Dear all Now a day's several libraries are using one or more open source software. The feature which is available by default is only used most of the time. One of the major beauty of OSS is freedom of surgery to fit local requirements, but most of the time we are not capable/attempting for the same. OSS has lot of possibility to enhance the services for users and housekeeping operations, whatever new IT based services we want should be explored in OSS. A dedicated team of library staff should always be engaged in such R&D activities with support of experts in computer. Our associations and agencies like Inflibnet, RRRLF, NDL, etc. should take initiatives for new development in existing OSS for support of libraries as our government also encourage and promotes for use of OSS. Please note freedom of surgery/customisation of OSS is main moto and we should avail such benefits under the supervision of experts. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.