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The Dynix Institute's next offering is James LaRue: Open Source, Open Minds May 12, 2004, 8 AM to 9 AM Pacific.
The Open Source model of collaborative software development, building on the work of others, is a close match to the culture of the library. This session will discuss the uses and advantages of Open Source server and desktop applications on Windows, Mac OS, and Linux platforms.
Registration required. The book The Cathedral & the Bazaar was a real eye-opener. I kept thinking "YES." I find much of the thought in the open source community to be closely aligned to my personal understanding of libraries.




- Museum Collection Management Tool
Specify 6 is an open-source tool for the museum community to organize their holdings.Specify is a client-server database platform for museums and herbaria which processes specimen information for computerizing holdings, managing collection management...

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The latest issue of WebJunction focuses on OS. The articles include:New Zealand Leads the Way: the Horowhenua Open Source Story by Rosalie Blake and Rachel Hamilton-WilliamsOpen Source Software in the Meadville Public Library by Cindy MurdockNelsonville...

- Open Source
The Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography compiled by Brenda Chawner "includes announcements, journal articles, and web documents that are about open source software development in libraries. It also includes articles that describe specific...

- Open Source
A very interesting looking book is now available from LITA, Open Source Software for LibrariesThis guide introduces the reader to OSS and how it could benefit libraries, and illustrates this with a variety of library projects that have both used and developed...

- Copyright And Open Source
In my professional reading recently, two books complemented each other very strongly. I have just finished Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity by Siva Vaidhyanathan an historical overview of the...



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