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Library Automation and Digital Resources

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Overview

Library automation uses software and technology for acquisition, cataloguing, circulation and access to digital resources.

Key points

Koha is a widely used open-source integrated library system.
SOUL is library software developed by INFLIBNET.
INFLIBNET Centre (1991) is based at Gandhinagar.
Shodhganga is INFLIBNET’s repository of Indian theses.
N-LIST provides e-resources to colleges.
RFID enables self-check and security.

Explanation

DSpace and EPrints are institutional repository software.
Digital preservation needs backups and standards.
Remote access uses authentication systems.
National Digital Library of India aggregates content.
Staff training is essential for automation.

Step by step

Identify the concept, rule or fact asked.
Recall the definition, formula, example or year.
Apply it and eliminate mismatched options.

Examples

Open-source ILS → Koha.
Repository of Indian theses → Shodhganga.
INFLIBNET headquarters → Gandhinagar.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Calling Koha proprietary.
Trap: Mixing Shodhganga and N-LIST.
Trap: Ignoring preservation.

Quick revision

Koha, SOUL.
INFLIBNET 1991.
Shodhganga, N-LIST.

Practice MCQs

Which of these is open-source integrated library management software?
1. Koha
2. Tally
3. AutoCAD
4. Photoshop
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Answer: (a) Koha. Koha is widely used in Indian libraries.
RFID in libraries is mainly used for —
1. classification
2. automatic identification, security and self-issue
3. binding
4. printing
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Answer: (b) automatic identification, security and self-issue. Radio-frequency tags on items.
SOUL software was developed by —
1. UGC directly
2. INFLIBNET
3. NIC
4. ISRO
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Answer: (b) INFLIBNET. INFLIBNET.
INFLIBNET Centre was set up in —
1. 1981
2. 1991
3. 2001
4. 2011
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Answer: (b) 1991. 1991.
INFLIBNET is based at —
1. Pune
2. Gandhinagar
3. New Delhi
4. Bengaluru
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Answer: (b) Gandhinagar. Gandhinagar.
Shodhganga is a repository of —
1. textbooks
2. films
3. Indian theses
4. newspapers
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Answer: (c) Indian theses. Theses.
N-LIST provides e-resources to —
1. banks
2. hospitals
3. colleges
4. schools only
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Answer: (c) colleges. Colleges.
RFID in libraries enables —
1. cataloguing rules
2. self-check and security
3. printing
4. binding
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Answer: (b) self-check and security. RFID.
An integrated library system manages —
1. acquisition, cataloguing and circulation
2. only fines
3. only staff
4. only websites
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Answer: (a) acquisition, cataloguing and circulation. ILS modules.
Open-source software means —
1. it has no users
2. source code is freely available
3. it is always paid
4. it is hardware
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Answer: (b) source code is freely available. Open code.