• Install NewsNIC3 Client Program (With Local/LAN Database Connectivity)-(Rev. 14, 22-Feb-2010)

NewsNIC

e-NewsNIC is a web-based 'News Clippings System' , developed by the National Informatics Centre, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. The software is useful for libraries and information centres to provide, web-based, full-text, online 'News Clippings Services' to its users. The software can be implemented either in stand-alone or in client-server mode where database and Web Interface are installed on the server PC while the news generation / uploading program is installed on client PCs. The software provides LAN based news uploading programs to the centralized database from where it is published on Intranet/Internet. The useful news items from print/web editions of the newspapers are copied and pasted to generate the news files for uploading. The software is multi-lingual/UNICODE compliant and can be used to publish the news items from news papers in regional languages, also photo from news items gets displayed with the respective news itesm.

e-NewsNIC was started as an in-house project at 'Library and Information Services Division' of NIC Hqs, New Delhi to provide web-based news clippings service to its remote users. Earlier, NIC Library was providing news clippings service manually in print format. Later various versions were released of the software with improved user interface and enhanced features. Recently, we have released Ver.3.0 of the software with enhanced features along with UNICODE compliant database and multi-lingual news items management. Following table shows the release of various versions of the software:

For Stand-Alone Mode (All the Components to be installed on a Single PC):

    Hardware: PIV or above with backup device

    OS: Windows XP with SP2/Vista

    DBMS: MS SQL Server 2005 (Express Ed)

    Connectivity: LAN/Internet Connectivity

For Clietn-Server Mode:

    Hardware: PIV or above with backup device

    OS: Windows XP with SP2/Vista for Clients PCs

    OS: Windows Server 2003 for Server PC

    DBMS: MS SQL Server 2005 (Standard Ed)

    Connectivity: LAN/Internet Connectivity

e-NewsNIC contains following components, some of are be installed in the Server PC while rest are installed in the Client PCs:

1. Database (MS SQL Server 2005) - Installed on Server PC (Windows Server 2003)

2. Web Interface - Installed on Server PC

3. News Preparation/uploading program - Installed on client PCs

Distribution Policy

The software is provided at zero cost to all kinds of libraries in India. The user can send official request along with the duly filled Request Form to the following address:

R K Matoria, Technical Director,

Library and Information Services Division

NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE

A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,

New Delhi - 110 003

Ph. 011-24305487

Email: rkmatoria@nic.in