OPEN SOURCE DIGITAL LIBRARY SOFTWARE: A Literature Review

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Title

OPEN SOURCE DIGITAL LIBRARY SOFTWARE: A Literature Review

Subject

Library and Information Science

Description

Digital Library initiatives are gaining momentum and many open source digital library software emerged. These developments necessitate universal standard for digital library software. Conforming the software to universal standard means compromising local requirements. No matter how general the software may be, suitability of the digital library software to specific requirements of digital library project will differ from software to software. These variations in digital library software allow ample room for librarians to assess the digital library softwares with the local requirement criterion. To ease assessment/selection process, this paper attempts to evaluate four most popular open source digital library software. Various features of the softwares are comparatively tabled for ready reference.

Creator

Warr, Hanadashisha
Hangsing, P

Publisher

Elsevier

Date

13 December, 2019

Language

English

Identifier

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1639383

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Title

OPEN SOURCE DIGITAL LIBRARY SOFTWARE: A Literature Review

Date

19 December, 2019
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Description

Digital Library initiatives are gaining momentum and many open source digital library software emerged. These developments necessitate universal standard for digital library software. Conforming the software to universal standard means compromising local requirements. No matter how general the software may be, suitability of the digital library software to specific requirements of digital library project will differ from software to software. These variations in digital library software allow ample room for librarians to assess the digital library softwares with the local requirement criterion. To ease assessment/selection process, this paper attempts to evaluate four most popular open source digital library software. Various features of the softwares are comparatively tabled for ready reference.

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Warr, Hanadashisha and Hangsing, P , “OPEN SOURCE DIGITAL LIBRARY SOFTWARE: A Literature Review,” Ali Digital Library, accessed September 9, 2026, https://www.ali-omeka.rguclass.com/items/show/10.

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