Determining the factors influencing the level of awareness and usage of open source digital repository software by academic librarians in India

Digit. Libr. Perspect. Pub Date : 2020-08-03 DOI:10.1108/dlp-05-2020-0042

Raj Kishor Kampa, N. K. Patra

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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the level of awareness and usage of open source digital repository software (DRS). The paper also studies the factors, which influence the level of awareness and usage of different open source DRS by academic librarians in India.,The study administered an online questionnaire to academic librarians in India to know their level of awareness and usage of open source DRS. The questionnaire aimed to gather the awareness and usage of open source DSR. In total, 374 complete responses were collected from academic librarians in India and the collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Moreover, Fishers’ exact test was used to identify whether factors i.e. qualification and participation in workshop/seminar influence the level of awareness and usage of open source DRS.,The results of the study reveal that the level of awareness and usage of open source DRS, namely, DSpace (Mean = 2.92, SD = 0.906) and Greenstone digital library software (GSDL) (Mean = 2.18, SD = 0.699) are high amongst the academic librarians in India. In total, 33.4%, 11.5% of the participants are using DSpace and GSDL, respectively, on regular basis. Fishers’ exact test shows that factor(s) i.e. qualifications and participation in workshop/seminar affect the level of awareness and usage of open source DRS. The results show that there exits strong relation between participation in workshop/seminar and awareness and usage of DSpace (Fishers’ exact test = 13.473, p < 0.05).,This paper is the new type of study exploring level of awareness and usage of open source DRS by academic librarians in India. It identifies the factors that affect the awareness and usage of open source DRS. It is the first study to analyze the statistical significance between Indian librarians’ participation in workshop/seminar and their level of awareness and usage of different open source DRS.

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确定影响印度学术图书馆员对开源数字存储库软件的认识和使用水平的因素

本文的目的是分析开源数字存储库软件(DRS)的认识水平和使用情况。本文还研究了影响印度高校图书馆员对不同开源DRS认知和使用水平的因素。该研究对印度的学术图书馆员进行了在线问卷调查，以了解他们对开源DRS的认识和使用程度。调查问卷旨在收集对开源DSR的认识和使用情况。总共从印度的学术图书馆收集了374份完整的回复，并使用描述性统计对收集到的数据进行了分析。此外，采用fisher精确检验来确定资格和参加讲习班/研讨会等因素是否会影响开源DRS的认识和使用水平。研究结果显示，印度高校图书馆员对开源DRS，即DSpace (Mean = 2.92, SD = 0.906)和Greenstone数字图书馆软件(GSDL) (Mean = 2.18, SD = 0.699)的认知度和使用程度较高。共有33.4%和11.5%的参与者定期使用DSpace和GSDL。fisher的精确测试表明，资格和参加研讨会等因素影响了对开源DRS的认识和使用水平。结果表明，参加工作坊/研讨会与DSpace的意识和使用之间存在很强的关系(fisher精确检验= 13.473,p < 0.05)。本文是一项新型的研究，旨在探讨印度学术图书馆员对开源DRS的认识和使用水平。它确定了影响对开源DRS的认识和使用的因素。这是第一个分析印度图书馆员参加工作坊/研讨会与他们对不同开源DRS的认识和使用水平之间的统计意义的研究。

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