Open source software in Georgia Libraries

Open Source Softwarein Georgia Libraries

GLA webcast, Nov 17 2010Jason Puckett

Georgia State Universityjasonpuckett.net

adlibinstruction.blogspot.com

What is OSS?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/herzogbr/3993439584

opensource.org/docs/definition.php

Free as in beer (gratis)Freeware ≠ Open Source

Gift culture:Raymond, “Homesteading the Noosphere” http://catb.org/~esr/writings/homesteading/

homesteading/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitzi/236037776/

“Thanks for the Zotero info! I feel like I just stole something!”

--GSU student

Free as in speech (libre)The Free Software Definitionhttp://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/2699346313/

Free as in kittensTech supportStaff time and energy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dolescum/2725252651/

WordPressFirefoxApacheMediaWikiPidgin

OSS you (probably) already use

flickr.com/photos/ladymixy-uk/3650120464flickr.com/photos/ericmmartin/2985330439

flickr.com/photos/teemow/29921948flickr.com/photos/chrissuderman/2870553192

flickr.com/photos/shanecurcuru/1907321209

Audacityhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/

flickr.com/photos/byjuli/3505774941

LibXhttp://www.libx.orghttp://www.galileo.usg.edu/scholar/databases/libx

ZoteroZotero.org

Jason’s Zotero guide: research.library.gsu.edu/zotero

(copy it)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/3419193/flickr.com/photos/nirak/483369188

ReservesDirectreservesdirect.org

Evergreenopen-ils.org

544 libraries

flickr.com/photos/tdeering/4273572576

OSS you might not be using (yet)

flickr.com/photos/frotzed/401501107

OpenOffice.orgubuntu.com

flickr.com/photos/robertvega/3944132320

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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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