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OPEN SOURCE DEFINITIONS


OPEN SOURCE ORGANIZATIONS AND ADVOCATES

  • Open Source Initiative
    The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community (from their web site).
  • oss4lib
    Started at the Yale Medical Library in 1999 in order to build better and free systems for use in Libraries.
  • Cod4lib
    A community supporting Open Source
  • Web4lib
    A web site for the discussion of issues relating to the creation, management, and support of library-based World-Wide Web servers, services, and applications. While not exclusively focused on open source the discussion often include OSS.

A SELECTION OF OPEN SOURCE ARTICLES

 

THE OLE PROJECT

The OLE Project is a Andrew Mellon Foundation grant funded effort spearheads by Duke University, with significant support form a variety of institutions, to move beyond the current generation of Integrated Library Systems. The vision is "to design a new system that is flexible, customizable and able to meet the changing and complex needs of modern, dynamic academic libraries." (http://oleproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ole_projectdescrip_web1.pdf)

For more on the OLE Project, visit the web site: http://oleproject.org/


OPEN SOURCE APPLICATIONS USED IN AND BY LIBRARIES

Integrated Library Systems

Content Management Systems

Other Applications


LINKS TO ILS, OPAC, AND APPLICATIONS SUPPORT

Open Source Experts maintains an extensive list of Providers of Open Source Support both for library specific and other open source applications.

Conference ANNOUNCEMENT

International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL 2010)
Shaping the Information Paradigm
New Delhi * 23 – 26 February 2010

Venue: Conference at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi • 24–26 February 2010
Tutorial at IGNOU, Convention Centre, New Delhi • 23 February 2010

Continuous capacity development and awareness programmes are necessary to achieve the objective of transforming the novice into digital librarians of future. The success of ICDL 2004 and ICDL 2006 has encouraged and motivated TERI in partnership with IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) and in Association with ISIM and SLA to conduct of the ICDL 2010 which will provide yet another stimulating forum for DL professionals to share their knowledge, experience and wisdom.

Who should participate?
·        Information professionals
·        IT and knowledge service providers
·        Policy makers
·        Academicians, students and distance learner
·        E-publishers and virtual communities
·        Other stakeholders

For details of paper submission guidelines and submission process, visit <www.teriin.org/events/icdl >.

Important dates
Submission of full papers 15 September 2009
Notification of acceptance of paper with comments 30 October 2009
Submission of the final paper after incorporating comments 30 November 2009

For Early–bird registration offer please visit http://www.teriin.org/events/icdl/registration.php


Contact:
DEBAL C KAR
Organizing Secretary
ICDL Secretariat
TERI, Darbari Seth Block,
IHC Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi – 110 003, India
Telephone 24682138, 24682100, 41504900
Fax 24682144, 24682145
E-mail icdl@teri.res.in
Web www.teriin.org/events/icdl
India +91 • Delhi (0)11


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OPEN ACCESS

Open access can have a few meanings but in libraries, and on this page, Open Access refers to publishing.

 

Budapest Open Access Initiative
Support the Open Access Intiative

 

aPPliations for OPEN ACCESS REPOSITORIES


OPEN ARCHIVES

 

Notable Open Source Sites

Links below demonstrate the Open Source philosophy and are added periodically.

  • Open Jurist

    Its mission: to provide access to published court opinions without charge. We currently have over 600,000 opinions from the US Supreme Court and US Courts of Appeal. Also available: First, Second and Third series of The Federal Reports.
    To volunteer or for questions and comments visit openjurist@gmail.com