Digital Information Management in Ardent Era - A Case Study

Abstract

The present study investigated the aim and implementation challenges of NIScPR Data centre, including its deployed architecture, functional components requirement and importance. We also explore applications of data centre hardware components as well as usefulness of running applications. The personnel interaction and interview method has been used to find out the essential information. In depth we found that CSIR-NIScPR has bulk of digital information resources, services, web portal, including official websites of CSIR headquarter and sister labs. Study revealed the importance of streamlining of all the NIScPR services, which running on multiple standalone servers were situated at, distinguish locations. Now, various national level services such as CSIR-IPU Unit, NKRC, ISSN, ISA, OP, NOPR, NSDL and NUCSSI are running properly and securely with effective failure management system.