Developing An Institutional Repository Using Greenstone Digital Library(GSDL) Software

Abstract

This is an age of information explosion. Its impact on library and information centres is profound. With the growing number of e-resources, it has become imperative for information professional to redefine their role in disseminating information to the users. Institutional Repository is a new concept for collecting, managing, disseminating and preserving scholarly works created in digital form by faculty and students in individual universities and colleges. Greenstone is an open source software for building digital repositories. This paper explains how to build an institutional repository using Greenstone Digital Library Software.