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Getting open source into public
libraries

Getting open source into public
libraries 12/15/2003 08:09 AM
Editor's note: Bob Kerr has tackled an important task: Making open source software available through local libraries. He's been extremely successful at doing it. But that's not all. He has also written a Howto on the subject so that others can follow his lead. We invited Bob to do a commentary on the subject for NewsForge, and he has graciously accepted. If you are looking for a way to help spread open source software to those still on the wrong side of the digital divide, Bob writes with intimate knowledge of one way you can do just that.

NewsForge | Getting open source into
public libraries

NewsForge | Getting open source into
public libraries 12/16/2003 07:49 AM
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OpenOffice CDs live for lending in
Scottish libraries

OpenOffice CDs live for lending in
Scottish libraries 12/18/2003 11:54 AM
Stocking stuff you're supposed to copy? There's a pitch to attract librarians...

Open Source and Libraries: A Fine Match

Open Source and Libraries: A Fine Match 02/14/2004 05:25 PM
Guardian: O ffice politics. Bob Kerr, a member of the Edinburgh Linux Users Group, has convinced more than 80% of Scotland's public libraries to stock OpenOffice - the free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Office.

Global Libraries and open source
infrastructure

Global Libraries and open source
infrastructure 04/07/2005 10:58 PM

Great article in Slate by Paul Boutin on Brewster Kahle called The Archivist. It mentions ourmedia.org. We're proud to be associated with Brewster. As JD and I have gone around and explained ourmedia.org to folks, the #1 question we get back is: "and who is this guy Brewster? Free - forever? Yah - right!"

So from now on - I'll just point them at this and many other articles on Brewster and the Internet Archive. Currently we're little more than a better front-end and community to the IA. We've got lots of work done on attaching meta-data to media, but until we get open APIs - like Fickr's - we ain't done yet.

Collections, ratings, better tags - we've got our work cut out for us. But we'll also be getting new kinds of services integrated - like the Jon Udell/Doug Kaye clipping service lick. Or Bittorrent support.

Who knows - maybe even Orb or Brightcove support.

ourmedia.org will be infrastructure for anyone to build on top of. They'll be full source-code implementations available so we're hoping for all sorts of 'white-labeled' ourmedia's. We use a system called Drupal - and this is what it's all about. Building reference designs so others can take it and run with it.

Maybe even some major high-end media tool company will build a protoype tool with it.

Or maybe Clay Shirky wil require all his students to get 'situated' with it. In an afternoon.

New Cool Tools: iPal and tool lending
libraries

New Cool Tools: iPal and tool lending
libraries 06/17/2004 06:12 PM
The latest Cool Tools newsletter is out, with amazing stuff as usual. My favorites this time are a battery-powered amplifier-speaker that you can plug an iPod into for blasting music, and a description of "tool lending" libraries. Link (If you don't see them on the Cool Tools site, wait a couple of hours, Kevin sends the emails before updating the site. Better yet, sign up for the list)

First-ever public demo of an open-source
PC on Monday

First-ever public demo of an open-source
PC on Monday 12/11/2003 05:01 PM
The OpenCores movement, which produces open-source-licensed "code" for producing chips using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) has built a complete RISC computer that runs Linux using open source libraries to describe the hardware characteristics. This means that your open source operating system can now run on open source microprocessors. Monday will mark the first-ever public demonstration of the system.

On Monday, December 15, at 7pm, OpenCores developer Damjan Lampret will give the first public demonstration of an all-Open Source System-On-Chip (SoC) at the Freedom Technology Center in Mountain View, California, USA. The new OpenCores System-On-Chip, developed and manufactured by Flextronics Semiconductor, runs Linux, uClinux, or eCos. The SoC is exclusively built with freely licensed OpenCores IP cores. The chip includes the OpenRISC OR1200 32-bit processor, a Memory Controller for SDRAM/FLASH/SRAM, a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet MAC, 32-bit, 33/66MHz PCI support, and a 16550 UART.

Link (Thanks, Seth!)

CUWiN Goes Public with Open-Source Mesh
System

CUWiN Goes Public with Open-Source Mesh
System 02/01/2005 09:12 PM
The Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Network (CUWiN) released the fruit of their efforts at the end of the week: The project is an open-source effort to provide mesh networking with no center. The system is self configuring among nodes which need no non-volatile or permanent storage. To set up a CUWiN network, you burn a CD with the 0.5.5 software later this week and use it to boot a computer with a support wireless card. The system finds nearby nodes, creates tables, and establishes itself as part of the network. The software is free and open source. The full press release is after the jump....

UK launches 'critical' public sector
open source initiative

UK launches 'critical' public sector
open source initiative 04/09/2005 05:19 AM
ZDNet Apr 9 2005 7:59AM GMT

Ayamon Announces Public Beta Testing of
Open Source Support Website

Ayamon Announces Public Beta Testing of
Open Source Support Website 06/15/2004 02:15 AM
Ayamon is pleased to announce public beta testing of a new website designed to help businesses and individuals find commercial support and consulting services for Open Source software. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2004]

Open Source group wins € 2.6m EC
grant for public sector push

Open Source group wins € 2.6m EC
grant for public sector push 04/16/2004 08:50 AM
'Local business ecosystems'

Open Media Lending Database

Open Media Lending Database 11/15/2003 12:05 PM
MySQL 4.0.X LOCK TABLE privileges issue.

Open Media Lending Database 0.80

Open Media Lending Database 0.80 09/23/2004 01:12 AM
A lending system for DVDs, VHS, VCDs, DIVX, CDs, games, books, etc.

Open Media Lending Database 0.80rc1

Open Media Lending Database 0.80rc1 09/02/2004 03:57 AM
A lending system for DVDs, VHS, VCDs, DIVX, CDs, games, books, etc.

Open Media Lending Database 0.81
(Default branch)

Open Media Lending Database 0.81
(Default branch) 02/01/2005 09:46 PM
The Open Media Lending Database (OpenDb) is an extremely flexible application to catalogue all sorts of things including DVD, VCD, CD, VHS, games, books, and Laser Discs. Anything that you can collect and lend, you can catalogue with this system. The OpenDb allows you to add new types by describing them in system database tables designed for the purpose.

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Changes:
This release included bugfixes and integrated thumbnail support for images, a redesigned Site Plugins architecture, and IMDB, FREEDB, AMAZON, and MICHAELD plugins included as part of the core. Change user support that allows admins to temporarily login as another non-admin user to check in items was implemented along with a Last Items List on the login page.

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits." 02/17/2004 11:57 PM
As per a recent post, I love to see (and hope to one day do it myself) Open Source Software in Non-Profits. Seems http://www.nosi.net found my post: http://thelostolive.net/tlo/comments.php?id=1786_0_1_0_C And commented the release of its new guide "Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits." And now in their own words: ___snip____ -- From: Katrin Verclas Email: steering (a) nosi.net Hi, Kevin - NOSI actually just released a new...

ACCESS AT UK PUBLIC LIBRARIES

ACCESS AT UK PUBLIC LIBRARIES 12/30/2003 07:42 PM
IN THE UK MOST PUBLIC LIBRARIES CAN BE ACCESSED. THEN AGAIN WHY NOT JUST POP IN AS THE WEB IS ACCESSED FREE ANYWAY.

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group 05/07/2004 04:33 PM
A key leader in the open-source software movement has been appointed to the board of Open Source Risk Management, which is defending the legal standing of open-source software.

Internet Revives Public Libraries

Internet Revives Public Libraries 04/27/2004 07:28 AM

IM Should Be One of Top Strategic
Technologies for Public Libraries for
2005

IM Should Be One of Top Strategic
Technologies for Public Libraries for
2005 04/28/2004 12:19 AM
IM One of Top Strategic Technologies for 2005

"IM is among the top strategic technologies for 2005 selected by Gartn er.

Given the popularity of instant messaging, enterprises who want to keep employees happy and more productive will need to set policies for the use of instant messaging. In the future IM will be more integrated into applications, rather than an island of online dialog that vapourises when the window is closed. (via Dan Farber ZDNet Australia)" [Smart Mobs]

Publishing the Public Domain in Illinois
Libraries??

Publishing the Public Domain in Illinois
Libraries?? 01/16/2004 11:28 AM

In response to yester day's criticism of Illinois Governor Blagojevich's plan to spend money on 12 books per child per year rather than on libraries, Ernest Miller comes up with a most interesting proposal.

Book Publishing in Every School and Library

"Why not split the difference?

What if Illinois spent at least part of the $26 million for the book give away program to install book publishing equipment in every library in Illinois? Then, just like the Internet Bookmobile, children would be able to walk into a library and walk out with a book they could keep. Frankly, I think every school and library should have book publishing equipment. Given enough scale it is probably cheaper to print out most public domain books and give them away then deal with the costs of checking them out and restocking. Heck, you could have an option: check the book out and be subject to possible late fees, or pay $1 or so and keep the book. Might work out pretty well."

Now there's a vision! I'm smelling a grant on the horizon (because I don't see the Governor compromising). Any SLS library want to be my guinea pig?!  :-)

Public Libraries Trading Quaintness For
Cash

Public Libraries Trading Quaintness For
Cash 12/02/2003 02:31 PM
theodp writes "To help nourish lean budgets, public libraries are increasingly eyeing the e-commerce used-book market as an alternative to the long-standing ...

New Year's Technology Resolutions for
Public Libraries

New Year's Technology Resolutions for
Public Libraries 01/06/2004 03:21 AM

For 2004:

1. Start a blog for your web site, and concentrate most of your news there. If possible, put the blog posts on your home page (either make it a blog or display headlines using RSS) so that your new information gets maximum exposure. I'm not just hyping blogs - it truly will make it easier for you to keep your site more current and dynamic, and there are ways to do this at no additional cost.
    
2. Provide remote access to as many of your databases as possible, preferably using the patron's library barcode number as the autho key rather than some inane autho/password combination required by the vendor. A standing offer for SLS libraries: we'll implement scripts to help you with this - just email me.
    
3. Start investigating wireless networks because you need to offer wireless access for the public to use with their own devices. Even if you don't think you will implement it this year, you need to understand what's involved because you will offer it at some point in the future and it's best to be prepared when that time comes. I know some people will argue that not all public libraries need to offer this service, or at least not any time soon, but you can only make an informed decision if you understand what's involved.

   Example: a couple of weeks ago I was interviewed for a forthcoming article in the Chicago Sun-Times about technology in libraries. The paper sent a photographer to get a picture of me for the article, and we met at the Thomas Ford Memorial Library to do this. The photographer was a gadget guy, so he was particularly interested in hearing about ListenIllinois and wireless access. He was thrilled to learn that the TFML offered free WiFi, and he was even knowledgeable enough to ask why there were no signs highlighting the service, specifically any warchalking symbols. In fact, he said he was willing to sit in his car in the parking lot when the Library is closed to use it because it would save him a trip downtown. TFML isn't his home library, but it hadn't occurred to him to go to public libraries for this service instead of Starbucks. Now, he'll try us first and Starbucks second.

   Is this guy on the leading edge of the bell curve? Sure. But that just means that the larger number of people that make up the camel's hump of the bell curve are on the horizon. You don't have to provide wireless access today (although you really will have patrons that use it, just like TFML does, even without any marketing), but you do need to start thinking about it.

4. In the same vein, you need to start thinking about online, real-time reference. In Illinois, there are consortia you can join to make the strain on your resources easier, and this is increasingly true in other states as well. Insta nt messaging and chatting are moving beyond Generation Y and are becoming a norm, making this a valid channel for library reference here and now. To again use the Thomas Ford Library as an example (I like using them because they are a relatively small library surrounded by larger libraries), while I was waiting for the photographer to show up, Rick was "on" the virtual reference desk for MyWebLibrarian, and he received two help requests within about a half hour. This was a little before lunchtime on a weekday when school was out of session.

   Again, think bell curve. You don't have to implement it tomorrow, but you do have to understand what your options are, even if you just throw up an AOL Instant Messenger link for specific hours each week, just to get your feet wet. (In fact, this is exactly what TFML did before they joined MWL.)

If your library is already doing all of these things, congratulations! Of course, you can't rest on your laurels, but those would be resolutions for another day....

Ashcroft orders public libraries to
destroy law books

Ashcroft orders public libraries to
destroy law books 08/03/2004 02:39 PM
The Justice Department is ordering public libraries to destroy certain books it has deemed not "appropriate for external use."

The Department of Justice has called for these five public documents, two of which are texts of federal statutes, to be removed from depository libraries and destroyed, making their content available only to those with access to a law office or law library.

The topics addressed in the named documents include information on how citizens can retrieve items that may have been confiscated by the government during an investigation. The documents to be removed and destroyed include: Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Procedure; Select Criminal Forfeiture Forms; Select Federal Asset Forfeiture Statutes; Asset forfeiture and money laundering resource directory; and Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA).

Link

Update

"[T]he Department has determined that these materials are "not sufficiently sensitive to require removal from the depository library system."

Drew sez: "I was outraged when I read the story about Ashcroft ordering librarties to destroy books related to criminal forfeiture procedures, so I did some digging. ResourceShelf is carrying a brief that mentions that the Justice department is rescinding the order. Phew."

Public Libraries, the Internet and the
Impact of the Gates Foundation

Public Libraries, the Internet and the
Impact of the Gates Foundation 04/22/2004 08:00 PM
BeSpacific Apr 23 2004 0:49AM GMT

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine 03/08/2004 11:20 PM
http://www.darwinmag.com/read/030104/open.html ASK A GROUP OF corporate IT leaders whether they'd rather stick their arms into a box of tarantulas or allow open source software (OSS) on their networks, and odds are most would start rolling up their sleeves. Not to do any downloading, either.

Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life

Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life 06/23/2004 08:27 PM
As Canada protects the patents on genes, Download Aborted wonders whether the genetic code should be considered Open Source. It's slashdotted here. And as atonement for saying something positive about the people at Microsoft — man, you folks are rough! — here's some slashdottism about the anti-Open Source think tanks that Microsoft is funding. (But I still like the Microsofties I've met. So there.)...

Adobe Source Libraries

Adobe Source Libraries 04/02/2005 02:34 AM
Version 1.0.2 Released

Open source opportunity, open source
risk

Open source opportunity, open source
risk 09/22/2004 10:44 AM
I've been traveling more than usual lately, and while on the road I've been working my way through the ITConversations audio archive. It's full of gems, and one of them is Doug Kaye's interview with Philip Greenspun. While discussing the ArsDigita flameout, Greenspun offers insightful perspectives on the opportunity, and the risk, of open source as a business model. ...

Open source process for open source
development

Open source process for open source
development 04/05/2005 11:50 AM

Sun has given every possible indication that Open Solaris will be run as a true open source project. The latest indication is the make-up of the board of directors: Casper Dik, Roy Fielding, Al Hopper, Simon Phipps, and Rich Teer. (via Simon Phipps - congrats Simon!)

From open source to open services to
open information

From open source to open services to
open information 03/29/2005 12:00 PM
My March 21 entry about upcoming.org turned out to be an odd juxtaposition because, on the same day, a new events database called EVDB was announced and shown at PC Forum. It's due out shortly in public beta but I haven't seen it, so for now I only know what you can also learn from reading, among others: Dan Farber, Ross Mayfield, Om Malik, David Weinberger, and Paul Kedrosky (whose recent archive is missing this morning, yikes). The consensus seems to be that EVDB will be a Web-2.0-style, Wiki-style, RSS-friendly, Flickr-and-del.icio.us-like thingy. Sounds promising! I'll certainly check it out when it's public. ...

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb) 04/08/2005 04:56 AM
TechWeb - The software vendor will add to the 20 products it now offers for source-code inspection under its Shared Source Initiative.

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community 05/05/2004 04:06 AM
About a month ago, Microsoft posted some of its source code to SourceForge. SourceForge is a, if not the, major distribution point for open source software. Microsoft's code was put there under the terms of the Common Public License, which allows modification, addition, redistribution - in short, it allows most of the rights and privileges that we associate with open source software.

Open source process for closed source
development

Open source process for closed source
development 04/05/2005 11:50 AM

IBM Adopts Open Development Internally: "Following on the success of its Eclipse open-source development platform, IBM has quietly been using a form of open-source development internally to create technology the company will sell commercially.

IBM calls its model Community Source, which it defines as a collaborative, internal, open-source-style environment for developing and testing new technology.

Danny Sabbah, vice president of strategy and technology for the IBM Software Group, in Armonk, N.Y., said IBM is using its Community Source model across 100 projects and 2,000 developers in the company. These projects span the IBM Software Group, Systems Group, Research and Global Services, he said."

Very interesting. I'd like to learn more about that. What parts of the so called open source development process have they built into the Community Source model? I've found that most developers have different definitions of the open source development process (via Ross Gardler).

Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source

Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source 02/13/2004 02:37 PM
What should Microsoft do, now that a chunk of its NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 source code have leaked onto the Web? Our guest columnist says Microsoft should make lemonade out of lemons and just open source the whole enchilada.

Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead.

Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead. 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
The meeting comprised four panels: Business, Technical, Legal, and Social and Ethical, each of which featured an introduction of the issues and follow-up with an interactive discussion between the speakers and the audience. The aim was to capture and publish the issues discussed in order to raise the industry awareness of the benefits of Open Source.

Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model.

Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model. 02/18/2004 10:41 PM
Pi ngtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With New Open Source Business Model. Interesting.

Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware

Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware 12/19/2003 11:45 AM
MSFT's apparent incapacity for patching MSIE vulnerabilities hasn't deterred open-source hackers, who have released a free software patch for a well-known Explorer vulnerability.

Update: Andrew sez, "...it contains buffer overflow exploits that are wide open for hax0r5 to take advantage of. In addition, it redirects weird URL requests to -it's own website-."

Update: Yoz points out that the patch has been patched. Link (via /.)

Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks

Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks 04/12/2005 08:07 PM
Accessible through common Web browsers, the collaboration platform lets users share e-mail, calendar, tasks, threaded discussions and documents originating from both proprietary and open-source systems.
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