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Automation of School Library


Effective management and utilisation of the library resources in a School Library requires incorporation of modern technologies. There are several free software's which can be used depending on school requirement. The software provides facilities for catalogue search, circulation of books and magazines, reservation of books, reports, class library management, fine collection, library statistics etc. Reports on the books issued, reservation status, search book by member and accession number, book suggestion and selection, budget expenditure and more.
If you would like to try this free software for your library, you may contact me by filling up the below form.

Areas of expertise in library automation:-

1) Assistance to library staff in library management system
2) Books & readers data building
3) Collection development (e-books & e-resources)
4) Data migration from excel to library management system
5) Helping the IT team with digital tools & UIX


                                                                                 

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