IDL - International Digital Library Of Technology & Research Volume 1, Issue 3, Mar 2017
Available at: www.dbpublications.org
International e-Journal For Technology And Research-2017
Open Source Software (OSS) applications in libraries: Special Reference to Selected ILS and DL Software’s Sumeet Kumar Handa
Dr. Sudhir Tyagi
Dy. Librarian THDC-Institute of Hydrpower Engineering & Technology Tehri, Tehri-Garhwal-249001(Uttarakhand) librarian.thdcihet@gmail.com
Head, Dept. of Lib. & Info. Sci Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut-250002 (U.P.) Email: slib53@rediffmail.com
ABSTRACT: ICT
(Information
and
Open Sources Software (OSS). These days
Communication
open sources softwares are becoming
Technology) has transformed the librariesâ€&#x;
prevalent due to its immense significance.
working environment entirely. Today, most
The Open Sources software provides free
of the libraries have been performing their
and easy accesses to the libraries as well as
routine works with the assistance of
users can do changes and modification in it
computer technology and this technology
as well as they can run, copy, share, and
has brought with it many benefits such as
improve the software with the desired
advancement; reduction in work timing,
requirements.
reduced man power, data preservation and
However,
library
professional requires basic knowledge of
security etc. In this era of technology,
computer to installation and maintenance
Internet is an indispensible phenomenon
for Open Source Software. Hence, this
and has been providing so many technical
paper aims to describe Open Source
supports especially in the field of library
Software (OSS) applications in libraries
and information science in the form of
theoretically and highlight some major 1