Library Automation and Networking in Engineering College Libraries of National Capital Region of India: A Study

Abstract

Purpose: The main aim of the work is to present the status of Library Automation and Networking in Engineering College Libraries of National Capital Region (NCR) of India; to study the various barriers of Library Automation and Networking of Engineering College Libraries of National Capital Region (NCR) and to provide the feasible and cost effective solution to remove these barriers and allow libraries to cater the standard and quality services to the user community.

Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on descriptive method of research includes surveys and fact-findings enquiries of different kinds. As the research is descriptive in nature, the present study use the pretested, structured questionnaire and administered observation and interview was also used to generate data to make the study reliable.

Findings: In order to ascertain the extent of the automation of the libraries the librarians were asked to indicate the extent of automation of the libraries. It is observed from the data that out of 8 libraries, 4(50%) libraries are completely automated and 3(37.50%) libraries are partially automated.

Originality/value: This article is original because it provides the feasible and cost effective solution to remove these barriers and allow libraries to cater the standard and quality services to the user community.