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The Open Source Movement and Libraries

The Open Source Movement and Libraries. Presented by Kim Nalette August 28, 2007. What is Open Source Software?. Open source software is software distributed in source under licenses guaranteeing anybody rights to freely use, modify, and redistribute the code.

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The Open Source Movement and Libraries

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  1. The Open Source Movementand Libraries Presented by Kim Nalette August 28, 2007

  2. What is Open Source Software? • Open source software is software distributed in source under licenses guaranteeing anybody rights to freely use, modify, and redistribute the code. • The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation that acts as a standards body for open source. To use the Open Source Initiative Approved License trademark the software must meet 10 criteria, including Free Redistribution and the Source Code.

  3. Why Open Source? • Company Models: • Manufacturing Model (Sale Value) versus • Service Model (Use Value)

  4. Software Development: Manufacturing Model • Software is developed by a company for sale • Price of the software is based upon the development costs • Can lead to little incentive to provide service and updates • Software is only of value as far as it can be sold

  5. Software Development:Service Model • Software is developed for use • Software is free or low cost • Service is available for a fee

  6. Software Development:Some Facts • 95% of code developed is for in-house use and therefore has no sale value • 75% of a developer’s time is consumed by maintaining and debugging existing code • Once expended, development costs are sunk costs

  7. Software Development: Real Life Open Source Advantages • Apache Web Server • Cost Sharing • Cisco Distributed Print Spooling Software • Risk-Spreading

  8. Software Development: Real Life Open Source Advantages • Apache Web Server • Cost Sharing • Cisco Distributed Print Spooling Software • Risk-Spreading

  9. Open Source Software Used by Phoenix Public Library • Linux (linux.org) • Operating System created by Linus Torvalds in the mid 1990s at the University of Helsinki as a school project • EXIM (exim.org) • Mail server developed by the University of Cambridge • Horde Webmail (horde.org) • Email client

  10. Open Source Software Used by Phoenix Public Library • Postgres (postgresql.org) • Relational database • Apache Tomcat (tomcat.apache.org) • Web application server

  11. Open Source Integrated Library Systems and Public Access Catalogs • Almost every open source product originated because when conducting marketplace reviews, libraries found that systems that met their needs were too expensive or lacked desired features

  12. Koha • Koha.org • A New Zealand consortium commissioned a company to develop a Web-based system for use in its libraries • They determined that the software should be open source so that other libraries could use it and make further improvements. • Koha is currently in use in several library systems in the several countries

  13. eXtensible Catalog • Extensiblecatalog.info • Currently being developed by the University of Rochester with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. • Focused on academic libraries

  14. VuFind • Vufind.org • Offers faceted results • Testing at Villanova University

  15. Evergreen • Open-ils.org • Georgia PINES—a consortium of 256 public libraries • Libraries in Canada and the University of Windsor have committed to migrating to every green

  16. Other Systems • LearningAccess ILS • Avanti • Chopac • LiBSUITE • Cinege • Emilda • OpenBiblio • PMB • Pytheas

  17. What can libraries do with open source solutions? • Low cost to acquire software • Low maintenance costs with in-house expertise • Ability to customize application easily and quickly with in-house expertise or 3rd party development companies • Portability on most platforms

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