DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR COLLEGE LIBRARIES UNDER THE UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN

The paper discusses the implementation of six domain specific cluster software in the college libraries. Select the open source software and global parameters on the basis of global recommendations including the areas like integrated library system cluster, digital media archiving cluster, content management system cluster, learning content management system cluster, federated search system cluster and college communication interaction cluster for designing and developing the college libraries under the University of Burdwan. Also develop the single window based interface in six domain specific cluster for the college librarians and the users to access their necessary resources through open source software and open standards. These six domain specific cluster softwares are to be selected for easily managed the digital and library resources in the college libraries affiliated to the University of Burdwan.