As Digital India marches forward, digital technology is making deep inroads into brick-and-mortar libraries and the difference between physical and digital libraries are fast receding. This entails the librarians and library professionals to be exposed and equipped with appropriate digital technologies for efficient and effective functioning. Further, software technology has embraced the open-source paradigm for community-based development and sharing.

In this context, Central Library, IIT Kharagpur and NDLI organize the National Workshop for Open-Source Software for Library Management every year to train librarians and library professional in open source software (like Linux, Koha, DSpace, etc.) in management of library, content, and information. It is a five-day workshop conducted by experts from Central Library, IIT Kharagpur and NDLI. Every topic is dealt with in theoretical presentations and hands-on demonstration and practice. The training material and the required software are also provided in CDs. At the end of the training the participants are given certificates jointly from Central Library, IIT Kharagpur and NDLI. The following workshops have been conducted so far in this series:

Workshop Name	Partner	Presentation	Video Gallery	Photo Album	Remarks
OSSLM 2018: National Workshop for Open-Source Software for Library Management 7th May - 12th May 2018 Institutions: Participants:	IIT Kharagpur			View
OSSLM 2017: National Workshop for Open-Source Software for Library Management 12th Jun - 17th Jun 2017 Institutions: Participants:	IIT Kharagpur			View
OSSLM 2016: National Workshop for Open-Source Software for Library Management 13th Jun - 18th Jun 2016 Institutions: Participants:	IIT Kharagpur			View