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SEMINAR
ON
UNISISTUNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM IN
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NANDALAL T S
S2 MLISC
ROLL : O4
Kerala University
INTRODUCTION
The UNISIST model of information dissemination
was proposed in 1971 by the United Nations.
UNISIST should play in the promotion of an
international system for information covering
science and technology.
UNESCO is the parental body of UNISIST
ORIGIN
UNESCO + ICSU { International Council
of Scientific Unions }
UNESCO / ICSU central committee .
In January 1967 feasibility study for a world
science information system.
The feasibility study continued for about 4
years
1970 the report entitled UNISIST study
report on feasibility of a world science
information system.
The feasibility report was prepared by Jean
Claude Gardin.
This report and a synoptic version became
the working document of the UNISIST
inter governmental conference held in
Paris in October 1971.
UNESCO / ICSU central committee 1967
UNISIST study report 1970
UNISIST inter governmental conference, 1971,paris
MILE STONES
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The ultimate goal or keynote of UNISIST are
Establishment of a flexible and loosely
connected network of information services
based on voluntary cooperation.
International cooperation and Development
of scientific information policies and structure .
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Assistance in developing countries in the
development of scientific and technical
information infrastructure
To make strong and depth the knowledge
of experts
Strengthening the role of institutional
components of the information transfer
chain
ORGANIZATION
1. Intergovernmental conference
responsible for approving UNISIST’s
programme and reporting on their progress.
2. International scientific advisory
committee.
3. Executive office
serving as permanent secretariat of
UNISIST.
ACTIVITIES
Standards rules, principles and
techniques:
For the processing and transfer of
information are adopted and applied
internationally.
Standardization of Bibliographic
Description:
Reference manual for machine
readable bibliographic description
ACTIVITIES…
Control of Serials and Abstracting / Indexing Periodicals:
Computer based system of data bank to control over the periodical publications -International Serial Data System (ISDS).
Broad System of Ordering (BSO):
It has been conceived as a switching mechanism to link different individual classification and thesauri in the process of information transfer.
ACTIVITIES….
Handbook and Manual:
A comprehensive handbook for scientific information and documentation services in developing countries has been planned.
The handbook has been published in 1977.
National Focal Point:
Emphasis has been given to the creation of a focal point to scientific information agencies in each country.
Publications
UNISIST published their newsletter
quarterly.
India at UNISIST
The NISSAT advisory committee functions
as the national committee of UNISIST in
India.
UNISIST MODEL OF THE SOCIAL SYSTEM OF
COMMUNICATION, WHICH CONSISTS OF
1) Knowledge producers
2) Intermediaries
3) Users
The social system also contains institutes such as research institutes, publishers, and libraries.
The actors and institutions perform information services such as writing, publishing, storing and retrieving documents and information.
THE UNISIST MODEL AND ITS BASIC
CONCEPTS
The UNISIST model offers an important
sociologically-oriented perspective on the
activities of scholarly communication.
It seeks to draw attention to information
communication between knowledge producer
and knowledge user
Examine communication and compare
differences between them.
THE UNISIST MODEL AND ITS BASIC
CONCEPTS
In the UNISIST model, we observe three levels
of information source services between the
knowledge producers and users:
1) primary sources
2) secondary sources
3) tertiary sources
THE FLOW OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
CONCLUSION
The UNISIST model is a fruitful model of scientific communication that help conceptualize IS.
The model is also useful for practical information work.
It is our hope that this model may stimulate further interest in scholarly communication and in documents and thus provide library and IS a much-needed theoretical inspiration.
REFERENCES
UNISIST - Study Report on the Feasibility of a World
Science Information System, By the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and
the International Council of Scientific Unions, Paris,
UNESCO, 1971.
Søndergaard, T. F.; Andersen, J.; Hjørland, B. (2003).
"Documents and the communication of scientific and
scholarly information: Revising and updating the
UNISIST model". Journal of Documentation 59 (3):
278
UNISIST model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia