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Table- 4: OPAC / Web OPAC Facilities in SAU Libraries<br />

S.No. SAU OPAC WEB OPAC<br />

1 ANGRAU Y Y<br />

2 KAU Y Y<br />

3 KVAFSU Y N<br />

4 SVVU N N<br />

5 TANUVAS Y Y<br />

6 TNAU Y Y<br />

7 UAS-B Y Y<br />

8 UAS-D Y N<br />

Y = Yes. N = No<br />

6.4 Digitization<br />

Digitization means acquiring, converting, storing and providing in<strong>for</strong>mation in<br />

a computer <strong>for</strong>mat that is standardized, organized and available on demand from<br />

common system. Digitization enables us to convert the manuscripts into compressed<br />

digital signals with specialized scanners and stored systematically <strong>for</strong> future<br />

reference. SAU Libraries started digitizing the Theses / Dissertations submitted by<br />

their research scholars as part of their master’s and doctoral programmes since these<br />

are valuable documents come under primary source of in<strong>for</strong>mation and contain<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation with research value. The Indian Council of Agricultural <strong>Research</strong> (ICAR)<br />

started funding the SAU libraries <strong>for</strong> digitizing the abstracts of the theses /<br />

dissertations and the full-text of award won theses through a World Bank funded<br />

project ‘National Agricultural Technology Project’. Under this project, the SAUs<br />

under study received grants exclusively <strong>for</strong> digitization. The details of digitization<br />

facility available at these universities are furnished in Table-5.<br />

Table-5: Digitization Facilities available in SAU Libraries<br />

S.No. SAU Is there a<br />

Digitization<br />

Unit?<br />

148<br />

No. of<br />

computers<br />

available in<br />

the DU<br />

Software used <strong>for</strong><br />

Digitization<br />

1 ANGRAU Y 2 Vicidocs<br />

2 KAU Y 2 Aligator Retriever<br />

3 KVAFSU N N N<br />

4 SVVU N N<br />

5 TANUVAS Y 1 Digit<br />

6 TNAU Y 2 NA<br />

7 UAS-B Y 5 NA<br />

8 UAS-D Y 4 Docushare<br />

6.5 Electronic Library<br />

Electronic Library is another example <strong>for</strong> technology integration in Libraries.<br />

Electronic library is nothing but the Library's collection of electronic resources which<br />

includes full text journals, books, theses, newspapers and other documents that the<br />

Library has electronic access to as well as references to thousands of journal articles<br />

and links to useful web sites. Electronic libraries are becoming very popular among

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