AgriCat: An One-stop Shop for OAI-based Open Access Agricultural Repositories

Authors

  • Bijan Kumar Roy The University of Burdwan
  • Subal Chandra Biswas The University of Burdwan
  • Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay University of Kalyani

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17700/jai.2016.7.1.277

Abstract

The paper gives an overview of open access (OA) institutional digital repositories (IDRs) in agricultural fields. The main objective is to provide free and unrestricted access to the public funded research outputs in global-scale in the domain of agricultural by developing a single window search interface as a useful tool for agricultural researchers in developing countries with special reference to India keeping in view the exorbitant cost of research output. It reports the design and development of a federated search interface, viz. AgriCat that facilitates resource sharing through extracting metadata from different OAI (Open Archives Initiative) compatible agricultural IDRs registered in OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories) database.

Author Biographies

Bijan Kumar Roy, The University of Burdwan

Department of Library and Information Science, Assistant Professor

Subal Chandra Biswas, The University of Burdwan

Department of Library and Information Science, Professor

Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay, University of Kalyani

Department of Library and Information Science, Associate Professor

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Published

2016-04-29

How to Cite

Roy, B. K., Biswas, S. C., & Mukhopadhyay, P. (2016). AgriCat: An One-stop Shop for OAI-based Open Access Agricultural Repositories. Journal of Agricultural Informatics, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.17700/jai.2016.7.1.277

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2016): Journal of Agricultural Informatics

Section

Journal of Agricultural Informatics