Seminar on “Library and Web tools for E-Learning and Teaching” in association with the Kerala Library Association, Trivandrum Participants: Qualified Library Education Teachers/Professionals Seminar Topics:- Library Web tools, E-Learning and Teaching, Teaching role of Librarians in Internet Era, Digital Document Delivery etc.

1. Open Source Movement in Indian
Libraries: An Analytical Study
SREEDEVI V.S
Holy grace Academy of
Engineering for Women.
Mala

2. Agenda
Open Source Software (OSS)
Why OSS
OSS in Indian Libraries
Open Source Library Management Software
Open Source Digital Library/Institutional Repository
Software
Open Source Content Management Software
Open Source Knowledge Base in India
OSS Hopes and challenge

3. What is Open Source Software ?
• Source Code
• Free Redistribution
• Derived Works
• Non-Discriminatory
• Non-Restrictive

4. Why OSS?
• Cost Effectiveness
• Availability of Source Code
• Open Standard and Vendor independence
• Reduced Maintains Cost
• Better Quality Control
• Localization
• Legally Free
• Easy Evaluation

5. Open Source and Libraries: The
Principles and Philosophy
• Sharing Information Freely with no restriction
• In terms of user stratification both represent
culture of collaboration and problem solving to
fulfill internal and external needs.
• Both depends on human interaction to improve
their respective services.
• Open access is the main philosophy behind both
libraries and OSS

6. Widely Used OSS Application
Operating System Linux
Web/ Proxy Server Apache/Squid Cache
Web Browsers Firefox,
Blogs Wordpress,Blogspot
Wikis Media Wiki, TikiWiki
Open Software Openoffice.org, PDF Creator
Content Management System Drupal, Joomla
Instant Messengers Gaim, Pidgin

7. Open Source Library Application Software
Integrated Library Management System
1. KOHA
2. Evergreen
Digital Library and Repositories
1. Dspace
2. Eprints
3. Fedora
4. Greenston

8. Continue…..
Metasearch Resolver
1. LibraryFind
2. CUFTS
OPACs
1. Vufind
2. SOPAC
3. Backlight

9. Open Source Software in Indian
Library
• Greenstone (Digital Library)
• Dspace (Institutional Repository)
• Eprints (Institutional Repository)
• Koha (Library Automation and Management)
• Joomla (Content Management)
• Drupal (Content Management)
These are the few software which are playing a
great rule in library automation and management

10. And last…………
• NewGenLib
First Indian open source library automation and
management software

11. Open Source DL/IR Software
Greenstone Digital Library Software
Suite of software for building digital library collection
 Developed by University of Waikato, New
Zealand in cooperation with UNESCO and the
Human Info NGO
 License under GNU General Public License
www.greenstone.org

12. Greenstone in India
• There are a good number of libraries are already
using Greenstone , few of them are
• Archieve of Indian Labour
• Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
• Indian Institute of Science Publication Database
• Electronics Thesis and Dissertation , IITB
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
provide support for Greenstone in South Asia
details you can visit through
http://greenstonesupport.iimk.ac.in/

13. Open Source DL/IR Software
Dspace
Is a ground breaking digital institutional repository
that captures, stores, indexes, preserves and
redistributes the intellectual output of a
university’s research in digital format.
 Developed jointly by MIT libraries and Hewlett
Packard
 License under BSD distribution
 www.dspace.org

14. Dspace in India
• More than 25 libraries are using Dspace for IR.
• A good number of workshop and advocacy
programming running through out in India to
support Dspace in india
Organization like DRTC, INFLIBNET are
supporting Dspace in India.

15. Open Source DL/IR Software
Eprints
It is an open source software to build high quality
high value repository for research article, thesis ,
scientific data, multimedia artefacts.
Developed by School of Electronic and Computer
Science, University of Southampton, UK

16. Eprints Continue…….
Eprints in India
More than 8 institution are using eprints as
Institutional Repository.
Few of them are IISC, Bangalore , NAL
Bangalore, National Center for Catalysis
Research, IIT Madras
IISC, Bangalore is one of the fastest growing
repository in India and World, having collection
near about 12,000.

17. Open Source Integrated Library
Software
KOHA
Is an integrated library management system for
managing all major functions of a physical library
Developed in 1999 by a small team of
programmer, designer and librarian in New
Zealand to fulfill the needs of Horowhenua Library
Trust

18. KOHA Feature
• Faceted Navigation
• Browse by Most Popular
• Rss Feeds
• Amazon Reviews
• Virtual Shelves Book List
• Enriched Content- Images
• Virtual Shelves Book List

19. KOHA in India
More than 15 Institutes are using Koha
A good number of workshop have been conduct to
promote koha.
Large Academic and research libraries are also look
in to koha for their library management.
Delhi Public Library is the chain of public library
using koha.
And Big news is kerala govt declaration of using
koha in all govt. library.

20. Open Source Integrated Library
Software
NewGenLib
It is an integrated library management system
developed jointly by Kesavan Institute of
Information and Knowledge Management (KIIKM)
and Verus Solution Pvt. Ltd. (VSPL).

21. Continue…..
NewGenLib Feature:
Web based functional module
Compatibility with different standard
Z39.50 client for federated searching
Unicode 3.0 complaint
RFID integration
Support Multi user and multiple security level

22. NewGenLib Continue……
122 libraries are using NewGenLib.
Not only in India its used outside India also.
Banaras Hindu University, Goa University, Osmania
University, Bangalore University are few of them.

23. Open Source Content Management
Software (CMS)
What is CMS:
• Content Management System is a computer application
used to create, edit, manage and publish content in a
consistently organized fashion .
• It has multifunctional application. It is capable to create a
powerful portal website in a matter of minute.
• Create web content without knowing any code.
• Content stored in a database back-end and edited/create
with web programming language.
Joomla (http://www.joomla.org/)
Drupal (http://drupal.org)

24. Drupal
Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual
or a community of users to easily publish, manage and
organize a wide variety of content on a website
• Community web portal
• Discussion sites
• Corporate web sites
• Internet Application
• Personal Websites
• E-commerce application
• Social Networking Sites
• Library Websites

25. OSS Knowledge Base In India
• Workshops
• Conferences
• Training programmes
• LIS Courses
• Projects

26. OSS Benefit
• Access to source code and ability and right to
modify it
• No License Fee
• Flexibility and Customization
• No Vendor lock in
• Low risk of discontinued services
• Integration with other systems
• Support Choices
• OSS Community
• Documentation

27. Benefit
• Empowering Indian Libraries in the cutting edge
of library budget due to its low start up cost
• Libraries of all kind and size can use open source
software like koha, newgenlib, library manager
• Indian Libraries can maintain their local variation

28. Hopes
• Small libraries will take full advantage of library
automation and management software
• Large libraries are now taking interest on open
source
• Kerala govt declare to automate all the govt.
libraries with koha library automation software.
there are will be more in pipeline….
• More and more libraries are bending towards
open source solution

29. OSS Challenge
• Steep learning curve
• Risk of discontinued community involvement
• Nobody is really responsible in case any problem

30. OSS Challenge
• Library Professional should have to acquire
adequate knowledge to acquainted with open
source software
• May be initial cost is zero supporting the software
over life time may involve considerable cost.
• There is no customer support although there are
forum

31. Conclusion:
• ILS adoption make its almost Inevitable that it will represent
an increasing portion of the library automation landscape
on coming year.
Set of companies came out and support of open source e.g
Liblime, openlx (india) for koha
• OSS provide direct and active role to librarian to reshaping
their libraries.
• GSDL, Dspace, GNU E-prints, KOHA are the most Popular
open source software used in Indian Libraries.
• There is a need of more workshops to help library
professional to learn OSS, seeing the vast scope of OSS in
Indian Library Market.
• Libraries of all kind and all sizes are beneficiaries of the
open Source Software.
• OSS needs a well planned direction, standard practices,
appropriate policies and legislations for its growth in Indian
Libraries

32. In India open source software will
have to come and stay in a big way for
the benefit of our billion of people.
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

33. Thanks & Regards
Librarian
Holy grace Academy of Engineering for
Women.
Mala, PIN 680735
Holygracelibrary@yahoo.in