Techniques/ technologies (skills; used)
At CED, we use Netscape, mainly because we had a netscape version in Linux. Also it has a free version Page Composer which we started to use instead of a Word Processor. We also use this for our day to day correspondence, and use links to keep track of and file the correspondence.
At the backend we use, MySql as a database server and PHP as the main scripting language, both of which hide behind our Apache Webserver, which talks to the front end browser. All these servers are cross-platform i.e, these scripts will work both in Linux and Windows. Additional facilities in our System are mail-servers and proxy server to Internet, so that every user on the system has access to the Internet and their own email accounts. There is also the provision for Bulletin Board and Chat to enable networking and coordination.
R&D / cataloguing / publications
The information at CED is organized into 740 categories under 24 sections. The most popular section is the clipping files (maintaining which take up a large part of our time). The information in these files is culled from 10 newspapers, 32 magazines, 42 newsletters, and other publications. This represents a unique and rich chronological as well as analytical documentation and contemporary history on each of the issues covered.
The Library of over 11,000 books, nearly 10000 reports and over one hundred journals (eleven of which are electronically indexed) provides the supporting information needed for the more serious reader. |
