NewGenLib

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NewGenLib
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Developed by	Verus Solutions" and Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management, Hyderabad, India
Initial release	March 2005
Latest release	2.1 / 09 January 2008
Genre	Integrated library system
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.newgenlib.com

NewGenLib is an "Integrated Library Automation and Networking Solution Developed by "Verus Solutions Pvt Ltd" and the Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management, India. In March 2005, NewGenLib version 1.0 was released and versions 2.0 and 2.1 have come up later. On 9th January 2008, NewGenLib has been declared Open Source Software under GNU GPL Licence by the Verus Solutions Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India. ^[1]

1 Modules
2 Bibliographic Record Format
3 Technologies Used
4 Installation
5 Download
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Modules

Free software Portal

This Library Management Sotware consists of Modules are:

Acquisitions,
Cataloguing,
Serials Management,
Circulation,
Administration,
OPAC, and
End-of-day process (Daily Scheduler) Reports.

It also allows to create institutional open access (OA)repositories compliant with the OAI-PMH. It is a web-based software and has a multi-tier *architecture^[2] uses Java (a swing-based librarian's GUI) and the JBoss (J2EE-based Application Server).The default backend used database is the open source PostgreSQL.

[edit] Bibliographic Record Format

NewGenLib is compliant with MARC 21 format, has a MARC editor, allows seamless bibliographic and authority data import into cataloguing templates.Form letter templates are configurable using openOffice 2.0 as ODT and htm.

SMTP mail servers can be configured for emails that can be sent form functional modules. NewGenLib allows the creation of institutional open access (OA) repositories compliant with the OAI-PMH. NewGenLib servers are SRU/W compliant supporting MARC-21 and MODS 3.0 metadata formats. CQL (level 1) with both Bath^{[disambiguation needed]} and Dublin Core Profiles are supported. NewGenLib is Unicode 3.0 compliant and is RFID ready. The open source binaries and source code can be downloaded from *Sourceforge. Installation notes and manual for Linux and Windows are also available. Product Brochure may be available in *Brochure and Powerpoint presentation may be seen *PowerPoint Presentation

[edit] Technologies Used

Java Standard Edition 1.4.2
java Help 2.0 for context sensitive help
JDOM for XML messaging
Jakarta POI for generating excel sheet reports
Java Servlets, Java Server Pages and STRUTS
Enterprise java Beans (JBOSS Application Server)
Java Mail
MARC4J
Open Office for form letters
Hibernate
Jasper reports

[edit] Installation

NewGenLib can be installed both the Linux and Windows Based Operating System. For windows installation notes visit^[3] and visit for installation of NewGenLib Desktop ^[4].

Visit for Linux Installation notes^[5]