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Unit 1: Library Automation

Self Assessment Notes

State whether the following statements are true or false:
9. A circulation or lending department is one of the key departments of a library.
10. The first large-scale online catalogues were developed at Ohio State University in 1975 and
the Dallas Public Library in 1985.
11. The largest union catalogue is World Cat, which includes the holdings of over 70,000
libraries worldwide.
12. An integrated library system (ILS) is also known as library management system.

1.13 Summary

An integrated library system (ILS), also known as a library management system (LMS), is
an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items owned, orders
made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed.
Library automation which started in late 70s in few special libraries has now reached
most of the university libraries.
The library catalogue or index to the collection forms the base for most of the library
activities such as acquisition, reference, bibliographic service, inter-library loan etc. The
users of library card catalogue will appreciate how fast the retrieval is, search and print-
ing in automated environment.
A library catalogue (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.
Cataloguing (or catalogueuing) rules have been defined to allow for consistent catalogu-
ing of various library materials across several persons of a cataloguing team and across
time.
Library circulation or library lending comprises the activities around the lending of
library books and other material to users of a lending library.
An Online Public Access Catalogue (often abbreviated as OPAC or simply Library Cata-
logue) is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries.

1.14 Keywords
Database : A large store of data held in a computer.
Invoice : A list of goods sent or services provided with a statement of the sum due.
Automation : The use of automatic equipment in a manufacturing.
Elaborate : Very detailed and complicated.
Sophisticated : Showing a lot of experience of the world and social situations.

1.15 Review Questions
1. Write a short note on OPAC.
2. Define Union catalogue.
3. Write briefly on Cataloguing terms.
4. Write a note on library acquisitions.
5. Describe the library catalogue card.
6. Discuss the online catalogue.
7. Describe the library catalogue.
8. Explain in detail about library circulation.
9. Explain in detail about online public access catalogue.

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