NewGenLib

NewGenLib has the following main modules:

• 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 content and interactive OPAC like Availability of Book jackets, Google preview, Comments/ Book reviews, Tagging, Favorite reading list, etc.
• Zotero compliant OPAC
• RSS Feeds in OPAC
• Faceted Browsing (Refining search results)
• Suggestion for other books on the rack
• RFID supports
• Provision for frequently used predefined templates along with freedom of defining own customized data entry templates in Cataloguing
• Configurable SMS system - a proof of transaction.
• Integration with Gmail or paid mailbox account. This enables the 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.

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

• 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

− 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 a 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), benchmarking 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.

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

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