Open Source Integrated Library Systems
- "A thorough process of evaluating an integrated library system (ILS) today would not be complete without also weighing the open source ILS products against their proprietary counterparts." — Chapter 4, "Open Source Integrated Library Systems"
In this issue, Breeding details the differences between using an open source approach to that of using conventional proprietary software for automated operations.
"In the past, our options were differentiated on the basis of features, functionality, price, and performance of the software and the perceived ability for a given company to develop its products into the future and provide adequate support. Do these factors differ with open source ILS products?"
Breeding's report can help answer that question as well as defines open source and provides an overview of the various open source options currently available to libraries, including Koha and Evergreen.
November 2008
In Smart Libraries Newsletter: "Koha in Delhi, India"Marshall Breeding reports on the Delhi Public Library's choice to implement open-source software, Koha, for its automated services.
"In tune with the worldwide trend toward open-source software, the Delhi Public Library has embarked on a project to shift...to Koha," notes Breeding in the November issue of Smart Libraries Newsletter.
"This initial deployment of Koha for the Delhi Public Library represents a a fairly modest endeavor [as compared to] the demands of a large municipal public library in the U.S....But this examination of the Delhi Public Library's adoption of Koha provides an excellent snapshot of library automation in the developing world."
Also by Breeding This Month... "ISIS Moves into the Open-Source Arena"
And in SLN in November by Tom Peters
- "Go Directly to GoWeb3D" — "What if you could experience three-dimensional virtual environments right in a standard Web browser, without having to download and install special software?" Peters asks in the November issue of SLN. "A small start-up company, 'GoWeb3D,' is trying to figure out how users will be able to do just that."
