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India (A Reference Annual)

India (A Reference Annual) published by Publications Division, M/o Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India is now also available free full-text online in Hindi & English both, which is detailed below.
India 2009 (A Reference Annual)
Compiled by Research, Reference & Training Division
Published by Publications Division of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government of India
Pagination iv+ 1259p.,
53rd Edition
ISBN - 978-81-230-1557-6
Year of Publication 2009
Price Rs. 345/-
Available Free Full Text Online at http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/others/India_2009.pdf
File Size 9.90 MB

भारत 2009
Price Rs. 345/-
ISBN - 978-81-230-1558-3
Pagination xii+1363 p.
Year of Publication 2009
53rd Edition
Available Free Full Text Online at http://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/others/Bharat_2009.pdf
File Size 14.92 MB

Open Library

Dear all,
Imagine a library that collected all the world's information about all the world's books and made it available for everyone to view and update. Open library is makes it real.

More details Please visit: http://demo.openlibrary.org/

Library Technology Guides

Dear all
The Library Technology Guides website aims to provide comprehensive and objective information related to the field of library automation. This site has no affiliation with any library automation company. Whether you are in the process of selecting a library automation system, or just want to keep up with developments in the field, Library Technology Guides is the place to start.

you may access this facility at http://www.librarytechnology.org/

New Integrated Library Management Software from ROVAN

Dear All
ROVAN LMS is the Integrated Library Automation Software helps the librarians to manage the resources effectively. Provide improved services to the members. Covers Acquisition, Catalogue, Circulation, Serials, Web OPAC and Administration. Software is Suitable for schools, colleges, professional firms, charities, institutes, associations and other special libraries. Built in Client-server architecture using SQL Servers the back end and Visual Basic.NET as front end.

http://www.rovan.in/lms.php

America Online Now in India

Dear All,
American Online Offers various services like other website does. Start your Internet experience at AOL.co.in and find what you are looking for; including AOL downloads, video on demand, email, web results from Google, combined with multimedia and other content from AOL and various partners.

For more details follow this link:
http://www.aol.co.in
http://www.aol.com

WEBLIS

Dear Friends,
WEBLIS is a free-of-charge Web based Library Integrated System based on CDS/ISIS.The current version of WEBLIS, available in English, consists of the following modules:
• Cataloguing system
• OPAC (search)
• LOAN module
• Statistical module
Detailed information from UNSECO: http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=16841&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Greenstone v2.73 has been released

Dear Friends,
The latest version of Greenstone Digital Library Software "Greenstone v2.73" has been released.
GreenStone Digital Library Software, One of the open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License for building and distributing digital library collections. It provides a new way of organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM.
For detailed information and downloading Plaese make use of the following links:
Windows Distribution 2.73= http://www.greenstone.org/download#windows-273
Unix/Linux Distribution 2.73= http://www.greenstone.org/download#unix-273