Open Source Library Management Softwares

Randhawa, Sukhwinder Open Source Library Management Softwares. e-Library Science Research Journal, 2013, vol. 1, n. 7. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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English abstract

Open source software are those which permit execution, copy, read, distribution and improvement of the software without any restrictions. Library Management Software (LMS), is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed. Commercial library management software are very expensive. Therefore, open source library management system can be appropriate alternatives for automatic library systems. This paper discusses features of open source library management software, criteria of selection of best open source library management software, their, advantages and limitations. Open source library management software is a solution to reduce that cost. The paper describes in brief about the feature of some of the open source library management software like Koha, NewGenlib, Evergreen, SENAYAN, ABCD, and BiblioteQ.

English abstract

Item type: Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords: Open Source Software, Library automation, Library Management Software
Subjects: L. Information technology and library technology > LJ. Software.
L. Information technology and library technology > LQ. Library automation systems.
Depositing user: Sukhwinder Randhawa
Date deposited: 15 Aug 2013 05:34
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:27
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/19923

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