Iranian Research Institute For Information Science And Technology (Irandoc)

Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IRANDOC) is an institute affiliated with the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology (MSRT) which was established to work in the field of science and technology of Information and Librarianship. From the point of view of activity, this institute enjoys total independence and according to the articles of association, the goals of this institute consists of Information Research Activities, collecting and dissemination of scientific Information and documentation for the purpose of meeting the information needs in this area and attempting for the development of a scientific information network. To achieve this goal, this institute has so far developed various scientific databases and meets different information needs of its users. This institute has gained the experience and knowledge for management of science and technology systems in a macro level during its 50 years activity in the path of collecting, organizing, and dissemination of science and technology information. At present, the Scientific Information database of the institute with more than 615000 information records, 126847 of which belongs to the graduates' theses, has on the average more than 22000 visitors daily, and according to the report of the High Council of Information, this database ranks first in terms of content and quantity among the governmental sites of the country. At present there are three Research faculties in this institute: Knowledge Management Faculty, Scientometrics and Information Analysis Faculty and Information Technology Management Faculty. Up to now, lots of research Initiatives has been done countrywide in the area of information science and technology and management of science and technology information.