Library Automation Software: A Comparative Study of Koha, Libsys, Newgenlib and Soul

Libraries and information centers have planned library automation efforts and practices, in order to provide their best services to the right users, in the right time, at the mode. A process of great change has been taking place in libraries, due to the impact of information technology and application of computers, in library work. In this study, the investigator considering a Comparative study of KOHA. LibSys, New Gen Lib and SOUL both two Open Sources Software and two proprietary Integrated library management software. This study also focuses on the general and specific features, of the four most popular integrated library management software. A brief dissection was done on popular software package, which are available for automation purposes. This article also focused on the overview of library automation software packages, and their features and functions of library management.