<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{font-family:Arial;
color:navy;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
/* List Definitions */
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear Professor Haravu,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>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.
</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best wishes,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>-------------------------------------------------</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Dr Antony Jose</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Librarian</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Management Development Institute
(MDI)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Mehrauli Road, Sukhrali</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Gurgaon - 122 001 INDIA</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Phone : +91 - 124 - 4560324</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Mobile : 9968263589</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Email : </span></font><a
href="mailto:ajose@mdi.ac.in"></span></font><font size=1 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>ajose@mdi.ac.in</a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jai Haravu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 10, 2008
8:59 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib as
open source</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>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.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:center'><b><font
size=3 color=black face=Verdana><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:bold'>NewGenLib Open Source<u1:p></u1:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>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></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'> 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></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>3.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Librarians/developers
who download the software can post their views, problems, solutions,
discussions, etc., on <a href="https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=210780">https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=210780</a>.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>4.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>NewGenLib
is web-based and has a multi-tier architecture (<a
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></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>5.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>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></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>6.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>NewGenLib
is compliant with MARC-21 format.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'> Has
a MARC editor</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Allows
seamless bibliographic and authority data import into cataloguing templates </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Form
letter templates are configurable using openOffice 2.0 as ODT and htm.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>8.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>SMTP
mail servers can be configured for emails that can be sent form functional
modules. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>9.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>NewGenLib
allows creation of institutional open access (OA) repositories compliant with
the OAI-PMH.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>10.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>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></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>11.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>NewGenLib
is Unicode 3.0 compliant. It is an internationalized application. English and
Arabic interfaces are already available.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>12.<font
size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></font><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Is
RFID ready.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'>Regards<br>
L.J.Haravu<br>
Trustee<br>
Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management<br>
<br>
<u1:p></u1:p><u1:p></u1:p><u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font size=1><span
style='font-size:7.0pt'><span style='font-size-adjust: none;font-stretch: normal'>
</span></span></font></p>
<u1:p></u1:p></div>
</body>
<br />--
<br />This message has been scanned for viruses and
<br />dangerous content by
<a href="http://www.mailscanner.info/"></b><b>MailScanner</a>, and is
<br />believed to be clean.
<br />--
<br />This message has been scanned for viruses and
<br />dangerous content by
<a href="http://www.mailscanner.info/"><b>MailScanner</b></a>, and is
<br />believed to be clean.
</html>