Dear Shri Sudarsan, We have been 'printing' records in the standard format of accession register from the database for last several years and filing these loose sheets as 'accession register'. Auditors have no objection to this. We produce this document as accession register when they arrive to our institute for audit. Regards, - Murari Tapaswi -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of sudarsan kumar Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 4:24 PM To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: [LIS-Forum] Written accession register mandatory? Dear LIS forum members Technological developments have restructured all the age old practices and conventional working systems in every realm of human endeavor. Library science is no exception to these transformations. The disappearance of the conventional catalogue cards from the scenario is an example. I have my own doubts as to whether it is mandatory to maintain a written accession register in a library. Does AICTE or other bodies insist on written accession register in libraries? Now most of the software's are having an option to print stock register. Friends please open up. Sudarsan N.R Assistant Librarian P.A Aziz College of Engineering and Technology Karakulam, Trivandrum 09847784502 sudarsannr@gmail.com darsanshiva@gmail.com sudarsannr.blogspot.com sudarsannr.wetpaint.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner http://www.mailscanner.info/ , and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.