CONTENT ANALYSIS-BASED ASSESSMENT OF INDIGENOUS OER REPOSITORY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

Abstract

The advent of the internet has led to a significant rise in the popularity of open access within scholarly societies. This includes open access books, journals, theses, and repositories. In this era of technology, a new concept has emerged known as Open Educational Resources (OER). These resources are easily accessible through the internet, allowing anybody to produce, post, search, and retrieve digital content at their convenience. This research specifically examines the current state of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in different learning repositories within the field of Library and Information Science (LIS). The researchers have examined the availability of Open Educational Resources in LIS discipline in these OERR and evaluated OERR through eight criteria having 3 points each. After evaluation it is found that OERR eGyankosh stood first securing 23 points and SWAYAM and ePGPathshala stood 2nd position securing 22 points. In short it may be said that OERR passed the criteria successfully but the availability of OERs in LIS discipline is not at all satisfactory.