Open-Source Software Platforms In Library And Information Field on The Internet (literature review of Arab and foreign intellectual production)

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1 Department of Libraries and Information, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University, Egypt ​

2 Professor of Library and Information Science Cairo University - Faculty of Arts

3 Assistant Professor of Library and Information Cairo University - Faculty of Arts

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This study talking open-source software platforms as its direction by collecting what was written in Arab and foreign intellectual production and published in global databases, relying on the descriptive and analytical approach in monitoring and describing everything related to open source integrated library management systems, open source software platform services, and news. And reports related to the new generation of automated systems for libraries. The study concluded by answering the following questions:
What is displayed in global databases on the subject of the study; What is presented in the databases within the limits of the study are few Arab studies, at a rate of 4%, compared to 96% for foreign studies. What are the bibliographic features of the subject of the study? The bibliographic features of the subject of the study varied, including thematic distribution, the distribution of databases, the linguistic distribution, and the distribution of authors and periodicals.
What are the trends in Arab and foreign intellectual production related to the subject? Despite the scarcity of modern Arabic studies compared to foreign studies, Arabic study was distinguished by careful specialization in specific platforms, such as the Folio platform, and reliance on the idea of platforms in other fields in libraries and information, such as studying the courses of electronic platforms in libraries.

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