[OPLINLIST] Open Source Software Grows Up: Workshop in Blue Ash, Ohio

[SWON Libraries]

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   From Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Swan: Open Source Software Grows Up
  <http://www.swonlibraries.org/viewevent?id=1108>

Free/open source software has been around for a long time. Until 
recently, however, much of this software lacked the usability and 
features of its commercial counterparts. Today, many open source 
projects have "grown up" and now have many benefits over commercial 
software. More and more libraries are using open source and some are 
even creating their own.

In this hands-on session, Glen Horton, Technology Coordinator at SWON 
Libraries, will discuss several open source projects already being used 
by libraries to supplement or replace costly, proprietary software:

    * Staff and public PCs
    * Online catalogs
    * Wireless hotspots
    * Digital collections
    * Social software (blogs, wikis, instant messaging)


      Date

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007


      Time

1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.


      Location

SWON Libraries Office


      Speaker(s)

Glen Horton, Technology Coordinator <http://www.swonlibraries.org/glen>
SWON Libraries


      Contributing Member of SWON Libraries

$30


      Friend of SWON Libraries

$30


      Contributing Member of NEO-RLS, NORWELD, or SERLS

$30


      Other

$60

The deadline to register is Friday, May 18th, 2007



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