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The evaluation approach taken was similar to that of Luong and Liew with minor modifications, comprising 122 dichotomous questions with 174 features and categorized as 11 broad categories.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study explored different features of web\u2010based OPACs, of which page layout received the highest average scores with 93.33 percent, followed by the general features category with 90 percent. In contrast, session filters was the weakest category with only 40.47 percent. The results indicated that some web\u2010based OPACs reached the maximum scores for some categories. The results also indicated that VTLS\u2010based and LibSys\u2010based OPACs had the higher score on average (74.7 percent) and the iitKlas\u2010based OPAC of IITK received the lowest score of 44.2 percent. None were rated excellent. Only 50 percent of the web\u2010based OPACs studied achieved an above average ranking, of which Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) had the highest total score (131), and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) had the lowest total score (77). Almost all of the web OPACs studied lacked federated search, adjunct thesaurus help and spell check facilities, which seems to raise many questions regarding the facilities provided in the OPAC 2.0 environment of today and hence needs to be addressed as a priority in the subsequent generations of the web\u2010based OPACs and their development.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>It is hoped that the libraries at the IITs will attend to the lacunae and soon develop fully functional web\u2010based OPACs with Web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The findings of the study will not only guide study librarians and other newly established institutions but also ILMS vendors, so that they can overcome the limitations faced by users and improve their products as OPAC 2.0. This will also help the in\u2010house web\u2010based OPACs of IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee to compete with other reputed ILMS\u2010based OPACs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/00330331111182102","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,10,1]],"date-time":"2011-10-01T07:34:53Z","timestamp":1317454493000},"page":"415-438","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Web\u2010based online public access catalogues of IIT libraries in India: an evaluative study"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"45","author":[{"given":"Margam","family":"Madhusudhan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Shalini","family":"Aggarwal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Ansari, M.A. and Amita (2008), \u201cAwareness and use of OPACs in five Delhi libraries\u201d, The Electronic Library, Vol. 26 No. 1, pp. 111\u201029.","key":"key2022032119443584800_b1","DOI":"10.1108\/02640470810851789"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Babu, B.R. and O'Brien, A. 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