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Item Importance of Library Legislation in the Context of Nepal(Central Department of Library and Information Science, 2022-10-11) Shrestha, Anju; Gautam, SaritaThis thesis entitled ―Importance of Library Legislation in the Context of Nepal‖ has been chosen for the study as there are numerous challenges in this arena due to absence of proper library act. The objectives of this research study were to analyze the need for a provision of library legislation, explore the present status of library law, analyze the consequences of lack of library law and explain the importance of the library legislation in the development of libraries and library professionals in Nepal. Different documents such as constitution, LIS policy, directives, literatures and journal and news articles relating to library legislation have been reviewed. This study adopted a qualitative strategy and narrative research was conducted with an interview schedule as the tool. The face-to-face interviewing method was used for data collection and content analysis was done of the literature available as a government document, journal and opinion articles of Nepali librarians and authorities. Neither the library professionals nor the government has made efforts for the enactment of the library legislation at present. The Library Coordination and Documentation Section was found working for the finalization and formulation of National Book Policy and Education act. The Section suffered the lack of support and coordination from the government and its representatives and the library professionals and institutions were entangled in their own issues (regarding establishment, development, management, sustainability and resources) due to lack of library legislation. The legal framework provides guidelines and defines responsibilities, a structure of authority and means for stable financing for the proper functioning of the libraries and helps in setting up a library system with an integrated network of libraries at all levels of government. Thus, the representatives of the political parties, governmental authorities, and library professionals should coordinate with the coordination section to enact the pending acts as it is the sole responsibility of the government. The vii endorsement of national umbrella act that brings all the libraries into a system and means to implement the policy, directives and programs defined is must. Some recommendations of the study are: the library legislation at the national level should be endorsed, the formation of Library Council is must, NNL and NLA should exercise the authority and responsibility to enact laws and by-laws, the Coordination Section should be supported by all stakeholders, libraries to be supported with grant in-aids and make them independent and free from political influence and so on. Anju Shrestha Exam Roll No.: 281616 Central Department of Library and Information Science, Tribhuvan University, KirtipurItem Comparison of JSPUI and XMLUI Dspace interfaces: Users opinion(Central Department of Library and Information Science, 2022-06-20) Karki, Rushma; Nyaichyai, LilaDSpace user interface establishes first hand communication with the users of digital library built in DSpace library software. There are two kinds of user interface in DSpace. One is built upon JSPUI and another is on XMLUI. Though both user interfaces are supported equally by the DSpace developers and Users as well. It is worth to examine the mostly used user interface in DSpace repositories used by various libraries in Nepal and other countries. In the context of Nepal, fewer studies have done about the library software. So this study try to explore and evaluate each feature available in the DSpace so that librarians and users could have formulate a standard to decide which user interface particularly be used and could state the reasonable causes behind. The comparative study of JSPUI and XMLUI has concluded that both user interface be better fits as per the requirement of the library. The purpose of this research had exploring the better DSpace interface used in libraries and user friendly DSpace user interfaces. This study has employed both quantitative research methods, and comparative research design. According to the findings, end users had nearly similar opinions about both UIs. The study concluded that both UIs are equally user-friendly, with some users preferring JSPUI and others preferring XMLUI. Both UIs are superior and user-friendly in their own way