Study of Open Source Software and Library Automation
| Vol-4 | Issue-5 | May 2019 | Published Online: 25 May 2019 PDF ( 192 KB ) | ||
| Author(s) | ||
| Prasun Kanti Ghoshal 1; Dr. Arun Modak 2 | ||
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1Research Scholar, Dept of Library & Information Science, Sri Satya Sai University of Tech. & Medical Sciences, Sehore (India) 2Research Guide, Dept of Library & Information Science, Sri Satya Sai University of Tech. & Medical Sciences, Sehore (India) |
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| Abstract | ||
A trend in Open Source Software in librarianship started with the establishment of Open Source Initiative. A series of open source software applications developed in a row. Koha integrated library management system in 1999, Greenstone Digital Library Software and E-prints Digital Library Software in 2000, Dspace Digital Library Software in 2002, Fedora Digital Library Software in 2003, NewGenLib integrated library management software in 2005 and Evergreen integrated library management software in 2006. These softwares helped library professionals a lot in bridging digital divide and automating their libraries in a very cost-effective manner. Open Source software empowered library professionals to compete with the growing technological changes. |
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| Keywords | ||
| Digital Library, Open Source, Automation, Software, Programmers. | ||
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