NewGenLib

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NewGenLib

Original author(s)	Siddhartha Errabolu and L.J.Haravu
Developer(s)	Verus Solutions
Initial release	March 2005

Stable release	3.1.2 / May 15, 2015; 8 years ago (2015-05-15)

Written in	Java
Operating system	Linux, Windows
Type	Integrated library system
License	GNU General Public License
Website	verussolutions.biz

NewGenLib is an integrated library management system developed by Verus Solutions Pvt Ltd. Domain expertise is provided by Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management in Hyderabad, India. NewGenLib version 1.0 was released in March 2005. On 9 January 2008, NewGenLib was declared free and open-source under GNU GPL.^[1]^{[unreliable source?]} The latest version of NewGenLib is 3.1.1 released on 16 April 2015. Many libraries across the globe (mainly from the developing countries) are using NewGenLib as their Primary integrated library management system as seen from the NewGenlib discussion forum.^{[citation needed]}

Modules & Functions

NewGenLib has following main modules:^[2]

Acquisitions
Technical Processing
Serials management
Circulation
Administration
MIS Reports
Task to do today (daily scheduler)
OPAC

Some advanced functional features:

Android mobile and tablet capable
Integration with Twitter helping send messages of transactions directly to users’ Twitter accounts.
Flexibility of defining own search field in OPAC.
Enhanced contents and interactive OPAC like Availability of Book jackets, Google preview, Comments/ Book review, Tagging, Favorite reading list, etc.
Zotero compliant OPAC
RSS Feeds in OPAC
Faceted Browsing (Refining search results)
Suggestion for other books in the rack
RFID supports
Provision for frequently used predefined templates along with freedom of defining own customized data entry template s in Cataloguing
Configurable SMS system - a proof of transaction.
Integration with Gmail or paid mailbox account. This enables automatic sending of email to patrons during issue /return.
Enhanced Report Module for generating in .csv format with a provision for wide customization.
Provision for integrating with Vufind SOPAC (Ex: OPAC of the Library of Bangalore University).
Catalogue can be harvested through Google site map, and thus the visibility of the library can be further improved.

Technologies Used & Standards Supported

NewGenLib uses a number of well supported and widely used, reliable and well tested open source components like PostgreSQL, Apache Tomcat, and Solr Lucene.^[3] It is entirely Java-based, platform-neutral, and uses the following major software technologies in its presentation, web server and database layers.^[4]

Java SE
Apache Tomcat server
Spring framework
Hibernate framework
Lucene and Solr
JDOM for XML messaging
Java Servlets, JavaServer Pages
Java Mail
OpenOffice.org for form letters
JasperReports
FreeMarker template (from version 3.04 R1)

NewGenLib is platform independent and can be installed on Linux and Windows operating systems.

Standards supported by NewGenLib

MARC21 – For bibliographic data ^[5]

  − Import and Export in ISO 2709, MARC XML

MARC21 – For authority files

  − Import available in ISO 2709

MARC21 – Holdings

  − Holdings data structures designed for MARC21 Holdings.

Z39.76 – Holdings statement display
MODS 3.0, AGRIS AP

 − Bibliographic records can be exported in MODS 3.0 and AGRIS AP

ISBD

 − Record display and punctuations as per ISBD rules.

OAI-PMH

 − Allows harvesting (manual) from external repositories
  − Create Open archive collections, and items, search the repositories and also act as data provider
 − Metadata formats: MARC XML, DUBLIN CORE, MODS 3.0 and AGRIS

SRU/W

 − Federated search engines can search bibliographic databases using this protocol
 − Query language: CQL (Common Query Language), bench marking Level 1 compliance
 − Profiles used: BATH, and DUBLIN CORE
 − Metadata standards: MARC XML and MODS 3.0

Unicode 4.0
Z39.50 Client for federated searching

It is also Zotero Compliant.

Types of libraries

NewGenLib can be used for any type of library. Presently, it is used by Libraries of following types.

University libraries
College/School libraries
Public libraries
Libraries in Research Institutes
Church libraries
Libraries in Offices/Corporates

References

^ NewGenLib Accessed on 22 January 2008
^ 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)
^ 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)
^ 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.
^ 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.