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From Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Swan: Open Source Software Grows Up

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Date & Time

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location

SWON Libraries Office

Speaker(s)

Glen Horton, Technology Coordinator
SWON Libraries

Description

Free/open source software has been around for a long time. Until recently, however, much of this software lacked the usability and features of its commercial counterparts. Today, many open source projects have "grown up" and now have many benefits over commercial software. More and more libraries are using open source and some are even creating their own.

In this hands-on session, Glen will discuss several open source projects already being used by libraries to supplement or replace costly, proprietary software:

  • Staff and public PCs
  • Online catalogs
  • Wireless hotspots
  • Digital collections
  • Social software (blogs, wikis, instant messaging)