Open Source Software for Public Libraries http://oss4pl.org Providing current information and news on how public libraries are working together to develop and implement better open source software, as well as encouragement to libraries thinking about participating in the open source community. Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Why do YOU need an Open Source Library System (OSLS) http://oss4pl.org/2009/01/27/why-do-you-need-an-open-source-library-system-osls/ http://oss4pl.org/2009/01/27/why-do-you-need-an-open-source-library-system-osls/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:07:37 +0000 loriayre http://oss4pl.org/?p=173 Some of us are working on getting some grant money to help sponsor development activities related to beefing up the existing open source library system (OSLS) products such as Koha and Evergreen.  And others of us (okay, some of “us” are the same “us”) are working on developing some of the support infrastructure we need as we consider migrations to an OSLS (how do we evaluate our library to see if its right for us?  what does an RFP that includes an OSLS option differ from the RFP we’ve been using for the last 10 years??? who will help us get our data out of our current product????  who can we get tech support from once we’ve got this thing going?????)….

At any rate, every grant application has a statement of need section, so I’d like to hear from you about that.  Why are you thinking about an open source library system?  What is the problem that you expect to solve?  How big is the problem of your current ILS?

Let’s hear it!

]]> Some of us are working on getting some grant money to help sponsor development activities related to beefing up the existing open source library system (OSLS) products such as Koha and Evergreen.  And others of us (okay, some of “us” are the same “us”) are working on developing some of the support infrastructure we need as we consider migrations to an OSLS (how do we evaluate our library to see if its right for us?  what does an RFP that includes an OSLS option differ from the RFP we’ve been using for the last 10 years??? who will help us get our data out of our current product????  who can we get tech support from once we’ve got this thing going?????)….

At any rate, every grant application has a statement of need section, so I’d like to hear from you about that.  Why are you thinking about an open source library system?  What is the problem that you expect to solve?  How big is the problem of your current ILS?

Let’s hear it!

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