LINUX - Are open operating systems really free?

[Rob Spragg]

The LITA Emerging Technologies Interest Group Presents:

LINUX - Are open operating systems really free?

ALA Annual Conference 2000 Chicago

Date:  July 9, 2000
Day:  Sunday
Time:  9:30am - 12:30 pm
Location: MCC - E151 (McCormick Place)

The Linux operating system a has become a darling of the media in recent
years.  Once an operating system used only by academics and Unix gurus,
Linux has made inroads in data centers and arrived on the
desktops of many organizations.  This program will focus not on the features
of Linux but rather the support options and costs. Hear what some libraries
are doing with Linux and what it took to get them there. Join us as we cut
through some of the hype surrounding Linux and get down to the nuts and
bolts of supporting Linux in a library setting. For other programs on LINUX
and open source systems see the LITA Microcomputer Users Group program on
Saturday from 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM and the new LITA Open Source Interest
Group program on Saturday from 2:00 PM to 5:30 PM.

Speakers:

Chuck Bearden, Electronic Resources Librarian, Fondren Library, Rice
University
Jeremy A. Frumkin, Meta-data Librarian, University of Arizona Library
John Morris, Network Technician,  Beauregard Parish Library
Eric Sisler, Library Computer Technician, Westminster Public Library

Rob Spragg
Coordinator of Distributed Computing
University of Houston Libraries
RSpragg at UH.EDU
(713) 743-9662