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Library Automation

Notes The reputation of software development group or the vendor is extremely valuable.
The ability of the package in terms of support for data conversion from other library
systems and adherence to the international bibliographic data standards and protocols
should be checked extensively.
The rapid developments of ICT have changed the libraries over the last few decades.

Unicode is a character representation standard like ASCII.
Z39.50 is a session oriented program-to-program open communication protocol based on
client-server computing model.

FRBR is a conceptual model, proposed and designed by IFLA (International Federation of
Library Associations), for the management of bibliographic databases.
The RFID tags are placed in books and generally covered with the sticker.

4.5 Keywords

Checklist: A checklist is a type of informational job aid used to reduce failure by compensating
for potential limits of human memory and attention.
Common Gateway Interface: Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standard method for web
server software to delegate the generation of web content to executable files.
Enhanced Services: Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission
facilities used in interstate communications that employs computer processing applications that
act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber’s transmitted
information; provides the subscriber with additional, different, or restructured information; or
involves subscriber interaction with stored information.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol: It is a TCP/IP based communication protocol which is used to
deliver virtually all files and other data, collectively called resources, on the World Wide Web.
Open Source Software: Open Source Software (OSS) is software for which the source code is
freely available. It means that anyone can access the source code and make changes.

Radio Frequency Identification: Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is the technology that is
slated to replace barcodes in library applications.
Retrenchment: Retrenchment is an act of cutting down or reduction, particularly of public
expenditure.
Software Package: A program for performing some specific function or calculation which is
useful to more than one computer user and is sufficiently well documented to be used without
modification on a defined configuration of some computer system.

Specifications: A specification (often abbreviated as spec) may refer to an explicit set of
requirements to be satisfied by a material, design, product, or service.
Systems Analyst: An individual in charge of designing, modifying, or analysing various systems
to ensure compatibility and user effectiveness.
Unicode: Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation
and handling of text expressed in most of the world’s writing systems.

Value-added Services: A value-added service (VAS) is a popular telecommunications term for
non-core services, or in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions.

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