Checking Under the Hood

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1 Checking Under the Hood Why open source might be right for your library Kevin Stranack Research Associate Simon Fraser University Library

2 What are we talking about? 7 common misconceptions 7 reasons to consider using it 6 next steps

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8 It's like buying a car with a hood that you can open, as opposed to the traditional model in the software industry where the hood is locked shut. Bob Young, Former Redhat CEO

9 Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of free as in free speech, not as in free beer. Richard M. Stallman

10 4 freedoms Richard M. Stallman

11 Open source Eric S. Raymond

12 Open source is a development methodology; free software is a social movement. Unknown FSF Advocate

13 7 common misconceptions

14 Immature

15 Apache MySQL Linux Server Firefox Linux Desktop 0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00%

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17 Your Linux is ready Novell

18 Unsustainable

19 Insecure

20 Poor usability

21 Interoperability

22 Making money

23 Support

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25 1. Immature 2. Unsustainable 3. Insecure 4. Poor usability 5. No windows interoperability 6. Making money 7. Unsupported

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27 7 reasons to consider open source

28 1. Reduce costs

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35 I appreciate technology which does as promised. It allows us to concentrate on providing more and varied services to our public. Marc Pillon Windsor Public Library

36 Electronic Resource Management Federated Searching Link Resolving Integrated Library System

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38 2. Library collaboration

39 3. Staff development

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41 Play!

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45 4. Choice

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55 5. Enhance services

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68 6. Community development

69 Capacity building

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71 7. Common good

72 1. Reduce costs 2. Library collaboration 3. Staff development 4. Increased choice 5. Enhanced services 6. Community development 7. Common good

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74 6 next steps

75 Start small

76 Try linux

77 Research

78 Contact

79 Opportunities

80 Jump!

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82 7 misconceptions 7 reasons 6 next steps

83 Kevin Stranack Research Associate Simon Fraser University Library

84 Images istockphoto EveryStockPhoto

85 References Amazon Kindle Apache Asus CodeWeavers CUFTS

86 References dbwiz Drupal DRUPAL4LIB Drupalib DSpace

87 References Equinox Software Evergreen Fedora Commons Firefox GIMP

88 References GODOT Link Resolving Inkscape Koha Kwantlen Journals A-Z Liblime

89 References Library Publishing Services LibraryFind London Public Library Masterkey Moodle

90 References MySQL Novell video 1 Novell video 2 Novell video 3 Open Conference Systems

91 References Open Journal Systems Open Office OSS4LIB Paideusis PERL

92 References PHP Project Conifer Public Knowledge Project Raymond video Scribus

93 References SFU Databases A-Z Sitka Library Stallman video Suse

94 References Synergies TiVo Ubuntu Userful Virtualbox

95 References VPL Open Office VuFind Windsor Public Library WINE