Online Public Access Catalogues of Selected University Libraries in Delhi: An Evaluative Study
Margam Madhusudhan, Shalini Aggarwal · World Digital Libraries - An international journal · 2014
This paper provides a comparative analysis of the functionality of three different Online Public Access Catalogues, i.e., LibSys, VTLS's iPortal, and Troodon ILMS acquired by study university libraries in Delhi with the help of a specially designed evaluation checklist. The various features of the OPACs in seven university libraries (University of Delhi, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi Technological University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Indira Gandhi National Open University, and Jamia Hamdard University) are evaluated. The evaluation approach taken was similar to that of Margam and Aggarwal with minor modifications. It comprises 214 dichotomous questions with 145 features in 12 broad categories.