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International Journal of Academic Library and Information Science Vol. 2(1), pp. 1–6, January, ISSN: 2360-7858 ©2014 Academic Research Journals
Full Length Research
Applications of GSM technology for documents identification in a library system
R. Santha kumar*, Dr. K. Kaliyaperumal**
*Research Scholar, M.S. University, Tirunelveli - 627 012. Corresponding author’s Email: santham74@yahoo.co.in
**University Librarian, University of Madras, Chennai - 600 005. Email: kkperumal3@gmail.com
Accepted 11
January, 2014
In today’s advanced world lots of
innovative applications are built on mobile phone based technologies
and more are being developed. Libraries in developed countries have
begun using Mobile phone based technologies such as Short Message
Service (SMS) and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) to interact
with members and utilize it to send alerts and notifications. With
one step ahead in this paper, we have proposed a new method to get
the information about the availability of a particular book and its
location through an SMS. A library user can send a SMS request with
the title of the book to check the availability by staying at home
or any other places. As a response the library database maintained
by automatic update and conveys systems send the reply SMS about the
availability, number of copies available and its location. This kind
of service will not only help the user to save lot of time but also
help him to search the book availability in all near-by libraries.
Therefore mobile pervasive technology can be used by the libraries
to serve their user as well as the patrons to avail the library
services in a better way. By implementing this technique the
services offered by the libraries to the user will be more effective
and efficient manner.
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