Library website : Mirror of
the library
By
Ms. Sangeeta N Dhamdhere
Librarian
Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce,
Company
Ganesh-Khind, Pune -53
sangeeta.d@moderncollegegk.org LOGO
http://sites.google.com/site/sangeetadhamdhere/

Contents
1. Introduction
2. Why Library Website
3. Library website designing tools
4. Use of ABCD s/w for Website

Library Website: Mirror of library
The library web site is part of the public image in the
community. Library website can act as a mirror of
library. It is nothing but a virtual entrance to its
collection, services, facilities, communication and other
information.

Need of library website
•Website is an effective tool for exploring library activities
now days.
•Use of ICT and web 2.0 tools in libraries & teaching field
made librarians to develop their own web pages
•Marketing and propagating library services is a need in
ICT Era
•Libraries are shifting information gathering using the
Internet and providing more services to users linking the
resources available at different palces.

Library 2.0 site contents
•Link to information resources, Library Catalogues, services,
programs, calendar, and about the library functioning staff
etc, News and events supports the library.
It also supports to :
•Library blogs, RSS, Instant messaging, Social networking
services, wikis, and social tagging applications etc
•Access to various databases, portals of other libraries &
Ask Librarian platform, etc.
•For this developments tools are readily available

Library Website Design tools
Google
Site
ABCD
Site
Lets have a look at how
to create library
website with ABCD site

ABCD Site CMS
•ABCD is powerful tool for all libraries to create library
websites and also used as content Management tool for
libraries.
•ABCD software is useful for library automation and digital
libraries developments
•It is a customized partial version of the Virtual Health
Library (VHL)-Site, produced and maintained by BIREME
(a WHO-organisation in Brazil).

Possibility with ABCD
•ABCD allows librarians to build their own website
themselves without any knowledge of web-technology or
HTML-coding.
•A complete range of elements can be presented in a
rather well-structured way.
•The own resources (catalogs, databases) will be
accessible directly form the website with an integrated
search facility (‘meta search’) but surrounded by other
resources and information from both the Web 1.0 era
(links to external information) and the Web 2.0
(interaction with users).

•The full package of ABCD can be downloaded from:
http://bvsmodelo.bvsalud.org/php/level.php?lang=en&comp
onent=27&item=10.

Main Menu of ABCD Site

Easy to use

How to add databases

Manage Files with ABCD

Site Components

Sample Site

References
Installation manual of pre-required software to VHL applications
http://bvsmodelo.bvsalud.org/download/prereq/PreReq-Manualen.pdf
VHL-Site's operation manual versions 4 and 5
http://bvsmodelo.bvsalud.org/download/bvs/5.2.11/Manual_BVSSite4-5_admin1_en.pdf

Conclusion
•The ABCD Site CMS is suitable for all types of libraries in
developed and developing countries.
•The example of Virtual Health Library and their allied
libraries mentioned above illustrates its excellent
functionality, presenting a wealth of information sources
around its own ‘meta search’ core for availing local
information.
•As this tool is for libraries in any type of institutes and
quite easy to manage and create, it can be used to
publish and share all types of information and library
services.
•One can test it and use it.

Thank you
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