Implementation Cloud Enabled SaaS Services in Library Automation: A Study of Government Initiatives in India
Creators: name: Panda, Subhajit
name: Chakravarty, Rupak
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Cloud Computing
Library Automation
SAAS
PAAS
IAAS
STASS
Meghraj
GI Cloud
National NIC Cloud
e-Granthalaya
ILMS

description: Cloud computing is one of the exciting developments among technocrats and animated librarians over the world as a technology solution as well as a resource sharing venture. The study discusses the root causes of the issues associated with the conventional library management framework and provides the advantages, issues &amp; challenges of using cloud-enabled technology when introducing library automation. Cloud services eliminate duplication of data creation &amp; efforts, library resources utilise more because of better accessibility &amp; visibility, scalable enough for integration with existing systems, less maintenance (cloud-enabled SAAS model), provision of on-cloud security &amp; authentication and central database &amp; backup-restore system offered disaster recovery challenge. As the present study concentrates on government initiatives, the NIC National Cloud/GI Cloud, Meghraj and famous cloud-enabled Government supported proprietary software (ILMS), run using a multi-tenet SaaS model of Meghraj is the selected area for the research. The stats show that, among the 46 library clusters, JNV Libraries Network Cluster No. 1 &amp; JNV Libraries Network Cluster No. 2 are the top two clusters with contains 300 &amp; 287 libraries, respectively. e-Granthalaya gives the provision of Web-Based OPAC, Mobile Based OPAC &amp; Android Mobile App for implementation &amp; use of e-Granthalaya in any library. To date, 5364 official implementations have been completed, including 5163 in various states in India including Maharastra as a top State (797 implementations) and New Delhi as a top District (456 implementations).
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