JOURNA – Data Base Of Journal Articles In The University of Kashmir : Its Design, Development And Use.

Abstract

The university of Kashmir was initiated to the use of IT applications for its library services under the auspices of the INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad. The university has so far created some databases which include those of books, theses (M.Phil and Ph.D), medical dissertations (MD and MS). The Library System of the university has developed one more database of the articles published in different international and national journals available in the Central Library (Allama Iqbal Library itself). This data base viz., Journa holds 1, 50,000 odd records of the articles from the journals / periodicals available in the library. The database is kept on a few systems for the search and study of the clientele of the library augmented by the photocopying facility available in the same floor these journals are put to display. The articles presented the brief account of the efforts made in designing the journal database.