Mudasir Ahmad Bhat

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Library automation refers to the use of computers and other technologies to minimize human intervention in the functioning of a library. It can be defined as “the. performance of an operation, a series of operations or a process by self-activating, self-controlling, or automatic means. Library services require a Series of works like acquiring, preparation and Organising documents of different types and available in many formats.

Library is an organized collection of information resources made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. It provides physical or digital access to material and may be a physical building or room or a virtual space or both. Man’s quest for knowledge has led to the creation and accumulation of tremendous amount of information. This quest for knowledge knows no bounds and limits and is never satisfied. It has continued since the dawn of civilization to the modern age.