E - Granthalaya
About E - Granthalaya
e-Granthalaya is a library automation software from National Informatics Centre, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. The software has been designed by a team of experts from software as well as Library and Information Science discipline. Using this software the libraries can automate in-house activities as well as user services. The software can be implemented either in stand-alone or in client-server mode where database and WebOPAC are installed on the server PC while the data entry program is installed on client PCs. The software provides LOCAL/LAN/WAN based data entry solutions for a cluster of libraries where a centralized database can be created with Union Catalog output. The software provides Web OPAC interface to publish the library catalog over Internet/Intranet. The current version of e-granthalaya i.e. 3.0 runs on Windows paltform Only, UNICODE Compliant ,thus, supports data entry in local language. e-Granthalaya 3.0 uses MS SQL Server (any edition) as back-end solution where express edition of this SQL Server is provied FREE along with e-Granthalaya Software. Next higher version of the e-Granthalaya i.e. Ver.4.0 is under development and will be released during last quarter of 2014. e-Granthalaya Ver.4.0 will provide a Web-based solution with enterprise mode where a centralized database will be used for a cluster of libraries. e-Granthalaya 4.0 will use MS SQL Server as well as PostgreSQL as back-end database solutions and will also be available in NIC cloud computing environment with hosting facility to Government libraries.
