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Title: | Successful Implimentation of Open Source Software in Libraries |
Authors: | Mishra, P |
Keywords: | Open source software Digital Library Library Automation Dspace |
Issue Date: | Apr-2015 |
Citation: | 60th International Conference of Indian Library Association (ILA) on “Embedded Librarianship and Technological Challenges of the Digital Age”, A.C.Joshi Library, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 08-10 April 2015 |
Abstract: | As the costs of frequently emerging technologies go up day by day, minimizing the disparity of resources between well-off and less wealthy libraries is a real challenge. With the free source code, simple customization, and growing user community, OSS is a viable tool that can help the libraries for the fundamental alteration. By utilizing open source solution as a part of the library, cost that generally would be spent on proprietary solutions can be utilized for other resources or services or can be diverted to hire educated, technical support that provides patrons with the know how to better use already existing resources. This paper aims to point out the benefits of the open source software and the signifying end of the proprietary driven model that has prevailed for more than 20 years or more.This also includes the successful implementation 0f open source solutions to the parent library. |
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URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2080/2299 |
Appears in Collections: | Conference Papers |
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