Abstract

Author(s): M.Akhil Kumar, B.R.Doraswamy Naick, K.Somasekhara Rao

The study was conducted to know the library professional’s awareness, knowledge and use of integrated library management software (ILMS) in engineering college libraries of E.G.Dt affiliated to JNTUK – Kakinada. The study is adopted a questionnaire method to collect the data from the respondents. The survey mainly focused library professional’s awareness, knowledge and application regarding technologies related to automation, automated library services. The study discussed level of knowledge and use of library professionals on software installation and functional modules. The paper also discussed which type of ILMS packages are preferred by the library professionals and criteria followed for the selection of the software.