Chandraiah, I2004-07-302010-04-082004-07-302010-04-082003-02http://hdl.handle.net/1944/176The financial crunch in the government funded academic libraries is making them face a recession in progress. Library automation is rejuvenating the academic environment. The INFLIBNET programme is infusing new life into the academic libraries. This study made on university libraries situated at Tirupati (A.P.) covers the present state of automation in different libraries. Hardware, software, manpower facilities were studied through a survey. The study also extended to understand specific problems of the university libraries in automation..26415 bytesapplication/pdfenUniversity librariesLibrary automationINFLIBNET programmeLibrary networkManpower developmentArticle