1Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida & Research Scholar-IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
2Department of Library and Information Science, IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Online published on 14 October, 2021.
The present study is a literature review and its analysis part of a larger research work i.e. “Issues and Challenges of Using Open Source Software in Private Business Management Education Institutions Libraries of Noida & Ghaziabad Region”. Authors through this study have tried to identify the already published research work related to Open Source Software from different perspectives emphasizing of Indian context in particular.
This is a literature review study and hence methodology adopted is to consult all possible sources of literature and particularly secondary literature including papers published in journals, magazines, conferences’ proceedings, websites, and/or blogs articles. Dissertations, theses, and books published related to the topic are all including in the literature review to have a comprehensive view of the research already conducted related to the subject. Analysis of existing literature is done to understand key findings and areas for future research.
Authors analyzed that a lot of work has been done related to the origin, history, and details of open source software, various types of open source software used in libraries. A lot of literature is available on open source software used for library management and for developing digital libraries, however, very little work has been done by researchers to study any correlation between open source software adoption and gender and age of the librarians.
The present study would serve as a comprehensive background study on open source software used in libraries and provide new thrust areas for budding researchers that they can work upon.
