1.
…and Libraries
Ellyssa Kroski

2.
What is Open
Source
Software?

3.
OSS Checklist
Source Code
Free Redistribution
Derived Works
Non-Discriminatory
Non Discriminatory
Non-Restrictive

4.
1960’s-type person
Been a ound
around
since his day

5.
and
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6.
GNU’s Not Unix

7.
“ Free as in speech…
not as in beer.
i b
”
‐ Free Software Definition

8.
GNU GPL
•The freedom to use the software for any
purpose.
•The freedom to change the software to suit
The freedom to change the software to suit
your needs.
•The freedom to share the software with
your friends and neighbors,.
Th f d t h th h
•The freedom to share the changes you
make.

9.
Hello everybody out there using minix –
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby,
won't be big and professional like gnu) for
386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since
april,
april and is starting to get ready I d like any
ready. I'd
feedback on things people like/dislike in minix,
as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical
layout of the file-system (due to practical
reasons) among other things) . . . Any suggestions
are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement
them :-)
Linus (torvalds@kruuna helsinki fi)
(torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)
PS. Yes—it's free of any minix code, and it has a
multi-threaded fs. It is NOT protable[sic] (uses
386 task switching etc), and it probably never
etc)
will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as
that's all I have :-(.
Posted to the comp.os.minix newsgroup on August 25, 1991

10.
Linus Torvalds
“ I'm basically a very lazy
person who likes to get
credit for things other
people actually do.
”
Tux the Linux mascot

11.
“ I think Linus's cleverest and most
consequential hack was not the
construction of the Linux kernel itself,
but rather his invention of the Linux
development model.
”
- Eric Raymond
1997

12.
“ I believed that the most
important software
…needed to be built like
cathedrals carefully
crafted by individual
f db d d l
wizards or small bands of
mages working in
splendid isolation, with
splendid isolation with
no beta to be released
”
before its time.
- Eric Raymond

13.
“Release early and often,
delegate everything you
g y gy
can, be open to the point
of promiscuity.
”
- Eric Raymond

14.
“Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”
- Li
Linus’s L
’ Law

15.
Netscape Goes Open
Netscape Goes Open
January 1998

16.
The Open Source Software Initiative
Open Source Software Definition
#1 Free Redistribution
Free Redistribution
#2 Source Code
#3 Derived Works
e ed o s
#4 Integrity of The Author's Source Code
#5 No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
#6 No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
#7 Distribution of License
#8 License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
#9 License Must Not Restrict Other Software
#10 License Must Be Technology‐Neutral

17.
What OSS Are You Already Using?

18.
Firefox
Web Browser

19.
Wiki di
Wikipedia
Open Encyclopedia
MediaWiki
Wiki Software

20.
WordPress
Blogging Platform
Blogging Platform

21.
Drupal
p
Content Management System

22.
Open/Neo Office
O /N Offi
Office Suite

23.
Audacity
y
Audio Editor

24.
Songbird
Media Player

25.
Thunderbird
Email Manager

26.
GIMP
Image Editor

27.
Moodle
Learning Management System

28.
OpenProj
Project Management Software
Project Management Software

29.
Open Journal Systems
Open Access Journals
Open Access Journals

30.
Linux
Apache
MySQL
PhP

31.
SourceForge
http://sourceforge.net

32.
Library
y
Open Source
Software
f

33.
Integrated
g
Library
Systems
S t

34.
Koha
http://www.koha.org

35.
Koha – back end

36.
Koha Features
•Faceted navigation
•Limit to available books
•Limit to “available” books
•Browse by Most Popular
•Relevance Ranking and other filters
•RSS feeds
•User tagging
•Amazon Reviews
•User Reviews in Comments
•Book Descriptions
•Virtual Shelves Booklists
•Virtual Shelves Booklists
•Format Icons
•Enriched content – images

37.
Evergreen
http://open‐ils.org

38.
Evergreen

39.
Evergreen Features
•Relevance Ranking and other filters
•Format icons
•Book Reviews
•Book Reviews
•Table of Contents
•Enriched content ‐ images
•Browse Shelves

40.
OPALS
http://www.mediaflex.net

41.
OPALS Features
•Format icons
•Book Summaries
•Enriched content images
•Enriched content ‐

42.
OPACS

43.
Scriblio
http://about.scriblio.net

44.
Scriblio

45.
Scriblio Features
•Tagged browsing
•Faceted Search Results
•RSS Feeds
•Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking
•Text to Phone
•Translate
•“Related Items" Recommendations
•“Related Items" Recommendations
•Book Descriptions from Amazon
•Sample Text
•Author Bios
•User Reviews in Comments
•Enriched content – images
Enriched content

46.
VuFind
http://vufind.org

47.
VuFind

48.
VuFind Features
•Relevance Ranking
•Favorite Lists
•Favorite Lists
•Amazon Reviews
•User Reviews in Comments
•Book Descriptions
•Author Pages with Wikipedia Bios
•Faceted Search
•RSS Feeds
•Text to Phone
• Similar Items Recommendations
•“Similar Items" Recommendations
•Compatible with Zotero
•Enriched content – images

49.
SOPAC
http://www.thesocialopac.net

50.
SOPAC Features
•Faceted Search
•Relevance Ranking
•Relevance Ranking
•User Ratings
•User Reviews
•User Tagging
•Book Descriptions
•Enriched content – images
g

51.
In Development
eXtensible Catalog
p // g
http://www.extensiblecatalog.info
Fac‐Back‐OPAC
http://code.google.com/p/fac‐back‐opac

52.
Digital Repository
p
Software

53.
DSpace
http://dspace.org

54.
Fedora
http://www.fedora‐commons.org

55.
E‐Prints
http://www.eprints.org

56.
Federated
Searching

57.
LibraryFind
http://libraryfind.org

58.
dbWiz
http://dbwiz.lib.sfu.ca/dbwiz

59.
Masterkey
http://masterkey.indexdata.com

60.
more
Library OSS

61.
LibX
http://www.libx.org

62.
OCLC Open Source Projects
http://www.oclc.org/research/software

63.
DCPL iPhone App
http://dclibrarylabs.org/projects/iphone

64.
Commercial Support Services
http://liblime.com
http://www.indexdata.dk
http://www.esilibrary.com/esi

65.
Costs
•Staff Training
•Software Development
•Software Development
•Maintenance

66.
Benefits
•Software Ownership
•No license fee
•Flexibility & Customization
•Flexibility & Customization
•No vendor lock‐in
•Low risk of discontinued service
•Integration with other systems
•Support Choices
•OSS community y
•Documentation

67.
•Steep Learning Curve
•Risk of discontinued community involvement
•Risk of discontinued community involvement
•Fun stuff may get done before boring fixes
•Documentation written for techies
Documentation written for techies
•License incompatibilities
•Costs

68.
y
Why Now
•Disillusionment with proprietary
automation vendors
automation vendors
•Business need
•Price
•Personal ideology
•Web 2.0 features
y
•Trend at library conferences
•Trend in library journals
•Increased adoption by libraries
•New easier to use technologies
•New easier‐to‐use technologies
•Commercial Support Services

69.
How do you find OSS?
•Sourceforge
•http://sourceforge.net
•SchoolForge
•http://www.schoolforge.net
•Open Source Software Directory
Open
•http://osdir.com/Downloads.phtml
•Open Source Alternatives
htt // lt
•http://www.osalt.com
•Free Software Portal
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Free_Software
•Free Software Directory
•http://directory.fsf.org
•Code4Lib OSS Directory
Code4Lib
•http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/OSS_Directory

70.
Resources
•The Open Source Initiative
•http://www.opensource.org
•OSSWatch
•http://www.oss‐watch.ac.uk
OSS4lib
•OSS4lib
•http://www.oss4lib.org
•Code4lib
htt // d 4lib
•http://code4lib.org
•The Linux Librarian
•http://www.linuxlibrarian.org
•Open Sesame
•http://blogs.liblime.com/open‐sesame
•Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography
Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography
•http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/brenda_chawner/biblio.html

71.
An OSS Interview
An OSS Interview
• Nicole Engard
• Open Source Evangelist
for LibLime
http://www.archive.org/details/NicoleEngardInterview
http://www archive org/details/NicoleEngardInterview

72.
An Open Source Kickstart
Activity #1: Download Open/Neo Office
Activity #2: Download Firefox
f
Activity #3: Visit SourceForge
Activity #4: Demo an OSS Library Solution

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