NISS, National Information Services and Systems

Annette Lafford, Information Officer, Tel: 01225 826036     niss@niss.ac.uk     (NISS)   Oren Stone, Information Officer     (NISS)

Ariadne 1997
(ReLIS:doi:doiari:y:1997:i:10:p:18)

Abstract:

NISS. What does it mean ? What does it do ? Why ? Answers to these questions will strike different chords for everyone reading this article, depending upon your experience of networked information resources and the type or area of work with which you're involved. Can NISS help with your work ? NISS provides information services for the education community, and specifically for the UK higher education community. Electronic information services, so you'll need a computer. What sort of information ? A wide range: details about education, its organisation, committees, funding; material produced by education, reports, catalogues, directories; resources used in education, teaching materials, databases, journals. Anyone in the community - staff, students, researchers - with a networked computer and a suitable WWW browser can access NISS services. A text only interface is available if you prefer to telnet. Information needs in education are many and varied, and whilst the scope of material NISS accommodates is vast, we clearly cannot guarantee that every item you need is available directly. But we often know where that information can be found, and provide onward links to get you to there as quickly as possible. So, what exactly can you find via NISS services?

Keywords: Web-based resources, digital library tools
Note: Annette Lafford and Oren Stone talk us through NISS, one of the major sources of on-line information for academics and librarians. This article appears in the Web, and not the print, version of Ariadne.
Month: Tuesday July 15th, 1997
Year: 1997

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