SAARC Documentation Centre
{{Short description|Regional centre of SAARC located at New Delhi in India}}
{{Infobox university
|name = SAARC Documentation Centre (SDC)
|image =
|caption = (A Regional Centre of SAARC)
|established = 1994
|city = New Delhi
|country = India
|head_label = Director
|head = Dr. Gangan Prathap
|affiliations = SAARC
|website = [http://www.sdc.gov.in/ www.sdc.gov.in]
}}
SAARC Documentation Centre (SDC) is a regional centre of SAARC ([http://www.saarc-sec.org South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation]). SDC is located in New Delhi. Presently it is housed on the campus of NISCAIR.
SDC now closed
The 30-year-old South Asian grouping SAARC has closed down three of its regional centres in line with a decision taken at its 18th summit meeting at Khatmandu. The scrapped centres are the Saarc Information Centre in Kathmandu, Saarc Human Resource Development Centre in Islamabad, and Saarc Documentation Centre in New Delhi.{{cite web | url =http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/three-saarc-regional-centres-shut-116011100908_1.html | title = Three Saarc regional centres shut | date = 2016-01-11 | accessdate = 2021-05-21}}{{cite web | url = http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2014-11-23/saarc-to-trim-regional-centres.html | title = Saarc to trim regional centres | date = 2014-11-23 | accessdate = 2021-05-21}}
Events held
1. 5-day Training Programme on Koha - Open Source Library Automation Software from 5th Dec. to 10th Dec. 2011 at New Delhi, India
2. 5-day SAARC Workshop on Library 2.0 from 12th Dec. to 16th Dec. 2011 at Kathmandu in Nepal
SDC organized SAARC Workshop 2011 on Library 2.0 in Kathmandu, Nepal during the period 12-16 Dec. 2011. There were 24 participants from various SAARC member states.{{cite web | url =http://saarcworkshop2011.blogspot.com/p/participatns.html| title = Saarc workshop list of participants | accessdate = 2021-05-21}}{{cite web | url =http://saarcworkshop2011.blogspot.com/p/resource-persons.html| title = Saarc workshop list of resource persons | accessdate = 2021-05-21}}
References
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External links
SDC Website: [http://www.sdc.gov.in/ www.sdc.gov.in]
{{South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation}}
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