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International Journal of Library and Information Science Vol. 2 (1), pp.001–
010, February 2010 © 2010 Academic Journals



* Full Length Research Paper*



*An evaluative study on the open source digital library softwares for
institutional repository: Special reference to Dspace and greenstone digital
library*



*Goutam Biswas* and Dibyendu Paul*



Research Fellow, Department of Library and Information Science, University
of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India.



 *Corresponding author. E-mail: goutambiswas8 at gmail.com



Accepted 5 November, 2009


*   Abstract*


The Dspace and Greenstone Digital Library Software have helped spread the
practical impact of digital library technology throughout the world, with
particular emphasis on developing countries. As Dspace and Greenstone enters
its second decade, this article takes a retrospective look at its
development, the challenges that have been faced, and the lessons that have
been learned in developing and deploying a comprehensive open-source system
for the construction of digital libraries internationally. Open source
digital library packages are gaining popularity nowadays. To build a digital
library under economical conditions open source software is preferable. This
paper tries to identify the extent of adoption of open source digital
library software packages in various organizations through an online survey.
In this paper an on line survey has been done to find out the usability of
these open source digital library software.  It lays down the findings from
the survey. In this paper also try to compare with the features of this
popular OSS digital library software.



* Key words:* Open source software, digital library, greenstone digital
library, Dspace.

 Link for full Paper: *
http://www.academicjournals.org/ijlis/PDF/pdf2010/Feb/Biswas%20and%20Paul.pdf
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