“…Due to the advent of information technology, various library management systems are now used to organise library materials (Reddy,2013).Thereareanumberofbenefitsthatcanbeenjoyedbyalibrary whenitadoptsopensourcesoftwarewhenautomatingitslibraryservices. Anilkumar, Mallikarjun, and Viral (2014), Bruno, Barbara, and Giancarlo (2012), Dalling and Rafferty(2013)statethatthebenefitsincludebutarenotlimitedtolowercosts,no vendorlockin,adaptionandinnovation,andsupportthroughusercommunitiesand discussiongroups (Reddy,2013). Randhawa(2008)addsthatlibrarianswouldhave greatercontroloftheirenvironmentsiftheyadoptopensourcesoftwaresincethey cantailormakethesoftwaretomeettheirrespectiveneeds.…”