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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Central government science library in India}}<br />
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|established = June 1963<br />
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'''National Science Library''' (Abbreviated as NSL) is [[India|India's]] [[Government of India|central govt]] owned science library, archive and repository.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IBB8drHUz7YC&dq=National+Science+Library+in+india&pg=PA47|title=National Policy on Library and Information Systems and Services for India: Perspectives and Projections|last=Barua|first=Brahmanda Pratap|date=1992|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788171547302|language=en}}</ref> In June 1963, [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]] desired to establish science library to receive and retain all scientific periodicals, reports of scientific work of nation both published and unpublished.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSFu99FCJwQC&dq=National+Science+Library+in+india&pg=PA363|title=World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services|last=Association|first=American Library|date=1993|publisher=American Library Association|isbn=9780838906095|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Initially it was established in the [[National Physical Laboratory of India|National Physical Laboratory]] (NPL) building, later shifted to [[Jawaharlal Nehru University|JNU]] club building temporarily.<br />
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== Establishment ==<br />
In 1983, permanently four-floored centrally air-conditioned NSL building was built up in 3.5-acre plot for library and others corollary purpose, products and services at Satsang Bihar Marg, [[New Delhi]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Objective ==<br />
Main goals and objectives are to accomplish various types of formal and informal instruction for promoting information literacy thorough out the country as well as Identify, acquire, organize, preserve, and provide access to pertinent recorded knowledge to researchers, scientists and all users engaged in research activities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXVrsPSzeNAC&dq=National+Science+Library+in+india&pg=PA145|title=Libraries and Librarianship in India|last1=Patel|first1=Jashu|last2=Kumar|first2=Krishan|last3=Krishan|first3=Kumar|date=2001|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313294235|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Collection ==<br />
The NSL archived over 2,51,000 printed collection of S&T documents including [[monograph]]s, bound volumes of journals, reports, theses/dissertations, standards, and [[patent]]s etc. These huge collections makes a worthy R&D reference sources.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== See more ==<br />
*[[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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