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Pakistan Scientific and Technological Information Centre
Urdu: پاکستان سائنٹیفک اینڈ ٹیکنالوجی انفارمیشن سینٹر
AbbreviationPASTIC
PredecessorPakistan Science Foundation
Established1974; 50 years ago (1974)
FounderGovernment of Pakistan
Founded atIslamabad, Pakistan
TypePremier national organization
Legal statusRepository
Purposedissemination of scientific studies and information technology
HeadquartersPASTIC National Center,Quaid e Azam University , Islamabad, 44000
Location
Fieldsscience and information technology
Official language
Urdu, English
Muhammad Akram Sheikh[1]
Chairperson
Pakistan Science Foundation
SubsidiariesPakistan Science Foundation
Websitewww.pastic.gov.pk

The Pakistan Scientific and Technological Information Centre (PASTIC) is a

policymakers among others. It also contains information about science, engineering
and technology for research and development of technology.

An expanded project of the

reprographic printing services grouped into mimeographing, photocopier and microfilming
.

History

The Pakistan Scientific and Technological Information Centre was established in 1974 under the UNESCO-assisted organisation the Pakistan National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre (PANSDOC) which works under the Pakistan Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (PCSIR). PASTIC was later transferred from PCSIR to Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) and started serving as a subsidiary of PSF. It also provide financial assistance to the National Digital Archive of Pakistani.[2]

PASTIC plays central role in developing networking of journals and publishers communities with objectives of

full-text format, standardization of scientific journals, repository
. It has maintained a visualization mechanism for reviewing research-oriented materials.

Background

The PASTIC assist journal publishers in providing free

web hosting for journal, import and export of data and data backup in addition to providing financial aid for digitization and capacity building of scientific, journal, and publishing communities.[3]

Working under the Ministry of Science and Technology, its main functions are to provide academic support for researchers with information technology resources. Data is provided through its libraries by coordinating with the Pakistani universities and Center of excellence communities.[4]

Organisational structure

The PASTIC is headed by the Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) chairperson and the PASTIC's director general. They are responsible for administrative tasks of its sub-centres, management, scientific and technical wings. Management wing consists of accounts. The admin section is responsible for finance and administration of management wing.[5]

References

  1. ^ Salamat, Sajid (2022-01-29). "Exchange of information imperative to survive in age of inventions: DG PASTIC". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  2. ^ "PASTIC :: The Information Provider". PASTIC. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  3. ^ Ullah, Mati (2021-06-24). "National Digital Archive of Pakistani journals will be established at PASTIC". Dispatch News Desk. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  4. ^ "PASTIC to develop consortium of S&T with R&D libraries of Pakistan". Technology Times. 2017-11-07. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  5. ^ "PASTIC :: The Information Provider". PASTIC. Archived from the original on 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
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