Open Access to Information and Knowledge : An Initiative of Institutional Repositories and Digital Library in India

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2008-11-06

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INFLIBNET Centre

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The paper discusses the Open Access Initiatives for global access, repository, preservation, and organized management of networked information services in a distributed environment where both the users and resources are at varied locations. The paper highlights various initiatives of Institutional Repositories and Digital Library in the country. The Paper also discusses the necessity of DSpace Digital Library Software for Digital Library Initiatives and OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) in Open Archives Initiative.

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Institutional Repositories, Digital Library, Dspace, OAI-PMH, Dublin Core, Open Access

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