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<DIV>Dear Mr. Haravu,</DIV>
<DIV>It is a wonderful New Year gift to the library professionals in India and also the other countries in the Developing World. You and your team worked so hard to make it one of the best product and many libraries will benefit by using it. One of the main reasons for delay in the implementation of Library Automation in India is because of non-availability of a good high-end software with all the functions and standards like NewGenlib. Your other contribution in the form of text-book (Library Automation) has become valuable to the professional community. It is the only text-book of its kind from India.</DIV>
<DIV>Library professionals will remember you for ever for this gesture.</DIV>
<DIV>We all wish you good health. <BR> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>Dr. E. Rama Reddy</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>visiting Professor</DIV>
<DIV>Faculty of Informatics</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Mahasarakham University</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>Mahasarakham, Thailand</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:enukondar@yahoo.co.in" target=_blank rel=nofollow>enukondar@yahoo.co.in</A></DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:enukondar@gmail.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>enukondar@gmail.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Jai Haravu <haravu@newgenlib.com><BR>To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in<BR>Sent: Thursday, 10 January, 2008 3:29:13 PM<BR>Subject: [LIS-Forum] NewGenLib as open source<BR><BR><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><B><BR></B></BIG>
<DIV align=center><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><B>NewGenLib Open Source</B></SPAN></BIG></DIV>
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<LI><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">NewGenLib (<A href="http://www.newgenlib.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>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></LI>
<LI><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">The open source binaries and source code can be downloaded from <A href="http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/newgenlib" target=_blank rel=nofollow>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></LI>
<LI><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">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" target=_blank rel=nofollow>https://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=210780</A>.</SPAN></BIG></LI>
<LI><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">NewGenLib is web-based and has a multi-tier architecture (<A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="http://www.kiikm.org/newgenlib_architecture.jpg" target=_blank rel=nofollow>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> <BR></SPAN></SPAN></BIG></LI>
<LI><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">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> <BR></SPAN></SPAN></BIG></LI>
<LI><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">NewGenLib is compliant with MARC-21 format.</SPAN></BIG></LI>
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<LI><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Has a MARC editor</SPAN></BIG></LI>
<LI><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Allows seamless bibliographic and authority data import into cataloguing templates </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></BIG></LI></OL>
<LI><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">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%">SMTP mail servers can be configured for emails that can be sent form functional modules.<SPAN> <BR></SPAN></SPAN></BIG></LI>
<LI><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">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%">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%">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%">Is RFID ready.</SPAN></BIG></LI></OL><BIG>Regards<BR>L.J.Haravu<BR>Trustee<BR>Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management<BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><SPAN><SPAN
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