Are You Open to Open Source?
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Could Open Source Open Doors for Your Library?
Webopedia defines Open Source as "...a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge, i.e., open."
So, what are Open Source's applications in our libraries? Is it really free? How do you manage it? How could it impact the way we provide services? Our Fall Program will address these questions and more, and discuss several Open Source solutions for public, academic, school, and special libraries.
Our keynote speaker is Randy Robertshaw, director of Tyngsborough, Mass. Public Library. As a public library director, he'll explore ways he's utilized Open Source technology in order to save the library money while at the same time providing the same level of service his patrons have come to expect. Randy will address the implementation of Open Source tools, from human resource management to costs.
Next, through panel sessions highlighting specific case studies, we’ll investigate specific Open Source applications such as Integrated Library Systems (Richard Deuschle, Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library and Jason Ronallo, Christ Church Cathedral), Institutional Repositories (Kristi Palmer, IUPUI, Brad Faust, Ball State University, and Michael Witt, Purdue University), and Digital Library Software (Jerry Yarnetsky, Madison-Jefferson County Public Library and Jon Dunn, Indiana University).
Forrest Gaston, an Indiana Department of Education Open Source Consultant, will wrap up the day with information about Open Source in the schools and how to use Open Source every day, with tools for office productivity, web browsing, image editing, and more!
Speakers:
Randy Robertshaw (Tyngsborough, Mass. Public Library) - Keynote Address: Opening Doors and Bridging Expectations
Presentation: IOLUG.2008Fall.Robertshaw.Opening-Doors-and-Bridging-Expectations.pdf
Jason Ronallo (Christ Church Cathedral) - Koha (Open Source ILS)
Presentation: IOLUG.2008Fall.Ronallo.Koha.pdf
Richard Deuschle (Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library) - Evergreen Indiana
Presentation: IOLUG.2008Fall.Deuschle.Evergreen-Indiana.pdf
Kristi Palmer (IUPUI) - Tools for Open Digital Scholarship: Dspace, CONTENTdm, & OJS
Presentation: IOLUG.2008Fall.Palmer.Tools-for-Open-Digital-Scholarship-DSpace.pdf
Brad Faust (Ball State University) - EPrints as the Cardinal Scholar Institutional Repository
Presentation: IOLUG.2008Fall.Faust.EPrints-as-Cardinal-Scholar.pdf
Michael Witt (Purdue University) - Fedora in Fifteen Minutes
Presentation: IOLUG.2008Fall.Witt.Fedora-in-Fifteen-Minutes.pdf
Jerry Yarnetsky (Madison-Jefferson County Public Library) - Digital History @ MJCPL: Omeka & some lessons learned
Presentation: IOLUG.2008Fall.Yarnetsky.Digital-History-at-MJCPL-Omeka.pdf
Jon Dunn (Indiana University) - Fedora in the IU Digital Library Program
Presentation: IOLUG.2008Fall.Dunn.Fedora-in-the-IU-DLP.pdf
Forrest Gaston (Indiana DOE Open Source Consultant) - Open Source in K-12
Presentation: IOLUG.2008Fall.Gaston.Open-Source-in-K-12.pdf
Note - All presentation materials are copyrighted by the authors.
