This document discusses SLiMS, an open source library automation software. It was developed in 2007 and is used by libraries across many countries. SLiMS uses open standards and is compatible with PHP, MySQL, and other technologies. It allows libraries of all sizes to easily adopt automation and modify SLiMS to suit their needs. The document also discusses how using SLiMS can help librarians improve competencies in areas like web programming, databases, and metadata. A preliminary survey found that 92% of respondents said SLiMS improved their IT and librarianship skills.

1. SLiMS : Improving the
Librarian Competences
Through Open Source
Software
SLiMS Developer Community
Prepared for Lightning Talks @ Gnome.asia 2015
by Arie Nugraha, Wardiyono
slims.web.id – github.com/slims

2. SLiMS Developer Community – Gnome.asia 2015
About SLiMS
 Free Open Source, web-based software for Library
Automation
 Developed since 2007
 Licensed under GPL v3
 Active development with more than 17 releases since
2007, next release will be: AKASIA
 Users and communities span across Indonesia, South
East Asia, West Asia, Russia, Germany, South
America, Africa, and others.

3. Embrace Open Standards and Open
Source
 Metadata Interchange
Format with
 MODS XML
 OAI-PMH (data provider)
 Schema.org with Microformat
and JSON-LD
 RSS
 MARC format compatible
 PHP > 5.3
 MySQL/MariaDB databases
 PHP enabled Web Server
 HTML 5
 CSS 3
 Javascript and jQuery
 3rd party indexing with
Sphinx search engine

4. SLiMS Developer Community – Gnome.asia 2015
SLiMS proves open source is the right
choice
 SLiMS enables library in all size to adopt library
automation easily
 SLiMS also enables them to:
 Modify SLiMS to suit their own need in an instant
 Using SLiMS on library branches WITHOUT paying any
licenses
 Create a network of libraries
 Learn web programming

5. SLiMS Developer Community – Gnome.asia 2015
Librarian Competences
Basic competences for Librarian to use SLiMS:
 Descriptive Cataloguing
 Subject Indexing
 Classification
 Vocabulary Control/Thesaurus
 Library Automation
 Digital libraries

6. SLiMS Developer Community – Gnome.asia 2015
Librarian Competences
in Web 2.0 era
Concepts that Librarian need to master in maximizing
SLiMS usage:
 Database Management System
 Interoperability
 Open Access
 Metadata Encoding and Interchange Standards
 Web Authoring and Programming
 Open Source

7. SLiMS Developer Community – Gnome.asia 2015
Prelimanary Survey result on
competences
 Responden (Indonesia):
 Librarian (54%)
 IT people (19%)
 Teacher/Lecturer (7%)
 Others (19%)
 Using SLiMS and/or join the Community improved IT
and librarianship comptences (92%)
 Field of improvement are: Web application (64%), PHP
(56%), Web design (47%), Database (54%)

8. SLiMS Developer Community – Gnome.asia 2015
Other Result and Suggestions
 Responden education:
 High school (16%), Diploma (23%), Graduate (60%), Post
Graduate (6%), Others (21%)
 Type of community joined:
 Local community (38%), Milist discussion (48%), Social
media (75%), Others (47%)
 Contributions to community
 Sharing experience/teaching (89%)
 Need to legitimate their new/improved competences

9. SLiMS Developer Community – Gnome.asia 2015
How SLiMS enable community
innovation
 Create easily deployable library automation software
on all platform
 Writing understandable codes that enable everyone
can play with it
 Facilitate community to write their own creation on
SLiMS with goslims.net
 Kept up with current trend in library technology such as
RFID

10. SLiMS Developer Community – Gnome.asia 2015
TERIMA KASIH
THANK YOU
 Download SLiMS at:
 http://slims.web.id
 Fork and contribute to SLiMS source code at:
 https://github.com/slims
 SLiMS Developers are:
 Hendro Wicaksono, Wardiyono, Arie Nugraha, Purwoko,
Arif Syamsudin, Eddy Subratha, Rasyid Ridho, Indra
Sutriadi