Open Source Software
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A Public/Academic Open Source Partnership: the Windsor Internet Booking System
Art Rhyno of Ontario's University of Windsor explains how an academic library/public library partnership is producing an open source system for booking workstations. |
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Alternative Software Types
You've heard the terms 'shareware' and 'freeware' and 'open source.' Now find out exactly what they mean. |
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An Introduction to Ubuntu
A free, stable, and secure operating system that you can try out risk-free, open-source Ubuntu comes at a tempting price and offers many of the advantages of popular commercial operating systems such as Windows and OS X. |
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Building An Online Learning Community In Your State
Archive and associated resources for June 10, 2010, webinar with Maurice Coleman and Nini Beegan about building and supporting Maryland's learning community for library staff, MERLIN. |
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Comparing Open Source Content Management Systems
A short comparison between WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and Plone |
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Free and Open-Source Software in Libraries
From Planning for Success Cookbook section on Innovation. |
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Going with Open Source
Linux is not the only open source catfish in the computing sea. Here's the lowdown on open source for advanced users. |
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Howard County (MD) Library: Open Source-erers
Howard County (MD) Library has mastered the wonders of LuMix and other arcane mysteries of open source computing for patrons. |
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Joomla for Nonprofits
Is the popular open-source solution to create and edit website content for non-technical users right for you? |
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Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice.org
Idealware does a head-to-head comparison of the two office suites |
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Nelsonville Public Library: Questions and Answers About Open Source
Stephen Hedges, Director of the Nelsonville (OH) Public Library, is a satisfied open source user. Find out why! |
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New Zealand Leads the Way: the Horowhenua Open Source Story
Rosalie Blake, Head of Libraries, Horowhenua Library Trust, and Rachel Hamilton-Williams, Manager, Katipo Communications, discuss the development of their groundbreaking open source library system. |
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Open Source Application Primer
Writer and workshop leader Eric Lease Morgan provides a tour of some of the most popular open source applications. A thorough, rather technical introduction to the nuts and bolts of open source computing. |
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Open Source Databases
Are you comfy with MySQL and PostgreSQL and the whole server-based database universe? If so, read on. |
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Open Source Library Automation: Overview and Perspective
A chapter from Library Technology Reports that discusses the options and the criteria for making a decision about which ILS solution to implement. |
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Open Source Library Systems: Getting Started
Dan Chudnov, moderator of the oss4lib listserv, wrote this article several years ago--but it is required reading for libraries considering the open source option. |
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Open Source Software in the Meadville Public Library
Cindy Murdock, Network Administrator for the Meadville (PA) Public Library, takes us through the many open source applications her library has developed. |
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Open Source, Information Commons, and Librarianship
The concept of information commons is central to both librarianship and open source software, but libraries have yet to implement open source on large scale. |
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Opening up Library Systems through Web Services and SOA: Hype or Reality?
A chapter from Library Technology Reports on Integrated Library Systems (ILSs) and the trend toward customizability through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). |
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Suggestions needed for open source CMS/Intranet options and instruction
WJ Member Kelley Beeson is looking for suggestions for getting up to speed on Drupal. We've expanded the question in hopes to hear what open source solutions folks are using for a staff intranet or for their public websites. |
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