Measuring Impact of Open Source Software Training Programme and Workshop on LIS Professionals: A Study of DSpace Software

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Bajpai, Maneesh Kumar^a | Lohiya, Shailesh Kumar^b

Affiliations: [a] Deputy Librarian and Librarian Incharge, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow 226 012, Uttar Pradesh. (E): maneeshbajpai@rmlnlu.ac.in | [b] Assistant Librarian, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon- 122007. (E): sklohiya76@gmail.com

Abstract: Technological developments imply a genuine transformation of the entire landscape of modern-day society. Information is power and its preservation and dissemination is a treasure for generations to come. The digital content, available today, is throwing serious challenges among the information industry to preserve and provide secured access; Open Access Digital Library Software, such as DSpace, E-prints, and Greenstone, etc., is capable of meeting such challenges. The library and information science (LIS) professionals have been imparted various training platforms to learn pedagogy of such software. DSpace is one of the most prominent and globally used institutional repository software. This article presents an effort to understand the impact of DSpace training programmes/workshops on LIS professionals.

Keywords: Institutional repository, DSpace, Open Source Software, Copyleft, Digital Library, UBUNTU

DOI: 10.18329/09757597/2018/11208

Journal: World Digital Libraries - An international journal, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 123-135, 2018