Garge, Gopi Krishna; Hegde, Malati; Kumar, Geetha Anil(INFLIBNET Centre, November 9, 2006)
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Abstract:
Software is a critical digital content component that is generated on academic campus by
way of mandatory course requirements. These software need to be protected with an
assigned ownership and a specific terms of use. Software that is generated on campuses
typically does not get archived or catalogued in campus-wide repositories. SALIS a prototype
software repository addresses these needs and serves to augment typical institutional
repositories. This paper attempts to bring out the need for protecting the software
generated on campuses and the need to archive it in an orderly manner. Additionally
SALIS also addresses Intellectual Property concerns such as ownership, protection and
terms of use of the software produced and provide an effective way of archiving
Advances in Information Communication Technology (ICT) has created immense methods
for creating, storing, maintaining, accessing and preserving the traditional printed
documents in digital form. The different publishers have taken the full advantage of
publishing the research outputs of the academicians and deprive the institutions and the
community of the institution from the research outputs. This paper explores the importance
of Institutional Repository (IR) and the role of the Open Source Software (OSS) in
building the Institutional Repository of any institution. To publish and serve the community
of an institution building institutional repositories is the most feasible solution. We
have to take the help of some special software packages to build up an institutional
repository and the role of open source software in this regard is very important. The
institutions which are economically not strong enough can take the advantage of using
open source software to build up their own institutional repository and can expose their
knowledge stock to the world.