Library Software
What is library Software..
Software ( सॉफ्टवेयर) -:
Software is the means by which a general purpose computer system is
made to perform specific tasks. It contains a complete and clear description of each task in terms of available operations of the computer. In other words,
software may be conceived as a set of programs for a computer.
सॉफ्टवेयर वह साधन है जिसके द्वारा एक सामान्य उद्देश्य कंप्यूटर सिस्टम है
विशिष्ट कार्य करने के लिए बनाया गया है। इसमें पूर्ण और स्पष्ट वर्णन शामिल है
कंप्यूटर के उपलब्ध संचालन के संदर्भ में प्रत्येक कार्य। दूसरे शब्दों में,
सॉफ्टवेयर की कल्पना कंप्यूटर के कार्यक्रमों के एक सेट के रूप में की जा सकती है।
👉Software is generally grouped into two categories:
(a) systems software
(b) applications software.
कंप्यूटर सिस्टम की संरचना में 3 लेयर होती है-:
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Hardware ( cpu, input output device)
(B) systems software ( process management routines, memory ,input output control routines and file management routines etc)
(C) applications software
System software is further divided into three categories
-: Operating system and utility programme
-: Compilers / Interpreters (Translator)
-: Application programmes- Data Base Management Systems (DBMS)
👉 Nature and Types of Software Packages
Software packages are commercially supplied products which typically provide solutions to a particular range of software development or applications problems. Since they are developed for commercial sale in a competitive market for use by a variety of customers, a great amount of skills and effort is put into their development. Therefore, they are reliable, easy to
use and in many instances, well documented. Ready-made ‘Package’
software is not becoming available for an increasing range of applications such as Office Automation Systems and Library Automation and Information
Retrieval Operations.
Library and Information personnel are primarily concerned with
software packages for text or information retrieval. In addition to special purpose retrieval packages, there are also a number of general purpose
packages which offer some information retrieval functions.
The different types of software can be identified as:
(i) basic software,
(ii) word processing software,
(iii) database management systems (DBMS),
(iv) text-retrieval packages,
(v) software associated with online retrieval systems, and
(vi) in house keeping.
Library and Information Storage and Retrieval Software
IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) was one of the earliest to invest money to develop software packages intended for Information Storage and Retrieval.
The well known package STAIRS (an acronym for Storage and
Information Retrieval System) was developed to be used on IBM machines, that too mainframe series.
STAIRS was a machine dependent program which was commercially made available for any one who could afford its cost.
आईबीएम (इंटरनेशनल बिजनेस मशीन कॉर्पोरेशन) में से एक था, जल्द से जल्द सॉफ्टवेयर पैकेज विकसित करने के लिए पैसे का निवेश करने के लिएसूचना संग्रहण और पुनर्प्राप्ति।
प्रसिद्ध पैकेज STAIRS (भंडारण के लिए एक संक्षिप्त और सूचना पुनर्प्राप्ति प्रणाली) को आईबीएम मशीनों पर उपयोग करने के लिए विकसित किया गया था,
वह भी मेनफ्रेम श्रृंखला। STAIRS एक मशीन पर निर्भर कार्यक्रम था
किसी भी एक के लिए व्यावसायिक रूप से उपलब्ध कराया गया था जो इसकी लागत वहन कर सकता है।
Category of Library & Information Software
Computer software for library and information work can be categorized into the following groups:
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Library Management functions: Acquisition, cataloguing, circulation and
serials control.
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Management support functions: Statistics, MIS, accounting and Budget
control.
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DBMS & information retrieval functions: Database creation, database searching, generation of SDI, indexes and bibliographies, directory generation, etc.
Library Software Packages –:
A number of library software packages have been designed and
developed indigenously and these are being used in various libraries and information centers.
कई लाइब्रेरी सॉफ़्टवेयर पैकेज डिज़ाइन किए गए हैं और स्वदेशी रूप से विकसित किया गया है और इनका उपयोग विभिन्न पुस्तकालयों और सूचना केंद्रों में किया जा रहा है।
