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A study of ‘calf-path’ in file naming in institutional repositories in India


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1 Research Candidate, Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysuru., India
2 Professor and Chairman, Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysuru., India
 

This study examined the file naming practices in 39 institutional repositories. There is evidence that calf-path exists in file naming among the curators of institutional repositories in India. The study showed that no standard or logic seems to have been followed by repositories in the naming of the files, except by the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) and the CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR). The study also examined the composition of the filenames, which shows that the author names (11.2%), titles (11.9%), journal title with volume and issue numbers (21.1%) form the basis for the formation of filenames. It is suggested that digital repository managers have to give more attention to name files in the institutional repository in the interest of uniformity and consistency.

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Filenames, Metadata, Information retrieval, Information management, Institutional repositories.
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Authors

Husna Jabeen
Research Candidate, Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysuru., India
N.S. Harinarayana
Professor and Chairman, Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysuru., India

Abstract


This study examined the file naming practices in 39 institutional repositories. There is evidence that calf-path exists in file naming among the curators of institutional repositories in India. The study showed that no standard or logic seems to have been followed by repositories in the naming of the files, except by the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) and the CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR). The study also examined the composition of the filenames, which shows that the author names (11.2%), titles (11.9%), journal title with volume and issue numbers (21.1%) form the basis for the formation of filenames. It is suggested that digital repository managers have to give more attention to name files in the institutional repository in the interest of uniformity and consistency.

Keywords


Filenames, Metadata, Information retrieval, Information management, Institutional repositories.

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