Open Source Software as Tools for Libraries: An Overview

Anand Salve; Shalini R. Lihitkar; Ramdas Lihitkar

doi:10.14429/djlit.32.5.2646

Open Source Software as Tools for Libraries: An Overview

Anand Salve
Shalini R. Lihitkar
Ramdas Lihitkar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.32.5.2646

Keywords: Open source software, integrated library management software, content management system, digital library software

Abstract

In the modern techno-savvy era, exponential growth in knowledge increased load on libraries. To cope up with the dwindling budget and vendors’ closed-access attitude in dealing with proprietary software madelibraries to look for open source software as an alternative. This paper focuses on the general and specific features of some of the popular software packages of integrated library management software, content management system and digital library.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.32.5.2646

Published

2012-09-07

How to Cite

Salve, A., Lihitkar, S., & Lihitkar, R. (2012). Open Source Software as Tools for Libraries: An Overview. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 32(5). https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.32.5.2646

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Issue

Vol 32 No 5 (2012): Open Source Software for Libraries

Section

Special Issue on Visualising Libraries

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