STATUS OF AUTOMATION AND NETWORKING AMONG THE COLLEGE LIBRARIES AFFILIATED TO BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The automation in libraries has changed day to day activities, storage and retrieval techniques save the time of both user and library personal. The objectives of this study are to identify the status of automation through findings of a survey. Out of 120college libraries which were affiliated to Bharathiar University
selected for this study. This study tries to analyze the status of library automation , availability of suitable library automation software and network facilities available in college libraries affiliated to Bharathiar  University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. It was found that 92 college libraries computerized and using different
types of software. Only 2 libraries out of 92 implemented RFID technology. Only 40.2% of the libraries having web online public access catalogue facility and only25% of the libraries would like to share their resources
through networking.