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Open Source for Libraries

Nicole C. EngardVice President of Education, ByWater Solutions

Koha Documentation Manager

Author, The Accidental Systems Librarian 2d & Practical Open Source Software for Libraries

tasl.web2learning.net & opensource.web2learning.net

[email protected]

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What isn’t Open Source?

• “Isn’t  that  insecure?”

• “I  don’t  want  to  share  my  data!”

• “How  can  it  be  any  good  if  it’s  free?”

• “We  don’t  have  the  staff  to  handle  open  source.”

Common  Open  Source  FUD  (Fear,  Uncertainty  &  Doubt)

Comic: Author: Unknown | Year: Unknown | Source: Unknown

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What is Open Source?Open  source  soCware  is  soCware  that  users  have  the  ability  to  run,  distribute,  study  and  modify  for  any  purpose.

Open  source  is  a  collaboraEve  soCware-­‐development  method  that  harnesses  the  power  of  peer  review  and  transparency  of  process  to  develop  code  that  is  freely  accessible.1  

Open  source  draws  on  an  ecosystem  of  thousands  of  developers  and  customers  all  over  the  world  to  drive  innovaEon.2                                                

1,2  h<p://connect.educause.edu/display/47941

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What is Free Software?•OCen  you  will  hear  Free  &  Open  Source  SoCware  (F/OSS)  in  conjuncEon.  

•The  Free  SoCware  DefiniEon  (hQp://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-­‐sw.html)    is  similar  to,  but  not  idenEcal  to  the  Open  Source  DefiniEon  (hQp://www.opensource.org/docs/definiEon.php)  

•Free  does  not  mean  free  of  cost  -­‐  it  means  Free  as  in  Freedom

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4 Freedoms of Free Software• You  need  all  four  of  these  freedoms  to  have  free  

soCware  

• Freedom  of  use

• Freedom  to  copy

• Freedom  to  modify

• Freedom  to  contribute

hQp://www.web2learning.net/archives/4263

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Sharing of ideas"If  you  have  an  apple  and  I  have  an  apple  and  we  exchange  apples,  then  you  and  I  will  sEll  each  have  one  apple.  But  if  you  have  an  idea  and  I  have  an  idea  and  we  exchange  these  ideas,  then  each  of  us  will  have  two  ideas."

AQributed  to  Bernard  Shaw

http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/1#1

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The  Cathedral  (proprietary  so4ware)

• Development  occurs  behind  walls  

• Source  code  is  usually  not  provided  -­‐  kept  locked  up

• Corporate  hierarchy

The  Bazaar    (open  source  so4ware)

•Code  developed  over  the  Internet  with  several  others  in  public  view

•Source  code  open  to  all  users

• “Given  enough  eyeballs,  all  bugs  are  shallow”

h<p://www.catb.org/~esr/wriIngs/cathedral-­‐bazaar/cathedral-­‐bazaar/

The Cathedral & The Bazaar

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Open Source GovernanceWhat  kind  of  quality  control  is  there?

•Most  open  source  projects  have  a  release  manager  or  a  manager  of  some  sort  who  reviews  the  code  and  approves  it  before  adding  it  to  the  final  release

What  is  the  role  of  the  community?

•The  community  looks  out  for  the  best  interests  of  the  soSware.    They  work  as  the  governing  body  behind  all  decisions  related  to  the  soSware.  The  community  decides  what  features  to  develop  next  and  who  the  managers  are.      

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Open Source Community•Open  source  is  about  more  than  free  soCware•Community  is  crucial  to  the  growth  of  open  source•Without  shared  knowledge  and  collaboraEon  the  project  will  not  grow

•“CriEquing  the  community  is  a  right  reserved  for  those  who  have  proved  themselves  by  making  valuable  contribuEons”1

•People  who  use  open  source  can  collaborate  and  contribute  in  many  ways  with  the  community

1. Tapscott, Don, and Anthony D. Williams. “Embracing open source culture and

strategy.” In Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything, 82-83.

Expanded Edition. New York, NY: Penguin USA, 2008. www.wikinomics.com/book/.  

•Write  code•Write  documentaEon•Debug•Educate  others

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“Crowdsourcing  has  it  genesis  in  the  open  source  movement  in  soCware.  The  development  of  the  Linux  operaEng  system  proved  that  a  community  of  like-­‐minded  peers  was  capable  of  creaEng  a  beQer  product  than  a  corporate  behemoth  like  MicrosoC.    Open  source  revealed  a  fundamental  truth  about  humans  that  had  gone  largely  unnoEced  unEl  the  connecEvely  of  the  Internet  brought  it  into  high  relief:  labor  can  oCen  be  organized  more  efficiently  in  the  context  of  a  community  than  it  can  in  the  context  of  the  corporaEon.    The  best  person  to  do  a  job  is  the  one  who  most  wants  to  do  that  job;  and  the  best  people  to  evaluate  their  performance  are  their  friends  and  peers  who,  by  the  way,  will  enthusiasEcally  pitch  in  to  improve  the  final  product,  simply  for  the  sheer  pleasure  of  helping  one  another  and  creaEng  something  beauEful  from  which  they  all  will  benefit.”

Howe, J. (2008). Crowdsourcing: Why the power of the crowd is driving the future of business. New York: Crown Business. p.8

Open Source Crowdsourcing

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Believing in OpennessIf  you  don't  know  why  you  do  what  you  do  then  how  will  you  ever  get  people  to  be  loyal  and  want  to  be  a  part  of  what  you  do?    

The  goal  is  not  just  to  sell  to  people  what  you  have,  it's  to  sell  people  on  what  you  believe  -­‐  the  goal  is  not  to  hire  people  who  want  a  job  it's  to  hire  people  who  believe  what  you  believe.  If  you  hire  people  just  because  they  can  do  a  job  they  will  work  for  your  money  -­‐  if  you  hire  people  who  believe  what  you  believe  they  work  for  you  with  blood  and  sweat  and  tears.

Simon  Sinek:  How  great  leaders  inspire  acEon  hQp://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_acEon.html  

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Open Source is Easy!“The  hard  drive  on  one  of  our  reference  desk  PCs  died  today.    I  threw  in  a  new  one,  but  I  didn't  feel  like  spending  the  day  siing  through  Windows  updates,  so  I  loaded  Ubuntu  11.04  on  it  instead.    The  install,  as  I'm  sure  you  know,  only  took  about  15  minutes.    Now,  before  I  add  my  next  point,  keep  in  mind  that  I  manage  a  staff  whose  average  age  is  about  63.    No  joke.    Most  of  them  have  been  working  at  my  facility  longer  than  I've  been  alive.    SEll,  once  I  had  Ubuntu  up  and  running,  they  were  literally  fighEng  over  who  got  to  use  the  new  operaEng  system.    They  loved  it  that  much.    

Now  I  agree,  Linux  kicks  buQ.    I  use  it  about  80%  of  the  Eme.    Typing  to  you  on  Mint  right  now!    However,  I  never  expected  novice  users  to  take  to  it  so  quickly.    Please,  next  Eme  you  do  an  open  source  webinar,  impress  on  your  aQendees  that  libraries  aren't  sacrificing  a  thing  by  switching  over  to  open  source  soCware.    If  anything,  open  source  operaEng  systems  and  applicaEons  can  be  far  more  user  friendly  for  the  novice  user  than  Windows  will  ever  be...”

-­‐-­‐  Mark  at  the  The  Rahway  Public  Library

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Who’s Using Open Source?

•Government  Agencies•All  Kinds  of  Businesses

•Schools  (K-­‐colleges)•Librarians

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http://www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=5100086&pid=&sid=203

2007  Survey  Results

Open Source in Business

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• In  2010  a  survey  of  300  large  organizaEons  in  both  the  private  and  public  sector  found:

• 50%  are  fully  commiQed  to  open  source  in  their  business  

• 28%  say  they  are  experimenEng  with  open  source  and  keeping  an  open  mind  to  using  it

• 38%  expecEng  to  migrate  mission-­‐criEcal  soCware  to  open  source  in  next  12  months

• The  cost  was  no  longer  viewed  as  the  key  benefit,  instead:

• 76%  cited  quality  as  a  key  benefit  of  open  source

• 70%  cited  improved  reliability

• 69%  said  beQer  security/bug  fixing

h<p://newsroom.accenture.com/arIcle_display.cfm?arIcle_id=5045

Open Source in Business

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Making money on open source• “IBM  not  only  accepted  open  source  soCware  products  and  processes  but  also  

its  philosophy,  which  is  to  spur  quality  and  fast  growth  rather  than  just  profits  based  on  proprietary  ownership  of  intellectual  property.”

• “Giving  up  so  much  control  is  unconvenEonal  to  say  the  least,  but  the  rewards  for  doing  so  have  been  handsome.    IBM  spends  about  $100  million  per  year  on  Linux  development.    If  the  Linux  community  puts  in  $1  billion  of  effort,  and  even  half  of  that  is  useful  to  IBM  customers,  the  company  gets  $500  million  of  soCware  development  for  an  investment  of  $100  million.”

Tapsco<,  Don,  and  Anthony  D.  Williams.  “Joining  Linux.”  In  Wikinomics:  How  mass  collaboraIon  changes  everything,  79-­‐82.  Expanded  EdiIon.  New  York,  NY:  Penguin  USA,  2008.  

h<p://www.wikinomics.com/book/.

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Total  AcEve  Sites:  6/2000  to  7/2012

h<p://news.netcraS.com/archives/2012/07/03/july-­‐2012-­‐web-­‐server-­‐survey.html  

Open Source On the Web

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•Reliability  through  Peer  Review

•Freedom  to  Innovate

•No  Vendor  Lock-­‐in

•User-­‐centric  Development

•CollaboraEve  Environment

•Zero  License  Fees

Why so Popular?

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Why Should Libraries Care?

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Libraries  and  Open  Source  Both...

• Believe  that  informaIon  should  be  freely  accessible  to  everyone

• Give  away  stuff

• Benefit  from  the  generosity  of  others

• Are  about  communiIes

• Make  the  world  a  be<er  place

-­‐-­‐  Horton,  G.  h<p://Inyurl.com/3jvumn

Open Source & Libraries

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Libraries  and  Open  Source  make  the  perfect  pair

[Librarians]  "are  almost  ethically  required  to  use  and  develop  open  source  soCware."  

Crawford,  R.  S.  h<p://www.lugod.org/presentaIons/oss4lib.pdf

hQp://www.flickr.com/photos/cavort/151687944/

Open Source & Libraries

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2007  Survey  Results

h<p://www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=5100086&pid=&sid=203  

Open Source & Libraries

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• Is  there  support?  Do  I  have  to  know  how  to  program?

• Do  I  have  to  skimp  on  features?

• Isn’t  Open  Source  risky?

• Can  I  do  it  myself?

Common  quesEons  libraries  have:

Open Source & Libraries

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•ByWater  SoluEons

•Catalyst•Equinox•YourLibrarySite•And  more!

Is  there  support? Do  I  have  to  know  how  to  program?

• If  you  want  to  contribute  to  the  code  -­‐  Yes

• If  not  you  can  use:•Support  Providers•Local  Students•Freelance  Developers

Support for Open Source

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• Open  Source  developers  follow  the  rule  of  “Release  early  and  release  oCen”

• Users  vote  with  their  dollars  and  Eme

• Freedom  to  develop  on  your  own

• Developers  love  their  products

hQp://www.flickr.com/photos/programwitch/2505184887/

Do I have to skimp on features?

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• Casey  Coleman,  chief  informaEon  officer  for  the  GSA  (U.S.  General  Services  AdministraEon),  said  in  a  speech  ...  that  the  GSA  heavily  relies  on  open  source  to  drive  down  costs,  increase  flexibility  of  IT  dollars,  and  reduce  risk.  ‘You  get  much  more  transparency  and  interoperability,  and  that  reduces  your  risk,’  she  said.

• h<p://news.cnet.com/8301-­‐13505_3-­‐9921115-­‐16.html

Isn’t Open Source Risky?• US  Department  of  Defense  memo  encourages  the  use  of  open  source  with  many  reasons  “including  cost  advantages,  reduced  risk  of  vendor  lock-­‐in,  beQer  security,  and  increased  flexibility.  It  says  that  the  posiEve  aspects  of  open  source  soCware  should  be  given  consideraEon  during  procurement  research.

• h<p://arstechnica.com/open-­‐source/news/2009/10/dod-­‐military-­‐needs-­‐to-­‐think-­‐harder-­‐about-­‐using-­‐open-­‐source.ars  

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For  a  total  284  days  in  2006  (or  more  than  nine  months  out  of  the  year),  exploit  code  for  known,  unpatched  criEcal  flaws  in  pre-­‐IE7  versions  of  the  browser  was  publicly  available  on  the  Internet.  Likewise,  there  were  at  least  98  days  last  year  in  which  no  soCware  fixes  from  MicrosoC  were  available  to  fix  IE  flaws  that  criminals  were  acEvely  using  to  steal  personal  and  financial  data  from  users.

In  a  total  of  ten  cases  last  year,  instrucEons  detailing  how  to  leverage  "criEcal"  vulnerabiliEes  in  IE  were  published  online  before  MicrosoC  had  a  patch  to  fix  them.

In  contrast,  Internet  Explorer's  closest  compeEtor  in  terms  of  market  share  -­‐-­‐  Mozilla's  Firefox  browser  -­‐-­‐  experienced  a  single  period  lasEng  just  nine  dayslast  year  in  which  exploit  code  for  a  serious  security  hole  was  posted  online  before  Mozilla  shipped  a  patch  to  remedy  the  problem.

h<p://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/internet_explorer_unsafe_for_2.html  

Isn’t Open Source Risky?

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Risk of Proprietary Software• “Closed-­‐source  efforts  oCen  suffer  from  flaws  

and  problems  which  the  original  development  team  never  anEcipated.    Lack  of  inspecEon  of  the  code  by  other  programmers  can  mean  that  inappropriate  design  constraints  and  other  errors  might  not  be  discovered  unEl  the  code  is  already  in  use.”

Pavlicek,  Russell.  Embracing  insanity  :  open  source  soSware  development.  Indianapolis    IN:  

SAMS,  2000.  p.  33.

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Risk of Proprietary Software

• “In  its  2011  Coverity  Scan  Open  Source  Integrity  Report,  which  was  released  on  Thursday,  Coverity  actually  found  that  open  source  code  has  fewer  defects  per  thousand  lines  of  code  than  proprietary  soCware  code  does.”

Noyes,  Katherine.  “Actually,  Open  Source  Code  Is  Be<er:  Report.”  PCWorld  Business  Center,  February  23,  2012.  

h<p://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/arIcle/250543/actually_open_source_code_is_be<er_report.html.

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All  soSware  has  risks,  you  need  to  evaluate  open  source  the  same  way  you  do  proprietary  systems.

Several  Levels  of  Risk  to  consider:

• SoSware  security  issues• Open  source  is  just  as  secure  if  not  more  secure  than  proprietary  systems  because  of  its  transparency• Evaluate  open  source  soSware  no  differently  than  you  do  other  soSware!

• Company  mergers  and  acquisiIons• Because  you  own  the  code  to  your  system  you  are  not  Ied  to  one  support  source  and  will  never  be  leS  without  support  

Software is Risky!

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•Absolutely,  with  the  right  in-­‐house  skills

•Systems  knowledge

•Linux  server  management

•Web  programming

•Perl  /  PHP  /  MySQL

Can I do it Myself?

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Some Numbers

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When  asked  what  Open  Source  apps  they  use  at  work,  977  librarians  and  library  workers  answered  as  follows

hQp://opensource.web2learning.net/archives/category/survey-­‐results

Open Source & Libraries

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When  asked  why  they  chose  and  open  source  app,  977  librarians  and  library  workers  answered  as  follows

hQp://opensource.web2learning.net/archives/category/survey-­‐results

Open Source & Libraries

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Give me some examples!!Give me some examples!!

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Operating System

• Is and always will be free of charge • Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need:

• word processing• email applications• web server software • programming tools• games

• Designed with security in mind• Great for patron stations!!

Jessamyn installs Ubuntu in her library: http://vimeo.com/4169783

Lock down Ubuntu for Patron Stations:http://ashkev.weblogs.us/archives/478

Download Ubuntu:http://ubuntu.com

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Virtual Machine

• Try operating systems without reformatting your machine

• Run as many virtual machines as you’d like

• Runs operating system concurrently without using up too many resources

• Great way to demo software without making the switch right away

http://www.virtualbox.org

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Email/Web Browser

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Web Browser

• Customizable with Plugins• Offers more security that IE

• Phishing protection• Built in pop up blocker• Spyware protection• Private Browsing• Frequent updates

• Built in spell checking• Built in RSS recognition Download: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Security Facts: http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/security/Browser Stats: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

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Web Browser•Google Chrome is a newer open source

browsing option•Available for many operating systems•More security than IE:

•Malware protection•Spyware protection•Anti-Phishing•Private browsing

•Extend functionality with plugins http://chrome.google.com https://chrome.google.com/extensions/

Security: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143518/Chrome_sets_browser_security_standard_says_expert

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Email Client• Customizable with Plugins• Message Tagging• Saved Searches• High security

• Phishing protection• Junk mail folder• Remote image blocking

• Easy integration with Google Apps and popular web mail services

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

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Desktop Apps

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Complete Office Suite

• Works on most operating systems• Similar menus to other office suites• Save files in a variety of formats for interoperability with other office

suites • Mature/established applications

• Includes full office suite:• word processor• spreadsheet• presentation manager• drawing program• database application www.libreoffice.org

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Desktop Publishing

• Works on most operating systems • Professional page layout• Comes with a combination of "press-ready"

output and new approaches to page layout• Supports professional publishing features,

such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation

• Non-Latin script handling in PDFs• Several translations

http://www.scribus.net

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Photo Editing

• Works on most operating systems

• Supports photo retouching andimage creation

• Includes a customizable interfaceand plugins for extended functionality

• Supports most photo formats• Available in several languages

http://gimp.orghttp://www.gimpshop.com

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Communication

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Web Conferencing

• Works on most operating systems

• Runs right in the web browser• Secure (data encrypted by

HTTPS)• Meetings can be conducted

either in conjunction with an enterprise’s existing teleconferencing service, or utilizing WebHuddle’s optional voice over IP

https://www.webhuddle.com

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Web Conferencing

• Works on most operating systems

• Installs on your web servers

• Share your desktop, slides, chat and voice

• Broadcast via webcam and voice over IP

• Integrated with popular content management systems and open source course management (Moodle)

http://bigbluebutton.org

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Instant Messaging

• IM with multiple logins at once• Supports file transfers• Shows typing notifications• Allows for custom away messages• Windows only

• See Adium for Mac

http://www.pidgin.im http://www.adiumx.com

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Instant Messaging

• Cross-platform IM client optimized for businesses and organizations

• Built-in support for group chat• Telephony integration• Strong security• In-line spell checking• Tabbed conversations

www.igniterealtime.org/projects/spark/index.jsp

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Media

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Screencasting

•Works on Windows only•Records actions on your

screen•Multi-Language support•Records audio from system speakers•Features include the ability to:

•Add System Time Stamp To Video•Add Caption To Video•Add Watermark To Video

http://camstudio.org

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Screencasting

• Works on Windows only• Record software demonstrations and

tutorials• Include

• Voice• Webcam• Text

• Publish in Flash, view on our website or yours

http://www.webinaria.com

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On the Web

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Online Surveys• Install on your own servers• WYSIWYG HTML Editor• User-Management• Free with no limits on number of surveys or responses• Multi-Lingual Surveys in more than 50 languages• Integration of pictures and movies into a survey• Creation of a printable survey version• Anonymous and Not-Anonymous survey• Open and closed group of participant surveys• Optional public registration for surveys

http://limesurvey.org

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Content Management

• Easy to install and customize

• Allows for detailed user permissions

• Plugins for events calendar, widgets, photo galleries and more

• Thousands of pre-made themes

• Includes content management functionality

• Built-in search engine

• Support multiple authors and blogs

• Can run an entire library website or intranet

http://wordpress.org

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Advanced Content Management• More advanced interface and installation process• Expandable with Modules

• The Drupal community has contributed many modules which provide functionality that extend Drupal core

• Extensive online/print help• Both the content and the presentation can

be individualized based on user-defined preferences.• Role based permission system

http://drupal.org http://listserv.uic.edu/archives/drupal4lib.html

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Course Management• Web-based classrooms• Permissions for students,

teachers and administrators• Built-in chat rooms and

message boards• Suitable for 100% online classes as well as supplementing

face-to-face learning • Multiple languages, themes, plugins and activity modules• Includes modules for assignment and quizzes

http://moodle.org

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PC Management

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• Integrated multi-platform kiosk management system. • Includes:

• Prepaid access and membership access• Remote logoff, shutdown, and

messaging• Customizable login dialog text• Remote viewing of network status from

an external location using a web browser• Grouping of workstations according to program access

http://openkiosk.sourceforge.net/

Public PC Management

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• Use to manage public access systems, libraries, school computer laboratories and more!

• Single sign-on integration with the Koha ILS• A web-based administration system

• Create, delete, manage users• Leave users messages

• Remotely log out or ban users• Developed by and used at the Crawford County

Library System in PA

http://libki.org

Public PC Management

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Research

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Library Plugin

•Open Source browser plugin for Firefox and Chrome•Provides access to library resources from the browser•Uses an open source framework from which editions for specific

libraries can be built•Currently, 850+ academic and public libraries

have created public LibX editions•Integrates into popular websites (Google Scholar, Amazon, Barnes

& Noble)

http://libx.org

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Research Assistant

• Open source Firefox extension (standalone version in alpha)• Helps you collect, manage, and cite research resources• Playlist-like organization• Allows for note-taking• Includes saved searches and tags• Integration with MS Office & Open Office• Data stored in your web browser

• Can store of files and bibliography online as well• Allows for shared collections http://zotero.org

http://www.zotero.org/translatorshttp://www.zotero.org/support/standalone http://research.library.gsu.edu/zotero

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Library Apps

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Reference Stats

•Provides a simple way for library reference & service desks to track statistics on the number of questions asked

•Provides tools to build a simple knowledge base

•Web-based•Runs on Linux or Windows Server

http://code.google.com/p/libstats/

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OPAC• Blacklight OPAC• Allows for indexing multiple types of objects from the repository

with separate metadata standards• Allows for searching of bib records alongside digital library items

• Friendly interface• RSS Feeds for search results• Facetted Searching• Cover images

• Speedy/Friendly search engine

http://projectblacklight.org http://blacklight.betech.virginia.edu

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OPAC

•Works with several ILSes• Faceted results• Save lists• Zotero integration• Persistent URLs• Author biographies• Similar items searching• Browsable

http://vufind.org http://vufind.org/wiki/ils_support_list

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CMS & OPAC in One

•CMS and OPAC with faceted searching and browsing features

•Leverages WordPress to offer rich content management features for all a library’s content

•Free and open source•Represents library catalogs in an easily

searchable, highly remixable web-based format

http://about.scriblio.net

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CMS & OPAC in One•SOPAC (Social Online Public Access Catalog) is a module for the Drupal

CMS that provides integration of your library catalog within Drupal while allowing users to tag, rate, and review your holdings.

•Faceted browsing

•Ability to remove search limiters

•Saved searches

•Integrated renewals, holds placement, and fine payment

•Ability to customize the user experience via the administrative control panel

•100% customizable interface via the Drupal template system

http://thesocialopac.net

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• Installs to your desktop• Offers the following functions

• Cataloging• Circulation• Patron Management• Acquisitions• Serials•Reporting

• Software available for free & Data is yours!http://open-ils.org

Desktop-Based Integrated Library System

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• Fully web-based ILS• Offers same features as the proprietary ILS

• Cataloging• Circulation• Patron Management• Acquisitions• Serials •Reporting

• Software available for free & Data is yours!• Support available at reasonable prices

http://koha-community.org

Browser-Based Integrated Library System

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Now What?

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Play Time• Start  downloading  and  installing  applicaEons  that  will  make  things  more  efficient  (and  possibly  affordable)  for  you.

hQp://www.flickr.com/photos/nengard/3253133986/

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Portable Play•Can’t  install  soCware  on  your  work  computer?•Try  PortableApps:

•Install  on  your  USB  drive  and  use  many  of  these  open  source  applicaEons  without  installing  to  the  hard  drive

hQp://portableapps.com  

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Local Play•Don’t  have  access  to  a  web  server?

•Try  BitNami:•Free,  easy  to  setup  wikis,  blogs,  forums  and  many  other  web  applicaEons  that  you  can  run  locally  or  in  the  cloud.  BitNami  makes  deploying  server  soCware  a  simple  and  enjoyable  process.

h<p://bitnami.org/

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Additional Links•Open Source Living

http://osliving.com

•OSS Watch, open source software advisory service:http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk

•Open Source as Alternativehttp://www.osalt.com

•Nicole’s Delicious bookmarks:http://delicious.com/nengard/opensource

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OSS & Libraries Links• Open  Source  SoCware  in  LibrarieshQp://infomoEons.com/musings/ossnlibraries/  

• Open  Source  SoCware  and  Libraries  Bibliographyzotero.org/groups/freelibre_and_open_source_soCware_and_libraries_bibliography  

• PracEcal  Open  Source  SoCware  for  LibrarieshQp://opensource.web2learning.net/blog

• Open  Network  Libraries  hQp://onl.org.nz  

• FOSS4LibhQp://foss4lib.org  

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Open Source Blogs• The  Open  RoadhQp://www.cnet.com/openroad/

• Open  Ended  from  Ars  TechnicahQp://arstechnica.com/open-­‐source

• The  H  Open  SourcehQp://www.h-­‐online.com/open/  

• ZDNet  Open  SourcehQp://blogs.zdnet.com/open-­‐source

• New  York  Times  -­‐  OpenhQp://open.nyEmes.com  

• OpenSource.comhQp://opensource.com  

• Open  Source  at  DatamaEonitmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/  

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Online Reading List• Open  Source:  Narrowing  the  Divides  between  EducaEon,  Business,  and  CommunityhQp://connect.educause.edu/display/47941

• The  concepts  of  Free  SoCware  &  Open  Standards:  IntroducEon  to  Free  SoCware  hQp://Cacademy.org/materials/fsm/1#1    

• We  Love  Open  Source  SoCware.  No,  You  Can’t  Have  Our  CodehQp://journal.code4lib.org/arEcles/527  

• Open  Source  SoCware  Tools  And  Directories:  Where  To  Find  Them,  How  To  Evaluate  ThemhQp://www.masternewmedia.org/open-­‐source-­‐soCware-­‐tools-­‐and-­‐directories-­‐where-­‐to-­‐find-­‐them-­‐how-­‐to-­‐evaluate-­‐them/

• Open  Source  Security  BibliographyhQp://www.zotero.org/nengard/items/collecEon/QKWPIXK9  

• Nicole’s  Zotero  LibraryhQp://www.zotero.org/nengard/items/collecEon/1796131

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Print Reading List• Prac?cal  Open  Source  SoAware  in  Libraries  by  Nicole  C.  Engard  

• The  Cathedral  and  the  Bazaar:  Musings  on  Linux  and  Open  Source  by  an  Accidental  Revolu?onary  by  Eric  S.  Raymond

• Embracing  Insanity:  Open  Source  SoAware  Development  by  Russell  Pavlicek

• The  success  of  open  source  by  Steve  Weber

• The  open  source  alterna?ve:  Understanding  risks  and  leveraging  opportuni?es  by  Heather  J.  Meeker

• Open  Sources  2.0:  The  Con?nuing  Evolu?on  by  Chris  DiBona,  Mark  Stone,  and  Danese  Cooper

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Thank You!

Nicole C. Engard

Vice President of Education, ByWater Solutions

Author, Practical Open Source Software for Libraries

opensource.web2learning.net

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