Usage and Awareness of OPAC by Faculty of University Library, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad

Authors

  • Shilpa S Uplaonkar Assistant Librarian, University Library, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka 580005, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

OPAC, Catalogue, Library

Abstract

OPAC is an interactive search module of an automated library management system. Any type of reading  materials is searched directly from the managed database of the library. Catalogue is the face of the  libraries and the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) changed the conventional card catalogue  structure. This paper presents and analysis online public access catalogue services provided by  University library, university of agricultural sciences, Dharwad. It also discusses the purpose,  frequency, awareness on use of OPAC. The result of the study shows that the faculties of UASD are aware about use of OPAC and regularly using to trace the library holdings by Title, Author, Subject, etc. 

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Published

2020-06-21

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 1 (2020): Library Progress (International) (Jan-Jun) 2020

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Usage and Awareness of OPAC by Faculty of University Library, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad . (2020). Library Progress (International), 40(1), 87–91. https://doi.org/10.48165/