Category Archives: Open Source

March Issue of CIL Magazine on Open Source

The Computers in Libraries March issue has lots of articles on open source software in libraries. I haven’t had a chance to look at this issue yet, but it looks like it has some good articles by familiar names in library OSS.

Content Management Systems are Hot

Content Management Systems are a hot tool in libraries right now. At our place alone, we’re using Drupal for our main website, WordPress as a basic CMS for multiple sites, and we are helping one of our member libraries build a new site with Joomla. Libraries are becoming interested in making their websites more dynamic [...]

Upcoming Presentations

Getting Results with Google February 12th CO-ASIST – Columbus, Ohio Tune-Up Your Library’s Website February 21 SWON Libraries – Springfield, Ohio Technology Trends March 20th SWON Libraries – Blue Ash, Ohio Open Source Applications April 9th Computers in Libraries Conference – Washington D.C. Mobile Devices in Libraries (OLC Boot Camp) April 29th Ohio Library Council [...]

Computers in Libraries 2008

The advance program is available for the Computers in Libraries Conference in April. Look at session B302 and you’ll see that I’m co-presenting Open Source Applications as part of the Open Source Track on Wednesday. Open Source has gained a huge amount of momentum in libraries. So I’m really glad to see an entire track [...]

Upcoming Presentations

Tune-Up Your Library’s Website January 17th SWON Libraries – Blue Ash, Ohio Google Tools February 12th CO-ASIST – Columbus, Ohio Tune-Up Your Library’s Website February 21 SWON Libraries – Springfield, Ohio Technology Trends March 20th SWON Libraries – Blue Ash, Ohio Open Source Applications April 9th Computers in Libraries Conference – Washington D.C. Mobile Devices [...]