Thanks for the info Jeff, I think I may need to move to a different
kernel or even away from Damn Small Linux. It still is not working.

--- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Humphrey <jeff@...>
wrote:
>
> Phil
>
> Did you happen across this when you were searching for an answer?
> http://www.geetduggal.com/web/linux_on_inspiron_6000.html
>
> Jeff Humphrey
> INCOLSA
>

Phil

Did you happen across this when you were searching for an answer?
http://www.geetduggal.com/web/linux_on_inspiron_6000.html

Jeff Humphrey
INCOLSA

Hello all,
     I have been playing around with DSL(Damn Small Linux) on my laptop
and cannot seem to get the wireless connection to work. I have tried a
few different things but nothing is doing. Anyone have some help? It
is supposed to work natively, automatically but the wireless is not
turned out when I am in linux (the little green light is not on) how
do I turn on the wireless within linux? Ahh, help. The DSL forums and
wikis offer little help.

A few specs:

Dell Inspiron 6000
Netgear WGT624 wireless router
Intel Pro/Wireless 2915ABG

Hi

If some of you have still not made up your mind, might I make a
suggestion. Please consider another alternative as well, NewGenLib. This
is now open source on GNU GPL and can be downloaded from
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/newgenlib.

Please also visit www.newgenlib.com to look at the features, technology
and functionality. I do believe it has features that are quite
comparable with Koha.

Jai Haravu

kuehlnjwtpl wrote:
>
> We haven't tried anything just yet. Our State Library is backing
> Evergreen and Koha is being backed by a state wide consortium -
> INCOLSA. So we know we will be going with one of those; we just have
> to wait for the smoke to clear and find out who comes out on top.
>
> I plan on maintaining my position toward the middle of the crowd.
> There are several people in my automation counterparts group who have
> actual computer science degrees and are attending meetings down
> state. Kinda rely on them to put things in laypersons language for
> me.
>
> Of course, the ultimate decision lays with my director.
>
> --- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:opensourceinlibraries%40yahoogroups.com>, "lisa_nealshaw"
> <lisa_nealshaw@...> wrote:
> >
> > Sandi:
> >
> > Your day sounds like mine: Jack of all trades, but no Master of
> > Library Science. I've used some open source apps but no experience
> > with Linux yet. Have been battling to get Ubuntu on my laptop but
> > it's Vista and Wubi still has bugs with them.
> >
> > Lisa
> >
> >
> > --- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:opensourceinlibraries%40yahoogroups.com>, "kuehlnjwtpl"
> > <slmkuehl@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Since it would appear that either Koha or Evergreen will be our
> > next
> > > automation system, I have taken the step of joining this group to
> > bone
> > > up on what we'll need to know for the future.
> > >
> > > I'm currently the troubleshooter at the North Judson-Wayne
> Township
> > > Library in Indiana. No matter where and what the problem is,
> from
> > > finding misshelved books to changing toner on the copier to
> > wrangling
> > > with computer problems, they come to me to fix it. Been here 30+
> > > years, worked my way up from page to indispensible.
> > >
> > > It's getting pretty busy here right now so I better get off the
> > > computer. Look forward to corresponding with everyone.
> > >
> > > Sandi Kuehl
> > > North Judson-Wayne Twp Library
> > > North Judson, Indiana
> > >
> >
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

We haven't tried anything just yet.  Our State Library is backing
Evergreen and Koha is being backed by a state wide consortium -
INCOLSA.  So we know we will be going with one of those; we just have
to wait for the smoke to clear and find out who comes out on top.

I plan on maintaining my position toward the middle of the crowd.
There are several people in my automation counterparts group who have
actual computer science degrees and are attending meetings down
state.  Kinda rely on them to put things in laypersons language for
me.

Of course, the ultimate decision lays with my director.


--- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com, "lisa_nealshaw"
<lisa_nealshaw@...> wrote:
>
> Sandi:
>
> Your day sounds like mine: Jack of all trades, but no Master of
> Library Science. I've used some open source apps but no experience
> with Linux yet. Have been battling to get Ubuntu on my laptop but
> it's Vista and Wubi still has bugs with them.
>
> Lisa
>
>
> --- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com, "kuehlnjwtpl"
> <slmkuehl@> wrote:
> >
> > Since it would appear that either Koha or Evergreen will be our
> next
> > automation system, I have taken the step of joining this group to
> bone
> > up on what we'll need to know for the future.
> >
> > I'm currently the troubleshooter at the North Judson-Wayne
Township
> > Library in Indiana.  No matter where and what the problem is,
from
> > finding misshelved books to changing toner on the copier to
> wrangling
> > with computer problems, they come to me to fix it.  Been here 30+
> > years, worked my way up from page to indispensible.
> >
> > It's getting pretty busy here right now so I better get off the
> > computer.  Look forward to corresponding with everyone.
> >
> > Sandi Kuehl
> > North Judson-Wayne Twp Library
> > North Judson, Indiana
> >
>

Jeff, you so rock! Thank you! I'm going to try that today. :)

Lisa



--- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Humphrey"
<jeff@...> wrote:
>
> Lisa
>
> Have you tried an Ubuntu live CD with Vista? I've been using a 7.10
> Ubuntu CD on my Vista system for a couple of weeks with pretty good
> success. You can find instructions here:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
>
> Jeff Humphrey
> INCOLSA
> Indianapolis, IN
>
> --- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com, "lisa_nealshaw"
> <lisa_nealshaw@> wrote:
> >
> > Sandi:
> >
> > Your day sounds like mine: Jack of all trades, but no Master of
> > Library Science. I've used some open source apps but no
experience
> > with Linux yet. Have been battling to get Ubuntu on my laptop but
> > it's Vista and Wubi still has bugs with them.
> >
> > Lisa
> >
> >
> > --- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com, "kuehlnjwtpl"
> > <slmkuehl@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Since it would appear that either Koha or Evergreen will be our
> > next
> > > automation system, I have taken the step of joining this group
to
> > bone
> > > up on what we'll need to know for the future.
> > >
> > > I'm currently the troubleshooter at the North Judson-Wayne
Township
> > > Library in Indiana.  No matter where and what the problem is,
from
> > > finding misshelved books to changing toner on the copier to
> > wrangling
> > > with computer problems, they come to me to fix it.  Been here
30+
> > > years, worked my way up from page to indispensible.
> > >
> > > It's getting pretty busy here right now so I better get off the
> > > computer.  Look forward to corresponding with everyone.
> > >
> > > Sandi Kuehl
> > > North Judson-Wayne Twp Library
> > > North Judson, Indiana
> > >
> >
>

Lisa

Have you tried an Ubuntu live CD with Vista? I've been using a 7.10
Ubuntu CD on my Vista system for a couple of weeks with pretty good
success. You can find instructions here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

Jeff Humphrey
INCOLSA
Indianapolis, IN

--- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com, "lisa_nealshaw"
<lisa_nealshaw@...> wrote:
>
> Sandi:
>
> Your day sounds like mine: Jack of all trades, but no Master of
> Library Science. I've used some open source apps but no experience
> with Linux yet. Have been battling to get Ubuntu on my laptop but
> it's Vista and Wubi still has bugs with them.
>
> Lisa
>
>
> --- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com, "kuehlnjwtpl"
> <slmkuehl@> wrote:
> >
> > Since it would appear that either Koha or Evergreen will be our
> next
> > automation system, I have taken the step of joining this group to
> bone
> > up on what we'll need to know for the future.
> >
> > I'm currently the troubleshooter at the North Judson-Wayne Township
> > Library in Indiana.  No matter where and what the problem is, from
> > finding misshelved books to changing toner on the copier to
> wrangling
> > with computer problems, they come to me to fix it.  Been here 30+
> > years, worked my way up from page to indispensible.
> >
> > It's getting pretty busy here right now so I better get off the
> > computer.  Look forward to corresponding with everyone.
> >
> > Sandi Kuehl
> > North Judson-Wayne Twp Library
> > North Judson, Indiana
> >
>

Sandi:

Your day sounds like mine: Jack of all trades, but no Master of
Library Science. I've used some open source apps but no experience
with Linux yet. Have been battling to get Ubuntu on my laptop but
it's Vista and Wubi still has bugs with them.

Lisa


--- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com, "kuehlnjwtpl"
<slmkuehl@...> wrote:
>
> Since it would appear that either Koha or Evergreen will be our
next
> automation system, I have taken the step of joining this group to
bone
> up on what we'll need to know for the future.
>
> I'm currently the troubleshooter at the North Judson-Wayne Township
> Library in Indiana.  No matter where and what the problem is, from
> finding misshelved books to changing toner on the copier to
wrangling
> with computer problems, they come to me to fix it.  Been here 30+
> years, worked my way up from page to indispensible.
>
> It's getting pretty busy here right now so I better get off the
> computer.  Look forward to corresponding with everyone.
>
> Sandi Kuehl
> North Judson-Wayne Twp Library
> North Judson, Indiana
>

Since it would appear that either Koha or Evergreen will be our next
automation system, I have taken the step of joining this group to bone
up on what we'll need to know for the future.

I'm currently the troubleshooter at the North Judson-Wayne Township
Library in Indiana.  No matter where and what the problem is, from
finding misshelved books to changing toner on the copier to wrangling
with computer problems, they come to me to fix it.  Been here 30+
years, worked my way up from page to indispensible.

It's getting pretty busy here right now so I better get off the
computer.  Look forward to corresponding with everyone.

Sandi Kuehl
North Judson-Wayne Twp Library
North Judson, Indiana

FYI, WebJunction recently posted this tip -- "The Open Source
Alternative" --  http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=20035

Hi

The Circulation module of NewGenLib a GNU GPL open source ILMS has
reservation features including the managing of queues and email enabled
notifications. The user can reserve items directly from the OPAC. You
might like to download the software from
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/newgenlib. I intend looking at
Powerline. Do let me know if you have questions. Jai

Jesse wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:28 PM, lee phillips <lee8phillips@...
> <mailto:lee8phillips%40yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > Your reservation system looks interesting and I REALLY need one. We have
> > a debian Sarge server for our Koha with a LAMP config. (we are
> getting ready
> > for a migration so it is not up and running just yet).
> >
> What verision of Koha are you using?
> >
>
> Koha 2.2.9, though with some additions and modifications.
>
> > What I am wondering about for the Powerline is - do your public PC
> all run
> > on Linux or an MS OS?
> >
>
> All of our patron computers run on Windows XP (Powerline uses the client
> from Pre-book, another open-source computer reservations system). The
> computer where the reservations are made runs on Windows 98, but the
> reserver is web-based and could run on any other OS just as easily. The
> server runs on Arch Linux.
>
> --
> Jesse
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Dan and other members of the OpensourceinLibraries group

Please try out our OSS ILMS under the GNU GPL called NewGenLib. This is
freely downloadable from http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/newgenlib.
The site has the installation notes (for windows and Linux) and all the
files needed Including documentation and source code. Please visit the
site,
http://www.newgenlib.com for details of the software and its
functionality and support to standards. The discussion forum on the
sourceforge site is quite active.

Best regards

Jai Haravu



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 3:28 PM, lee phillips <lee8phillips@...>
wrote:

> Your reservation system looks interesting and  I REALLY need one. We have
> a debian Sarge server for our Koha with a LAMP config. (we are getting ready
> for a migration so it is not up and running just yet).
>
What verision of Koha are you using?
>

Koha 2.2.9, though with some additions and modifications.


> What I am wondering about for the Powerline is - do your public PC all run
> on Linux or an MS OS?
>

All of our patron computers run on Windows XP (Powerline uses the client
from Pre-book, another open-source computer reservations system). The
computer where the reservations are made runs on Windows 98, but the
reserver is web-based and could run on any other OS just as easily. The
server runs on Arch Linux.

--
Jesse


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Our library, the John C. Fremont Library in Florence, Colorado, uses
Koha. We also use an open source PC reservations system called
Powerline (developed in house), which is available at
http://powerline.googlecode.com/ .

Hello all,
       I have been reading a lot about open source software in general,
yet there is not much literature on how it relates to cataloging.
Where does everyone see cataloging moving? How will open source change
the face of cataloging? Let me know what you think.


Thank you,

Phillip Suda

I am Dan Hoyte the Electronic Resources Technician at Chapman
University. It is difficult to describe what i do, as it is in
transition. At the moment, the major portion of my time is spent
exploring various solutions to aid the library in carrying out its
mission.

Over the past year and a half, we have been moving more in the
direction of open-source. Three issues are driving the move: 1.
Standards- we are concerned that many proprietary hardware/software
solutions are either not standards-based or are only nominally
standards-based. 2. Local control- We feel that moving to open-source
solutions will allow us to have better local control of our data. 3.
Cost- We feel that it is a more efficient use of resources to invest
in open-source solutions.

Currently we are in the beginning stages of converting to open-source
solutions. Some of our servers use open-source OSs. We are running
several open-source web-apps. We will be exploring several of the
available ILSs.

Hi Friends of open source software for libraries

I would like to introduce myself and my interest in OSS for libraries.

     *  My name: Jai Haravu (my friends call me Jai)
     * I retired as a Senior Manager, Library & Documentation Services
of an International Agricultural Research Centre called Intl. Crops
Research Institute for Semi-Arid tropics (ICRISAT) in India.
     * I have a Master's Degree in Information Science and specialized
training in computer programming, systems analysis and applications
for library and information management.
     * I retired in 1996 from active (regular) service with ICRISAT,
but I have kept myself busy professionally. I am the Managing Trustee
of a professional trust, Kesavan Inst. of Information and Knowledge
Management (www.kiikm.org). One of the initiatives of the Trust was
to partner with a software firm to develop a web-based modern
integrated library management system called NewGenLib
(www.newgenlib.com). I have also consulted with software companies in
India interested in developing ILMS. I have also consulted with
Unesco, IDRC Canada and FAO on Information Projects.
     * After licensing the software commercially for 4+ years, we
decided to make it open source under the GNU GPL. The software can
now be downloaded from http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/newgenlib.
There is an active discussion forum for the open source offering.
More than 5000 downloads of the offering have taken place since the
last three months since it was made open source.
     * We would like to interest developers to contribute to enhancing
the software.
     * We have conducted two hands-on workshops on the software so far
and two more are in the offing in May 2008. Details of these can be
seen at our web site.
     * We are seeking funding from donors and governmental bodies to
take the software to other developing countries.
     * I have written several journal articles and two books: one on
library automation and one on knowledge management.

I look forward to the discussions in the group.

Jai

The site is now live. Come on over and sign up. I'm working on getting
the message forum installed and running so that the community can share
ideas and such. Please bear with me as I work on growing this community
for you all. :)

Allen D. Tate wrote:
> ** Apologies for cross-posting. **
>
> On March 31, 2008, I will be launching the website Open Source In
> Libraries. The primary goal of this project is to help libraries discuss
> and freely use open source software to suit their needs. You are all
> welcome to join this community and help it grow. This is a "we" thing,
> not a "me" thing. Please visit the website and become a member of this
> new community. It's free for everyone. There's also an email listserv
> you can join. Lets all work together!
>
> Website: http://www.opensourceinlibraries.com
> Listserv: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/opensourceinlibraries
>
> The following quote courtesy of Jeff Humphrey:
>
> "Open source software is free in the sense that it grants freedom to the
> user through the absence of proprietary control. Though much open source
> is available without licensing fees, this does not necessarily include
> liberation of price. The open source model shifts most of the costs from
> acquisition to operations and maintenance.
>
> One of the best things about open source software is that the code is
> made available to everyone to modify as they see fit. This allows users
> to develop the program or make changes to suit their needs even if a
> project is totally abandoned by the original creator. With open source,
> we are no longer at the mercy of closed source vendors with their forced
> upgrades and compatibility issues.
>
> Open source is about community where usability takes priority over
> profitability. Enhancements are shared for the benefit of all users. Bug
> fixes are the result of users pulling together and are often resolved
> much faster than a closed source patch, saving organizations time and
> money."
--
Allen D. Tate
Head of Computer Services
Ohio Township Public Library System
4111 Lakeshore Dr
PO Box 850
Newburgh, IN 47629
(812) 853-5468 x 313

http://www.ohio.lib.in.us/ (Library Home Page)
http://www.opensourceinlibraries.com/ (Open Source In Libraries)

The views expressed in this message are not necessarily
those of the Ohio Township Public Library System.

I am the director of a large public library in Montana.  We are
migrating to Koha this summer from Spectrum 5.3.  We are interested in
all open source ware for libraries so if you have something you are
using that you love...please share. Of course we will do the same!

Cheers,
Lee
Butte, Montana

Dear Coleagues,

My pleasure to introduce myself to other open source in Libraries group
members.
I belong to Pakistan, currently serving International Islamic University
Islamabad [Pakistan] as Manager Information Resource Center. I'm also a PhD
Scholar at Dept. of Library & Information Sc., University of the Punjab,
Lahore [Pakistan].

I have research interest in Open Source, in other words I love open source
movement and much impressed the benefits that Open source offer to
libraries. I have recently completed a National Project as a Library
Services Consultant with Pakistan Legislative Strengthening Project (PLSP),
a USAID project.  In which we have completed system settings and training of
Koha in Provincial Assembly Legislative Libraries in Pakistan. I'm also
heading Koha implementation project and Electronic Theses and Dissertation
Project (we are planning to use Greenstone Digital Library Software) in
International Islamic University Library.
So you can say that I'm practically involved in OSS applications.

I also want to share another important research that I'm carrying out. May
be some members will be familiar that I have collected data a few months
back through different Online groups about LIS Community's Perceptions
towards OSS adoption in Libraries.  This paper is near to finish and I'm
interested to present the findings in a conference. Please let me know if
there is any conference that will suite to my research paper.

I may be contacted on rafiqlibrarian@... or rafiqlibrarian@...

Regards.

Muhammad Rafiq
Manager Information Resource Center,
Central Library, International Islamic University,
Sector H-10, Islamabad - 44000 [PAKISTAN].
Office: +92-51-9019386 Cell. +92-321-7836131
Web: www.iiu.edu.pk



On 28 Mar 2008 05:24:28 -0000, opensourceinlibraries Moderator <
opensourceinlibraries-owner@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
> Welcome to the Open Source In Libraries Yahoo! Groups. Thanks for join.
>
> Please take a moment to introduce yourself to the other members of the
> group and let us know your experience with open source and what type of
> library you represent.
>
> Best Regards,
> Allen D. Tate, Moderator
> Open Source In Libraries
> http://opensourceinlibraries.com
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>
>
>
>


--
Muhammad Rafiq
Manager Information Resource Center,
Central Library, International Islamic University,
Sector H-10, Islamabad - 44000 [PAKISTAN].
Office: +92-51-9019386 Cell. +92-321-7836131
Web: www.iiu.edu.pk
In campus (IIU) calling: 386


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I'm Margaret Brown, and I'm a cataloger at Williamson County Public
Library in Franklin, Tennessee. I also manage the library's website.
I graduated from the School of Information Sciences at the University
of Tennessee almost a year ago.  That's where I first learned about
open source. I was and am fascinated by the concept. I use as many
open source apps as I can, and I'm always looking for new ones to play
with.  I've been using OpenOffice for several years now, as well as
Firefox and Thunderbird.  I installed GIMP the other day, but haven't
done much with it yet.  If anyone has any other suggestions of things
I could play with, please let me know.  (I really  need an html editor
that I can put on my Mac.) We don't use any of these in our library
yet, but I'm hoping that will change.  I'm glad to have found this
group, and I'm looking forward to learning from you all.  Thanks!

Phil,

May I suggest you learn PHP as well.  It is on my list and from the
amazing things my co-workers can do it is obviously a "must learn".
W3C schools is always a good start -
http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

Good luck with your learning.

Beth

--- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com, "phil" <phil.suda@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>      My name is Phillip Suda. I am a cataloger at St. Louis County
> Library and have been for about two years now. I think of myself as a
> tech-savvy person, but when it comes to code and programming I tend to
> struggle. My hope is that the open source phenomenon will help me hone
> my code/programming/tech skills as a librarian. I have already started
> tinkering with Linux (Damn Small Linux and RedHat) at home, PERL is
> next on my list as it may help with creating improvements in
> cataloging. There are exciting things happening and I am very glad
> that the listserv is available. I am always open to comments, advice,
> lessons, reprimands, just as long as I learn and progress as a
> librarian; hopefully I can pass a bit of knowledge along to everyone
> as well.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Phillip Suda
>

Hi, my name is Angélica Miranda, i am student course  doctorate in
engineering and knowledge management (http://www.egc.ufsc.br). I am a
teacher at  Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul,
Brasil (http://www.furg.br) and    would like to change experience on open
archives.

Thanks
--
Angélica C. D. Miranda
msn angelicacdm@...
skype  angelicacdm
email   angelicacdm@...


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Soy bibliotecaria hace 30 años en una biblioteca universitaria.  Me
dedico al control de calidad de los procesos de catalogación.  Estoy
tomando cursos de Maestría en Ciencias Bibliotecarias y de la
Información para mejoramiento profesional y servir mejor a mi
clientela.  Hace mucha falta conocer como fluye la información en esta
era y sobretodo alfabetizar en información desde los jóvenes y adultos.
mta

Hello all,
      My name is Phillip Suda. I am a cataloger at St. Louis County
Library and have been for about two years now. I think of myself as a
tech-savvy person, but when it comes to code and programming I tend to
struggle. My hope is that the open source phenomenon will help me hone
my code/programming/tech skills as a librarian. I have already started
tinkering with Linux (Damn Small Linux and RedHat) at home, PERL is
next on my list as it may help with creating improvements in
cataloging. There are exciting things happening and I am very glad
that the listserv is available. I am always open to comments, advice,
lessons, reprimands, just as long as I learn and progress as a
librarian; hopefully I can pass a bit of knowledge along to everyone
as well.


Best wishes,


Phillip Suda

Well, Squidward, what did we learn today?

Wubi doesn't work with Vista - at least not yet, or not without some
manual adjustments. I am VERY new to this, though, so any kind of
coding or code adjustment is just "???" to me right now. I have never
done any. And I hate trying to do something when I don't understand
what I am doing. So consider me green but willing to learn.

I feel like Picard going up against the Microsoft Borg on this.
"Prepare to be assimilated; resistance is futile."

"Click to Allow Assimilation"

"Click to continue assimilation"

"Are you sure you want to be assimilated?"

"Quitting assimilation now may cause lost body functions"

"We've noticed Borg technology is not your default circulatory system ..."

Oh well. Live and learn. (Or, as Douglas Adams said, "At any rate, you
live.")

Lisa

This is very exciting! I am with Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library
in Presque Isle, Maine. I am a library assistant working with YA but
also lots of the "tech" stuff.

The irony here is that I received notification of this from our most
excellent Reference Librarian Gail Roy just as I was installing Wubi on
my Vista OS laptop. It gives me a chance to get my feet wet with Linux.
I already run Open Office on my laptop and on my iMac (OS X) at home.

I've introduced Open Office and Avaste! to a few patrons already who
got new computers but did not purchase MS Office [yet]. It's starting
to catch on.

Lisa Shaw

This is a great idea as more and more libraries are jumping on the
Open Source bandwagon.

Are you aware of this web site?  http://www.joomlainlibrary.com/

Grant it it just covers one small area (only 1 CMS that is open source
- there is also Drupal in Libraries as well).

There is also the oss4lib list-serv
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Anything to help move the open source community out into the forefront
for libraries I'm game.  Our library has long embraced open source so
we welcome more to the fold.  Check out what we've done with open
source at Howard County Library http://hclibrary.org/oss2oss.php

--- In opensourceinlibraries@yahoogroups.com, "otplsfriends"
<atate@...> wrote:
>
> On March 31, 2008, I will be launching the website Open Source In
> Libraries. The primary goal of this project is to help libraries
> freely use software to suit their needs. You are all welcome to join
> this community and help it grow. This is a "we" thing, not a "me"
> thing. Please visit the website and become a member of this new
> community. It's free for everyone. There's also an email listserv you
> can join. Lets all work together!
>
> Website: http://www.opensourceinlibraries.com
> Listserv: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/opensourceinlibraries
>
> The following quote courtesy of Jeff Humphrey:
>
> "Open source software is free in the sense that it grants freedom to
> the user through the absence of proprietary control. Though much open
> source is available without licensing fees, this does not necessarily
> include liberation of price. The open source model shifts most of the
> costs from acquisition to operations and maintenance.
>
> One of the best things about open source software is that the code is
> made available to everyone to modify as they see fit. This allows
> users to develop the program or make changes to suit their needs even
> if a project is totally abandoned by the original creator. With open
> source, we are no longer at the mercy of closed source vendors with
> their forced upgrades and compatibility issues.
>
> Open source is about community where usability takes priority over
> profitability. Enhancements are shared for the benefit of all users.
> Bug fixes are the result of users pulling together and are often
> resolved much faster than a closed source patch, saving organizations
> time and money."
>

My name is Jason Gonzales.  I am the Information Systems Coordinator for the
Muskogee Public Library in Oklahoma.  I've just started my ninth year in my
current position which essentially is head of technology for our public
library.  My duties include everything from teaching, basic computing
classes for staff and the public to maintaining around 70 PCs to the design
of the library's web site.  Fortunately the head of our library is always
interested in how libraries can best make use of new technology.



A year or so ago, along with three other colleagues I gave a brief
presentation on the use of open source software in libraries at a state
library conference.  Specifically I talked about the use of the open source
software Audacity and how it could be used to create a library podcast.



In our public library we presently use Open Office on a few staff computers.
A couple of staff members use GIMP.  The entire staff uses FireFox.  We have
developed an extension for FireFox that searches our online catalog.  We've
experimented with other open source software programs, but haven't adopted
using any other on a regular basis.



I'm excited that a group like this is being created, I hope it is
successful.



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

On March 31, 2008, I will be launching the website Open Source In
Libraries. The primary goal of this project is to help libraries
freely use software to suit their needs. You are all welcome to join
this community and help it grow. This is a "we" thing, not a "me"
thing. Please visit the website and become a member of this new
community. It's free for everyone. There's also an email listserv you
can join. Lets all work together!

Website: http://www.opensourceinlibraries.com
Listserv: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/opensourceinlibraries

The following quote courtesy of Jeff Humphrey:

"Open source software is free in the sense that it grants freedom to
the user through the absence of proprietary control. Though much open
source is available without licensing fees, this does not necessarily
include liberation of price. The open source model shifts most of the
costs from acquisition to operations and maintenance.

One of the best things about open source software is that the code is
made available to everyone to modify as they see fit. This allows
users to develop the program or make changes to suit their needs even
if a project is totally abandoned by the original creator. With open
source, we are no longer at the mercy of closed source vendors with
their forced upgrades and compatibility issues.

Open source is about community where usability takes priority over
profitability. Enhancements are shared for the benefit of all users.
Bug fixes are the result of users pulling together and are often
resolved much faster than a closed source patch, saving organizations
time and money."