भा.कृ.अनु.प.-राष्ट्रीय मत्स्य आनुवंशिक संसाधन ब्यूरो
ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources
भा.कृ.अनु.प.-राष्ट्रीय मत्स्य आनुवंशिक संसाधन ब्यूरो
ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources
The Punyabrata Das Library of ICAR–National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources serves as the central knowledge and information hub of the institute. It plays a vital role in supporting research, education, innovation, and scientific communication by providing timely access to high-quality information resources in fisheries and allied sciences.
The library maintains a rich collection of printed and electronic resources covering fish genetic resources, biodiversity, conservation biology, fish taxonomy, aquaculture, fish health, molecular biology, biotechnology, ecology, environmental sciences, bioinformatics, climate change, and other related disciplines. It continuously strengthens its collection to meet the information requirements of scientists, research scholars, technical staff, students, and other stakeholders.
The library provides information support not only to users at the institute's headquarters but also to its centre and research unit. In addition, its services are extended to students, academicians, researchers, professionals, State Fisheries Departments, ICAR institutes, universities, colleges, and other organizations engaged in fisheries and aquatic sciences.
The Library serves as the nodal unit for coordinating the publication, printing, and dissemination of ICAR-NBFGR publications, ensuring their timely production and wider accessibility to the scientific community and other stakeholders. It manages the stock, inventory, sale, and distribution of all institutional publications, ensuring their systematic maintenance and availability to users. The Library also facilitates the allotment of International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) for books and International Standard Serial Numbers (ISSN) serial publications.
Additionally, several journals were acquired through complimentary subscriptions and exchange basis.
ICAR-NBFGR is a registered member institution under the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative of the Government of India. The ONOS programme is a landmark national initiative aimed at democratizing access to scholarly literature by providing seamless access to more than 13,500 peer-reviewed journals published by 32 leading international publishers across the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine, Agriculture, Fisheries, Veterinary Sciences, and Social Sciences.
Through ONOS, scientists, students, and researchers of ICAR-NBFGR can conveniently search, access, and download scholarly articles from multiple publishers through a single national platform, thereby significantly enhancing research productivity and scientific excellence.
The Library and Documentation Unit provides plagiarism detection services using iThenticate PG 2.0, one of the world's most trusted similarity-checking platforms for scholarly publications. Scientists and researchers utilize the software to evaluate the originality of research manuscripts, review papers, technical reports, project proposals, theses, and other scientific documents prior to publication or official submission. This service promotes academic integrity, ethical publishing practices, and compliance with institutional and publisher guidelines.
The library is fully automated using KOHA, an internationally recognized open-source Integrated Library Management System (ILMS). Major automated services include:
The complete collection of books, journals, reports, and other publications has been barcoded, enabling efficient circulation and inventory management. The KOHA OPAC allows users to search the library catalogue by title, author, subject, keyword, publisher, accession number, or ISBN, making information retrieval quick, accurate, and user-friendly.
The Library and Documentation Unit offers a wide range of information and reference services to support research, teaching, and extension activities. The services include:
Library professionals assist users in identifying relevant literature through both print and electronic resources, enabling efficient access to scientific information.
The Library and Documentation Unit provides comprehensive documentation, publication, and reprographic support to various divisions of the institute. The unit extends technical assistance in the preparation, formatting, editing, compilation, and publication of:
To meet day-to-day institutional requirements, the unit also offers:
The Library is in the process of establishing a Digital Institutional Repository (IR) using the DSpace open-source repository platform to systematically preserve, manage, and disseminate the intellectual and scholarly output of ICAR–NBFGR. The repository will serve as a centralized digital archive for the Institute's research publications, technical reports, annual reports, conference papers, theses, dissertations, training materials, newsletters, photographs, and other valuable institutional documents.
The library actively promotes scientific communication through exchange programmes and collaborative resource-sharing initiatives with research institutions, universities, libraries, and developmental organizations. As part of its outreach activities, the Library regularly disseminates ICAR-NBFGR publications, including the Annual Report, technical bulletins, newsletters, manuals, and other institutional publications to:
These exchange programmes strengthen institutional collaboration, improve resource sharing, and enhance the visibility of ICAR-NBFGR's scientific contributions.
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