NewGenLib Open Source

NewGenLib is the joint effort of two specialist organizations, one a charitable professional trust and another a software company as follows:

Kesavan Institute of Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM)
Verus Solutions Private Limited (VSPL)

Both the above organizations are in Hyderabad, India.
The development effort has had the benefit of extensive experience of domain specialists of KIIKM and that of specialist systems analysis and programming expertise of VSPL.
The development effort has been guided by the philosophy that unless there is strong synergy and close interaction at each stage of the development process between persons knowledgeable in the domain and those in software development,
the product will not come up to the exacting standards and functionality that competing products from the west have achieved.
The development effort has also been guided by the special needs of libraries in developing countries, where adherence to international standards and consequently, attempts to network libraries has not been very strong. Automation should facilitate the use of international standards. NewGenLib is aimed at this goal.

The Core Team

Domain knowledge has been provided by Mr L J Haravu, Trustee, KIIKM
Over 40 years of experience in managing academic and special libraries in India and other developing countries and in library automation Pioneered the application of the use of IT for library and information work since 1964 Consultant to international organizations (Unesco, FAO, IDRC and CGIAR) on library and information projects, including the automation of libraries
Software expertise has come from Mr Siddartha, E.M, Chief Technology Officer of VSPL
Electronics engineer.
Certified Sun Microsystems Java Developer