Adoption of Open Source Software in India

Subhash Khode; Sunil Singh Chandel

doi:10.14429/djlit.35.1.7897

Subhash Khode MIT Campus, Behind Airstrip Dewas Road, Ujjain, M.P. 456 664E-mail: subhashkhode@yahoo.com
Sunil Singh Chandel M. P. Institute of Social Science Research 6, Bharatpuri Administrative Zone Dr. Ram Sakha Gautam Marg, Dewas Road, Ujjain (M.P.) 456010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.35.1.7897

Keywords: Open source software, institutional repository, library automation, digital library

Abstract

The present paper is based on the survey conducted to assess the status of application of open source software (OSS) in India. The analysis of the study revealed that 91 institutions in India using OSS for library management and OPAC of these institutions are accessible in public domain. There are 96 open access repositories created by using OSS which are accessible in public domain. The study also discloses that 8 institutions in India have two open access digital repositories each which are created by OSS and 14 institutions are using OSS for library automation as well as for digital library.

10.14429/djlit.35.1.7897

Author Biographies

Subhash Khode, MIT Campus, Behind Airstrip Dewas Road, Ujjain, M.P. 456 664E-mail: subhashkhode@yahoo.com

Chief Librarian, Mahakal Institute of Technology

18 years experience

19 research papers publihsed in indian journals

Submitted Phd on "Open Source Software in Libraries and Research Institutions in India"

Sunil Singh Chandel, M. P. Institute of Social Science Research 6, Bharatpuri Administrative Zone Dr. Ram Sakha Gautam Marg, Dewas Road, Ujjain (M.P.) 456010

Senior Documentation Officer, M. P. Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain (M.P.)