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Library Systems @Zero Cost by Omar Farhoud Library Systems @Zero Cost by Omar Farhoud 15th AMICAL Annual Conference Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Outline • Open Source Software • Open Source Library systems • Cost of Open Source Software • The perfect digital library model 5/7/2018 Open Source Software Software Open Proprietary Source Freeware Free Open Source Commercial 5/7/2018 Open Source Software • What is open source software? “Open source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify, and enhance.” opensource.com https://opensource.com/resources/what-open-source 5/7/2018 Open Source Software https://itsfoss.com/10-funny-jokes-pictures-windows-mac-linux/ Just because you pay for it, it doesn't mean it's better. 5/7/2018 Open Source Library systems Archival Record Content Management Bibliography Compilation Manager and Editor Framework • AtoM - Access To • JabRef • Potthakalaya • MULtifacet Memory • TextCite • SWORD • EPADD • RefDB • Library À La Carte • Binder • Refbase • Drupal • ArchivesSpace • Bibwiki • ExSite9 • BibCiter • Cinch • Zotero • CollectiveAccess • Qubit • Archon • Archivists' Toolkit foss4lib.org 5/7/2018 Open Source Library systems Content Data Preservation Course Management Digital Repository Management System and Management •OpenScholar •Moodle •VeraPDF •Dspace •Sufia •FixityBerry •Eprints •Piwik •Siegfried •ContentDM •Vireo •MediaSCORE Integration •Open Room •Web Archive Player •Omeka •Open Monograph •PERICLES Extraction •Fedora Repository Press Tool •Etc. •Avalon Media •OpenWayback System •DMPTool •MaiaCMS •Joomla •LibrarianDB foss4lib.org 5/7/2018 Open Source Library systems Electronic Resource Image Display and Discovery Interface Electronic Reserves Management Manipulation • Biblio-Z3950 • Reserve Direct • ERMes • VIPS • Lucene • Syrup • ReSearcher • Digilib • Solr • FreERMS • Mirador • LibraryFind • CORAL • ColorSharp • VuFind • Etc. • T-PEN • Blacklight • IIPImage • Etc. • Etc. foss4lib.org 5/7/2018 Open Source Library systems Integrated Interlibrary Journal Knowledge Library System Loan Publishing Base • PMB • FulfILLment • Open Journal • Kbplus • NewGenLib • OpenRequest Systems • Guide On The • OpenBiblio • OpenILL Side • Evergreen • Prospero • BibApp • Koha • Vivo • ABCD • RT: Request • Etc. Tracker • TemaTres Vocabulary Server • Bibserver foss4lib.org 5/7/2018 Open Source Library systems Metadata Preservation Link Resolver Reference Manipulation Repository • OpenURL • Spark OAI • DuraCloud • Open Local • Keystone Harvester • Fixity Information Resolver • VuFind • DAITSS Directory • Umlaut Harvest • LORLS • GODOT • Metadata • WASSAIL Hopper • Assignment • Krikri Calculator • Repox • Libstats • Scripto • SubjectsPlus • Protégé Desktop • Etc. 5/7/2018 Open Source Library systems 1 more open source software for online room reservation? OpenRoom: a simple online interface for managing and reserving rooms. 5/7/2018 Cost of Open Source Software 1. Acquisition Costs • Purchasing of the software and supporting software • Hardware • Bandwidth / Networking / Cloud 5/7/2018 Cost of Open Source Software 2. Deployment Costs Planning Backup Installation Redundancy / Failover Migration Customization Testing Documentation Monitoring User-training 5/7/2018 Cost of Open Source Software 3. Staffing Costs • New Jobs (programmers, administrators, etc.) • Training • Continuous staff support 5/7/2018 Cost of Open Source Software 4. Support and Services • Community membership • Commercial support costs • Outsourced customization 5/7/2018 The perfect digital library model A digital library @ zero cost includes: ILS: Integrated Library System ILS IR: Institutional Repository DS: Discovery Tool DL: Digital Library DL IR DS 5/7/2018 The perfect digital library model DS: ILS: Koha IR: Dspace VuFind Operating Programming Database Web Server System Languages • Linux • PostgreSQL • Apache • Java Tomcat • JavaScript • CSS 5/7/2018 The perfect digital library model Integration with other university entities: Library ERP Systems HRMS 5/7/2018 The perfect digital library model List of service providers https://koha-community.org/support/paid-support/country/ *The support companies are listed by country http://www.dspace.org/service-providers *Registered Service Providers (RSP) https://vufind.org/vufind/support.html *Free and Commercial Support 5/7/2018 Questions ? 5/7/2018.
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