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Introducing FOSS4LIB

Introducing FOSS4LIB. Helping Libraries Decide If and What Open Source Software is Right for Them. What open source options exist to meet a particular need of my library? What are the strengths and weaknesses of an open source package?

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Introducing FOSS4LIB

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  1. Introducing FOSS4LIB Helping Libraries Decide If and What Open Source Software is Right for Them

  2. What open source options exist to meet a particular needof my library? What are the strengths and weaknessesof an open source package? My library has developers with skills in specific technologies. What open source packages mesh well with the skills my library has in-house? Where can my library go to get training, documentation, hosting, and/or contract software development for a specific open source package? Are any peers usingthis open source software? Where is there more information about this open source software package?

  3. The Goal From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DiffusionOfInnovation.png

  4. FOSS4LIB Homepage Viewport dimensions are 1040x768

  5. Call to Action • Register Packages, Releases, Events and Providers • Point libraries to FOSS4LIB.ORG for help on deciding about open source software • Let me know of desires for additional decision support tools and registry functionality

  6. Acknowledgements • Funding • The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation • Consultants • Cherry Hill Company • Jay Datema, Bookism • Jeremy Frumkin • Malcolm Ramsay, Cottage Labs LLP • Nicole Engard

  7. Peter.Murray@lyrasis.org http://foss4lib.org/ 678-235-2955 Great Libraries Strong Communities Innovative Answers

  8. Static Screenshots Follow For Emergency Use Only

  9. Decision Support Tools

  10. Control Versus Responsibility Homepage

  11. Control Versus Responsibility Dynamic Type

  12. Control Versus Responsibility Dynamic Bottom

  13. Control Versus Responsibility Interpretation

  14. Questions for Parent IT Homepage

  15. Questions for Parent IT – Support

  16. Costs of Open Source Software Homepage

  17. COSST Spreadsheet

  18. Costs of Open Source Software Explanation

  19. Software Selection Tool Homepage

  20. Software Selection Tool – Identify Requirements – Budget

  21. Software Selection Tool – Bibliography

  22. FOSS4LIB Homepage Viewport dimensions are 1040x768

  23. Recently Updated Packages

  24. Recently Updated, Page 2

  25. Evergreen Package

  26. Equinox Provider

  27. Evergreen Package Page 1

  28. Evergreen International Conference

  29. Evergreen Package Page 1

  30. Evergreen Package Page 2

  31. Integrated Library System Package List

  32. Koha Package – Top

  33. Koha – Page 2 (Associations)

  34. Zotero Package dspace

  35. Search for “DSpace”

  36. DSpace Package

  37. Edit DSpace Package

  38. We are LYRASIS A non-profit, member-based organization that partners with member libraries to create, access and manage information, while building and sustaining collaboration, enhancing library and technology operations, and increasing buying power.

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