Online Public Access Catalogue

Online Public Access Catalogue was developed by INFLBNET. Centre, Navrangpura, Ahmedbad, 380009 India for Kathmandu University's library. It facilitates to find any book, reading materials like journals, magazines etc available in KU library. It was used from February, 2005. Then, the user could only get information from one of the computers of the library. However, it has been around one and half years that user can use this service worldwide at any time. Anyone without even being member of the library can use this service without facing any sort of restriction. It is free of cost. Readers will get short listed information as soon as they type the title of the book or the name of the author.

Process of development of OPAC:
Programmer initially stores the data in the worksheet and process it to be used as a software.

Procedure to use OPAC
When the user types the title or author's name or subject context or the class number or International Standard Book No. (ISBN) or publisher name, than it will show the list. Then the user can easily get the access to the desired material. Likewise if the book is already issued by someone else then the same book can be reserved by giving the card numbber to the librarian.
Similarly from the computer of the library that runs OPAC, one can see the membership status, the borrowed and reserved items, and the member's information by typing the library card number.
OPAC has been really helpful to anyone who uses it as it can easily show the location of material required at any time. So, saves the time and energy of the researcher. As the service is reliable, comfortable, accsessible and quik, it is used by everyone who visits the KU library