Last Updated on March 12, 2026
NewGenLib is a metadata content management software solution. Metadata is structured data about data.
A library catalogue card is an example of metadata. The card structures the information about a book or other bibliographic entity.
NewGenLib has features that enable a library to manage its housekeeping operations, viz., acquisition of books and other materials, creation and maintenance of its catalogue database, circulation of its holdings, etc.
In other words, NewGenLib is a library automation software. In addition, however, NewGenLib allows a library to define its own network of libraries. One library in the network called the Host library installs the software on its public-domain server and then configures other libraries as Associate libraries on its network.
Key Features
- Web-based application. Databases created with NewGenLib reside on web servers and can therefore be accessed by any client machine connected to the Internet.
- Uses Relational Database technology to manage databases created with it.
- Uses well-known and proven international standards: MARC-21, UNICODE, XML and the Dublin Core Metadata Standard.
- Allows metadata records to have digital attachments and so users have access to these via the searchable online public access catalogue (OPAC).
Website: verussolutions.biz/newgenLib-open-source.php
Support:
Developer: Verus Solutions Private Limited
License: GNU General Public License
NewGenLib is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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