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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Open Source
The Open Library
The Open Library is a project I have been hoping for years that someone would start – an open source universal book catalog. Think WorldCat meets Wikipedia meets Amazon and you won’t be far off. So go to their demo … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Library 2.0, Online Databases, Open Access, Open Source, Wiki
Tagged Alexis Rossi, demo site, Open Library
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Top Tech Trends 2007
Well, it’s not a list from an official generator of trend lists, but Karen Coombs has posted a Top Tech Trends 2007 list that I think is well thought out and close to the mark. How quickly (and how completely) … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Library 2.0, Open Source
Tagged Karen Coombs
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Sophie
Sophie is a brand new piece of software from The Institute for the Future of the Book (blog) that may signal one possible direction for written media. When finished (it is Alpha software at the moment, meaning that you should use it … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Books, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged Institute for the Future of the Book, Sophie
Sophie, Sophie
Sophie, written media
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Fontification
A couple of font-related items: The SIL Open Font License (OFL) has been updated, primarily to clarify allowed usage such as document embedding (such as Pdf files). Read about it here. (from NewsForge) The Open Font Library is a collection … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Open Source
Tagged Open Font Library, The Open Font Library
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Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project
This article from Linux.com is a great overview of what it takes to run a digitization project with fragile material and across great distance, as the Library of Congress and Archive.org work together on a project to preserve some of … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Books, Government, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Source, Software
Tagged Congress, Library of Congress, Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project
T, Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project
T, Library of Congress/Archive.org Preservation Project This, Linux, Linux.com;
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Evergreen Update
The latest news from the Evergreen ILS project is that Equinox Software, the support company founded by several of the Evergreen developers, and the King County Library System in Washington state, are teaming up to develop a proof-of-concept installation. This … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged Equinox Software, Evergreen ILS, King
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Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project is a Canadian research initiative started nine years ago in order to develop “free, open source software for the management, publishing, and indexing of journals and conferences.” In doing so, they have found themselves at the … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Copyright, Libraries, Open Access, Open Source, Periodicals
Tagged IT Manager, IT Manager's Journal;, Open Source Software
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Nines
On the surface, Nines is a searchable database for nineteenth-century studies (their name stands for “a networked infrastructure for nineteenth-century electronic scholarship”). When you go beneath the surface, however, there is a great deal of potential to be explored. The … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Access, Open Source, Periodicals, Search, Software, Web Design
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LibLime expands
LibLime, the U.S. based support company for the Koha open-source integrated library system (ILS), has acquired Katipo Communication’s Koha division. This is interesting news: not only will LibLime be in a much better position to offer support (it now employs … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, News, Open Source, Software
Tagged Australia, Katipo Communication, Koha installation, Nelsonville Public Library, New Zealand, software development, United States
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Open Letter to ILS Vendors
Roy Tenant has posted an Open Letter to ILS Vendors. He makes his case wonderfully. I suspect that we shall see an exodus away from the big vendors, and towards the open source solutions. The momentum is beginning to build; … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged open source solutions, Roy Tenant
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LibraryFind
Wow… library blog land is abuzz tonight with the release of LibraryFind… and it does look fantastic! It is an open source federated search engine that is fully customizable, and the price is right. Check out the Oregon State University … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Open Source, Search, Software, Web Design, WebSearch
Tagged One Big Library, Oregon State University, search engine
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Libraries and Open Source Software
Libraries facilitate open access to information with open source software is an interesting article posted on Linux.com. I have opened my Open Source Software and Libraries with the same observation that the open source movement and libraries share many of … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Libraries, Open Access, Open Source, Presenting, Software
Tagged Linux, Linux.com;, Open Source Software, source software
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Link Evaluator
Link Evaluator is a Firefox extension (now being called “add-ons”) provided by OCLC that, as the name suggests, evaluates the links on a web page using a color-coded system. from Catalogablog
Posted in OCLC, Open Source, Software, Web Design
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Go FISH
As discussed on the Infomancy blog, FISH was their response to the problems inherent in the current state of the OPAC (Online Public-Access Catalog). And their response? FISH (Free (as in kittens) Integrated Search Handler). What’s the difference? Read their … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Source, Search, Software
Tagged access search tools, Online Public-Access Catalog, OPAC technology
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Make The Move
Need an introduction to Open Source Software (OSS)? Want to understand what it can do for you? Check out Make The Move, a site that gives you an excellent overview of the benefits and considerations for switching to OSS.
Open Source ILS
There’s a great article about the Georgia Public Library Service‘s Evergreen project on Linux.com. Well worth reading. from NewsForge
Posted in Copyright, ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
Tagged Georgia Public Library Service, Linux, Linux.com;
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Software for Starving Students
Software for Starving Students is simply that: a collection of freeware and open-source software that is able to be distributed to whomever could benefit. I have been creating distribution CDs like this for my presentations on Open Source Software, and … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Open Source, Software
Tagged Open Source Software, Starving Students Software
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WikiMatrix
Looking to create a wiki for your organization (or yourself)? Not sure which one will be best? WikiMatrix throws you a few questions about what you want to do, and recommends the wiki software that best suits your needs. Also, … Continue reading
Posted in Online Services, Open Source, Software, Web Design
Tagged server software, wiki software
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Johns Hopkins Open Courseware translated to Chinese
The open coursework offered by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been translated into Chinese and made available for study in China. The effort was headed by Lucifer Chu (perhaps best known for translating The Lord of the … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Education, Lecture, Libraries, Medical, Online Services, Open Access, Open Source, Software
Tagged China, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Lucifer Chu, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Lord of the Rings
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Endeavor – Ex Libris merger
Kind of an interesting merger in the library ILS world: Endeavor and Ex Libris are merging. Until recently, I worked in a library that used Endeavor’s Voyager ILS, and was impressed with many things that it could do, but also … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Open Source, Software
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