Open Sources Software and their Impacts on the Library Today

Information and communication technology has changed the dynamics of human life and community. The open source software is currently one of the options preferred by libraries. Software these days has become the life line of present day organization. They cannot carry on their tasks with effectively, proficiently and promptly without software. There are a number of open source software‟s available for automation of libraries and creation of digital libraries. This paper discusses the meaning, important issues, reasons why libraries prefer open source software, an overview of different types of open source software like Koha, Greenstone, Newgenlib, Invenio, Fedora, E-prints etc. at length.