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- 1. Open Source Library-RelatedSoftware A Quick Tour
- 2. A Lot OfIt About The library OS “movement” has grown with OS generally More IT expertise in the profession More IT professionals working in libraries, especially academic
- 3. Types of LibraryOSS The stuff you would normally pay for: The whole ILS OPACs Digital Collection management E-resource access – OpenURL resolvers and metasearch Under-bonnet stuff
- 4. ILS - Kohahttp://www.koha.org Developed initially in NZ Now international Small to medium libraries, especially public Written in Perl Runs on most platforms
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- 9. OPACs - VuFindhttp://www.vufind.org/ “ Library resource portal” Catalog records, E-journals, Digital repository, Bibliography, Etc Highly customisable Runs on Solr - http://lucene.apache.org/solr/ Solr is based on Lucene http://lucene.apache.org/
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- 12. ILS - EvergreenGeorgia Public Library Service Ideal for Consortia Combined patron database Staff Windows client
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- 15. Digital Collections: Greenstonehttp://www.greenstone.org/ New Zealand Digital Library Project UNESCO Build and distribute digital library collections – internet or CDROM Multilingual
- 16. Digital Collections -Fedora http://www.fedora.info/ Digital Repository software Cornell Uni and Uni of Virginia
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- 18. Metasearch - Libraryfind http://libraryfind.org/ Federated search Bulit-in OpenURL resolver Local indexing
- 19. OpenURL Resolver -CUFTS http://cufts.lib.sfu.ca/ Designed for consortia Knowledgebase of 350 resources/ 422,000 titles Journal A-Z + Print holdings integration ERM data storage (licenses etc) Perl, PostgreSQL, Apache
- 20. Bits and PiecesSmall local projects that are shared Olivet Nazarine University Library: ILL Wizard – ILL web request form WARP – course reserves web application
- 21. Things to ConsiderOSS is a different world in many ways
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- 23. Free as Kittens?Free software, but hidden costs/issues: hardware and deployment costs More in-house technical expertise may be required Data conversion etc Training – where is the expertise?
- 24. Free as Kittens?OSS is often designed to meet the developers needs, not necessarily the general marketplace. Good if your needs are similar Documentation – programmers are notoriously weak on it!
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- 26. Free as Kittens?Support and maintenance – often a different model Some or all development is by the users, not just original developer Software can be designed to be modular, with capacity for “plug-ins” to be developed and added by users. Support from users by public forums – very common in OSS
- 27. A Possible SolutionCommercialize the distribution and support Eg Redhat Linux Adds value to OS product – support, quality control, security
- 28. Liblime http:// liblime.com/ Support for Koha, Evergreen, metasearch and digital library software “… commercial support services - hosting, migration assistance, staff training, support, software maintenance, and development”
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