Libraries and information centers have planned library automation efforts and practices, in order to provide their best services to the right users, in the right time, at the mode. A process of great change has been taking place in libraries, due to the impact of information technology and application of computers, in library work. In this study, the investigator considering a Comparative study of KOHA. LibSys, New Gen Lib and SOUL both two Open Sources Software and two proprietary Integrated library management software. This study also focuses on the general and specific features, of the four most popular integrated library management software. A brief dissection was done on popular software package, which are available for automation purposes. This article also focused on the overview of library automation software packages, and their features and functions of library management.
The online library services support to the growing academic community is a big source of concern, as it calls for transformation of conventional library services to online information services. This study helps to learn how the
Increase in scholarly electronic resources and the availability of technology to host the resources have created a situation where in the expectations of patrons have increased to a level where they expect everything they need is possible to have. Libraries are under tremendous strain to keep up with the expectations of their patrons with ever shrinking budgets. Whatever may be the size of the budget of a Library, there is always a segment of information requirement that cannot be fulfilled by the host Library. This segment of information required by their patrons is fulfilled through Inter-Library Loan (ILL)/Document Delivery Services (DDS). Hence, ILL/ DDS has always been a part of Library services right from the 'print only' days. With the advent of electronic age where the electronic resources are licensed rather than owned, ILL/DDS services have been very challenging with the restrictions imposed by the publishers. The clauses or conditions regarding ILL/DDS vary widely from publisher to publisher. The licensor sets out the terms for what can be used, by whom, how, for how long and at what cost. This work has examined license agreements of 43 publishers. The observations made may be useful for libraries to negotiate better terms and conditions so that an equitable solution is sought for both the libraries and the publishers.
The information standards and specifications are very important for providing better services to the end-users. In this case, almost all the levels of library activities the standards and specifications should maintain. The network-based library automation is the main task to maintain, the overall work process within the library and information centers. In this article, the author focuses on the specific library standards used for operating the network-based library automation-related process. There are many standards and specifications are available for library and information systems, resources, services, and other areas. This paper highlights the important areas of ICT based LIS standards like bibliographical data, metadata, information processing, and retrievals, networking, digital library, internet, and Web, etc. This study focuses on the Information and Communication based Library and Information Science international standards used by the library professionals to organize, processes, maintain, operate, and disseminate the quality of products and service to the end users. With standards and specifications Library and Information Science professionals can easily maintain the overall processes and functions of a library work without more effort. This article focus only few standards and specification but there are many number of technical and performance standards not covered in this article.
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