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FUTURE TRENDS IN THE DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Database technology is changing rapidly. In many application special purpose database machine like IBM AS400 are being employed and this trend is likely to continue. Also the increasing concern of the user to have better tools for application development and graphics User interfaces will have significant impact on the changing database technology.
The system having interface with HLLS, worksheets, word processors etc. will be more demanded. It is also important for its revision facility, database integrity functions, extended retrieval facility. The newer generations of DBMS provide grater support for application system development with built in facilities for defining and handling data screens, menus and help menus. In spite of these modern trends in DBMS tools many organizations/ libraries/ information centers have not attempted to utilize these tools in system development and access by end users.
Now a day it becomes difficult to select the DBMS tools from the various DBMS available in the market. The information centers must acquire the better DBMS tools; however there is resistance for using the tools which are available in various organizations. It affects the services rendered to the users because of the lack of the training, poor technical support with no in house expert and unfamiliarity.
CONCLUSION
If the proper DBMS selected and the information centers or libraries are operated through them the libraries can save the time of users and also can serve more effectively to the users to update his/her knowledge. And in right way they can automate their libraries in real sense. Thus in future the DBMS can be friendly tool the hands of the librarians by which the library data management will become a joyful job instead of tedious job.
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