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<big>Dear Members of the List<br>
<br>
I am a very happy to announce that NewGenLib, the integrated library
management system is now open source. Details are given below.<br>
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<div align="center"><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><b>NewGenLib
Open Source</b><o:p></o:p></span></big></div>
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<li><!--[if !supportLists]--><big><span
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style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">NewGenLib
(<a href="http://www.newgenlib.com">www.newgenlib.com</a>) is now open
source under
the most widely used open source software licensing system called GNU
GPL
(General Public License)</span></big><!--[endif]--></li>
<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> </span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span
style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">The
open source binaries and source code
can be downloaded from <a
href="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/newgenlib">http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/newgenlib</a>.
Installation notes for Linux and Windows are also available at the
site. The
user manual is also downloadable.</span></big><!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]--></li>
<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span
style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Librarians/developers
who download the
software can post their views, problems, solutions, discussions, etc.,
on
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=210780">https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=210780</a>.</span></big><!--[endif]--></li>
<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span
style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">NewGenLib
is web-based and has a multi-tier
architecture (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.kiikm.org/newgenlib_architecture.jpg">www.kiikm.org/newgenlib_architecture.jpg</a>); uses Java (a
swing-based librarian’s GUI) and the JBoss (J2EE-based Application
Server). The
default backend used is the open source PostgreSQL.<span style=""> <br>
</span></span></big></li>
<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span
style=""></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span
style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">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.<span style=""> <br>
</span></span></big><!--[endif]--></li>
<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span
style=""></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span
style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">NewGenLib
is compliant with MARC-21 format.</span></big><!--[endif]--></li>
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<li><!--[endif]--><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"> </span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";"><span
style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span></span></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Has
a MARC editor</span></big></li>
<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Allows
seamless bibliographic and authority data import into cataloguing
templates </span><span
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style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"></span></span></span></big><!--[endif]--></li>
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<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Form
letter templates are configurable
using openOffice 2.0 as ODT and htm.</span></big></li>
<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">SMTP
mail servers can be configured for
emails that can be sent form functional modules.<span style=""> <br>
</span></span></big></li>
<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">NewGenLib
allows creation of institutional
open access (OA) repositories compliant with the OAI-PMH.</span></big></li>
<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">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.</span></big></li>
<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">NewGenLib
is Unicode 3.0 compliant. It is
an internationalized application. English and Arabic interfaces are
already
available.</span></big></li>
<li><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Is
RFID ready.</span></big></li>
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<big>Regards<br>
L.J.Haravu<br>
Trustee<br>
Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management<br>
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