UM-43 : The computerization facilities for technical literature

Abstract

Various library transaction mainly - 1) Processing- Management system, 2) Extent of databases activities for bibliographic/Non bibliographic information storage and 3) Retrieval and various services are provided by different softwares in different ways. National Information System for Science and Technology and Institute of Scientific Information Organizations are making concerted efforts at national level in stimulating interest in the development of standard codes for practice in the domain of information technology and its applications in information work. The CD.- ROM technology has given new dimensions to information storage and retrieval process. Many databases are now available in compact disk editions. A survey for softwares being used by various organizations in and around Roorkee has been made for comparing their relative performances and selecting the best one as per need in an Indian library dealing with mostly technical publications. Finally the software CDS/ISIS has been used for computerization of technical literature in the library of National Institute of Hydrology.

CDS/ISIS is a menu driven generalized system, which is designed for storage and retrieval informations about non-numerical databases. It is capable to handle an unlimited databases with different data elements. Description about Users services is given in this manual while a brief description about System services of CDS/ISIS is given in Appendix 'A'. There are 10 databases proposed for N.I.H. Library for different technical fields. Each database has same Field Definition Table, Worksheet, Field Select Table and output format. Therefore it is possible to prepare a single database 'BOOK' for all the technical books in N.I .H. library by merging all above databases of different fields. The exchanging/merging of data is also possible in any database.