Manhas, Rajeev(INFLIBNET Centre, November 6, 2008)
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Abstract:
The enforcement of change happening in the knowledge creation and information
management force to traditional library becomes a digital/ hybrid library (Yadav and
Chidambaram, 2008). There are a number of university and institutional libraries, which are
in the process of conversion of traditional library system into modern digital library systems.
The credit for this movement is gone to Open Source Digital Library Software (OSDLS). Due
to the OSDLS, digital library planning and development in practice has been increased in the
world. The university library of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) has also
started digital library initiative and development of the Health Sciences Digital Library (HSDL)
using open source Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL). The objective of this article
is to give the analogy of road map for the plan and development of HSDL. It also narrates the
digital library activities carried out in BFUHS university library.