I-ICSTI ibe yilungu kusukela ngo-1984.
Isungulwe ngoJuni 1984 njengomlandeli we-ICSU Abstracting Board, i-International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI), njengenhlangano engaphansi kwe-International Council for Science (ICSU) kanye nenhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe yobulungu engenzi nzuzo, yenza kube lula ukusebenzisana. phakathi kwabo bonke ababambiqhaza ababambe iqhaza ohlelweni lokuxhumana lwesayensi ngenhloso yokwenza ngcono ukusebenza ngempumelelo kocwaningo lwesayensi. Isebenzisa ngokugcwele isikhundla sayo esiyingqayizivele ezimpambanweni zokwakhiwa kolwazi lwesayensi nobuchwepheshe, inhlangano, ukusatshalaliswa kanye nokusetshenziswa, ukuze ibone futhi ibhekane nezinselele ezibalulekile, ngaphandle kwe-ajenda yepolitiki noma eqhutshwa ukuhweba.
I-ICSTI izobhekana nabashayeli boshintsho futhi yenze imizamo ehlobene ngqo nezinkinga zokuxhumana zamanje nezesikhathi esizayo. Okubalulekile phakathi kwalokhu ukuvumela ukusungula izinto ezintsha, ukuhlolwa komthelela wobuchwepheshe obusha ekuxhumaneni kocwaningo lwesayensi, kanye nezidingo zabasebenzisi bolwazi 'besizukulwane esilandelayo'. I-ICSTI izogqugquzela futhi inikeze inkundla yokushintshisana ngolwazi, ubungcweti nokuqonda, futhi idale ithuba lokuxhumana kwenhlangano nokusebenzisana kuyo yonke imiphakathi yolwazi lwesayensi nobuchwepheshe (STI).
