open source software in georgia libraries
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Presentation given for Georgia Library Association, November 17, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
Open Source Softwarein Georgia Libraries
GLA webcast, Nov 17 2010Jason Puckett
Georgia State Universityjasonpuckett.net
adlibinstruction.blogspot.com
What is OSS?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/3993439584
opensource.org/docs/definition.php
Free as in beer (gratis)Freeware ≠ Open Source
Gift culture:Raymond, “Homesteading the Noosphere” http://catb.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/
homesteading/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitzi/236037776/
“Thanks for the Zotero info! I feel like I just stole something!”
--GSU student
Free as in speech (libre)The Free Software Definitionhttp://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/2699346313/
Free as in kittensTech supportStaff time and energy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolescum/2725252651/
WordPressFirefoxApacheMediaWikiPidgin
OSS you (probably) already use
flickr.com/photos/ladymixy-uk/3650120464flickr.com/photos/ericmmartin/2985330439
flickr.com/photos/teemow/29921948flickr.com/photos/chrissuderman/2870553192
flickr.com/photos/shanecurcuru/1907321209
Audacityhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/
flickr.com/photos/byjuli/3505774941
LibXhttp://www.libx.orghttp://www.galileo.usg.edu/scholar/databases/libx
ZoteroZotero.org
Jason’s Zotero guide: research.library.gsu.edu/zotero
(copy it)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/3419193/flickr.com/photos/nirak/483369188
ReservesDirectreservesdirect.org
Evergreenopen-ils.org
544 libraries
flickr.com/photos/tdeering/4273572576
OSS you might not be using (yet)
flickr.com/photos/frotzed/401501107
OpenOffice.orgubuntu.com
flickr.com/photos/robertvega/3944132320
jasonpuckett.net
Q&A?All images I used in this presentation are Creative Commons licensed and are © their creators. I thank them for sharing their work on Flickr.
creativecommons.org/about