FOSS is becoming more widely used in libraries of all kinds. Open-source discovery layers and open-source LMSs can help libraries open up metadata and gain more control over library systems.

1. Using Free and Open
Source Software to
open data
#ILI2015Simon Barron
@SimonXIX

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3. Logo courtesy of the Kuali Foundation.@KualiOLE

4. VuFind logo designed by Ben Wiens. Provided by vufind.org.
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5. ““Free software” is a matter of
liberty, not price. To understand
the concept, you should think of
“free” as in “free speech,” not as
in “free beer”.”
Stallman, R., 2002. ‘Free Software Definition’ in Free software, free
society: selected essays of Richard M. Stallman. Boston, MA: GNU Press.

6. “...while proprietary software suppliers
enjoy the benefits of OSS themselves
they’re not so keen on passing those
freedoms onto us, libraries that buy their
software and support services.”
Preater, A., 2012. ‘Free and Open Source Software and distributed
innovation’ on Ginformation Systems blog, 2012-12-01 <http://www.
preater.com/2012/12/01/free-and-open-source-software-and-
distributed-innovation/>

7. Logo courtesy of the Kuali Foundation.@KualiOLE

8. ariadne.ac.uk/issue74/barron
Barron, S., 2015. ‘Implementing Kuali OLE at SOAS Library’
on Ariadne web magazine, 2015-06-29

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17. Logo courtesy of the SobekCM Repository Community.
http://sobekrepository.org/

21. Lawson, S., Sanders, K., Smith, L., 2015.
Commodification of the Information Profession: A
Critique of Higher Education Under Neoliberalism.
Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, 3
(1): eP1182
<http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1182>
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eP1182 <http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/2162-3309.1182>
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blog, 2012-12-01 <http://www.preater.com/2012/12/01/free-and-open-source-software-and-distributed-
innovation/>
Stallman, R., 2002. Free software, free society: selected essays of Richard M. Stallman. Boston, MA.: GNU
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