Practical Open Source Software for Libraries

✍ Scribed by Nicole Engard (Auth.)

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 248
• Series: Chandos Information Professional Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Open source refers to an application whose source code is made available for use or modification as users see fit. This means libraries gain more flexibility and freedom than with software purchased with license restrictions. Both the open source community and the library world live by the same rules and principles. Practical Open Source Software for Libraries explains the facts and dispels myths about open source. Chapters introduce librarians to open source and what it means for libraries. The reader is provided with links to a toolbox full of freely available open source products to use in their libraries.

• Provides a toolbox of practical software that librarians can use both inside and out of the library
• Draws on the author's wide-ranging practical experience with open source software both in and out of the library community
• Includes real life examples from libraries and librarians of all types and locations

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
List of figures and tables, Pages xi-xiv
Foreword, Pages xv-xvi
About the author, Page xvii
About the website, Page xix
Acknowledgements, Page xxi
Introduction, Pages xxiii-xxv
1 - What is open source?, Pages 3-11
2 - Community and open source, Pages 13-21
3 - Debunking the myths, Pages 23-28
4 - Open source and libraries, Pages 29-34
5 - Open source for day to day operations, Pages 37-53
6 - Open source web access, Pages 55-73
7 - Open source media applications, Pages 75-92
8 - Open source on the web, Pages 93-113
9 - Open sourcing collections, Pages 115-127
10 - Open source research tools, Pages 129-144
11 - Open source library automation, Pages 145-168
Afterword, Pages 169-170
Appendix 1 - Survey results, Pages 171-208
Appendix 2 - Web links, Pages 209-218
Appendix 3 - Additional references, Pages 219-237
Index, Pages 239-242