A Review of Status, Problem and Prospects of Library Automation in Engineering Colleges of Jabalpur City

Abstract

The study presents the status of automation in Engineering College libraries and information centers of Jabalpur city in Madhya Pradesh. The uses of Information and communication Technology (ICT) facilitate easy & immediate access to Information. During the process of Automation understanding and analyzing the various problems faced by the Management and the staff. The methodology adopted for the present study is survey using a structured questionnaire. It was observed that 52.63% of the Engineering College libraries were not automated for reason such as, Lack of computer facilities, Inadequate finance, Lack of trained Manpower; Management is not interested in library automation, collection from library is very less, tentativeness and lack of attitude towards automation and unsatisfactory library software problems are the major hindrances to speedy automation. Only`Only`47.37% of Engineering College libraries are using automation to show that the libraries must be updated on the current scenario and the other libraries will follow these updates. This study also gives a status view of the software packages used by different engineering college libraries & the opinion of the librarians & library staff about the performance of software they use.