1. A. ROSELINE
MLIS 2ND YEAR
4TH SEM
PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY

2.  The term “Open Source” refers to software
that is free and that includes the original
source code used to create it so that users
can modify it to make it work better for them.
 It may be free, a developer or distributor may
charge for services, training, installation and
technical support.

3. • Free redistribution
• Source code
• Integrity of the author’s source code
• No discrimination against persons or groups
• Distribution of license
• License must not be specific to a product.
• license must not restrict other software

4.  Dspace
 EPrint
 Green stone

6.  Developed by HP-MIT Alliance, in 2002
Installed and is in production at over 373
institutions
 Available under BSD(Berkeley Software
distribution) license
 Version 1.5 has been chosen for this study.
 “DSpace is a groundbreaking digital
institutional repository that captures, stores,
indexes, preserves, and redistributes the
intellectual output of a university’s research
faculty in digital formats.”
 www.dspace.org

7.  Supports submission of, management of, and
access to digital content
◦ Formats: text, images, audio, video
 Organized based on organizational needs of
a large university
◦ Communities and collections

8.  Digital preservation
◦ Support levels for different file formats
 Access control
 Search and retrieval
◦ Based on qualified Dublin Core metadata
 OAI-PMH data provider
◦ To support metadata harvesters

9.  OS: Unix or Linux
 Written in Java
 PostgreSQL relational database
 Provides complete Web user interface, but
Java APIs available
 MIT DSpace
◦ dspace.mit.edu

11.  Developed by School of Electronic and
Computer Science, University of
Southampton, UK in 2000
 Till today 287 known registered archives are
running Eprints worldwide.
 Version 3.1 has been chosen for the purpose
of the study.
 Can be configured as institutional repository
or otherwise, e.g. repository focused on
particular research area or discipline
 Licensed under GNU General Public License
 software.eprints.org

12.  Supports submission, management of, and
access to digital content
 Can support multiple archives on one server
 Moderated or immoderate archives
 Search and retrieval
◦ Based on metadata
◦ Metadata can be customized for different
archives and document types
 No access control
 OAI-PMH data provider

13.  OS: Unix or Linux
 Written in Perl
 Requirements:
◦ Apache web server
◦ MySQL relational database

15.  “Suite of software for building and
distributing digital library collections”
 Developed by University of Waikato, New
Zealand
◦ Developed in cooperation with UNESCO and the
Human Info NGO
 Licensed under GNU General Public License
• The latest version is Greenstone 2.82 and 3.03
 www.greenstone.org

16.  Web interface for search and retrieval
◦ Customizable metadata
◦ Supports full text search of content
 Extensive document filters
◦ Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, ...
◦ Can extract metadata from documents
 Many ways to build a collection, including:
◦ Local files
◦ Retrieve web sites
◦ Retrieve objects via OAI-PMH
 Full text search
 Multi-language support for browse/ search interface
 Plug-ins for Documents

17.  Runs on Windows (back to 3.1), Linux, Mac
OS X, Unix
 Written in C++, Perl, and Java
 Uses MG/MG++ search engine
 Several different Web and Java/Swing user
interfaces for various functions
 Web interface for user access

18. Advantages
 Access to source code and ability and right to
modify it
 Right to redistribute modifications to benefit
wider community
 Free
 Excellent support networks
 Large and enthusiastic user base
Disadvantages
 Limited or no accountability
 Informal and unaccountable support channels