This volume presents a cross-section of chapters that will enable a reader to dive into the new notion of ‘Digital Library’ ‘open knowledge’ ‘ETD’ and ‘OSS’ while grounding the core concept of e-learning and use of electronic media and information and communication technologies (ICT) in education. Starting with emerging scenarios in the broad arena of Digital Library, it goes deep into the illustrative cases of open resources and institutional repositories that are opening newer avenues of educational opportunities for all marking a new democracy of universal access the world of learning. The specific focus of the volume will include digitization of knowledge resources, processing and storage. dissemination, multimedia learning, technology-enhanced learning, online education, virtual education, virtual learning environments and library platforms.

2. Edited by
Dr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy
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DIGITAL LIBRARY AND OPEN ACCESS
INITIATIVES: RESPONSES, STRATEGIES
AND EMERGING TRENDS

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4. CONTENTS
Preface vii
Profile of the Editor ix
Section I: Digital Library
1. Towards Social Semantic Digital Library
Samhati Soor
2. Role of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Technology
for Digital Libraries
Atul Negi, Mangal Singh & Krishna Kumar Mishra
3. English Language Teaching and Digital Library:An Overview
of Resources Available Online
K. M. Baharul Islam
4. Dspace: A Study on Increasing Popularity of Digital Archive
Gajendra B. Devchoudhury & Biswa Ranjan Sharma
5. Role of Digital Libraries as Cyber Infrastructure in the
Coming Era for the Development of Higher Education in India
Bibhuti Ranjan Mishra
6. Need for Digital Library in KIIMS, Cuttack: A Case Study
Barada Kanta Mohanty
7. National Resource Centre of Education Portal for School
Education Information System
B. K. Jha
8. Application of Cloud Computing Technology in Context
of Digital Library
Mahendra Kumar & Anurag Shrivastava
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29
43
53
65
76
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5. 9. Strategic Planning for Digital Preservation Issues and
Challenges
Sehnara Begum Choudhury
10. Dimensions of Digital Divide: Social and Spatial
Divisions in the Society
Y.Venkata Rao
Section II: Electronic Thesis and Dissertation/ Institutional
Repository
11. A Study of Present ETD Initiatives in India
Bijan Kumar Roy
12. Electronic Thesis and Dissertations in Tea Science and
Technology
Govind Joshi
13. Groundwork For Developing Institutional Digital
Repository (IDR) in the University of Kalyani by Using
Space
Sibsankar Jana & Prabin Karkee
14. Institutional Repository through GSDL: Burdwan
University Movement
Kanchan Kamila
15. Institutional Repository: Boon for the Development
Divya Soni & Kishor Chandra Satpathy
16. Institutional Repositories: Leading the Change in Scholarly
Publication
Sukeshini A. & Ajit Agale
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129
133
145
157
171
197
203

6. 17. Introducing Institutional Repositories in University and
Institutional Libraries of India for Open Access
Manoj Kumar Sinha & Kishor Chandra Satpathy
Section III: Open Access
18. Open Access Journals and Institutional Repositories
with Special Reference to India: A Case Study
S.N. Singh
19. Study of Open Access Repositories: A Global Perspective
Bijan Kumar Roy, Subal Chandra Biswas & Parthasarathi
Mukhopadhyay
20. Web Resources on LIS with Special Emphasis on Open
Access Journals: An Exploratory Study
Sriparna Das Purkayastha & Sumana C. Sarmah
21. Status of Open Access Initiative by Indian’s Libraries
for Scholarly Communication in Digital Era: A Survey
Ksh. Krishna Devi & Dr. Manoj Kumar Verma
22. Web Based Open Access Institutional Repositories in
Indian Universities: An Exploratory Study
Sriparna Das Purkayastha & Nilratan Bhattacharjee
23. E-Resources: With Special References to Open Sources
Software
Sharad Kumar Sonker & K. L. Mahawar
Section IV: Open Source Software (OSS)
24. Open Source Software (OSS): Scope and Implications
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285
309
319
215
265
299
Sonali Choudhury Biswas

7. 25. Role of Open Source Softwares for Libraries
M. Anjaiah & Vuppala Lingaiah
26. Automating of Public Libraries in Batticaloa District
Using Koha Open-Source Software: Recording an
Experience
M.N. Ravikumar & T. Ramanan
27. Library Automation using OpenBiblio at Temple City
Institute of Technology and Engineering (TITE),
Bhubaneswar, Odisha – A Success Story
Aswini Kr. Ray, Priyambada Samantaray & D. B. Ramesh
28. Lectures Beyond Classrooms: Open Source Education
Avenues for Students
K. M. Baharul Islam & Kishor Chandra Satpathy
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337
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365

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Preface
Open Knowledge Resources (OKR) or open educational resources are freely
accessible, openly licensed documents and media that are useful for
teaching, learning, educational, assessment and research purposes. The
development and promotion of OKR is propelled by a desire to curb the
commercialization of knowledge on one hand and an aim to provide an
alternative platform for learning through use of a spectrum of technologies
converging for new media in e-learning.
In the recent years the idea of OKR has emerged as a new
dimension of educational initiatives to put ‘knowledge’ in the public
domain through various platforms including the Internet. With
convergence of technologies and a global trend to offer at least a part of
the vast storehouses of knowledge from traditional institutions like MIT,
Oxford etc. have been released under an intellectual property license that
permits their free use and re-purposing by others. OKR is thus not only
focuses on the “open access” issues in educational resources but also deals
with the plethora of new technologies and types of media that deliver
text, audio, images, animation, and streaming video, and includes
technology applications and processes such as audio or video tape, satellite
TV, CD-ROM, and computer-based learning, as well as local intranet/
extranet and web-based learning.
While advocates of open access to learning and knowledge
resources vouch for freely accessible, openly licensed documents and
media that are useful for teaching, learning, educational, assessment and
research purposes, the economics of ‘open’ resources are still a resolved
debate. Generating digitized contents, their processing and storage costs
huge amount of money even with the decreasing prices of hardware and
software. The question often asked: who pays or will pay for it to remain
‘open’? The antithesis of ‘commodification of knowledge’ sometimes
challenges the traditional ideas of return on investment in business. Hence,
an important theme of discussion has emerged in recent years that focuses
on the marketing of knowledge resources. While marketing par se smacks
of commercialization, it is nevertheless remains a broader issue that has
to be resolved if the open knowledge movement has to sustain in the long
run.

9. This volume presents a cross-section of chapters that will enable
a reader to dive into the new notion of ‘Digital Library’ ‘open knowledge’
‘ETD’ and ‘OSS’ while grounding the core concept of e-learning and use of
electronic media and information and communication technologies (ICT)
in education. Starting with emerging scenarios in the broad arena of
Digital Library, it goes deep into the illustrative cases of open resources
and institutional repositories that are opening newer avenues of
educational opportunities for all marking a new democracy of universal
access the world of learning. The specific focus of the volume will include
digitization of knowledge resources, processing, storage and
dissemination, multimedia learning, technology-enhanced learning,
online education, virtual education, virtual learning environments and
library platforms. I hope that the papers included in the volume will be
very useful to the readers.
I am thankful to the contributors of this volume and also thankful
to all members of the editorial / reviewer team for their painstaking effort
in the editing and reviewing the volume.
I have no words to express my thanks to my friends and well-
wishers for their care, cooperation and moral support.
I would also like to appreciate Mr. Ravi Ahuja of Shankars Book
Agency Pvt Ltd. New Delhi and Rajiv Gupta of Images & Impressions,
New Delhi for bringing out this book in time.
Last but not the least, I deeply indebted to my parents, brother,
sister and family members since this book could not have seen the light of
the day without their sacrifice and constant encouragement.
October 2017 Dr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy
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Dr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy
Librarian & Coordinator
Green MBA & MOOCs Project
National Institute of Technology
(Institute of National Importance under
Ministry of HRD, GOI)
Silchar-788010, Assam, India
Tel: +91-3842-240055 (Off)
+91-9435175531 (M)
E-mail: ksatpathy@gmail.com
PROFILE OF THE EDITOR
Areas of Interest
Library Management, Automation and Networking, Digital
Library, E-Learning, Technical Education, Community Development,
Disaster Management & Career Counseling
Dr. Kishor Chandra Satpathy (1972) did his Post Graduation in Education
and Library & Information Science from Panjab University, Chandigarh
with a Diploma in Population Education from Panjab University,
Chandigarh & Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and
Networking from the University of Hyderabad. He obtained PhD Degree
for the topic “Technical Education in North East India with Special
Reference to Information Service: An Exploratory Study” to Assam
(Central) University, Silchar.
He has undergone several advance training programmes in IT,
information management & related fields under SAARC-SDC &
UNESCO/Vidyanidhi fellowships. He has, to date to his credit, over
eighteen years of professional experience including teaching & research in
several national level organization. His major contributions include use of
information technology in information management and use of
educational technology for improving classroom teaching and learning
process. At present he holds the position of Librarian and Coordinator, DL
& e-learning Project National Institute of Technology (An Institute of

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National Importance), Silchar. Dr. Satpathy has successfully implemented
RFID Technology & ERMSS at NIT Silchar & IIM Indore Library. He was
instrumental for signing MOU with BARC & University of Illinois. Apart
from this, currently Dr. Satpathy is coordinating two projects namely
“Education to Home (eth) Project meant for IT for all & BARC-Akruti
Project” meant for Technology Transfer to the rural sector.
He is the Coordinator for INDOLIBNET (Indore Library Network),
SICILIBNET (Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Library Network) & worked
as a consultant for revamping the public library of Indore (Govt. Ahilya
Library) on behalf of Govt. of Madhya Pradesh. He has prepared a Vision
Document for Govt. Ahilya Library. Currently, he is working on project of
Govt. of Assam for development of Silchar Normal School Library &
Museum. He is the founder core committee member of NIT Consortia &
member of National Price Negotiation Committee of INDEST.
Earlier he worked as Librarian, Indian Institute of Management,
Indore; Panjabi University, Patiala; Centre for Environmental Education,
Ahmedabad; Centre for Management Training and Research, Chandigarh.
He also acted as Coordinator of Centre for Educational Technology;
Coordinator, Continuing Education Cell & Programme officer, National
Service Scheme, NIT, Silchar during 2001-2004 & Honorary Project Officer;
State Rural Technology Promotion Council, Govt. of Assam; Coordinator,
Environmental Education Resource Centre, NIT, Silchar. He has delivered
lectures in several training programmes organized by UNDP, QCI, AICTE,
MSME & Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Bhopal etc.
He has 30 publications to his credit. He has edited four workshop
proceedings and co-edited five books published by McMillan India,
Indian Society for Technical Education, Delhi, NE Books & Publisher,
National Library, Kolkata and Shankar Book Agency, New Delhi. He has
presented several papers in national and international conference in the
country and abroad. He has visited Czech Republic, Portugal & USA for
academic purpose. In December 2013, he attended “Higher Education
Leadership Programme” at University of Urbana Champaign, USA. He
has also attended the University of Illinois Mortenson Center Associates
Program “Imagine, Question, Connect: A Professional Development
Program for Library Leaders and Innovators” from May 29-June 24, 2014.
He has successfully completed two major projects entitled ‘Virtual

12. Classroom’ & ‘Digital Library’ sponsored by MHRD, Govt. of India. He has
transformed the Central Library, NIT Silchar in to a “state of the art
library” in the North Eastern Region. This is the first library in the entire
NE Region to implement RFID & DVR Technology for Library Security
purpose & to have Digital Library. He has implemented the e-learning
solution in the Institute under World Bank TEQIP grant.
He has coordinated several national level training programmes,
workshops & seminars sponsored by CSIR, NISTAD, ICSSR, DST, SICI,
NCTE, ISTE, AICTE, USEFI, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of
Parliamentary Affairs & Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports etc. He was the
organizing Secretary of SIS Silver Jubilee Conference & 10th Annual Meet
of INDEST-AICTE Consortium. He is a life and executive member of
several Associations/Societies such as Society of Information Science,
Indian Society for Technical Institution, All India Association for
Educational Research, Indian Academy for Social Sciences, Indian Library
Association, Indian Association for Special Libraries & Information
Centres (IASLIC), MANLIBNET and Indian Distance Education
Association etc. He was an executive member of IASLIC (2005-06), SIS
(2012-15) & AIAER, Assam Chapter. He is an active member of “ICTD
Community’ of Solution Exchange (An UN Agency). He was elected as a
member, LPAC, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute for the year 2008-09.
For his outstanding contribution to the field of Library & Information
Service profession, he was awarded Society for Information Science (SIS) -
Young Information Scientist Award for 2006 & SATKAL Young Librarian
Award for 2008. Some of his work can be found at:
Some of his work can be found at:
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http://moocsworkshop.blogspot.in/
http://piknei.blogspot.in/
http://aiuworkshop.blogspot.in/
http://worldbankworkshop.blogspot.in/
http://whatsnextinlibraries.blogspot.in/
http://indest2014.blogspot.in/
http://iiworkshop.blogspot.in/
http://sis2012conference.blogspot.in/

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http://nerlibnet.blogspot.in/
http://sicilibnet.blogspot.com/
http://library-nitsilchar.blogspot.in/
http://iimindorelibrary.blogspot.com/
http://indorepubliclibrary.blogspot.com/
http://indolibnet.blogspot.com/
http://sis2008conference.blogspot.com/
http://www.librariesrevolution.com/emagazine
http://lvpnits.wix.com/wnlconference2k15
https://www.facebook.com/kishor.c.satpathy
https://plus.google.com/u/0/108514749808147596387/posts
https://assamuniversity.academia.edu/KishorChandraSatpathy
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kishor_Satpathy2