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Open-Source Software for Libraries
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Item Number: 978-0-8389-5787-5 |
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Publisher: ALA TechSource |
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Price: $43.00 |
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Library Technology Reports, May/June 2007 (43:3)
Subscriptions and digital versions also available for purchase!
53 pages
8.5" x 11"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-5787-5
Year Published: 2007
Read a sample chapter now!
In this issue of Library Technology Reports Casey Bisson, with the help of Jessamyn West and Ryan Eby, reports on open-source software (OSS) and its use and importance in libraries.
Bisson engagingly narrates the history of open source, explains how the OSS "movement" came about, details key players in OSS development, and discusses why and how open source can work for libraries.
Topics Covered in this Issue Include:
- In the Beginning …
- Open Source Takes Shape
- Why Freedom Matters
- What Makes Open Source Work?
- Open Systems, Formats, and Standards
- Using Open Source
- Building Open Source
- Open-Source Software on the Desktop
About the Author
Casey Bisson, named among Library Journal's Movers & Shakers for 2007 and recipient of a 2006 Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration for developing Scriblio (formerly WPopac), is an information architect at Plymouth State University. He is a frequent presenter at library and technology conferences and blogs about his passion for libraries, roadside oddities, and hiking in New Hampshire's White Mountains at MaisonBisson.com.
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Open Source Public Workstations in Libraries
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Item Number:
978-0-8389-5801-8
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This volume presents alternatives to Microsoft Windows–based PCs running Microsoft Office, not only as a means of cutting costs or reducing a carbon footprint but also as a means of providing a better experience for library customers. |
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