Status of Library Automation in College Libraries of Lakhimpur District (Assam): A Study

Information and communication technology plays an important role in modern library, particularly in the part of library automation. The present paper is showing the status of library automation in college libraries of Lakhimpur district (Assam). Study also describes the problems faced by librarian in each selected college while doing automation. The study presents that 44% of libraries are already fully automated. Majority of library states that lack of financial resources, lack of trained staff etc. are the main problem of automation. The study also gives a status view of the uses of software packages, areas of library automation in selected college libraries. The main focus of the paper is to identify the problems faced by the libraries of Lakhimpur district (Assam) in the process of automation and future plan of the librarian for developing their libraries.