*Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, The University of Burdwan
**Library and Information Assistant, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
***Librarian, Banwarilal Bhalotia college, Asansol
Online published on 18 October, 2019.
The paper discusses the application of open source tools for the libraries in different cluster on Ubuntu operating system. Open source tools are essential in integrated library management and retrieval system for housekeeping operations and information retrieval system. This research work explores the twelve innovative open source tools on the basis of global recommendations and local requirements in different college libraries. How to use these tools in the college libraries both for the data management and backup and restoration. However, there are many tools are available in the open source environment but this research work select the most comprehensive in the level authority and bibliographic on different databases. These open source tools are to be easily managed the digital and library resources in the libraries.
Open source tools, Integrated Library System, and Integration
