Category Archives: Open Source

Evergreen goes live!

Posted on 5 September 2006 by Rick Mason

The Evergreen ILS went live this morning in 252 Georgia libraries! Evergreen is an Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) that the Georgia Public Library System has been developing over the past couple of years. The impact of this on … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu : New Users Network

Posted on 17 August 2006 by Rick Mason

The Ubuntu Linux distribution has started a wiki aimed at new users, called the New Users Network (NUN). I have been playing with Edubuntu, in order to see if it will be helpful for someone I know who is considering … Continue reading →

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No Military Use GPL clause

Posted on 17 August 2006 by Rick Mason

Kind of an interesting debate over a “no military use” clause in the GPU project, which would presumably prevent any military use of the code being created by the project. The problem, as I see it, is that if you … Continue reading →

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OpenSourceCMS

Posted on 10 August 2006 by Rick Mason

Want to play with Drupal or Postnuke to see how they work? Need to decide which Blogging software you most like to work with? Which wiki will do? OpenSourceCMS lets you try out dozens of programs to compare and contrast … Continue reading →

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What Would Jesus Download

Posted on 6 August 2006 by Rick Mason

No joke… the URI is http://www.whatwouldjesusdownload.com/ Of interest here, and for many people, is that Ubuntu has come out with a Christian Edition of their operating system.  This, as with the Educational edition, marks a possible trend of customizing linux … Continue reading →

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Library Success

Posted on 27 July 2006 by Rick Mason

Again, this is a site that I have known about (and even participated in) before starting this blog. However, it is worth a mention if only to encourage people to visit and participate. Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki is … Continue reading →

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Engaged Patrons

Posted on 25 July 2006 by Rick Mason

This isn’t new for me, but I recommended this site to someone on the Web4lib list today, and thought it was worth posting. For libraries with a desire to implement a strong web-based presence, but without the funds, knowledge, or … Continue reading →

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Tracks

Posted on 19 July 2006 by Rick Mason

Tracks is a nifty piece of software that is a multi-user To-Do list organizer.  Multiple users, with different levels of access, can organize a project and set up timelines and track progress. This may be a possibility for RFS… From … Continue reading →

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Firefox 2.0 Beta released

Posted on 12 July 2006 by Rick Mason

Mozilla just released the first beta of Firefox 2.0. It will be interesting to see how it fares against IE 7, as the reports of the IE beta have been very good. It would be very nice to have both … Continue reading →

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