The Open Source Library It’s Free as in Puppy Terra Bianchi, University Archivist Margo Duncan, Systems Librarian Tiffany LeMaistre, eResources & Collection Management Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference Tuesday, March 19 th , 2013
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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
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
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