The host institution of SDC i.e. NISCAIR is celebrating its diamond jubilee. On this occasion, a lecture series is being organized. In this series, 2nd lecture was organized on December 21, 2011. The lecture was delivered by the Director of DESIDOC Dr. A. L. Moorthy on the topic "S & T Information Communication and Dissemination Scenario - Role of DESIDOC". On this occasion Director of SDC & NISCAIR Dr. Gangan Prathap welcomed the guest and audience. Mr. A. K. Chawla, Chief Scientist, NISCAIR introduced the guest Dr. Moorthy. In his lecture, Dr. Moorthy gave details of the services provided by DESIDOC in particular and challenges before the library professionals in the new web era. He gave an overview of the various Library 2.0 tools and its implementation at DESIDOC.
DESIDOC started functioning in 1958 as Scientific Information Bureau (SIB). It was a division of the Defence Science Laboratory (DSL) which is presently called Defence Science Centre. The DRDO library which had its beginning in 1948 became a division of SIB in 1959. In 1967 SIB was reorganised with augmented activities and named Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC). It still continued to function under the administrative control of DSL. DESIDOC became a self-accounting unit and one of the laboratories of DRDO on 29 July 1970. The Centre was functioning in the main building of Metcalfe House, a landmark in Delhi and a national monument. In August 1988 it moved to its newly built five-storeyed building in the same Metcalfe House complex. Since it became a self-accounting unit, DESIDOC has been functioning as a central information resource for DRDO. It provides S&T information, based on its library and other information resources, to the DRDO headquarters, and its various laboratories at various places in India.
At the end, Mrs. Deeksha Bist, Chief Scientist, NISCAIR proposed vote of thanks.
