1. Beer, Speech, and Kittens: Jennifer Parsons Library Support Representative MOBIUS Consortium Office An Introduction to Open Source Solutions and What They (Might) Mean to Libraries
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4. “ Free” as in… Beer for your personal enjoyment Speech benefits the entire community of users Kittens free to take, but costly to maintain
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7. Where do open source solutions (OSS) come from? Hint: It’s not where you think.
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18. OSS and the Library Software Market In the past, libraries employed automation strategies to manage multiple turnkey applications. The integrated library system (ILS) was developed in response by software companies.
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21. OSS and Tomorrow’s Libraries … and create a world where information is more open and more free?
22. Thank You You, the audience For your time and consideration Librarians across MOBIUS For their curiosity and willingness to experiment with OSS MACPAC For graciously accepting this presentation MCO Staff For support, criticism, and the fantastic idea of using lolcats
24. Image Credits Android.com The Apache Software Foundation (www.apache.org) I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? (www.icanhascheezburger.com) LOLCATS.com The Mozilla Project (www.mozilla.org) OpenOffice.org