Enhancing Library Services using Open Source Software Koha

Shirish Kulkarni

ISBN 10: 3659949337 / ISBN 13: 9783659949333

Editore: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Feb 2017, 2017

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Neuware -Authors have prepared a Prototype Model of Centralized Library System for the Pune based Sinhgad Institute's Higher Education Libraries. Authors believe that there is an opportunity to save the time of Readers as well as Library Staff and improve the quality of services provided by the library and information centers by introducing new services with the proposed centralized model discussed in the book. There is also an opportunity for the organizations to use the existing resources effectively to save on the cost incurred on various library automation aspects including the hardware, software and technical processing works. In the current scenario, if institutions / organizations provide training to the existing library staff regarding open source software like Koha, it will be the most powerful alternative to commercial as well as in-house library management system. Book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various Commercial, In-House and Open Source Library Management Systems.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 324 pp. Englisch.

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• Titolo: Enhancing Library Services using Open Source Software Koha
• Editore: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Feb 2017
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3659949337
• ISBN 13: 9783659949333
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 220 L x 150 A x 21 P (millimetri) 220 millimetri di larghezza per 150 millimetri di altezza per 21 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 500 grammi

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Riassunto

Authors have prepared a Prototype Model of Centralized Library System for the Pune based Sinhgad Institute's Higher Education Libraries. Authors believe that there is an opportunity to save the time of Readers as well as Library Staff and improve the quality of services provided by the library and information centers by introducing new services with the proposed centralized model discussed in the book. There is also an opportunity for the organizations to use the existing resources effectively to save on the cost incurred on various library automation aspects including the hardware, software and technical processing works. In the current scenario, if institutions / organizations provide training to the existing library staff regarding open source software like Koha, it will be the most powerful alternative to commercial as well as in-house library management system. Book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various Commercial, In-House and Open Source Library Management Systems.

L'autore

Shirish Kulkarni, Librarian at Sinhgad Institute of Business Management, Kamalapur (Solapur) from 2008 and has 13 years experience. Nanaji Shewale, Librarian at Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune (India) from 2009. Worked for British Council Library for 13 years. Authored a book "AACR2, MARC21 and WINISIS" with Prof ARD Prasad, DRTC.