SLiMS:  Indonesia  Grassroots  Libraries  Revolution  

Arie  Nugraha,  S.  Hum,  M.  TI  

dicarve@gmail.com,  arie@ui.ac.id    

Department  of  Library  and  Information  Science,  

Faculty  of  Humanities,  University  of  Indonesia  

Borobudur  temple,  Yogyakarta,  Indonesia  http://borobudurvisit.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/4034007_20120215034838.jpg   slims.web.id/web  –  github.com/slims  

Very  nice  “short”  trip  across  the  globe  :D  

What  is  SLiMS?  

One  thing  for  sure…    

it  won’t  make  you  

“slimmer”  :D  

Prambanan  temple,  Yogyakarta,  Indonesia  http://touringbackpacker.com/wp-­‐content/uploads/2013/10/3.jpg  

slims.web.id/web  –  github.com/slims  

SLiMS  stands  for  “Senayan  

Library  Management  System”,  is  

a  Web  Based  Free  Open  Source  

(GPL  3  licensed)  Integrated  

Library  System  

http://slims.web.id    

Pura  Besakih,  Bali,  Indonesia  http://photos.worldisround.com/photos/28/375/331_o.jpg   slims.web.id/web  –  github.com/slims  

Open  Source  Collaboration  

slims.web.id/web  –  github.com/slims  

Brief  History  

•  Initiated  on  February  2007  to  replace  proprietary  library  automation  system  at  

The  Library  of  Ministry  of  National  

Education  

•  First  released  on  November  2007  

•  Until  now  17  versions  have  been  released  

Gadang  House,  West  Sumatera,  Indonesia  http://lunar.thegamez.net/rumah/gambar-­‐rumah-­‐gadang/gorgeous-­‐vector-­‐and-­‐wallpaper-­‐gambar-­‐rumah-­‐gadang-­‐sumatera-­‐barat-­‐1600x1067.jpg  

slims.web.id/web  –  github.com/slims  

Development  Motivations  

•  Initiate  Knowledge  Sharing  

•  Enabling  libraries  in  Indonesia,  especially  small  to  medium  ones,  

to  have  an  affordable  ILS  

•  Freeing  libraries  from    

 Vendor  Lock-­‐In  

Lembah  Anai,  West  Sumatera,  Indonesia  http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-­‐Ya1-­‐rDG4Gbc/UimGghinsFI/AAAAAAAABKM/430rVBeDq3s/s1600/lembah-­‐anai.jpg  

slims.web.id/web  –  github.com/slims  

Some  Features  

•  Bibliography,  Circulation,  Stock  take,  Serial  control,  

Digital  content,  Reporting  

•  ISBD  and  AACR2  level  2  descriptive  cataloguing  

•  MODS  XML  web  service  

•  Copy  cataloguing  via  Z39.50/SRU  protocols  

•  OAI-­‐PMH  data  provider  enabled  for  metadata  

harvesting  

•  Union  Catalog  and  Federated  Search  

•  Drupal  6  &  7  integration  (OPAC)  

•  etc.  (Read  more  on  slims.web.id/web)  slims.web.id/web  –  github.com/slims  

Kecak  Dance,  Bali,  Indonesia  Photo  by  Didit  Dwi  Subagio  

ILS  Problem  In  Indonesia  

Before  SLiMS  came  out,  many  libraries  in  

Indonesia  can’t  afford  ILS  because  of:    

–  limited  fund,  less  attention  from  central  

government  and  also  local  government,  

– Very  expensive  proprietary  library  softwares,  

–  Existing  open  source  softwares  are  very  

hard  to  install  slims.web.id/web  –  github.com/slims  

Buyung  Dance,  West  Java,  Indonesia  Photo  by  Didit  Dwi  Subagio  

Why  Grassroots  Revolution?  Simple,  SLiMS  create  

FREEDOM!

for  small  to  medium  libraries  to  use,  

to  learn,  to  modify  their  ILS  with  

minimal  funds  (or  no  funds  at  all)  

  slims.web.id/web  –  github.com/slims  

Borobudur  Temple,  Yogyakarta,  Indonesia  Photo  by  Didit  Dwi  Subagio  

SLiMS  COMMUNITIES  are  the  driving  force  for  spreading  SLiMS  in  Indonesia  

Aceh  

Padang  

Lampung  

Jakarta   Yogyakarta   Bali   Ambon  

Makassar  

Gorontalo  

Papua  South    Borneo  

West  Borneo  

slims.web.id/web  –  github.com/slims  

How  The  Communities  (and  the  revolution)  Work?  

•  “SINAU”,  which  mean  “Learning  

Together”  organized  by  volunteers  

from  community  

•  Organizes  workshops  and  seminars  

•  Annual  SLiMS  Communities  

Meetup  (this  year  will  be  held  on  

Semarang,  Central  Java)  

•  Creating  merchandise  

Reog  Dance,  East  Java,  Indonesia  Photo  by  Didit  Dwi  Subagio  

How  SLiMS  Ignite  It?  

•  It  is  the  first  truly  FREE  Open  Source  Software  for  library  

automation  in  Indonesia  

•  Release  early  and  release  often  

•  Always  listen  to  the  communities  

•  Easy  to  deploy  and  modify  

•  BOTTOM  UP  approach,  NOT  top  down  

•  Encourage  the  communities  to  take  the  economic  values  of  SLiMS  

Batik,  Indonesia  traditional  fabric   slims.web.id/web  –  github.com/slims  

Join  The  Revolution!    

Download  at:  http://slims.web.id/web  OR  just  copy  from  my  notebook  J  

 Fork  SLiMS  at:  https://github.com/slims/slims7_cendana  

 Feel  free  to  ask:  dicarve@gmail.com  OR  

official@slims.web.id          

SLiMS  are:  

Hendro  Wicaksono  ,  Arie  Nugraha,  Purwoko,  Wardiyono,  Arif  Syamsudin,  Eddy  Subratha,  Indra  Sutriadi,  Rasyid  Ridho,  

Tobias  Zeumer  (Germany),  James  Richardson  (Australia),  Prasitichai  เรารักในหลวง  (Thailand),  A.  K.  M.  Nurul  Alam  

(Bangladesh),  Mohammad  Javad  Mansourzadeh  (Iran),  Jerry  Mohd.  Arif    (Malaysia),  Eduardo  Koiti  Kataoka  (Brazil),  

Jhon  Urrego  Felipe  Mejia  (Colombia),  and  all  SLiMS  users  around  the  world  

Raja  Ampat,  Papua,  Indonesia  http://travels.patrik.com/ra/img/wayag01.jpg