Open Source Software solutions in Indian libraries

Abstract

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An MCDA cause-effect factors model for the implementation of Greenstone Digital Library software

“…The presence of FOSS in the digital library (DL) software category, i.e., DSpace, Eprint, and GSDL, and in ILMS category, Koha and Newgenlib, was examined by Hanumappa (2014).…”

“…The presence of FOSS in the digital library (DL) software category, that is, DSpace, Eprint and GSDL, and in ILMS category, Koha and Newgenlib, was examined by Hanumappa et al (2014). The migration or adoption of FOSS among Indian libraries has drawn considerable interest from institutions recently, as the benefits to the library become better known.…”

The context and state of open source software adoption in US academic libraries

“…Software comparison and assessment studies (e.g. Krishnamurthy, 2008;Hanumappa et al, 2014) overview general software functions and available software packages, and may review the organizations and development communities behind them. Other comparison studies (e.g.…”

Opening to open source

“…There are 19 open source ILS available (Foss4lib, 2018), and amongst the available open source ILSs, Koha, Evergreen and OPAL have emerged as the widely adopted and popular open source ILS (Breeding, 2009). Hanumappa et al (2014) in their study explored OSS relevant to Indian libraries and found that Koha and NewGenLib were most preferred open source ILS in Indian libraries. Of late, several researches were carried out primarily examining the outcome of adoption of open source ILS.…”