Perceptions of library and information science community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman

This paper undertake a focus group research approach to investigate the perceptions of LIS community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman. The motivation of the study comes as a result of E-Oman strategy to uplift the information and communication technology services in Oman. T...

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Main Authors:	Saleh, al Zeheimi, Zeki, Akram M., Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen, Zain, Samer M., Abubakar, Adamu
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Z665 Library Science. Information Science ZA Information resources
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spelling	iium-411192017-09-26T07:52:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/41119/ Perceptions of library and information science community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman Saleh, al Zeheimi Zeki, Akram M. Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen Zain, Samer M. Abubakar, Adamu Z665 Library Science. Information Science ZA Information resources This paper undertake a focus group research approach to investigate the perceptions of LIS community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman. The motivation of the study comes as a result of E-Oman strategy to uplift the information and communication technology services in Oman. The focus group approached applied in this study was carried out by means of inviting participants from seven institutions in Oman, to participate in a workshop about OSS adoption in libraries. During the workshop, focus groups were established. After the workshop, each group participates in responding to their perception towards OSS adoption in libraries. The results of their responses were analyzed. It was discovered that there are lack of awareness and readiness toward adoption of open source software in libraries of Oman. 2014-11-17 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41119/6/41119.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/41119/8/41119_Perceptions%20of%20library%20and%20information.SCOPUS.pdf Saleh, al Zeheimi and Zeki, Akram M. and Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen and Zain, Samer M. and Abubakar, Adamu (2014) Perceptions of library and information science community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman. In: The 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M 2014), 17th-19th November 2014, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. (In Press) http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7006292
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spellingShingle	Z665 Library Science. Information Science ZA Information resources Saleh, al Zeheimi Zeki, Akram M. Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen Zain, Samer M. Abubakar, Adamu Perceptions of library and information science community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman
description	This paper undertake a focus group research approach to investigate the perceptions of LIS community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman. The motivation of the study comes as a result of E-Oman strategy to uplift the information and communication technology services in Oman. The focus group approached applied in this study was carried out by means of inviting participants from seven institutions in Oman, to participate in a workshop about OSS adoption in libraries. During the workshop, focus groups were established. After the workshop, each group participates in responding to their perception towards OSS adoption in libraries. The results of their responses were analyzed. It was discovered that there are lack of awareness and readiness toward adoption of open source software in libraries of Oman.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Saleh, al Zeheimi Zeki, Akram M. Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen Zain, Samer M. Abubakar, Adamu
author_facet	Saleh, al Zeheimi Zeki, Akram M. Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen Zain, Samer M. Abubakar, Adamu
author_sort	Saleh, al Zeheimi
title	Perceptions of library and information science community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman
title_short	Perceptions of library and information science community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman
title_full	Perceptions of library and information science community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman
title_fullStr	Perceptions of library and information science community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman
title_full_unstemmed	Perceptions of library and information science community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman
title_sort	perceptions of library and information science community towards open source software adoption in libraries of oman
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/41119/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/41119/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/41119/6/41119.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/41119/8/41119_Perceptions%20of%20library%20and%20information.SCOPUS.pdf
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Perceptions of library and information science community towards open source software adoption in libraries of Oman

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