LITA Open Source Program at ALA

[Frumkin, Jeremy]

[apologies for cross-posting]


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LITA Open Source Systems Interest Group Program:
"Web Tools and Digital Resources: Open Source Then and Now"
Sunday, June 17, 2001, 8:30am-10:30am
Marriot Golden Gate Section B

Access and services that libraries provide is often limited by the software 
and services that they are able to purchase.  But an
alternative--freely-available open source software--is available to help
libraries improve and shape services and better meet users' needs. But how
can librarians get involved in development of these products and contribute
to the process?  This program features open source developers discussing
their projects:  Larry Wall and PERL, Eric Lease Morgan and
MyLibrary at NCState, and Willem Schulton with projects in rural public
libraries.

Speakers: 
1. Willem Scholten, Executive Director, Waitt Family Foundation Technology
Resource Center, Seattle, WA

2. Eric Lease Morgan, Networked Resources Development Librarian, North
Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC 27695-7111 

3. Larry Wall, PERL Inventor and author, c/o O'Reilly & Associates,
Sebastopol, CA 95472