Syllabus

Post Graduate Diploma in Application of Open Source Software in Library

(PGDAOSSL)

PGDAOSSL 01: Introduction to Open Source Software

Unit 1: History and Emergence of Open Source Software: The philosophy of OSS, Richard Stallman, The Cathedral and the Bazaar (CatB), commercial software vs OSS, free software vs freeware. Open source development models. Application Programming Interface (API). GNU Project, Free Software Foundation.

Unit 2: CommunityBuilding: Importance of Communities in Open Source Movement. JBoss Community. Developing blog, group, forum, social network for social purpose.

Unit 3: Open Standards: National Information Standards Organization (NISO), The Digital Library Federation (DLF). The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. MARC standards,Resource Description and Access (RDA). Open Archives Initiative. OAI-PMH. Search / Retrieval via URL (SRU),SRW/CQL. Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE).

Unit 4: Open Source Licenses: GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2,3, GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1,3, GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) version 3, Apache License, Version 2.0, Artistic License 2.0, etc.
Unit 5:Operating System:The Linux operating system and its use both for desktops and as server software.

Unit 6: Webserver: Apache HTTP Server and its flavors. WAMP server (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP). Open Source MySQL. Apache, MySQL, PHP, JAVA as development platform.

Unit 7: Open Source Software: Category of Open Source Software. OSS for podcasts, RDBMS,online social networks, etc. open source bibliometric softwares like pajek, ucinet, etc

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5) / The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative <
6) / MARC standards <
7) / Resource Description and Access (RDA) <
8) / WAMP server (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP) <
9) / Open Source MySQL <
10) / Search / Retrieval via URL (SRU) <
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PGADCAL 02: Library Management Software Packages

Unit 1: OSS for Library Management: Automatización de Bibliotecas y Centros de Documentación (ABCD), KOHA, Evergreen, NewGenLib.

Unit 2: Installation of Koha:

Unit 3: Customization of Koha:

Unit 4: Use of Koha:

Unit 5: Installation of NewGenLib:

Unit 6: Customization of NewGenLib:

Unit 7: Use of NewGenLib:

References

1) / KOHA
2) / Evergreen
3) / NewGenLib

PGADCAL 03: Digital Library Software Packages

Unit 1: OSS for Digital Library:Dspace, GSDL, EPrints.

Unit 2: Installation of Dspace:

Unit 3: Customization of Dspace:

Unit 4: Use of Dspace:

Unit 5: Installation of GSDL:

Unit 6: Customization of GSDL:

Unit 7: Use of GSDL:

References

1) / Dspace <
2) / Eprints <
3) / Greenstone

PGADCAL 04: Content Management System

Unit 1: OSS for CMS:MediaWiki, Joomla, Drupal, Zope. Wiki Hosting Services, Using Wiki Technologies in libraries for designing subject based encyclopedias, subject directory/portal and so on.

Unit 2: Installation of Joomla:

Unit 3: Customization of Joomla:

Unit 4: Use of Joomla:

Unit 5: Installation of Drupal:

Unit 6: Customization of Drupal:

Unit 7: Use of Drupal:

References

1) / Drupal <
2) / Joomla <
3) / MediaWiki
4) / Zope <

PGADCAL 05: Learning Management System

Unit 1: OSS for LMS:Moodle, ATutor, Claroline,Brihaspati (The Virtual Classroom).Courseware Management System: eCollege.

Unit 2: Installation of Moodle:

Unit 3: Customization of Moodle:

Unit 4: Use of Moodle:

Unit 5:Installation of ATutor:

Unit 6: Customization of ATutor:

Unit 7: Use of ATutor:

References

1) / ATutor <
2) / Claroline <
3) / eCollege <
4) / Moodle <
5) / Brihaspati <