Sharad Kumar Sonker ¹, S. Shashi Nath ²

Affiliations
1 Digital Library and Information Center, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science, IV, ‘T’ Block , Jayanagar, Bangalore 560041, IN
2 National Center for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangaore 560041, IN

Abstract

Metadata though being nothing new, has provided the information professionals a key approach for organizing, managing, preserving digital material and to support search and retrieval (resource discovery) and inter-operability. This paper discusses what is metadata, its types, metadata schemes (standards), examples and applications in different domains, relationship between different metadata standards, relationship between cataloguing and metadata, and current developments.

Keywords

Digital Library, Content Management, Information Management, Metadata.

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Sharad Kumar Sonker ¹, Francis Jayakanth ¹

Affiliations
1 National Center for Science Information, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012, IN

Abstract

The explosion of computer and communication technologies, which are referred to as information and communication technology (lCT) have affected almost all aspects of human life including library. Libraries have been looking forward for better technologies even before the onset of the computers. Now in the information era, in order to avoid obsolescence of information, library professionals are applying advanced technologies to enable its user community to get the right information at. the right time. In order to achieve this objective, libraries are automating their services. To automate library services efficiently and effectively one needs an integrated library automation package. There are several commercial library automation packages now available but the costs of these packages are beyond the reach of most of the libraries especially the school and college libraries. Koha is the first open source library automation package, which can be downloaded from the Internet site (http://www.koha.org). In this paper we have briefly discussed different features that are supported by Koha.

Keywords

Koha, Open Source Software, Library Automation Software.

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