Useful Open Source Links

Open Source for Libraries Some Useful Links A Joint Seminar presented by Swansea University, South West Wales Higher Education Partnership & PTFS Europe

General Open Source / Library Automation Information
Code4lib - http://code4lib.org/
Planet Code4lib - http://planet.code4lib.org/
OSS4lib - http://www.oss4lib.org/
Library Technology Guides - http://www.librarytechnology.org/
‘ Self Plagiarism is Style’ (Dave Pattern’s Blog) - http://www.daveyp.com/blog/
Mashed Library UK 2009 - http://mashlib09.wordpress.com/
Stephen’s Lighthouse - http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/
‘ Disruptive Library Technology Jester’ blog - http://dltj.org/
Panlibus Blog - http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/
PTFS Europe - http://www.ptfs-europe.com/
Ken Chad Consulting – http://www.kenchadconsulting.com/ & on http://www.slideshare.net/kenchad
Open Libraries Site – http://www.openlibraries.eu/
JISC / Sconul report on future of the LMS in HE - http://www.kenchadconsulting.co.uk/images/stories/lmsstudy.pdf
Open Library Environment - http://oleproject.org/
..and many more – explore some of the links off these and you’ll soon find them!

Evergreen Links / Information
Evergreen homepage - http://www.open-ils.org/
Evergreen Demo System - http://demo.gapines.org/
Evergreen ILS Blog - http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/
Equinox (Evergreen support & development) – http://www.esilibrary.com/esi/
Equinox Blog - http://blog.esilibrary.com/
Presentation on the ‘Conifer’ project - http://www.slideshare.net/kramsey/implementing-a-shared-instance-of-the-evergreen-ils-for-an-academic-library-consortium-in-ontario-presentation
Dan Scott’s Blog - http://coffeecode.net/
Pines Evergreen Consortium - http://www.georgialibraries.org/public/pines.php

Koha Links / Information
Koha Homepage- http://www.koha.org/
Koha Demo Links - http://www.koha.org/showcase/
Nicole Engard’s Blog - http://www.web2learning.net/
Liblime(Koha & other support & development) – http://liblime.com/
Liblime Blog - http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/
Index Data - http://www.indexdata.dk/
Biblibre- http://www.biblibre.com/english
Nelsonville Libraries Koha blog - http://www.myacpl.org/koha/

VuFind Info / Links
VuFind Homepage- http://www.vufind.org/
VuFind Demo Links - http://www.vufind.org/demo/
Villanova University OPAC - http://library.villanova.edu/Find
National Library of Australia OPAC – http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/
Georgia Tech University OPAC - http://finder.library.gatech.edu/

Don’t forget, the above is really just a taster, there’s lots more out there!
Mark Hughes,
Head of Collections,
Library & Information Services,
Swansea University
Tel: 01792 295026
[email_address]
http://twitter.com/Mark_H_Swansea
http://www.slideshare.net/Mark_H_Swansea

Useful Open Source Links

by Mark Hughes on Apr 20, 2009

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