[Web4lib] Open Source Software ...

[Sylvia Nurse]

The Computers in Libraries March 2008 issue has some great articles on Open Source Software:

- Using Open Source to Give Patrons What They Want (by Amy Begg De Groff)

- Making a Business Case for Open Source ILS (by Marshall Breeding)

- What Librarians Still Don't Know About Open Source (by Daniel Chudnov)

- Open Source Becomes More Accessible (by Janet L. Balas)

- What Can Open Source Do for You? (by Rachel Singer Gordon and Jessamyn West)

 

Hungry to learn more about Open Source Software?  On April 17th there are a couple of cool ½ day British Columbia Library Association (BCLA) Pre-Conference workshops taking place in Richmond, British Columbia:  

Open Journal Systems (OJS) in a Nutshell

Free beer anyone? ... Leveraging the power of open source software for your organization

 

Sylvia Nurse

Manager, Library Systems

British Columbia Courthouse Library Society

604.660.2405