The document discusses open source methods for building librarian IT competencies through the case study of SLiMS, an open source library management system. It describes how competencies involve applying knowledge and skills to perform work tasks. It then outlines how SLiMS was developed by librarians to be easily modified and shared in order to transfer knowledge and skills. The document advocates for building communities and releasing software early and often to get user feedback. It explains benefits of open source include growing IT competencies by learning related programming, design, database, and technology skills, while also developing non-IT skills like project leadership, documentation, and motivation.

1. Open Source Method for
Building Librarian IT
Competencies :
case study of SLiMS
Hendro Wicaksono & Arie Nugraha
(core SLiMS developers)

2. A competency is the capability to
apply or use a set of related
knowledge, skills, and abilities
required to successfully perform
"critical work functions" or tasks in a
defined work setting.
https://sph.uth.edu/content/uploads/2012/01/Competencies-and-Learning-Objectives.pdf
Competence is the ability of
an individual to do a job
properly.

3. Some phenomena

4. Changing
behavior
of users

5. Changing
behavior
of library
operations

6. More spaces ...

7. So many new tools, so many
opportunities.

8. New genres of librarian.

9. IT competencies for librarian?

10. Riley-Huff, Debra A. and Rholes, Julia M. 2011. Librarians and Technology Skill Acquisition: Issues
and Perspectives . Information Technology and Libraries. September. pp. 129-140.
Related Courses

11. Riley-Huff, Debra A. and Rholes, Julia M. 2011. Librarians and Technology Skill Acquisition: Issues
and Perspectives . Information Technology and Libraries. September. pp. 129-140.
General area of work

12. Riley-Huff, Debra A. and Rholes, Julia M. 2011. Librarians and Technology Skill Acquisition: Issues
and Perspectives . Information Technology and Libraries. September. pp. 129-140.
Position Classification

13. Riley-Huff, Debra A. and Rholes, Julia M. 2011. Librarians and Technology Skill Acquisition: Issues
and Perspectives . Information Technology and Libraries. September. pp. 129-140.

14. Riley-Huff, Debra A. and Rholes, Julia M. 2011. Librarians and Technology Skill Acquisition: Issues
and Perspectives . Information Technology and Libraries. September. pp. 129-140.

15. http://jobs.code4lib.org/

16. Nonthacumjane, Pussadee. 2011. Key skills and competencies of a new generation of LIS
professionals . IFLA Journal. 37(4). pp. 280–288.
Personal Skills
● Analytical
● Creative
● Technical
● Flexible
● Reflective
● Able to deal with a range of users
● Detective-like
● Adaptable
● Responsive to others' needs
● Enthusiastic
● Self-motivated

17. Nonthacumjane, Pussadee. 2011. Key skills and competencies of a new generation of LIS
professionals . IFLA Journal. 37(4). pp. 280–288.
Generic Skills
● Information Literacy
● Communication
● Critical thinking
● Teamwork
● Ethics and social responsibility
● Problem solving
● Leadership

18. Nonthacumjane, Pussadee. 2011. Key skills and competencies of a new generation of LIS
professionals . IFLA Journal. 37(4). pp. 280–288.
Discipline-specific knowledge
● Metadata
● Database development and DBMS
● User needs
● Digital archiving and preservation
● Collection development
● Content management system

19. Why & How we
build
SLiMSthat rocks

20. 5 REASONS
Old app is only for RENT
Difficult to MODIFY
Difficult to REDISTRIBUTE
Transfer of KNOWLEDGE
Having FUN

21. Why NEW SOFTWARE?
Some are
not
MAINTAINED.
Some are
not
BEST PRACTICE.
Some are
using
“ADVANCED” TECH.

22. Mulai dikembangkan Februari 2007.

23. Developer SLiMS
Most are librarian

24. How DO WE BUILD IT?

25. License
Open Source (GPL v3)

26. Release
early,
release
often,
And listen to
your
customer.

27. We use technologies we
mastered good enough.

28. Building communities

29. SLi
MS
USERS
Perguruan Tinggi: 362
Sekolah: 367
NGO: 62
Perpusda: 32
Instansi pemerintah: 102
Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Bangladesh,
German, Spanyol, Spain, African Countries, Latin
America, Srilanka, Cuba, etc

30. Wha
t
BENEFIT for US?

31. IT Competencies are growing
automatically
Because we are pushed to learn so many
related things: pemrogaman aplikasi web
(PHP, HTML, CSS, javascript), desain,
pengembangan dan pemeliharaan database
(MySQL), arsitektur web (desain,
pengembangan usability), dasar teknologi
perpustakaan, perpustakaan digital, analisa
sistem, manajemen server (terutama Linux
dan FreeBSD), Metadata Markup (XML,
Mods, MarcXML), sistem automasi
perpustakaan, Jaringan komputer,
keamanan komputer, interaksi manusia-

32. IT Competence
Recognition of competence
is given by the
communities / society.

33. Learn non-IT competencies
- Learn to lead a project.
- Learn to build a culture.
- Learn to build a
documentation.
- Learn to motivate
people.

34. Side-effect
- You are well-known at least
among librarians.
- You can sell services.
- Becoming a speaker/consultant.
- Got another project outside of
librarianship.

35. How do I begin?
Start using an open source
software, read the
documentation, and write
a tutorial about it.
Publish it in a blog or
magazine. Little by little
but consistent.

36. How do I begin?
Being active in a forum of
related softwares. Try to
asnwer other questions.

37. How do I begin?
Try to contribute to an
open source project.
Patch, fork, coding,
documentation, testing,
etc.

38. Why not creating your own open
source software?

39. DISCUSSION