USE OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IN DIGITAL LIBRARY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
LALIT KUMAR · e-Library Science Research Journal · 2013
Open source software (OSS) is popular with technically sophisticated users, who are often also the software developers, and has not yet made a significant impact on the desktop of most users. OSS has much potential for libraries and information centres, and there are a number of projects, including Greenstone, DSpace, Greenstone and Eprint that demonstrates its viability in this context. OSS is becoming an increasingly popular software development method. This paper highlights what is an OSS, its features, software licensing. The paper also use of three popular digital libraries software. DSpace, Greenstone and Eprint.