Impact on Open Source Software’s (OSS) on Library Information Centre: An Overview
Author(s): Dr. C. Muthurasu & Dr. M. Suganthi
Abstract - In this era of transition from information age to knowledge society, the libraries have much greater challenges to face. The whole insight of library has now changed from collection of books to a single window knowledge bank. This paper discusses the definition and features of open source library management software, criteria of selection of best open source library management software, their, advantages and limitations. Open Source library management software is a solution to reducing that cost. The paper describes in brief about the feature of some of the open source library management software like Greenstone digital Library, DSpace, KOHA, E-Prints, NewGenlib, OpenBiblio, etc., which are useful for developing digital library and institutional repositories.
Keywords - DSpace, KOHA, E-Prints, ABCD, Greenstone Software.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.8.4.2022.1602
Cite This Article As: Muthurasu, C. & Suganthi, M. (2022) Impact on Open Source Software’s (OSS) on Library Information Centre: An Overview. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 8(4) 163-167. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1602 Page: 163-167 Publication Date: 31 December 2022