Sheeja, N K; Surendran, Cherukodan(Indira Gandhi National Centre For The Arts,New Delhi, August 21, 2010)
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Abstract:
Newspapers cover a large amount of information everyday on topics of varied
interests. To a university, newspapers are essential components of
communication as they cover various happenings in a university. These items of
information are neither stored properly nor put in retrieval systems for future
use. The news and views appeared in newspapers can effectively be organized in
a digital library making use of open source software. The CUSAT digital library
(http://dspace.cusat.ac.in/dspace/) has organized some news items that
appeared in local newspapers about the university under a special community
named “CUSAT-News”. This article describes the methods of collecting,
selecting, organizing, providing access and preserving news items required by a
university using DSpace open source software.
Description:
IFLA international newspaper conference,2010,25-28 february
Santhosh Kumar, G; Surendran, Cherukodan; Humayoon Kabir, S(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, July 31, 2011)
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Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to describe the design and development of a digital library at
Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India, using DSpace open source software.
The study covers the structure, contents and usage of CUSAT digital library.
Design/methodology/approach – This paper examines the possibilities of applying open source in
libraries. An evaluative approach is carried out to explore the features of the CUSAT digital library.
The Google Analytics service is employed to measure the amount of use of digital library by users
across the world.
Findings – CUSAT has successfully applied DSpace open source software for building a digital
library. The digital library has had visits from 78 countries, with the major share from India. The
distribution of documents in the digital library is uneven. Past exam question papers share the major
part of the collection. The number of research papers, articles and rare documents is less.
Originality/value – The study is the first of its type that tries to understand digital library design
and development using DSpace open source software in a university environment with a focus on the
analysis of distribution of items and measuring the value by usage statistics employing the Google
Analytics service. The digital library model can be useful for designing similar systems
Description:
The Electronic Library
Vol. 31 No. 2, 2013
pp. 217-225