NEW FEATURES ENHANCED IN V3.2

NGL Touch

This new module which will help in self-checkout and return of the library books with Bio-Metric Authentication where client need to provide touch screen system in which NGL Team will configure Touch App and biometric will be supplied by VSPL on requirement

NGL Counter

This is for attendance of library users with biometric authentication

NGL Helium

Android App available in Google Play Store for which Data Server to be internet connected (Public IP) VSPL team will configure the required plugins

Brief on the Software Application

Some of the most important features of the software and its unique selling propositions

• Multilingual Support.
• Supports international standards such as MARC-21, AACR-2, UNICODE, XML and Dublin Core.
• As a result of its support to international standards, the software allows seamless import of metadata directly from freely available MARC-21 data sources on the web. This feature alone will save considerable costs of creating metadata records apart from ensuring better consistency, accuracy and completeness of records and the possibility of exchanging records between libraries.
• Uses n-Tier Architecture to ensure easy scalability when a library’s needs require it to move into higher-end database and/or application server and web technologies over a period of time.
• Allows the attachment of digital objects such as full text in PDF or MS-Word, image files, sound, video clips, etc., to catalogue records. This will allow users of an institutions (e.g., students and faculty of a University and affiliated colleges to view not only the metadata but the full text of, monographs, serial articles, research reports, presentations, pamphlets, audio recordings, video tapes, contents pages of books, etc., online). In other words, the library can participate more effectively in the activities (teaching, research) of the Institution by providing access to such materials in an online manner.
• The online public access catalogue (OPAC) module is an integral part of the software offering.
• The software has recently added functionality to use the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). This will enable a library to build its own archive of digital materials (e.g., papers by the University faculty and research scholars) and also for harvesting of documents from other OAI-PMH data providers.
• Available with open source back-end Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) servers so that small libraries need not invest in costly licenses for commercial RDBMS servers such as MS-SQL Server. ORACLE, etc.
• Portable to open source operating systems such as Linux Redhat 9.0 and above apart from the Windows 2000 and XP operating system family.
• Available in versions starting from single library-single user to multi-library multi-user networking consortium versions.
• Allow multilingual data entry, storage and retrieval in Indian languages.

Technology of the Proposed Software

Given below is a graphical image of the technology of NewGenLib and its advantages. We would like to emphasize that NewGenLib uses contemporary technologies and international metadata and interoperability standards.

Advantages

• It is very scalable because each layer can be sized depending on the need
• It is very reliable/robust because specialized components can be used at each layer
• It is better maintainable because problems can be easily identified
• Migration to other layers, e.g., presentation layer is possible very easily.
• It is more efficient because of the middle layer, viz., the application layer. Many tasks are managed via this layer
• XML messaging is used to minimize network traffic.
• The technology also uses many open source components to minimize costs for the user.

The technology to be used will allow multiple user access to the database and digital content either via the University LAN/Intranet or from a web client.

NewGenLib Functional Modules

Acquisitions

• Request process (suggestions from users)
• Process On-approvals from Vendors
• Raise Orders
• Receive orders (Invoice and Item processing)
• Accession received items
• Process payments
• Budget management
• Record payment details
• Claims for unsupplied items
• Solicited and Unsolicited gift processing
• Quotation process (Request for quotations, Generate comparative statements)

Serials Management

• Process subscription list
• Raise firm order
• Receive Invoice
• Register (Checkin) serial issues (manages even Combined issues, Supplement issues, Special issues, out-of-turn receipts, Indexes, Delayed issues, No longer available issues)
• Binding Management
  • Preperation of Logical lists and Physcial lists
  • Raising binding orders
  • Accessioning Bound Volumes
• Auto-claim (Reminder) generation for 'Not received' issues

Technical Processing

• Import Bibliographic data
  • Using Z39.50 Client
  • From other libraries' OPACs
• Primary or Original Cataloguing
  • Provides 3 different templates for Cataloguing: Simple, General and MARC21 Templates
  • Compliant to MARC21 for Bibliographic, Authority and Holdings Data
  • Supports all material types (By MARC21)
  • Open Archive support (OAI-PMH protocol compliant)
  • Attach digital content along with catalogue record
• Search catalogue
  • Search catalogue through various system defined Indexes
  • Library can also define custom indexes
• Cross walks available meta data standards like MODS 3.0 and Dublin Core
• Technical Processing of items received through Acquisitions and Serials Management

Circulation

• Check out (Issues)
• Check in (Returns)
• Reserve items
• Recall items on loan
• Renew items on loan
• Inter Library Loans management
• Process items lost
• Weed out process
• Binding management
• Automatic overdue notices and reminder for renewals

Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)

• Various types of searches
  • Free text (Google like search)
  • Basic
  • Advanced
  • Expert
• Reserve items online and Cancel reservations online
• Renew items online
• View circulation transactions transacted and user privileges by the user online
• Top stories (View headlines through RSS feeds configured)
• Define SDI (Selective Dessimination of Information) profile
• List of new arrivals
• Suggest new books to be acquired online
• View special collections in the library.

Reports (NewGenLib Desktop)

• Acquisitions
  • Accession register
  • Budget expenditure
  • vendor performance
• Technical Processing
  • Customized list of titles
  • List of new arrivals
  • Documentation list
• Circulation
  • Stock verification
  • Checked out material detials
  • Current reservations
  • Detalied Circulation Transaction
  • Overdue material
  • Patron List (Users List)
  • Items reported lost
  • Daily Circulation Transaction
  • Items under binding
• Serials management
  • Current subscriptions
  • Duplicate issues
  • Missing issues
  • Unfullfilled subscriptions
  • Current arrivals
  • Budget expenditure
  • List of subcriptions