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LIBRARY DIGITIZATION AND USE OF E-BOOKS SOFTWARE IN PUBLIC LIBRARY OF WEST BENGAL: A STUDY

    2 Author(s):  ABDUL MUSREF KHAN, DR. S. CHANDRAPPA

Vol -  3, Issue- 3 ,         Page(s) : 159 - 172  (2012 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH

Abstract

With the digitization of public libraries it turns out to be simple for everybody to get to any library from remote zone and get the important data. For digitization, printed books should be changed over to the electronic configuration by filtering them or making softcopy adaptation for them. To keep up these e-books and give advanced service to the clients of the library distinctive digital book and library administration software created. These software can store e-books over web in their database, keep up the collection completely, ordering them, keep record of the client activities, give look by writer, type, network, publication, distributing year, one after another in order, name and different strategies. These software reduces the loads of librarians and also make the task of finding and reading of books online for users. The focus of the study is on the use of different e-book library software like KOHA, Dspace and Libsys are three of many in public libraries of West Bengal. West Bengal has its name in the time of library development and advancement in India. Likewise the main completely advanced public national library of India is additionally situated in West Bengal. So this paper will give points of interest of the utilization of software in public libraries in West Bengal.

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