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Open Source for Libraries

Theory & Practice

A Joint Seminar presented by Swansea University, South West Wales Higher Education

Partnership & PTFS Europe

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Agenda slide

10.00 - 10.30 Arrival and coffee.

10.30 - 10.45 Swansea University – Introduction & Welcome

10.45 – 11.45 PTFS - Overview Open Source / Ken Chad - Open Source and The

New Networked Information Economy

11.45 - 12.30 Swansea University / SWWHEP - VuFind and Resource discovery

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 - 14.45 PTFS Open Source demo

14.45 - 15.00 Swansea University – Open RFID in Libraries Specification (ORILS)

15.00 - 15.30 Q&A's & Tea

15.30 Close.

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The Context

The LibraryFinancial

Pressures

Increased User Expectation

New / Improved

Services

Efficiency

Requirements

Integration

The Web /

Network level

Competition

New Digital

Media

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Library Systems – solution or problem?

• Contracting vendor market

• Lack of differentiation

•Ageing Architecture

•Cost

•Development cycle

•Development to *your*

needs

•‘Add ons’ vs Standard

features

Alternatives?

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Open Source – UFD..questions / questions…

•FUD = Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt

•What is Open Source?

•What can I do with it?

•How does that work in practice?

•Development?

•Support?

•Where’s the benefit for MY library?

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Thanks & Enjoy the day…

Mark Hughes,

Head of Collections,

Library & Information Services,

Swansea University

Tel: 01792 295026

m.j.hughes@swansea.ac.uk

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