<s>
The	O
Pakistan	B-Library
Scientific	I-Library
and	I-Library
Technological	I-Library
Information	I-Library
Centre	I-Library
(	O
PASTIC	B-Library
)	O
is	O
a	O
research	O
institute	O
and	O
premier	O
national	O
organization	O
of	O
the	O
government	O
of	O
Pakistan	O
with	O
prime	O
focus	O
on	O
scientific	O
academic	O
principles	O
and	O
research	O
and	O
the	O
dissemination	O
of	O
scientific	O
studies	O
and	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PASTIC	B-Library
consists	O
of	O
a	O
database	O
of	O
full-text	B-Application
science	O
and	O
technology	O
documents	O
,	O
publication	O
the	O
Pakistan	O
Journal	O
of	O
Computer	O
and	O
Information	O
System	O
(	O
PJCIS	O
)	O
and	O
secondary	O
journals	O
of	O
abstracts	O
which	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
ten	O
academic	O
disciplines	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
serving	O
as	O
a	O
database	O
of	O
patents	O
,	O
bibliographic	O
information	O
,	O
compilation	O
of	O
Union	O
catalogues	O
and	O
directories	O
,	O
and	O
reprographic	O
printing	O
services	O
grouped	O
into	O
mimeographing	O
,	O
photocopier	O
and	O
microfilming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Pakistan	B-Library
Scientific	I-Library
and	I-Library
Technological	I-Library
Information	I-Library
Centre	I-Library
was	O
established	O
in	O
1974	O
under	O
the	O
UNESCO-assisted	O
organisation	O
the	O
Pakistan	O
National	O
Scientific	O
and	O
Technical	O
Documentation	O
Centre	O
(	O
PANSDOC	O
)	O
which	O
works	O
under	O
the	O
Pakistan	O
Council	O
of	O
Scientific	O
&	O
Industrial	O
Research	O
(	O
PCSIR	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PASTIC	B-Library
was	O
later	O
transferred	O
from	O
PCSIR	O
to	O
Pakistan	O
Science	O
Foundation	O
(	O
PSF	O
)	O
and	O
started	O
serving	O
as	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
PSF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PASTIC	B-Library
plays	O
central	O
role	O
in	O
developing	O
networking	O
of	O
journals	O
and	O
publishers	O
communities	O
with	O
objectives	O
for	O
preservation	O
of	O
national	O
research	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
preserve	O
publishing	O
material	O
in	O
full-text	B-Application
format	O
,	O
standardization	O
of	O
scientific	O
journals	O
,	O
repository	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PASTIC	B-Library
assist	O
journal	O
publishers	O
in	O
providing	O
free	O
web	O
hosting	O
for	O
journal	O
,	O
import	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
export	I-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
and	O
data	B-Protocol
backup	I-Protocol
in	O
addition	O
to	O
providing	O
financial	O
aid	O
for	O
digitization	O
and	O
capacity	O
building	O
of	O
scientific	O
,	O
journal	O
,	O
and	O
publishing	O
communities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Working	O
under	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Science	O
and	O
Technology	O
,	O
its	O
main	O
functions	O
are	O
to	O
provide	O
academic	O
support	O
for	O
researchers	O
with	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PASTIC	B-Library
is	O
headed	O
by	O
the	O
Pakistan	O
Science	O
Foundation	O
(	O
PSF	O
)	O
chairperson	O
and	O
the	O
PASTIC	B-Library
's	O
director	O
general	O
.	O
</s>
