ABCD: a new FOSS library automation solution based on ISIS

Smet, Egbert de

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“…Computerised Documentation Services/Integrated Set of Information System (CDS/ISIS) was developed and distributed to many academic and public libraries in this region to automate their bibliographic information (Mutula, 2012: 295). CDS/ISIS was not only used in Africa but was widely used by libraries, information and documentation centres throughout the world where no predefined library automation structures or standards were available (De Smet, 2009: 63).…”

Section: Brief History Of Library Automationmentioning

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Perspectives on university library automation and national development in Uganda

Buwule

Ponelis

2017

IFLA Journal

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Academic libraries in universities store large volumes of research that can be used for development purposes to support teaching, learning, research, innovation, community outreach and partnerships. Library automation incorporates the adoption of integrated library systems. Effective adoption of an integrated library system enables broad-based access to global and local knowledge sources to solve local, regional and national development challenges. Using a sequential mixed methods approach in a case study of a Ugandan public university, Kyambogo University, this study investigated the perceptions of librarians, information workers and other university stakeholders with respect to library automation and the contribution thereof to national development. The results confirmed that the integrated library system improved library operations and played an important role in supporting national development. This study also highlights the continued challenges of adopting an integrated library system in developing countries such as Uganda, which, if addressed, could further improve information service delivery for a nation’s socio-economic transformation.

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Section: Brief History Of Library Automationmentioning

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“…There were a number of FOSS that were developed around this time like Koha and Evergreen (Mutula, 2012: 295). UNESCO also upgraded the CDS/ISIS which was DOS-based to WINISIS for MS Windows and later to ABDC for a web-based environment (De Smet, 2009: 63).…”

Section: Brief History Of Library Automationmentioning

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Perspectives on university library automation and national development in Uganda

Buwule

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2017

IFLA Journal

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“…), loans administration, serials management, online end-user searching (OPAC) and portal with integrated meta-search and content management system/institutional repository system (see a.o. de Smet, 2009).…”

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ABCD open source software for managing ETD repositories

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ABCD open source software for managing ETD repositories Sangeeta Namdev Dhamdhere Egbert De Smet Ramdas Lihitkar Article information:To cite this document: Sangeeta Namdev Dhamdhere Egbert De Smet Ramdas Lihitkar , (2014),"ABCD open source software for managing ETD repositories", Library Management, Vol. 35 Iss 4/5 pp. 387 -397 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to give technical information about the application of ABCD open source software for managing institutional repository of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) at various levels with illustrations. Design/methodology/approach -Practical method and programming in the ABCD software for building ETD repository and its management Findings -ABCD software is an excellent tool for creating institutional repository (IR) and manages it at various levels and to create ETD portal. Practical implications -The paper describes using ABCD software how one can create database of ETDs, how to submit ETDs in full text or abstract, how to search, how to implement it in open archive environment and simplicity of making union catalogue of ETD repositories on one platform of ABCD portal. Social implications -The process of ETD management and IR building using ABCD open source software will be useful to all the new institutions, colleges, universities, national libraries, international organizations who want to initiate the process of building ETD repository. Originality/value -The development team of ABCD software is still in process of releasing 2.0 versions and to develop tool for IR and ETD management. In this paper attempt has been made to describe with illustrations that how the software is making progress towards ETD management or building IR. One of the author is main project leader of ABCD open source software.

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“…This article will not fully describe ABCD as an integrated library system itselffor a full description we refer to other literature (de Smet, 2009). …”

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Some ISIS-Software History and Technical Background on the new FOSS Integrated Library System ABCD

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2010

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While free and open source software is gaining momentum in library automation, it is still not a trivial event to launch a full-blown integrated library system (ILS), given today's high demands on such library systems. In this article we describe the ISISsoftware origins of the newly launched ABCD-software for which there is a morethan-average interest in many parts of the libraries and information communities in the developing world. Many -especially younger -librarians in the West have never heard about ISIS, its relevance and its technological concepts, so we will try to shed some light on this in order for librarians to better judge the meaning of the ABCD software for international librarianship and -why not -perhaps even for their own purposes.

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ABCD: a new FOSS library automation solution based on ISIS

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Perspectives on university library automation and national development in Uganda

Perspectives on university library automation and national development in Uganda

ABCD open source software for managing ETD repositories

Some ISIS-Software History and Technical Background on the new FOSS Integrated Library System ABCD

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