Browsing by Author "Prasad, A R D"

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    ‘Researcher’ An Open Source Software Suit for Consortia
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2007-02-08) Prasad, A R D
    The paper describes a suit of Open Source Software suite ‘reSearcher’ which includes CUFTS (online serials management system), GODOT (an OpenURL compliant system) and dbWIZ (a federated search engine) and CM (citation manager) from Simon Fraser University, Canada. Presents the advantages of an integrated approach where these software are pieced together to provide federated search to a consortium of libraries. The federated search facilitates to query across desperate information resources like e-journals, Z39.50 servers, online databases, DSpace based digital repositories. In fact dbWIZ provides a single stop search engine for a wide variety of information sources. Illustrations are taken from the implementation at Indian Statistical Institute. However, this paper does not cover CM.
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    WORKING WITH DIGITAL INFORMATION USING WWW ISIS ON LINUX
    (INFLIBNET Centre, 2001-03) Prasad, A R D
    The paper attempts to discuss the various issues in using wwwisis software on a Linux platform, where the database can include digitized information like photographs, audio and video files.