Library professional’s opinion about open source software adoption.
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the professional opinion of LIS with reference to open source software (OSS) adoption, status, problems and future measures in research and academic libraries of Beijing, China.Design/methodology/approach Data were collected using a structured question...
| Publicado en: | Library Review Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 180 - 193 |
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Emerald Publishing Limited
2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=128435508&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 128435508 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00242535 8EO jtl: Library Review issn: 00242535 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2018 vid: 67 iid: 3 pid: 465 pub: Emerald Publishing Limited artinfo: ui: 128435508 10.1108/GKMC-03-2017-0022 ppf: 180 ppct: 13 formats: tig: atl: Library professional’s opinion about open source software adoption. aug: au: Jabeen, Misbah Qinjian, Yuan Jabeen, Munazza Yihan, Zhang affil: Department of Information Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China Department of Library and Information Science, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan su: Librarians' attitudes Open source software Technological innovation in libraries Library automation Data analysis Data libraries Academic libraries China sug: subj: China Librarians' attitudes Open source software Technological innovation in libraries Library automation Data analysis Data libraries Academic libraries keyword: Commercial software Library system Research libraries ab: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the professional opinion of LIS with reference to open source software (OSS) adoption, status, problems and future measures in research and academic libraries of Beijing, China.Design/methodology/approach Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, and semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted among 20 academic and 20 research libraries in Beijing, China. The convenient sampling technique was used to collect data. The data collected were interpreted using descriptive statistics and independent t-test.Findings The results reveal that Chinese research and academics libraries depend mostly upon commercial software and place a great deal of trust on locally produced free software. This situation may be caused due to the lack of professional knowledge in OSS and lack of appropriate technical expertise. Although there were a sufficient number of librarians who have shown interest in OSS, they did not enthusiastically agree to implement it in their libraries. Furthermore, the interviews highlighted the professionals’ opinion that most librarians are reluctant to adopt OSS due to the risk factor, lack of professional expertise, insufficient interest of the Chinese Government and lack of professional training.Originality/value The findings are useful for the Chinese LIS community, software developers, technology administrators and library administrators. In particular, it is beneficial for research and academic libraries of China to adapt OSS for library management and provide better library services and sources to their library users. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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