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A Study on Assessing Digital Library Software: With special Reference to the Greenstone Digital Library Software

N Varadaraju

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Indian Journal of Library and Information Sciences 16(2):p 143-146, May-August 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.16222.9

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Varadaraju N/A Study on Assessing Digital Library Software: With special Reference to the Greenstone Digital Library Software/Indian J Lib Inf Sci 2022;16(2):143–146

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Received : March 04, 2022         Accepted : April 18, 2022          Published : August 25, 2022

Abstract

The disclosure of digital libraries grants many opportunities and question for the settlement of centered collections of digital oppose. As librarians in the India seek to appraise the existent software and systems, and to ID the most appropriate technology and methods of construction digital libraries, several scrutiny egress emerge for muse and analysis. These egress include, Internet-supported apportionment, the profession to furnish cleaving and compatible views of the resort held, metadata elaboration, representation of multimedia and hypermedia dogma, interoperability, portability, data commute, and the performance of the mortal-electronic computer interface. This paper identifies types of digital libraries full digital libraries, special and “hybrid” collections, and examines definitions currently in use. The focus is on collections built for specific user communities. Open-source and commercial software are briefly examined as well generic and specific library applications.

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Varadaraju N/A Study on Assessing Digital Library Software: With special Reference to the Greenstone Digital Library Software/Indian J Lib Inf Sci 2022;16(2):143–146

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Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

This license enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.

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March 04, 2022 April 18, 2022 August 25, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.16222.9

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Digital LibraryOpen-sourceSoftwareGreen Stone

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