5.1 SMS/Texting (Alert Services)
Existing e-mail alert services like bringing new books to the notice of users for suggestion, intimation of arrival of indented documents by users, informing availability of reserved documents for collection, appraising about which/when books are overdue, library circulars, e-journals subscribed, change in timings, information about important events, etc., can be upgraded by sending through SMS/text-alert services3 to meet the information needs of ‘netgens’. Such alert notifications can be generated automatically using integrated library management system/software. SMS messages can be sent to
group of users simultaneously through many free applications, and intermediary websites/clients.