Application of Information Technology in University Libraries of Rajasthan: A Survey Report

Abstract

A survey was conducted in 12 state universities as well as deemed university institutions of Rajasthan to study the status of library automation. IIT Delhi Library was also sent a questionnaire to act as a role model to Rajasthan university libraries. The survey attempts to find out the following aspect of library automation: availability of reading material, financial support to library automation, hardware configuration in libraries, use of application software, initiation of library automation, status of house database preparation, user services, housekeeping operations, networking accessibility of libraries, problems in computerization and networking, assessment of computer applications and networking, and measurement of satisfaction regarding automation of information system. It concludes that the university libraries are interested in library automation. But INFLIBNET should speed up to attend to the grievances of SOUL users. INFLIBNET should also provide multilingual script to SOUL software to speed up database preparation. Lastly UGC should consider sanctioning a post of Information Scientist and a Technical Assistant.