OUR STORY
The Jalandhar Smart City Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) setup to implement the Jalandhar Smart City Project, desires to provide simple and easy to use Digital Library Solution at Guru Nanak Dev Library, Jalandhar. The primary objective of this assignment under the Jalandhar Smart City initiative is to enhance the accessibility, convenience and use for the citizens of Jalandhar towards Digital Library System and Digital Content.
“ The city central digital library remains open on all working days. The digital library has collections of e-books, e-journals and all types of e-resources. It contains resources from various disciplines. This public library provides services such as web library, reprographic facilities and bibliographic reference and information to the public. ”
COMPONENTS OF DIGITAL LIBRARY
Digital Library Portal
The Digital Library web portal will provide information about the public library, access to library holding information and e-resources available in the library with single sign on and search interface to access the e-resources of the public library. The portal will also provide remote access for the Digital Content to the authenticated and subscribed users of the Digital Library.
Library Management System (LMS)
The Library Management System (LMS) customized to provide facilities for cataloguing and issue/re-issue/return of physical as well as digital content. The Customized Library Management System LMS has the Acquisitions, Serials, Members, Circulation, Cataloguing, Report and Tools for digitalization of library processes.
Hardware Components
The twenty 22” All-in-One Desktop Computers with OS and one Server installed at Guru Nanak Dev Library, Jalandhar. The desktops are facilitated with two 50 mbps each broadband internet connectivity along with firewall and switches. The internet connectivity is provided to each terminal through wifi access points.