International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation (ICSSD)
Comité international pour l'information et la documentation en sciences sociales (CIDSS)
Comité Internacional para la Información y la Documentación sobre Ciencias Sociales
Internationaler Ausschuss für Sozialwissenschaftliche Dokumentation
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URL: http://www.unesco.org/most/icssd.htm
Founded
1950-11 Paris France
History
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Collect, up-date and disseminate information on documentation services in the social sciences; ensure systematic development of such documentary instruments; advise social science bodies on questions they submit relating to bibliography and documentation; draw up and disseminate technical rules to improve management of social science information and documents; contribute to research plans and programmes in the framework of the relationship between research and information/documentation; make national, regional and global development and reinforcement of social science infrastructures of central concern. Specifically, initiate relevant research and training so as to promote information exchange and dissemination through: networking; eliminating linguistic, technical and legal barriers to information flow; producing disciplinary and thematic bibliographic databases and overviews; stimulating creation of empirical databases and secondary analysis of empirical datasets.
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Links indicated by: F-XF5361 - Management of Social Transformations (MOST).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
In liaison with technical committees of: B-XB2314 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO). As well as those listed under 'Members', links with:
- D-XD4250 - Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO);
- D-XD0006 - Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA);
- D-XD4827 - European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI);
- A-XA1945 - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA);
- C-XC2333 - International Federation of Social Science Organizations (IFSSO).
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UN Sustainable Development Goals **
UIA Org ID
XE1588
** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.
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