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Browsing CALIBER 1998 : Bhubaneswar by Author "Francis, A.T."
The systems and infrastructure used for information management should have
international standards and compatibility. Few important agencies /
institutions engaged in the propagation of standards in databases and related
softwares are American National Standards Institute (ANSI), International
Standards Organisation (ISO), National Information Standards Organisation
(NISO) and International Eletro Technical Committee (IETC). The author
enumerates the important issues to be considered while selecting a library
software along with the names of the major library softwares available. The
author suggests for the establishment of a constant mechanism to make aware
the library professional about the developments in the field, issuing of
guidelines for standard library software, preparation of the list of standard
softwares and evaluation of the software by a Software Evaluation Committee
(SEC) at the national level.