Usage patterns of OPAC among faculty members in Indian colleges

The introduction of computers in the field of Libraries and Information Centers has brought many changes. Many automation tools and techniques have been introduced in operation of house keeping activities in the libraries. The Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is a modern and flexible form of catalogue which is available online. OPAC serves as an index that is an access point to full-text information. OPAC is such type of cataloguing arrangement that is considerably more user friendly than a card catalogue since it provides a variety of help to the users and can guide the users in a step by step manner in looking for information that he is seeking. An OPAC is a computer held catalogue that is possible to be searched by a user sitting at a remote terminal. further an OPAC is more user friendly than a card catalogue since it provides a variety of help to the users.