Both the above organizations are in Hyderabad,
India.
The development effort has had the benefit of
extensive experience of domain specialists of
KIIKM and
that of specialist systems analysis
and programming expertise of VSPL.
The development effort has been guided by the
philosophy that unless there is strong synergy
and
close interaction at each stage of the development
process between persons knowledgeable in the
domain
and those in software development,
the product
will not come up to the exacting standards
and
functionality that competing products from the
west have achieved.
The development effort has also been guided by
the special needs of libraries in developing countries,
where adherence to international standards and
consequently, attempts to network libraries has
not
been very strong. Automation should facilitate
the
use of international standards. NewGenLib
is aimed
at this goal. |
