Comparative Study of

Library Software

LIMS and CDS/WINISIS

By Abid Hussain

MS-LIS Scholarabid_as44@yahoo.com

Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology

Peshawar

LIMSLIMS stand for Library Information and Management

System. It has been developed by Pakistan Library Automation

group with collaboration of professionals of FAST-NU Lahore under the supervision of Dr Nazin Sangi, Dean Faculty of Sciences, Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad.

The LIMS was developed by Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Librarian FAST-NU Lahore with Co-developer Nadeem Siddique, Assistant Librarian FAST-NU Lahore.

CDS/WINISISCDS/WINISIS is stand for Computerized Documentation

(Information) System / Windows Integrated Scientific Information System. Formally know as WINISIS.

WINISIS is an advanced information storage and retrieval software developed by UNESCO since 1985 to satisfy the need of many institutions, especially in developing countries, to be able to streamline their information processing activities by using modern technologies.

Compression of Win ISIS and LIMSWin ISIS LIMS

International level UNESCOFree non-commercial

softwareDeveloped by experts of

International level Not user friendly

National level PakLAGFree non-commercial

application Developed by experts of

national levelUser friendly

Win ISIS LIMS

Single user mode Easy to copy/download

and install Customized data format Text data & (Digital by

integration) storage Customized: can develop

by choice structure

Single user modeEasy to copy/download

and install Fix data format Text data storage only

Preplan: no changes can performed

Win ISIS LIMS

Continually UpdatingEnable to record 1st ,2nd ,

3rd Level of informationTranslated to many

languages of world Store data of multi

languages No need supporting

Application Software

No UpdatingEnable to record only 1st &

2nd level of informationOne language (English)

Store data of multi languages

Need Supporting software (MS Access 2003 or higher)

Win ISIS LIMS

Handling of variables length

Need knowledge of computer programming

Command Line Interference (CLI)

Can Integrate with Greenstone digital Library etc

Searching facility

Fixed VariablesNo need of Computer

programming knowledge Graphical Users

Interference (GUI)Can not integrate with

any other softwareSearching facility

Win ISIS LIMS

ISO 2709 stander for data interchange

Use Pascal & ISIS_DLL application for integration

Use Hypertext powerful language

Allow user to build relational database

Cataloguing

No data Interchange stander

Not use Integration application

Use VB(Visual Basic)MS Office

Not allow user to build relational database(Preplan)

Cataloguing

Win ISIS LIMS

Use MFN (Master File Number) as Accession no

Record the user data/Information

Capable to accept MRAC Records

Create Master FileReporting

Use Accession Number as primary key

Record the user data/information

Not supporting MRAC Records

Create Accession Register

Reporting

Win ISIS LIMS

Bar codingCirculation Tag making Contacts ListStock Taking BudgedReport Generation

Bar codingCirculation Tag making Contacts ListStock Taking BudgedReport Generation

Referenceshttp://unesco.org/webworld/isis/isis.htm (accessed on

May 6, 2014)http://paklag.org/limsFreeware.htm (accessed on

May 9, 2014).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDS/ISIS (accessed May

9, 2014).Khan, Sher Nowrooz. A Guide to Library and

Information Sciences: Q & A. 2nd ed. Islamabad: Multiline Publication, 2012.

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