The Open Source Library: It's Free As in Puppy
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At the University of Texas at Tyler Libraries we went from relying on proprietary software to implementing an open source ILS, ERM, and IR in less than two years. We did this without extra staff, money, or time. We shared our experiences learning from our mistakes and the community with attendees at the 2013 ER&L Conference.
The Open Source Library: It's Free As in Puppy
- 1. The Open Source Library Its 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
- 2. 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
- 3. Open Source Free Unreliable Unsupported Insecure Unprofessional Misconceptions
- 4. Our Open Source Koha ILS CORAL ERM DSpace Archon Drupal 5 open source programs in 3 years
- 5. Why go Open Source? Free as in lunch
- 6. Why go Open Source? Free as in speech
- 7. Free as in speech Different support structure My understanding of the ILS development cycle
- 8. Free as in speech Different support structure My experience with the open source development cycle
- 9. Free as in speech Different support structure Proprietary Open Source customization customization limited by vendor & money unlimited customization
- 10. Free as in speech Different support structure Proprietary Open Source development cycle enhancement requests & vendor-initiated development RFCs & in- house development
- 11. Free as in speech Different support structure Proprietary Open Source listservs, user groups, wikis paid support team community supported
- 12. Why go Open Source? Free as in puppy
- 13. Free as in puppy Who will walk the puppy? Service contract IT skills Developers Koha Implementation Koha Hourly Loans Koha Acquisitions Project Koha - now DSpace CORAL & Archon Drupal RFCs
- 14. Free as in puppy What about food and shots? Server 1 year service contract Training Handle System
- 15. Free as in puppy Is it worth it? High Cost Light Time Investment Low Cost Heavy Time Investment No ERMCORAL ILS Drupal HTML & CSS Archon Koha DSpace? LibGuides ERM
- 16. Questions? tbianchi@uttyler.edu | mduncan@uttyler.edu | tlemaistre@uttyler.edu
- 17. 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/fe atures/10-common-myths-about-open- source-software/
- 18. 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/com mons/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/20 12/04/12/21/38/animals-30753_640.png?i Question mark courtesy of Wikimedia commons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/com mons/thumb/d/d7/Blue_question_mark.jpg/ 600px-Blue_question_mark.jpg