Computerised library services

Digital library services, (KVAFSU, Bidar) Bengaluru

1. COMPUTERIZED LIBRARY SERVICES SUBMITTED BY: Rajwardhan Jr. MVSc Dept. of Poultry Science Veterinary College, Bengaluru

2. Introduction A Digital Library is a special library with a focused collection of digital objects that can include text, visual material, audio material, video material, stored as electronic media formats, along with means for organizing, storing, and retrieving the files and media contained in the library collection.

3. The electronic content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer net works. An electronic library is a type of information retrieval system.

4. Library automation Started in India in 1980’s. CSIR(Council for scientific & industrial research) , DRTC (Documentation research & training centre) – initiated process of library automation

5. Objective : For providing effective and improved services in libraries and information centers, but the level of improvement/progress is not upto the level, this may be Due to lack of knowledge in ICT (Information & communication technology), Lack of budget, Lack of confidence. Library automation

6. Library automation  Library automation is a technological approach that helps in disseminating information easily and reducing the budget allocated for educational spending on libraries. Automation in libraries is an emerging trend and is getting acceptance in the education sector. Automation allows libraries to improve in cataloging and hence the quality of materials available in the collection.

7. Library automation  In today's world of information, one of the most important aspect of development is to replace manual systems with web-based online automated management. The majority of universities hesitate to upgrade their library management systems as they need more time and high initial investment to do so.

8. Library catalogue A  library catalog  or  library catalogue  is a register of all bibliographic items found in a  library  or group of  libraries , such as a network of  libraries  at several locations.

9. OPAC The library is a service oriented institution which facilitates the users with its rich information resources through catalogue. With the advancement of information and communication technology, applications of computer technology with dedicated library software's has enabled the libraries to develop new service known as Online Public Access Catalogue to the users. This reflects the library holding in machine-readable format providing various searching access points like author, title, call number, keywords etc.

10. Some of the major online catalogues in India 1. AGRICAT @E-GRANTH ( http://egranth.ac.in/ ) 2. Worldcat ( http://www.worldcat.org/ ) 3. krishiprabha ( http://202.141.47.8.8080/equetthesis/ ) 4. Union catalogue of India Universities ( http://indicat.inflibnet.ac.in/indcat/ ) 5. Vidyanidhi – Digital Library and E- Scholership Protal ( http://vidyanidhi.org.in/ )

11. AGRICAT @E-GRANTH ( http://egranth.ac.in/ ) " AgriCat " is a Union Catalogue of the holdings of 12 major libraries (IARI, IVRI, UAS, GBPUAT, CCSHAU, ANGRAU, NDRI, CIFE, CSKHPKV, MPKV, TanuVAS , ICAR HQ-DKMA) of the ICAR Institutes and SAUs combined together. All books and articles – publically accessible over internet under the NARS with online computer library center(OCLC) partnership.

12. Internet services World wide web : WWW- International standard for hypertext – programs -CELLO & Mosaic – good GUI(Graphical User Interface) programme .

13. Content Alert Software – service offered by major publishers – search alerts lets you input author name,subject words etc Volume/issue alert - discover when new issue appears citation alert- notifies whenan indicated article is cited by someone

14. ACS- American Chemical society Publications Division Services for 30+journals ASAP- As soon As Publishable- when one of the articles enter this data base – you are notified immediately via e-mail that includes link to that article

15. Access to FullText E-journals/ Databases http://www.pubs.acs.org/ http://www.aps.org / http://www.iop.org/ http://journals.cambridge.org /

16. Intute ( www.intute.ac.uk)- evaluated, quality internet resources in animal health PubMed ( www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)-1997-National Library of Medicine – US- free internet access to Medline Medline( MEDlars onLINE )- bibliographic database- medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, healthcare system,preclinical services Internet resources for Agriculture and Veterinary Databases

17. Animal Science ( www.animalscience.com ) Veterinary Faculty University of Montreal ( www.medvet.umontreal.ca ) – access to125 journal titles & 50 conference proceedings NetVet ( http://netvet.wustledu/vmla.htm ) - 100 email dicussion lists -latest developments in respective fields

18. About KVAFSU Library Koha software ICAR - Krishikosha

19. CeRA

20. CeRA – J-Gate EXAMPLE : POULTRY FT/RA (Full text, Request article) 20735 - TOTAL 13784 - FULL TEXT ON REQUEST TO AUTHOR

21. E- BOOKS KVAFSU, Bidar Elsevier 247 - foreign author books. Cabi IAS/KAS Adnur Education foundation. E-books, Audio and Video files. Both foreign and Indian authors books.

22. No physical boundary Round the clock availability Multiple access Preservation and conservation Space Networking Cost Advantages

23. Disadvantages Copyright Speed of access Initial cost is high Efficiency Environment

24. Conclusion The initial cost of digitization is high but once digitization is introduced then the cost to manage this collection will be cheaper than that of any traditional library.

25. References Library & Information Sources & Srevices - U.S.Jadhav Suresh Jange