Weaving E-books in Library Collection: An Experience of National Law University Delhi, India

Abstract

The central library of National Law University Delhi has rich collection of law e-books from various publishers. These e-books were available to the faculty and students through different publisher platforms and it was difficult to find them subject-wise. Library is currently using LIBSYS-7 automation software. The paper depicts detailed experiment carried out to weave these e-books into library catalogue through LIBSYS-7. The whole technical process is described step by step and searching e-books through OPAC. The e-books can be searched subject-wise along-with print books and their full text can be downloaded through OPAC. This experiment establishes library catalogue as core source of information of all library resources. Users get benefitted to a great extent in finding their desired e-book through library catalogue. Other libraries having rich e-book collection may adopt this practice for the benefit of their end-users.

Trends in E-book Research

“…Incorporating e-books into OPAC enables searching. Rai, Samar and Singh 59 report an experiment carried out to incorporate e-books into OPAC through LIBSyS-7. The authors asserted that users get benefitted to a great extent in finding desired e-book through this improved version of OPAC.…”