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<h2 id="modules--functions">Modules & Functions</h2> <p>NewGenLib has the following main modules:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Acquisitions</li> <li>Technical Processing</li> <li>Serials management</li> <li>Circulation</li> <li>Administration</li> <li>MIS Reports</li> <li>Task to do today (daily scheduler)</li> <li>OPAC</li></ul> <p>Some advanced functional features: </p> <ul><li>Android mobile and tablet capable</li> <li>Integration with Twitter helping send messages of transactions directly to users’ Twitter accounts.</li> <li>Flexibility of defining own search field in OPAC.</li> <li>Enhanced content and interactive OPAC like Availability of Book jackets, Google preview, Comments/ Book reviews, Tagging, Favorite reading list, etc.</li> <li>Zotero compliant OPAC</li> <li>RSS Feeds in OPAC</li> <li>Faceted Browsing (Refining search results)</li> <li>Suggestion for other books on the rack</li> <li>RFID supports</li> <li>Provision for frequently used predefined templates along with freedom of defining own customized data entry templates in Cataloguing</li> <li>Configurable SMS system - a proof of transaction.</li> <li>Integration with Gmail or paid mailbox account. This enables the automatic sending of email to patrons during issue /return.</li> <li>Enhanced Report Module for generating in .csv format with a provision for wide customization.</li> <li>Provision for integrating with Vufind SOPAC (Ex: OPAC of the Library of Bangalore University).</li> <li>Catalogue can be harvested through Google site map, and thus the visibility of the library can be further improved.</li></ul> <h2 id="technologies-used--standards-supported">Technologies Used & Standards Supported</h2> <p>NewGenLib uses several well-supported and widely used, reliable, and well-tested open-source components like PostgreSQL, Apache Tomcat, and Solr Lucene.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> It is entirely Java-based, platform-neutral, and uses the following major software technologies in its presentation, web server, and database layers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Java_Platform%2c_Standard_Edition/1HMPhdsv">Java SE</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Apache_Tomcat/psmVfM2B">Apache Tomcat</a> server</li> <li><a href="/facts/Spring_framework/ajIwLM73">Spring framework</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hibernate_(Java)/7hHcgTkB">Hibernate</a> framework</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lucene/tPQ0D39Y">Lucene</a> and <a href="/facts/Solr/2WrGtlx2">Solr</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/JDOM/lP6Vy4hP">JDOM</a> for <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a> messaging</li> <li><a href="/facts/Java_Servlets/hf5LQVq1">Java Servlets</a>, <a href="/facts/JavaServer_Pages/LAr4ALkb">JavaServer Pages</a></li> <li>Java Mail</li> <li><a href="/facts/OpenOffice.org/561WcNgg">OpenOffice.org</a> for form letters</li> <li>JasperReports</li> <li><a href="/facts/FreeMarker/FvP4jVza">FreeMarker</a> template (from version 3.04 R1)</li></ul> <p>NewGenLib is platform-independent and can be installed on Linux and Windows operating systems. </p><p>Standards supported by NewGenLib </p> <ul><li>MARC21 – For bibliographic data <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li></ul> − Import and Export in ISO 2709, MARC XML <ul><li>MARC21 – For authority files</li></ul> − Import available in ISO 2709 <ul><li>MARC21 – Holdings</li></ul> − Holdings data structures designed for MARC21 Holdings. <ul><li>Z39.76 – Holdings statement display</li> <li>MODS 3.0, AGRIS AP</li></ul> − Bibliographic records can be exported in MODS 3.0 and AGRIS AP <ul><li><a href="/facts/International_Standard_Bibliographic_Description/jDB6bKcD">ISBD</a></li></ul> − Record display and punctuations as per ISBD rules. <ul><li><a href="/facts/OAI-PMH/Qphlv5Dp">OAI-PMH</a></li></ul> − Allows harvesting (manual) from external repositories − Create Open archive collections, and items, search the repositories, and also act as a data provider − Metadata formats: MARC XML, DUBLIN CORE, MODS 3.0 and AGRIS <ul><li>SRU/W</li></ul> − Federated search engines can search bibliographic databases using this protocol − Query language: CQL (Common Query Language), benchmarking Level 1 compliance − Profiles used: BATH, and DUBLIN CORE − Metadata standards: MARC XML and MODS 3.0 <ul><li><a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Unicode</a> 4.0</li> <li><a href="/facts/Z39.50/Ilb9U6EA">Z39.50</a> Client for federated searching</li></ul> <p>It is also <a href="/facts/Zotero/aGQ9tnEA">Zotero</a> Compliant. </p> <h2 id="types-of-libraries">Types of libraries</h2> <p>NewGenLib can be used for any type of library. Presently, it is used by Libraries of the following types. </p> <ul><li>University Libraries</li> <li>College/School libraries</li> <li>Public libraries</li> <li>Libraries in Research Institutes</li> <li>Church libraries</li> <li>Libraries in Offices/Corporates</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_free_and_open-source_software_packages/l3x4PXwn">List of free and open source software packages</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.verussolutions.biz/web/">Official website</a>, as an open-source project.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>NewGenLib Accessed on 22 January 2008 <a href="http://www.verussolutions.biz/" target="_blank">http://www.verussolutions.biz/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Haravu, L J. (2009), “Comparison of two open source integrated Library Systems (ILS): Koha (version. 3.0) and NewGenLib (version. 2.2 beta)” , Available at www.verussolutions.biz/files/Whitepaper2.doc (accessed 20 August 2012) <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Giri, Rabishankar & Sengar, DS (2011), ‘Utilizing OSS for Libraries: A Case Study of the LRC of Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology’, Annals of Library and Information Studies, Vol. 58, No. 1; Pg 41-47. available at http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/11555 (accessed 2 February 2012) <a href="http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/11555" target="_blank">http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/11555</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Giri, Rabishankar(2012), "NewGenLib 3: An Integrated Open Source Library Management System that Makes your Library Visible in Web", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 29 Iss: 10, pp 4- 12. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Mukhopadhyay, Parthasarathy. (2010), “Managing leader and control fields of Marc21 bibliographic format in FLOSS based LMSS: Benchmarking of Koha and NewGenLib” in Tripathi, Aditya...[et al.] edited, Open source library solution. ESS ESS Publication, New Delhi. pp. 144-165. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>