Evaluating OSILS Products for Indian College Libraries

Authors

  • M. V. Sunil
     SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore
  • N. S. Harinarayana
     Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2011/v48i5/43949

Keywords:

Open Source Integrated Library Systems, OSILS, Performance Analysis, Evaluation of OSILS Products

Abstract

The paper presents the requirements of Indian college libraries in ILS products in general and Open Source Integrated Library Systems (OSILS) in particular. The requirements are analyzed for the housekeeping modules and viability indicators (Technical and Software Service Support requirements) by direct questioning. The performance of the 9 OSILS Products: ABCD, Emilda, Evergreen, Koha, NewGenLib, OPALS, OpenBiblio, PMBILS and PhpMyLibrary is evaluated against the listed requirements.

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Published

2011-09-10

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Sunil, M. V., & Harinarayana, N. S. (2011). Evaluating OSILS Products for Indian College Libraries. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 48(5), 471–490. https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2011/v48i5/43949

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Volume 48, Issue 5, October 2011

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Received 2013-12-27
Accepted 2013-12-27
Published 2011-09-10

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