Development and Deployment of Library Portal for Automating and Synchronizing Electronic Information Resources: An Adoptive Model

Abstract

The emergence of Free Open Source Software (FOSS) created a slightly deviated approach to portals and web applications development and deployment because of their pre-packaged nature. The effort of this article is to present a working Portal Development and Deployment Model (PDDM) that prescribes Out-of-the-Box strategy and steps for designing, developing and deploying Library Portal using FOSS. Attempt is being made to showcase various System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) models with their strengths and weaknesses. Librarians and Information Scientists are being encouraged to adopt PDDM to avoid the gap associated with SDLC weaknesses when using FOSS to automates and synchronizes electronic information resources in libraries to meet the needs of library clientele with ease.

Keywords: Automation, Synchronization, Electronic Information Resources, Model, Library Portal, Free Open Source Software