LIBRARY & DOCUMENTATION

The collection, registration and classification of relevant information on Ageing are facilities of great importance which have to be continually updated.  Through an exchange of documents, data bank information and publications with the United Nations and other bodies, research and training institutions, INIA constantly reviews and updates its information in order to provide efficient and reliable services to its users.

Consequently, INIA has established an extensive and comprehensive specialised library of books, journals and reports in order to facilitate its training and research components. All these resources are used by scholars as well as participants and tutors of its training programmes.

The library's cataloguing system is computerised and holds short abstracts of books and journals in order to provide a more efficient and reliable service. It also has the availability of Popline and Ageline databases on CD Rom. Requests may be made to the librarian in order to ascertain if specific publications are available. Presently the library has over 1,000 books, journals, reports and audio-visual material at its disposal.