The Open Source Library: It's Free As in Puppy

The Open Source LibraryIt’s Free as in Puppy

Terra Bianchi, University Archivist

Margo Duncan, Systems Librarian

Tiffany LeMaistre, eResources & Collection Management

Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

The University of Texas at Tyler• Founded in 1971• Joined UT System in

1979• 259 acres in East Texas• 6,875 students

• 5,251 undergraduate• 1,624 graduate

• 47 undergraduate, 43 graduate, & 2 doctoral programs

Open Source

• Free• Unreliable• Unsupported• Insecure• Unprofessional

Misconceptions

Our Open Source

• Koha ILS

• CORAL ERM

• DSpace

• Archon

• Drupal

5 open source programs in 3 years

Why go Open Source?

Free as in lunch

Why go Open Source?

Free as in speech

Free as in speechDifferent support structureMy understanding of the ILS development cycle

Free as in speechDifferent support structureMy experience with the open source development cycle

Free as in speechDifferent support structure

Proprietary Open Source

customization

customization limited by vendor & money

unlimited customization

Free as in speechDifferent support structure

Proprietary Open Source

development cycle

enhancement requests &

vendor-initiated development

RFCs & in-house

development

Free as in speechDifferent support structure

Proprietary Open Source

listservs, user groups, wikis

paid support team

community supported

Why go Open Source?

Free as in puppy

Free as in puppyWho will walk the puppy?

Service contract IT skills Developers

Koha Implementation

Koha – Hourly Loans

Koha – Acquisitions Project

Koha - now

DSpace

CORAL & Archon

Drupal

RFCs

Free as in puppyWhat about food and shots?

• Server• 1 year service contract• Training• Handle System

Free as in puppyIs it worth it? High Cost

Light Time Investment

Low Cost

Heavy Time Investment

No ERMCORAL

ILS

Drupal HTML & CSS

Archon

Koha

DSpace?LibGuides

ERM

Questions?

tbianchi@uttyler.edu | mduncan@uttyler.edu | tlemaistre@uttyler.edu

Citations• Hoepman, J., & Jacobs, B. (2007).

INCREASED SECURITY Through Open Source. Communications Of The ACM, 50(1), 79-83.

• Koha Library Software (2013). Official Website of Koha Library Software. Retrieved March 6th, 2013 from http://koha-community.org/

• Open Source Initiative (2013). The Open Source Initiative. Retrieved March 6th, 2013 from http://opensource.org/

• Dries Buytaert. Drupal - Open Source CMS Retrieved March 6th, 2012 from http://drupal.org/

• DSpace (2013). www.dspace.org. Retrieved March 6th, 2013 from http://www.dspace.org/

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012). Archon: The Simple Archival Information System. Retrieved March 6th, 2013 from http://www.archon.org/

• University of Notre Dame (2012). An Open Source ERMS for Libraries | CORAL. Retrieved March 6th, 2013 from http://erm.library.nd.edu

• The University of Texas at Tyler (2013). Fast Facts. Retrieved March 6th, 2013 from http://www.uttyler.edu/about/facts.php

• Windor, Ralph (2013). 10 Common Myths About Open Source Software. Retrieved March 6th, 2013 from http://digitalassetmanagementnews.org/features/10-common-myths-about-open-source-software/

Citations• Photograph of the UT Tyler Bell Tower

courtesy of The University of Texas at Tyler Archives

• Drupal Icon from Drupal.org http://drupal.org/files/druplicon.large_.png

• DSpace icon from DSpace.org http://www.dspace.org/

• Archon icon from http://www.archon.org/

• CORAL icon from http://erm.library.nd.edu/

• Koha icon from http://koha-community.org/

• PBJ courtesy of Wikimedia Commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/PBJ.jpg/664px-PBJ.jpg

• Megaphone courtesy of Pixabay http://pixabay.com/en/handheld-megaphone-tool-electric-33944/

• Puppy courtesy of Deviant Art http://olorinpc.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Puppy-92743859

• Dog supplies courtesy of http://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2012/04/12/21/38/animals-30753_640.png?i

• Question mark courtesy of Wikimedia commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_question_mark.jpg/600px-Blue_question_mark.jpg