The document discusses open source software and its relevance for libraries. It begins with defining open source as software that users can freely use, modify, and distribute. Open source relies on peer review and transparency during development. The document notes that many businesses and government agencies now use open source due to its quality, reliability and security benefits. It argues that libraries should be interested in open source because both libraries and open source aim to make information freely accessible to all.
Explains the concept of Open Source Software and argues why Libraries should use it. Also provides a glimpse of OSS Applications that can be used in Libraries
Explains the concept of Open Source Software and argues why Libraries should use it. Also provides a glimpse of OSS Applications that can be used in Libraries
Introduction to research on open source softwareMatthias Stürmer
Open source software is being used by small and large companies, governments and other organizations in many business-critical systems. Nowadays there are approximately 1 million open source projects on the software market being developed and maintained by unpaid individuals as well as professional software companies and industry players. Research about technical aspects of open source software, business models, management and governance practices as well as community dynamics and contributor's motivations is abundant.
In this three day course master students of information systems get an introduction into current research about open source, read and present academic papers on open source, and write an own research proposal, conference submission or working paper about a specific topic of their interest. This may cover issues about open source in automotive industry, reuse of open source components, business models with open source, inner source development within pharma and many more.
Very brief presentation about open vs. closed system, open source, community source, and some of the challenges by robin fay, georgiawebgurl@gmail.com.
F. Questier, Free and open source software, workshop for Lib@web international training program 'Management of Electronic Information and Digital Libraries', university of Antwerp, October 2015
Open VS Closed Source Software: Which is more secure?
This is the presentation given at the quarterly "Free Beer Sessions" answering the age old question of whether open source software is more secure than their closed or proprietary counterparts.
The presentation gives an overview of the philosophies and history driving both methodologies and provides case history examples to answer the question.
OCTOBER 16, 2013
John Willinsky from the Graduate School of Education and founder of the Public Knowledge Project "...a multi-university initiative developing (free) open source software and conducting research to improve the quality and reach of scholarly publishing" and Irina Zaks from the Stanford Law School and Open Source Lab.
Their perspectives will set the stage for an open discussion about various facets of open access, including impacts and opportunities for the libraries. Please join us!
What is Open Source Software (OSS) and what is the idea behind it? What are examples for popular Open Source Software, what are the Advantages about using OSS, what are the disadvantages.
I gave this talk on IEEE Day (October 7, 2014). I covered Introduction to Open Source, Various Projects and Products in Open Source, What students can get from Open Source and various different aspects of Open Source during this talk.
Please feel free to download, modify and use the slides for your talks. Lets keep rocking the Free Web ! :)
Introduction to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)Dong Calmada
An attempt to orient the unconverted and the semi-converted on the history and benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Created for the PANACeA FOSS training in Bangkok (Feb 2010).
Open Source Library System Software: Libraries Are Doing it For Themselvesloriayre
One of the great advantages of an Open Source Library System (OSLS) such as Koha or Evergreen is the ability to empower staff and optimize the user's experience by getting involved in improving the software. This is in contrast to the traditional integrated library system (ILS) model where all the software development was done by "the vendor," creating a condition of "learned helplessness" on the part of library staff. By making the transition to OSLS, you can shift the culture of your organization from "learned helplessness" to one in which everyone can contribute to enhancing their work environment.
This webinar will describe all the ways to get involved with an OSLS project -- even if you aren't a programmer. By the end of the webinar, you will understand why involving your organization in an OSLS project creates opportunities for delivering new services to customers and optimizing the work of your staff.
Introduction to research on open source softwareMatthias Stürmer
Open source software is being used by small and large companies, governments and other organizations in many business-critical systems. Nowadays there are approximately 1 million open source projects on the software market being developed and maintained by unpaid individuals as well as professional software companies and industry players. Research about technical aspects of open source software, business models, management and governance practices as well as community dynamics and contributor's motivations is abundant.
In this three day course master students of information systems get an introduction into current research about open source, read and present academic papers on open source, and write an own research proposal, conference submission or working paper about a specific topic of their interest. This may cover issues about open source in automotive industry, reuse of open source components, business models with open source, inner source development within pharma and many more.
Very brief presentation about open vs. closed system, open source, community source, and some of the challenges by robin fay, georgiawebgurl@gmail.com.
F. Questier, Free and open source software, workshop for Lib@web international training program 'Management of Electronic Information and Digital Libraries', university of Antwerp, October 2015
Open VS Closed Source Software: Which is more secure?
This is the presentation given at the quarterly "Free Beer Sessions" answering the age old question of whether open source software is more secure than their closed or proprietary counterparts.
The presentation gives an overview of the philosophies and history driving both methodologies and provides case history examples to answer the question.
OCTOBER 16, 2013
John Willinsky from the Graduate School of Education and founder of the Public Knowledge Project "...a multi-university initiative developing (free) open source software and conducting research to improve the quality and reach of scholarly publishing" and Irina Zaks from the Stanford Law School and Open Source Lab.
Their perspectives will set the stage for an open discussion about various facets of open access, including impacts and opportunities for the libraries. Please join us!
What is Open Source Software (OSS) and what is the idea behind it? What are examples for popular Open Source Software, what are the Advantages about using OSS, what are the disadvantages.
I gave this talk on IEEE Day (October 7, 2014). I covered Introduction to Open Source, Various Projects and Products in Open Source, What students can get from Open Source and various different aspects of Open Source during this talk.
Please feel free to download, modify and use the slides for your talks. Lets keep rocking the Free Web ! :)
Introduction to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)Dong Calmada
An attempt to orient the unconverted and the semi-converted on the history and benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Created for the PANACeA FOSS training in Bangkok (Feb 2010).
Open Source Library System Software: Libraries Are Doing it For Themselvesloriayre
One of the great advantages of an Open Source Library System (OSLS) such as Koha or Evergreen is the ability to empower staff and optimize the user's experience by getting involved in improving the software. This is in contrast to the traditional integrated library system (ILS) model where all the software development was done by "the vendor," creating a condition of "learned helplessness" on the part of library staff. By making the transition to OSLS, you can shift the culture of your organization from "learned helplessness" to one in which everyone can contribute to enhancing their work environment.
This webinar will describe all the ways to get involved with an OSLS project -- even if you aren't a programmer. By the end of the webinar, you will understand why involving your organization in an OSLS project creates opportunities for delivering new services to customers and optimizing the work of your staff.
"Helping Libraries Decide IF and WHICH Open Source Software is Right for Them." A presentation in the form of screenshots that introduces the resources and capabilities of the foss4lib.org website.
The benefits of cross-institutional collaborationdbslibrary
This presentation discusses inter-institutional collaboration in the Higher Education sector in Ireland with a particular focus on academic library collaborative initiatives and networks. It begins by asking ‘what is collaboration’? and where collaboration sits within a continuum of partnership. It highlights that true collaboration requires invested parties to relinquish a certain degree of autonomy in order to achieve a common goal. Key collaborative networks and initiatives within the sector are listed with a particular focus on the history of collaboration between academic libraries. Collaboration between private higher education institutions is discussed with particular emphasis on perceived barriers and changes that are bringing about increased collaboration. Cooperative and collaborative exchanges between DBS and NCI are also discussed as well as opportunities for future collaborative projects.
Presentation of Bokeh Library Portal at KohaConf 2014 in Cordoba ArgentinaArnaud Lelache
Bokeh is the first Open Source 4G documentary portal.
4G because it is a the same time an enriched OPAC, a simple to administer CMS, a content aggregator and a digital library.
More info on http://bit.ly/1vNUwXB
Presentation at Open Repositories 2010 in Madrid, Spain on upcoming AIP export/import functionality (planned for DSpace 1.7.0). This functionality helps to provide a more preservation-quality backup (which can be used for restores or even migrations).
Debates on Open Source Software: "The house believes that the future of Web in UK Higher and Further Education communities lies in the adoption of open source software".
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/workshops/webmaster-2002/debate/
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
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Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
1. Open
Source
for
Libraries
Nicole C. Engard
Director of Open Source Education
ByWater Solutions
nengard@bywatersolutions.com
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
2. Outline
• What
is
Open
Source?
• Products
for
your
Library
• Q&A
Throughout
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
3. What
isn’t
Open
Source?
Common Open Source FUD (Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt)
•“Isn’t that insecure?”
•“I don’t want to share my data!”
•“How can it be any good if it’s free?”
•“We don’t have the staff to handle open
source.”
•“We’ve never had success with
homegrown systems.”
Comic: Author: Unknown | Year: Unknown | Source: Unknown
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
4. What
is
Open
Source?
Open source software is software that users
have the ability to run, distribute, study and
modify for any purpose.
Open source is a collaborative software-
development method that harnesses the
power of peer review and transparency of
process to develop code that is freely
accessible.1
Open source draws on an ecosystem of
thousands of developers and customers all
over the world to drive innovation.2
1,2 http://connect.educause.edu/display/47941
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
5. Open
Source
is
not
New
"Anyone
who
hears
this,
if
he
can
sing,
may
add
and
change
at
pleasure.
Let
it
go
from
hand
to
hand:
let
those
who
request
it
have
it.
As
a
ball
among
young
women,
catch
it
if
you
can.
Since
this
is
of
'Good
Love',
lend
it
out
gladly:
do
not
make
a
mockery
of
its
name
by
keeping
it
in
reserve;
nor
exchange
it
for
money
by
selling
or
renLng
it;
for
'Good
Love'
when
bought,
loses
its
charm."
Juan
Ruiz,
Archpriest
of
Hita.
The
Book
of
Good
Love
(14th
century,
original
in
Ancient
Spanish)
http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/1#1
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
6. What
is
Free
So:ware?
• Often you will hear Free & Open Source
Software (F/OSS) in conjunction.
• The Free Software Definition (http://
www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html)
is similar to, but not identical to the Open
Source Definition (http://
www.opensource.org/docs/
definition.php)
• Free does not mean free of cost - it means
Free as in Freedom
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
7. Four
Freedoms
of
Free
So:ware
• You
need
all
four
of
these
freedoms
to
have
free
soWware
• Freedom
of
use
• Freedom
to
copy
• Freedom
to
modify
• Freedom
to
contribute
http://www.web2learning.net/archives/4263
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
8. Sharing
of
ideas
"If
you
have
an
apple
and
I
have
an
apple
and
we
exchange
apples,
then
you
and
I
will
sLll
each
have
one
apple.
But
if
you
have
an
idea
and
I
have
an
idea
and
we
exchange
these
ideas,
then
each
of
us
will
have
two
ideas."
AZributed
to
Bernard
Shaw
http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/1#1
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
9. The
Cathedral
&
The
Bazaar
The Cathedral The Bazaar
(proprietary software) (open source software)
•Development •“Given enough
occurs behind eyeballs, all bugs
walls are shallow”
•Source code is •Code developed
usually not over the Internet
provided - kept with several
locked up others in public
•Corporate view
hierarchy •Source code
open to all users
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
10. Open
Source
Governance
What kind of quality control is there?
•Most open source projects have a release manager or a manager of some
sort who reviews the code and approves it before adding it to the final
release
What is the roll of the community?
•The community looks out for the best interests of the software. They work
as the governing body behind all decisions related to the software. The
community decides what features to develop next and who the managers
are.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
11. Open
Source
Community
•Open source is about more than free software
•Community is crucial to the growth of open source
•Without shared knowledge and collaboration the project will not grow
•“Critiquing the community is a right reserved for those who have
proved themselves by making
valuable contributions”1
•People who use open source can collaborate and contribute in many
ways with the community
•Write code
•Write documentation
•Debug
•Educate others
1. Tapscott, Don, and Anthony D. Williams. “Embracing open source culture and
strategy.” In Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything, 82-83.
Expanded Edition. New York, NY: Penguin USA, 2008. www.wikinomics.com/book/.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
12. Open
Source
Crowdsourcing
“Crowdsourcing has it genesis in the open source movement in
software. The development of the Linux operating system
proved that a community of like-minded peers was capable of
creating a better product than a corporate behemoth like
Microsoft. Open source revealed a fundamental truth about
humans that had gone largely unnoticed until the connectively of
the Internet brought it into high relief: labor can often be
organized more efficiently in the context of a community than it
can in the context of the corporation. The best person to do a
job is the one who most wants to do that job; and the best
people to evaluate their performance are their friends and peers
who, by the way, will enthusiastically pitch in to improve the final
product, simply for the sheer pleasure of helping one
another and creating something beautiful from which
they all will benefit.”
Howe, J. (2008). Crowdsourcing: Why the power of the crowd is driving
the future of business. New York: Crown Business. p.8
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
13. Who’s
Using
Open
Source?
•Government Agencies
•All Kinds of Businesses
•Schools (K-colleges)
•Librarians
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
14. Open
Source
in
Business
2007 Survey Results
http://www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=5100086&pid=&sid=203
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
15. Open
Source
in
Business
• In
2010
a
survey
of
300
large
organizaLons
in
both
the
private
and
public
sector
found:
• 50%
are
fully
commiZed
to
open
source
in
their
business
• 28%
say
they
are
experimenLng
with
open
source
and
keeping
an
open
mind
to
using
it
• 38%
expecLng
to
migrate
mission-‐criLcal
soWware
to
open
source
in
next
12
months
• The
cost
was
no
longer
viewed
as
the
key
benefit,
instead:
• 76%
cited
quality
as
a
key
benefit
of
open
source
• 70%
cited
improved
reliability
• 69%
said
beZer
security/bug
fixing
http://newsroom.accenture.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5045
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
16. Making
money
on
open
source
• “IBM
not
only
accepted
open
source
soWware
products
and
processes
but
also
its
philosophy,
which
is
to
spur
quality
and
fast
growth
rather
than
just
profits
based
on
proprietary
ownership
of
intellectual
property.”
• “Giving
up
so
much
control
is
unconvenLonal
to
say
the
least,
but
the
rewards
for
doing
so
have
been
handsome.
IBM
spends
about
$100
million
per
year
on
Linux
development.
If
the
Linux
community
puts
in
$1
billion
of
effort,
and
even
half
of
that
is
useful
to
IBM
customers,
the
company
gets
$500
million
of
soWware
development
for
an
investment
of
$100
million.”
Tapscott, Don, and Anthony D. Williams. “Joining Linux.” In Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes
everything, 79-82. Expanded Edition. New York, NY: Penguin USA, 2008. http://www.wikinomics.com/book/.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
17. Open
Source
on
the
Web
Total Active Servers: 10/2000 to 1/2011
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2011/01/12/january-2011-web-server-survey-4.html
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
18. Why
so
popular?
• Reliability through Peer Review
• Freedom to Innovate
• No Vendor Lock-in
• User-centric Development
• Collaborative Environment
• Zero License Fees
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
20. Open
Source
&
Libraries
Libraries and Open Source Both...
• Believe that information should be
freely accessible to everyone
• Give away stuff
• Benefit from the generosity of others
• Are about communities
• Make the world a better place
-- Horton, G. http://tinyurl.com/3jvumn
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
21. Open
Source
&
Libraries
Libraries and Open Source make
the perfect pair
[Librarians] "are almost ethically
required to use and develop open
source software."
Crawford, R. S. http://www.lugod.org/presentations/
oss4lib.pdf
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
22. Open
Source
&
Libraries
Libraries and Open Source make the perfect
pair
“Libraries are committed to the notion of the ʻcommons.ʼ
Libraries are in fact one of the last best hopes for the
preservation of the intellectual commons. That value
system should extend to the intellectual work we do on our
access systems. We should reclaim the domain of library
technology from the commercial and proprietary realms
and actualize is as part of our vision of the commons.
...
We are also congenital collaborators. Can you think
of any other group of institutions that share their
stuff the way we do through ILL?
-- Lucia, J. http://pln.palinet.org/wiki/index.php/Open_source_plans
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
23. Open
Source
Concerns
2007 Survey Results
http://www.unisys.com/unisys/news/detail.jsp?id=5100086&pid=&sid=203
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
24. Open
Source
&
Libraries
Common questions libraries have:
• Is there support? Do I have to
know how to program?
• Do I have to skimp on features?
• Isn’t Open Source risky?
• Can I do it myself?
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
25. Support
for
Open
Source
Is there support? Do I have to know how
to program?
• ByWater Solutions
• BibLibre • Local Students
• Equinox • Freelance Developers
• YourLibrarySite
• And more!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
26. Do
I
have
to
skimp
on
features?
• Open Source developers follow
the rule of “Release early and
release often”
• Users vote with their dollars and
time
• Freedom to develop on your own
• Developers love their products
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
27. Isn’t
Open
Source
Risky?
• US Department of Defense memo
encourages the use of open source • Casey Coleman, chief information
with many reasons “including cost officer for the GSA (U.S. General
advantages, reduced risk of vendor Services Administration), said in a
lock-in, better security, and increased speech ... that the GSA heavily relies
flexibility. It says that the positive on open source to drive down costs,
aspects of open source software increase flexibility of IT dollars, and
should be given consideration during reduce risk. ʻYou get much more
procurement research. transparency and interoperability, and
that reduces your risk,ʼ she said.
• http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/
2009/10/dod-military-needs-to-think-harder- • http://news.cnet.com/
about-using-open-source.ars 8301-13505_3-9921115-16.html
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
28. Isn’t
Open
Source
Risky?
For a total 284 days in 2006 (or more than nine months out of the year), exploit code for
known, unpatched critical flaws in pre-IE7 versions of the browser was publicly available on
the Internet. Likewise, there were at least 98 days last year in which no software fixes from
Microsoft were available to fix IE flaws that criminals were actively using to steal personal
and financial data from users.
In a total of ten cases last year, instructions detailing how to leverage "critical"
vulnerabilities in IE were published online before Microsoft had a patch to fix them.
In contrast, Internet Explorer's closest competitor in terms of market share -- Mozilla's
Firefox browser -- experienced a single period lasting just nine days
last year in which exploit code for a serious security hole was posted
online before Mozilla shipped a patch to remedy the problem.
Quote: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/01/
internet_explorer_unsafe_for_2.html
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
29. Risk
of
Proprietary
So:ware
• “Closed-‐source
efforts
oWen
suffer
from
flaws
and
problems
which
the
original
development
team
never
anLcipated.
Lack
of
inspecLon
of
the
code
by
other
programmers
can
mean
that
inappropriate
design
constraints
and
other
errors
might
not
be
discovered
unLl
the
code
is
already
in
use.”
Pavlicek, Russell. Embracing insanity :
open source software development.
Indianapolis IN: SAMS, 2000. p. 33.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
30. So:ware
is
Risky!
All software has risks, you need to evaluate open source the same way you
do proprietary systems.
Several Levels of Risk to consider:
• Software security issues
• Open source is just as secure if not more secure than proprietary
systems because of its transparency
• Evaluate open source software no differently than you do other software!
• Company mergers and acquisitions
• Because you own the code to your system
you are not tied to one support source and
will never be left without support
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
31. Can
I
do
it
myself?
• Absolutely, with the right
in-house skills
• Linux server
management
• Web programming
• Perl / PHP / MySQL
• Systems knowledge
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
33. Open
Source
&
Libraries
When asked what Open Source apps they use at work,
977 librarians and library workers answered as follows
http://opensource.web2learning.net/archives/category/survey-results
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
34. Open
Source
&
Libraries
When asked why they chose and open source app,
977 librarians and library workers answered as follows
http://opensource.web2learning.net/archives/category/survey-results
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
36. Play
Time
• Start downloading
and installing
applications that will
make things more http://www.flickr.com/photos/nengard/
efficient (and possibly 3253133986/
affordable) for you.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
37. Portable
Play
•Can’t install software on your work
computer?
•Try PortableApps:
•Install on your USB drive and use
many of these open source
applications without installing to
the hard drive
http://portableapps.com
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
38. Local
Play
•Don’t have access to a web server?
•Try BitNami:
•Free, easy to setup wikis,
blogs, forums and many other
web applications that you can
run locally or in the cloud.
BitNami makes deploying
server software a simple and
enjoyable process.
http://bitnami.org/
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
39. Non-‐Profit
in
a
Box
• NGO-in-a-Box offers open source ‘boxes’ to non profits
• Each box comes with applications and manuals to help
you perform your daily tasks with open source
• Choose from :
• The BaseBox - a collection of
tools for the day to day running
of small to medium sized NGOs
• The Security Version
• The Audio and Video Edition
• The Open Publishing Edition
http://ngoinabox.org
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
40. AddiRonal
Links
•Top 50 Programs that Drive You Crazy & their OS Alternatives:
http://tinyurl.com/2xju2m
•OSS Watch, open source software advisory service:
http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk
•Open Source as Alternative
http://www.osalt.com
•Nicole’s Delicious bookmarks:
http://delicious.com/nengard/opensource
•Open Source Living
http://osliving.com
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
41. OSS
&
Libraries
Links
•Open Source Software in Libraries
http://infomotions.com/musings/ossnlibraries/
•Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography
zotero.org/groups/
freelibre_and_open_source_software_and_libraries_bibliography
•Open Network Libraries
http://onl.org.nz
•Practical Open Source Software for Libraries
opensource.web2learning.net/blog
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
42. Open
Source
Blogs
•The Open Road •ZDNet Open Source
http://www.cnet.com/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-
openroad/ source
•Open Ended from Ars Technica •New York Times - Open
http://arstechnica.com/open- http://open.nytimes.com
source
•OpenSource.com
•The H Open Source http://opensource.com
http://www.h-online.com/open/
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
43. Online
Reading
List
• Open Source: Narrowing the Divides between Education, Business, and Community
http://connect.educause.edu/display/47941
• The concepts of Free Software & Open Standards: Introduction to Free Software
http://ftacademy.org/materials/fsm/1#1
• A Primer on Risk
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6611591.html
• Nicole’s Zotero Library
http://www.zotero.org/nengard/items/collection/1796131
• We Love Open Source Software. No, You Can’t
Have Our Code
http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/527
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
44. Print
Reading
List
• Practical Open Source Software in Libraries by Nicole C. Engard
• The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an
Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. Raymond
• Embracing Insanity: Open Source Software Development by Russell Pavlicek
• The success of open source by Steve Weber
• The open source alternative: Understanding risks and leveraging
opportunities by Heather J. Meeker
• Open Sources 2.0: The Continuing Evolution by
Chris DiBona, Mark Stone, and Danese Cooper
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
45. Thank
You!
Nicole C. Engard
nengard@bywatersolutions.com
The Book:
opensource.web2learning.net
Tuesday, January 18, 2011