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Open Source for Libraries

Some Useful Links

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

Partnership & PTFS Europe

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General Open Source / Library Automation Information

•Code4lib - http://code4lib.org/

•Planet Code4lib - http://planet.code4lib.org/

•OSS4lib - http://www.oss4lib.org/

•Library Technology Guides - http://www.librarytechnology.org/

•‘Self Plagiarism is Style’ (Dave Pattern’s Blog) - http://www.daveyp.com/blog/

•Mashed Library UK 2009 - http://mashlib09.wordpress.com/

•Stephen’s Lighthouse - http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/

•‘Disruptive Library Technology Jester’ blog - http://dltj.org/

•Panlibus Blog - http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/

•PTFS Europe - http://www.ptfs-europe.com/

•Ken Chad Consulting – http://www.kenchadconsulting.com/ & on http://www.slideshare.net/kenchad

•Open Libraries Site – http://www.openlibraries.eu/

•JISC / Sconul report on future of the LMS in HE - http://www.kenchadconsulting.co.uk/images/stories/lmsstudy.pdf

•Open Library Environment - http://oleproject.org/

•..and many more – explore some of the links off these and you’ll soon find them!

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Evergreen Links / Information

•Evergreen homepage - http://www.open-ils.org/

•Evergreen Demo System - http://demo.gapines.org/

•Evergreen ILS Blog - http://evergreen-ils.org/blog/

•Equinox (Evergreen support & development) – http://www.esilibrary.com/esi/

•Equinox Blog - http://blog.esilibrary.com/

•Presentation on the ‘Conifer’ project -

http://www.slideshare.net/kramsey/implementing-a-shared-instance-of-the-evergreen-ils-for-an-academic-library-consortium-in-ontario-presentation

•Dan Scott’s Blog - http://coffeecode.net/

•Pines Evergreen Consortium - http://www.georgialibraries.org/public/pines.php

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Koha Links / Information

•Koha Homepage- http://www.koha.org/

•Koha Demo Links - http://www.koha.org/showcase/

•Nicole Engard’s Blog - http://www.web2learning.net/

•Liblime(Koha & other support & development) – http://liblime.com/

•Liblime Blog - http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/

•Index Data - http://www.indexdata.dk/

•Biblibre- http://www.biblibre.com/english

•Nelsonville Libraries Koha blog - http://www.myacpl.org/koha/

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VuFind Info / Links

•VuFind Homepage- http://www.vufind.org/

•VuFind Demo Links - http://www.vufind.org/demo/

•Villanova University OPAC - http://library.villanova.edu/Find

•National Library of Australia OPAC – http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/

•Georgia Tech University OPAC - http://finder.library.gatech.edu/

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Don’t forget, the above is really just a taster, there’s lots more out there!

Mark Hughes,

Head of Collections,

Library & Information Services,

Swansea University

Tel: 01792 295026

m.j.hughes@swansea.ac.uk

http://twitter.com/Mark_H_Swansea

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