Disadvantages Of Library Automation

Due to the explosion of information, librarians feel more difficult to acquire relevant

documents for their readers. Now simultaneously increase in the user’s demand and

number of documents published forced the librarians to take up the task of systematic

organization of the recorded knowledge enabling the easy retrieval of documents. Library

Automation refers to the phenomenon of library activities such ac Acquisition, serial

control, circulation, classification and cataloguing services and other related activities.

This Paper mainly highlights for Definition, Meaning of Library automation, Objectives,

Needs, Features, Advantages, Benefits, Disadvantages, Areas and Services of Library

Automation, Criteria, Factors, Planning,

Another development that has accelerated

the rate of transition in libraries from manual to machine based systems is that

increasingly libraries are becoming part of larger library networks to facilitate

information exchange and resource sharing and with the objective of enhancing the

quality of library service. Mechanism of library housekeeping operations predominantly

by computerization is known as Library Automation. The appearance of computer has

greatly increased the activities of library automation. In addition to computers

advancement, telecommunication and audio-visual technologies gave way to new

possibilities in information handling. However the use of computers is limited to only

some specialized libraries unlike the case of developed countries. Library automation

includes other semi-automatic because human intervention is greater in extent. Hence

library automation principally the use computers, associated peripheral media, computer

based products and services in library work. Efforts in automating library catalogues and

designing automated text retrieval systems have largely been influenced by

Third Generation:

 Fully Integrated Modules (using relational database structures)

 Various Standards

 GUI Based features

1.1.4. Fourth Generation:

 Client-server architecture

 Access to other servers over the Networks

 Allows to access multiple sources

1.2. What is the Meaning of Library Automation? (Melissa Smith, eHow

Contributor):

Not many years ago, libraries used card catalogs, typewriters, and manually assigned due

dates. Library automation, an up-to-date method to help libraries and library patrons to

effectively use library resources, is now streamlined because of computers and software.

1.3. Definitions of Library Automation:

 Automation is a process of using the machineries for easily working and saving

the human power and time.

 The main purpose of library automation is to free the librarians and library staff

and to allow them to contribute more meaningfully to spread of knowledge and

Information.

 In the simple language “When we use machineries for collection, processing,

storage and retrieval of information and do an other works of library with the help

of machineries that called library automation.”

2. Principal Approach to Library