[LIS-Forum] NewGenLib as open source

[Antony Jose]

Dear Professor Haravu,

 

My hearty congratulations to you and your colleagues at the KIIKM.  It is
path breaking and I am sure that this will be remembered as one of the most
outstanding contributions to the Indian LIS community.  

 

Best wishes,

 

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Dr Antony Jose

Librarian

Management Development Institute (MDI)

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Subject: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib as open source

 

Dear Members of the List

I am a very happy to announce that  NewGenLib, the integrated library
management system is now open source. Details are given below.

NewGenLib Open Source

1.      NewGenLib (www.newgenlib.com) is now open source under the most
widely used open source software licensing system called GNU GPL (General
Public License)

2.       The open source binaries and source code can be downloaded from
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/newgenlib. Installation notes for Linux
and Windows are also available at the site. The user manual is also
downloadable.

3.      Librarians/developers who download the software can post their
views, problems, solutions, discussions, etc., on
https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=210780.

4.      NewGenLib is web-based and has a multi-tier architecture
(www.kiikm.org/newgenlib_architecture.jpg); uses Java (a swing-based
librarian's GUI) and the JBoss (J2EE-based Application Server). The default
backend used is the open source PostgreSQL. 

5.      NewGenLib functional modules: Acquisitions management (monographs
and serials); technical processing; circulation control; system
configuration; a desktop reports application and an end-of-day process
(scheduler) application. 

6.      NewGenLib is compliant with MARC-21 format.

1.       Has a MARC editor

2.      Allows seamless bibliographic and authority data import into
cataloguing templates 

7.      Form letter templates are configurable using openOffice 2.0 as ODT
and htm.

8.      SMTP mail servers can be configured for emails that can be sent form
functional modules. 

9.      NewGenLib allows creation of institutional open access (OA)
repositories compliant with the OAI-PMH.

10.  NewGenLib servers are SRU/W compliant supporting MARC-21 and MODS 3.0
metadata formats. CQL (level 1) with both Bath and Dublin Core Profiles are
supported.

11.  NewGenLib is Unicode 3.0 compliant. It is an internationalized
application. English and Arabic interfaces are already available.

12.  Is RFID ready.

Regards
L.J.Haravu
Trustee
Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management

    


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