Status of Automation in Agricultural College Libraries

The growth and development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing vital role in the field of library and information science. The present paper shows the status and problems of library automation in agricultural college libraries under the jurisdiction of MPKV, Rahuri. It shows that only 65% of Libraries are automated and main problems for library automation are inadequate staff, lack of infrastructure, insufficient funds and lack of training to library staff. This study also gives a status view of the software packages used by libraries and modules of library automation that they are using. It was found that Automation of libraries is \nstill in formative stages in self financed colleges. These libraries are using only for few modules of library automation like acquisition, circulation and cataloguing