List of Information System, Their Parent Body, Year of Origin with Place of Head Office

Year	Name of the Information System	Established By	Head Office
1969	International Nuclear Information System (INIS)	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)	Viena
1971	International Information System on Research in Documentation (ISORID)	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID)	Hague, Netherlands
1971	United Nations International Scientific Information System (UNISIST)	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)	Paris, France
1974	International System for Agricultural Science and Technology (AGRIS)	Food And Agriculture Organisation (FAO)	UN, Rome
1974	National Information System (NATIS)	UNESCO, FID, IFLA and ICA	Paris, France
1977	National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT)	Department of Science and Technology (DST) , Government of India	New Delhi (India)
1980	Patent Information System (PIS) in India	Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India	Nagpur (India)
1985	National Science & Technology Management Information System (NSTMIS)	Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India	New Delhi (India)
1998	China Academic Library & Information System	Chinese Government	China

Badan Barman at present working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India. He is the creator of the LIS Links (http://www.lislinks.com) - India’s most popular social networking website for Library and Information Science professionals. He also created the UGC NET Guide (http://www.netugc.com) and LIS Study (http://www.lisstudy.com) website.