country Wide Computer Network
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai. Set up in 1976 as 1 st IT organization in government sector Offices in 35 states & Union Territories; over 600 District offices Nationwide computer based communications network - NICNET NICNET - Connecting Districts to States to Central government offices NICNET facilitating informatics development for decision support & information exchange Offers wide range of ICT & e-gov. services
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai. ICMR-NIC Centre for Biomedical Information In 1986, National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) jointly set up a centre called ICMR-NIC Centre for Biomedical Information. This Centre was recognized as the 17th International MEDLARS Centre in Site –
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai. Took challenge to make neglected Indian medical research accessible to the world Managed by best IT trained information professionals Used IT infrastructure available in organization to create online digital resources
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai.
Promotion by Global Online Exposure –INDEXING - IndMED –FULL TEXT -medIND –Repository -
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai. Bibliographic database of over 77 peer reviewed Indian biomedical journals Indexed & searchable using Medical Subject Headings Designed on similar lines as Medline; offers simple & advanced search
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai.
Free Full-text version of select 38 Indexed journals Browsing and search facilities available Options for viewing depending on Internet speed
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai.
medIND Design Content Pages animate the Print Layout
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai.
Promote self-archiving culture amongst medical researchers in India Preserve research published in the country for future generation of researchers Publicize research conducted in India Used freely available E-Prints software. Uses MeSH based Classification Make available internationally published research
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai.
Platform for medical researchers to self-archive publications Only largest archive in Medical & Allied Sciences archive in country Only archive in world to use Medical Subject Headings Has over 550 registered users & over 1150 submissions in one year
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai. Conclusion Global Promotion of Indian Biomedical Journals by -- Online Presence Indexing Free and Open Access Following International Standards and Best Practices.
Seminar on E-Publishing & Global Promotion of Indian Journals, 1 st July 2006, Mumbai.