Library Automation: an Empirical Study

Abstract

With the event of Information and Communication technology, almost all the functions of Libraries stands to be converted into computerized form. Now the working of almost all the libraries is software centric. ICT plays a centric and pivotal role in functioning of libraries. With the use of Library management software, the duplication can be avoided and each and every function of the Library performs in accurate manner. On the other hand library automation saves time, money and efforts of the Library professionals. In nutshell due to library automation, the provision of Library services improves on greater extent. In this paper I have described the infrastructure required for Library automation and also given personnel experiences regarding Library automation.