Centre for Media and Rural Documentation (CMRD) is one of the centres of NIRD consisting of two components viz., Development Communication Wing and Library.
FOCUS
The Centre focuses on various issues pertaining to information, communication, and media such as right to information, role of media in development communication, mechanism of information transfer and dissemination to the wider development community comprising of policy framers, researchers, trainers and all those involved in the socio-economic development.
Activities
1. Library Activities
The library acts as a resource centre and a clearinghouse of information on rural development in India. Government publications, research reports, and data apart from journals and other unpublished material form a massive resource base of the library. It has developed a computerized database of the resources in its collection. The computerized database consists of nearly two lakh references. The library has also fully automated its day-to-day operations.
2. Training
(i) Provides training to the media functionaries on various issues relating to development communication,
(ii) Provides training to the librarians and other information professionals in effective organization and management of information resources and provision of information services to cater to the information needs of the wider development community.
(iii) Conducts workshops/seminars on the themes of interests
3. Research
Undertakes research studies on themes of relevance to the center viz., development communication, information needs of development community, etc.
4. Publications
As a part of information dissemination activity CMRD brings out various publications as given below.
1
Journal of Rural Development
2
NIRD Newsletter
3
Research Reports
4
Occasional Papers
5
Annual Report
6
Summery and Recommendations of the Seminars and Workshops
7
CMRD Alerts
8
CMRD Index
9
CMRD Abstracts
10
Directories of Rural Development Institutions in India, Rural Development Experts and Rural Development Research projects in India.
