Efficiency and Effectiveness of digital library software in the creation of Institutional repositories

1. Efficiency and Effectiveness of digital library software in the creation of Institutional repositories “A library is a repository of medicine for the mind” Greek proverb By : Dr. Mohammad Nazim & Aslam Ansari

2. Introduction to IR • An Institutional Repository (IR) may be defined as an online locus for collecting and preserving—in digital form—the intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution. For a university this include materials such as research articles before (pre-print) and after (post prints) undergoing peer review, and digital versions of theses and dissertations. But it might also include other digital assets generated by normal academic life, such as administrative documents, course notes or learning objects (Wikipedia).

3. Characteristics & advantage of IR : • Institutional Repositories are created: • To collect and curate digital assets; • To manage and measure research and teaching activities; • To encourage and enables interdisciplinary approaches to research; • To Opening up outputs of the institution to a worldwide audience; • To Maximizing the visibility and impact of these outputs as a result; • To Showcasing the institution to interested constituencies – prospective staff, • To be prospective students and other stakeholders; • To Providing a workspace for work-in-progress, and for collaborative or large-scale projects; • To Facilitating the development and sharing of digital teaching materials and aids, • To Supporting student endeavors, providing access to theses and Dissertations and a location for the development of e-portfolios.

4. Role/Need of DL Software • A digital library is “an environment to bring together collections, services and people in support of the full life cycle of creation, dissemination, use, and preservation of data, information, and knowledge.” Digital libraries have some expectations like : • Content management, • User interface, • user administration, • System administration, • interoperability etc.

5. Characteristics of IR Software : • Some specific characteristics of digital library software were identified by Pyrounakis, George, and Nikolaidou, Mara (2009): • Object model; • Collection and relation support; • Metadata and digital content storage; • Search and browse; • Object management; • User Interface; • Access control; • Multiple language support; • Interoperability features; and • Level of customization.

6. Architecture of DL Software for IR

7. Most commonly used software The choice of software in the creation of IR/DL is based on the easy to use, reliability and content management features. As per data collected on OPENDOAR (authoritative directory of academic open access repositories) . Data taken on 04 June 2014 from www.opendoar.org , shows how these software are popularized among different organizations / institutions : • D-Space • Eprints • Greenstone • Fedora

8. Comparison of software Pyrounakis, George, and Nikolaidou,Mara.(2009) in their study investigated the efficiency and effectiveness of different software by assigning certain points to different features/modules:

9. Conclusion • Contents types of in most of repositories are generally common and repositories created by organizations / institutions by their own need (See Fig.). • D-Space is most commonly used software for the creation of IRs. • The data of OPENDOAR (2014) indicates that there are mainly 4 types open access repositories : Governmental, Aggregating, Disciplinary and Institutional. • Efficiency and effectiveness of software depends upon the issues related to admin and user operability.

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