Open source software in Georgia Libraries

Open Source Softwarein Georgia Libraries
GLA webcast, Nov 17 2010
Jason Puckett
Georgia State University
jasonpuckett.net
adlibinstruction.blogspot.com

What is OSS?
opensource.org/docs/definition.php
http://www.flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/3993439584

Free as in beer (gratis)
“Thanks for the Zotero info! I feel like I just stole something!” --GSU student
Freeware ≠ Open Source
Gift culture:
Raymond, “Homesteading the Noosphere” http://catb.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/ homesteading/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitzi/236037776/

Free as in speech (libre)
The Free Software Definition
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/2699346313/

Free as in kittens
Tech support
Staff time and energy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolescum/2725252651/

WordPress
Firefox
Apache
MediaWiki
Pidgin
OSS you (probably) already use
flickr.com/photos/ladymixy-uk/3650120464
flickr.com/photos/ericmmartin/2985330439
flickr.com/photos/teemow/29921948
flickr.com/photos/chrissuderman/2870553192
flickr.com/photos/shanecurcuru/1907321209

Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
flickr.com/photos/byjuli/3505774941

LibX
http://www.libx.org
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/scholar/databases/libx

Zotero
Zotero.org
Jason’s Zotero guide: research.library.gsu.edu/zotero
(copy it)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/3419193/
flickr.com/photos/nirak/483369188

ReservesDirect
reservesdirect.org

Evergreen
open-ils.org
544 libraries
flickr.com/photos/tdeering/4273572576

OSS you might not be using (yet)
OpenOffice.org
ubuntu.com
flickr.com/photos/frotzed/401501107

Q&A?
All images I used in this presentation are Creative Commons licensed and are © their creators. I thank them for sharing their work on Flickr.
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Open source software in Georgia Libraries

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