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Page 1: Open Source software for libraries By Katharina Penner

Open Source software for libraries

By Katharina Penner

Page 2: Open Source software for libraries By Katharina Penner

What is Open Source? A specific set of software license

allow others to freely redistribute the software source code for the software must be available allow derived works based off of the software

A practical method of developing software A community of developers and users who

support #1 and #2

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Free?

free as in „beer“ free as in „free speech“ free as in „free kittens“

Phipps, S. 2002

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Advantages

Reliability Better support User driven Innovation Cost

Adapted from http://liblime.com/open-source

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Disadvantages

Many libraries do not have the in-house expertise to support open-source software

Don't have the ability to train staff on the use of the new technologies

Open source alternatives weren't perceived as feature-rich enough to handle the complex needs of libraries

Hidden costs (staff time)

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Koha Open Source Library System http://www.koha.org/ A full featured modern integrated library system (ILS):

circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more.

Linux, Unix, Windows and MacOS platform Can be fully integrated into the library website; Web

based OPAC system Copy cataloguing and z39.50 MARC21 and UNIMARC for professional cataloguers Use as a document manager or digital library; manage

online and off line resources with the same tool RSS feed of new acquisitions

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Greenstone

Tool for digital library Publish on internet or CD-ROM Windows, Unix and Mac Interoperability Two interfaces: librarians and

readers

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Metadata formats

Dublin Core Marc XML OAI DSpace

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Document formats PDF Word RTF HTML Plain text ZIP archives Excel PPT Email

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Languages

English French Spanish Russian Kazakh Some in Vietnamese

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NVU (new view) – web design complete Web design system Linux, Windows and Macintosh open source alternative to FrontPage

and Dreamweaver create web pages manage a website with no technical

expertise or knowledge of HTML available in different languages (I use

German)

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Used sources Phipps, Simon. „Free speech, free beer and free software.“

c/net news.com available at http://news.com.com/2010-1071-954384.html?tg (accessed March 1, 2007).

Muir, Scott P. „An introduction to the open source software issue.“ Library Hi Tech 29/4 (2005): 465-468.

http://www.koha.org/ http://liblime.com/open-source http://greenstonewiki.cs.waikato.ac.nz/wiki/index.php/

GreenstoneWiki http://www.greenstone.org/cgi-bin/library?e=p-en-home-

utfZz-8&a=p&p=examples http://www.nvu.com/index.php) http://www.gtalbot.org/NvuSection/NvuWebDesignTips/