Browsing by Author "Sunil M. V."

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Measuring up to standards: A case study of adoption of a school library
(Journal of Library Development (JLD), 2016) Harinarayana, N. S.; Sunil M. V.; Chandrappa
Library has the motherhood status in the society. Everybody wants it. Nobody questions its importance. However, in reality, in many academic institutes – schools and colleges in particularthey exist more like an ornament. It receives the attention when committees visit the institutes for accreditation or some other similar purpose. Teachers, students, and the public rarely complain about the non-availability of library services. A school library, unfortunately, is no exception.
Next generation catalogues: A comparative analysis of OPACs of university libraries in India
(JLD: Journal of Library Development, 2017-01) Chandrappa; Sunil M. V.
The Next Generation Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC), generally termed as OPAC 2.0, is the results of continuous rethinking and reworking to make the information retrieval more effective, efficient and elegant with improved searching experiences. This paper attempts to list the OPAC functionalities by studying the OPAC 2.0 features available in representatives of all three types of software – commercial, open source and free. This paper attempts to compare the features available in the OPAC of ten universities against the listed expectations. Effort is also made to understand the level of OPAC 2.0 in the software adopted by these universities for integration of e-Resources, and interoperability standards. Keywords: OPAC, Information Retrieval, OPAC 2.0., Library Automation, Online Catalogue.
Next Generation of Catalogues : Comparative study of Five Indian Universities OPACs
(Two-day National Conference on Social Media and Libraries, 2014-02) Sunil M. V.; Chandrappa
Libraries worldwide have started rethinking and reworking their catalogs in order to increase the attractiveness and efficiency of their core information product – the OPAC. The Next Generation OPAC or generally termed as OPAC 2.0 offers improved searching experiences. In this paper, the OPAC functionalities are compared across the criteria framed in line with the expectations in Next Generation OPAC in three software types – commercial, open source and free. Further, the paper attempted to address the narrow objective to understand where our Indian university OPAC stands when analyzed / evaluated against the essential criteria of a Next Generation OPAC (NGO).