Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki - User contributions [en]

Open Source Software

2010-02-23T12:45:58Z

Nengard: /* Blogs/Websites to Watch */

= Success Stories =
*[http://hclibrary.org/index.php?page=97 The Howard County Library System] uses Linux on all public and (almost all) staff machines.
*[http://wlibinfo.westlib.asu.edu/projects/past/2002/e3/menu.php ASU West Library] successfully migrates everything to Linux (2003)
* [http://www.open-ils.org/ Georgia Public Library Service] is the developer of the Evergreen Open Source ILS
** they have a [http://open-ils.org/blog/ blog] to track development
* [http://userful.com/customers/CIL-cover-story-june-2004.pdf Coquitlam Public Library uses Linux to manage all their Public PCs].
* [http://search.athenscounty.lib.oh.us Nelsonville public library system running Koha Version 3]
** [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/koha-zoom-goes-live-and-it-rocks/ press release about Nelsonville's Koha system after they went live]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/special-collection-libraries-choose-koha/ Special Collection Libraries Choose Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/west-liberty-public-library-migrates-to-koha West Liberty Public Library Migrates to Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/waldo-consortium-selects-koha-zoom/ WALDO Consortium Selects Koha ZOOM]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/masscat-consortium-chooses-koha-zoom MassCat Consortium Chooses Koha ZOOM]
*[http://alacarte.library.oregonstate.edu Library a la Carte] Oregon State University is the developer of an open-source course and subject guide web publishing tool for and by librarians.

= Great Free/Open Source Tools for Libraries =
* [http://www.alfresco.com/index-a1.html Alfresco Labs (now Alfresco Community)] -- A Free Open Source Content Management System. Customisable.
* [http://audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity] -- Free (GPL) audio recording and editing software. Oral history and audio reserves projects; Audacity provides features normally only found in pro commercial audio software. Effects filters remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises from your analog recordings.
* [http://www.clamwin.com ClamWin] -- open source anti-virus program
* [http://dansguardian.org/ DansGuardian] -- open source web content filtering
* [http://www.htdig.org ht://Dig] -- Free (GPL) search engine software. Spider and search your website(s). Configurable and extendable search algorithms, templates, file types, etc. Live implementation: [http://library.uncc.edu/sitemap/ J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte]
* [http://www.dimdim.com Dimdim] -- Free web-based web-meeting software. Can be used for virtual reference service, ask a librarian, virtual information literacy. Co-browsing ability. Free for 20 participants.
* [http://drupal.org Drupal] -- Free (GPL) [[Content Management Systems (CMS)|Content Management System] framework with lots of features out of the box and tons of third party modules. Ideal to build a library website, some modules allowing to provide an OPAC 2.0 front-end for your ILS. PHP MySQL based.
* [http://open-ils.org Evergreen] Open Source ILS originally created by the Georgia Public Library Service.
* [http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP] GNU Image Manipulation Program. A free image editor, similar in function to Adobe Photoshop.
*[http://docs.google.com/ Google Docs & Spreadsheets] A web browser-based word processor & spreadsheet application based on the Writely beta product that Google acquired in 2006. With this application, you can publish a document or spreadsheet online. It also allows you to collaborate with anyone who has access to a web browser. You can invite other people to read or edit your document by entering their e-mail addresses on a form.
* [http://groovix.com/solutions_public_access.html Groovix PAC] open source Public Access Computing software with SIP2 authentication, time management, reservations; a complete solution for library public computers
* [http://www.skmatic.com/projects/evaluation.php Instant Instruction Feedback Forms] Instant Instruction Feedback Forms are web-based surveys that are designed to offer librarians a simple way to evaluate their information literacy/bibliographic instruction sessions. These forms are open source software and are available for free download under the GNU General Public License.
* [http://www.joomla.org/ Joomla] A free open source [[Content Management Systems (CMS)|content management system]] for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. Joomla is licensed under the GPL.
* [http://kete.net.nz/ Kete] - Open source digital library solution.
* [http://www.koha.org Koha] Open Source ILS -- Full-featured Library Automation System, including OPAC, Circulation/Borrower Management, Budget-based Acquisitions, Serials Management, and Reporting/Administrative modules. MARC21 and UNIMARC are supported. Advanced search capabilities, integrated Z39.50 server and client, and self-checkout. Commercial Installation and Support available worldwide from : [http://liblime.com/koha LibLime]. Hundreds of libraries of all sizes and types are using Koha worldwide. The system can support very large collection sizes (tens of millions of records) and is very easy to customize as it's written in Perl, MySQL and uses the Zebra indexing engine for searching.
* [http://www.kompozer.net/ Kompozer] web authoring tool, similar in function to Adobe Dreamweaver.
* [http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm Label Templates in OpenDocument Format for Openoffice.org]
*[http://alacarte.library.oregonstate.edu Library a la Carte] is an open-source course and subject guide web publishing tool for and by librarians.
*[http://bookworm.lboro.ac.uk/about.html/ LORLS] Open Source Reading List Management System (Loughborough University).
*[http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ Open Journals System] OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing.
* [http://www.openoffice.org OpenOffice.org] Full suite of productivity software that competes with Microsoft Office.
*[http://userful.com/products/pre-book Pre-Book: An Open Source PC Reservation System] which includes both a Linux server and [http://userful.com/products/pre-book-win-client GPL'd Windows PC Reservation Client Software] commercial installation and support available from [http://userful.com/products/library Userful]
* [http://www.sigb.net PMB] Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) -- Web-based , using PHP, MySQL and ajax. Includes cataloging module (UNIMARC import, Z39.50 connector), circulation , acquisitions, Serials Management and Reporting. OPAC with Simple or Advanced search, category browsing, RSS feeds, web 2.0 functionalities. Available in French, English, Spanish, Dutch. Commercial support available.
*[http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/prospero/ Prospero] An Open Source Internet Document Delivery (IDD) System (The Ohio State University). ''[NOTE: Development ceased in 2004, although the last release is still available for download and modification.]''
* [http://www.skmatic.com/projects/portal.php The Reference Portal] The Reference Portal is a departmental intranet that is designed to consolidate web resources, services, and assessment tools for reference librarians. It uses DHTML layers to give librarians instant access to frequently used web resources and allows librarians to record information about reference interactions, workshops, and instruction sessions for evaluation.
* [http://about.scriblio.net/ Scriblio] (formerly WPopac) is an award winning, free, open source CMS and OPAC with faceted searching and browsing features based on WordPress.
* [http://www.sphinxsearch.com/ Sphinx] A free full-text search engine, distributed under GPL version 2. A standalone search engine, meant to provide fast, size-efficient and relevant full-text search functions to other applications. Sphinx was specially designed to integrate well with SQL databases and scripting languages. Currently built-in data sources support fetching data either via direct connection to MySQL or PostgreSQL, or using XML pipe mechanism (a pipe to indexer in special XML-based format which Sphinx recognizes).
* [http://www.squid-cache.org/ Squid] Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages.
* [http://www.squidguard.org/ SquidGuard] is a combined filter, redirector and access controller plugin for [http://www.squid-cache.org/ Squid].
* [http://groovix.com/slim.html Turn 1 PC into 10] -- open source Groovix SLIM multi-user software from Open Sense Solutions which enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC.
* [http://userful.com/products/free-2-user Turn 1 PC into 2] -- Free (not open source) 2 user version of Userful's Desktop Multiplier software which [http://userful.com/products/multi-station-how-it-works enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC].
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC] -- Free (GPL) cross-platform media player/streamer with support for a large number of formats and [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html more].
* [http://www.wordpress.org WordPress] is a free and open source blog publishing/[[Content Management Systems (CMS)|CMS]] application
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/wubs/ WUBS] Open Source Resource Booking System (Loughborough University).

= Blogs/Websites to Watch =

*[http://www.oss4lib.org/ OSS4Lib]
*[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk OSS Watch] Open Source Software Advisory Service in the UK
*[http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/brenda_chawner/biblio.html Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography]
*[http://koha-community.org/support/ Koha Support] Support for the Koha ILS
*[http://infomotions.com/tmp/oss/support.html Open Source Support] A list of companies supporting open source in libraries
*[http://katipo.co.nz/ Katipo Communications, Ltd.] Developers of Kete and other Open Source software. Web development and other support services.

= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check out =
* [http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/node/55 Centralized PC management and control designed specifically for libraries] (Blog Product Review)
* [http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001244.html Review of Koha ZOOM]
* [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ The Cathedral and the Bazaar]
* [http://producingoss.com/ Producing Open Source Software]
[[Category:Technology]]

Open Source Software

2008-05-30T15:45:56Z

Nengard: /* Great Free/Open Source Tools for Libraries */

= Success Stories =
*[http://www.hclibrary.org/oss2oss.php The Howard County Library System] uses Linux on all public and (almost all) staff machines.
*[http://wlibinfo.westlib.asu.edu/projects/past/2002/e3/menu.php ASU West Library] successfully migrates everything to Linux (2003)
* [http://www.open-ils.org/ Georgia Public Library Service] is the developer of the Evergreen Open Source ILS
** they have a [http://open-ils.org/blog/ blog] to track development
* [http://userful.com/customers/CIL-cover-story-june-2004.pdf Coquitlam Public Library uses Linux to manage all their Public PCs].
* [http://search.athenscounty.lib.oh.us Nelsonville public library system running Koha Version 3]
** [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/koha-zoom-goes-live-and-it-rocks/ press release about Nelsonville's Koha system after they went live]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/special-collection-libraries-choose-koha/ Special Collection Libraries Choose Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/west-liberty-public-library-migrates-to-koha West Liberty Public Library Migrates to Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/waldo-consortium-selects-koha-zoom/ WALDO Consortium Selects Koha ZOOM]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/masscat-consortium-chooses-koha-zoom MassCat Consortium Chooses Koha ZOOM]

= Great Free/Open Source Tools for Libraries =
* [http://groovix.com/solutions_public_access.html Groovix PAC] open source Public Access Computing software with SIP2 authentication, time management, reservations; a complete solution for library public computers
* [http://groovix.com/slim.html Turn 1 PC into 10] -- open source Groovix SLIM multi-user software from Open Sense Solutions which enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC.
* [http://userful.com/products/free-2-user Turn 1 PC into 2] -- Free (not open source) 2 user version of Userful's Desktop Multiplier software which [http://userful.com/products/multi-station-how-it-works enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC].
* [http://www.htdig.org ht://Dig] -- Free (GPL) search engine software. Spider and search your website(s). Configurable and extendable search algorithms, templates, file types, etc. Live implementation: [http://library.uncc.edu/sitemap/ J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte]
* [http://audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity] -- Free (GPL) audio recording and editing software. Oral history and audio reserves projects; Audacity provides features normally only found in pro commercial audio software. Effects filters remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises from your analog recordings.
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC] -- Free (GPL) cross-platform media player/streamer with support for a large number of formats and [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html more].
* [http://kete.net.nz/ Kete] - Open source digital library solution.
* [http://www.koha.org Koha] Open Source ILS -- Full-featured Library Automation System, including OPAC, Circulation/Borrower Management, Budget-based Acquisitions, Serials Management, and Reporting/Administrative modules. MARC21 and UNIMARC are supported. Advanced search capabilities, integrated Z39.50 server and client, and self-checkout. Commercial Installation and Support available worldwide from : [http://liblime.com/koha LibLime]. Hundreds of libraries of all sizes and types are using Koha worldwide. The system can support very large collection sizes (tens of millions of records) and is very easy to customize as it's written in Perl, MySQL and uses the Zebra indexing engine for searching.

*[http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ Open Journals System] OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing.
*[http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/prospero/ Prospero] An Open Source Internet Document Delivery (IDD) System (The Ohio State University). ''[NOTE: Development ceased in 2004, although the last release is still available for download and modification.]''
*[http://bookworm.lboro.ac.uk/about.html/ LORLS] Open Source Reading List Management System (Loughborough University).
*[http://userful.com/products/pre-book An Open Source PC Reservation System] which includes both a Linux server and [http://userful.com/products/pre-book-win-client GPL'd Windows PC Reservation Client Software] commercial installation and support available from [http://userful.com/products/library Userful]
* [http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm Label Templates in OpenDocument Format for Openoffice.org]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/wubs/ WUBS] Open Source Resource Booking System (Loughborough University).
*[http://docs.google.com/ Google Docs & Spreadsheets] A web browser-based word processor & spreadsheet application based on the Writely beta product that Google acquired in 2006. With this application, you can publish a document or spreadsheet online. It also allows you to collaborate with anyone who has access to a web browser. You can invite other people to read or edit your document by entering their e-mail addresses on a form.
* [http://www.sigb.net PMB] Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) -- Web-based , using PHP, MySQL and ajax. Includes cataloging module (UNIMARC import, Z39.50 connector), circulation , acquisitions, Serials Management and Reporting. OPAC with Simple or Advanced search, category browsing, RSS feeds. Commercial support available.
* [http://www.skmatic.com/projects/evaluation.php Instant Instruction Feedback Forms] Instant Instruction Feedback Forms are web-based surveys that are designed to offer librarians a simple way to evaluate their information literacy/bibliographic instruction sessions. These forms are open source software and are available for free download under the GNU General Public License.
* [http://www.skmatic.com/projects/portal.php The Reference Portal] The Reference Portal is a departmental intranet that is designed to consolidate web resources, services, and assessment tools for reference librarians. It uses DHTML layers to give librarians instant access to frequently used web resources and allows librarians to record information about reference interactions, workshops, and instruction sessions for evaluation.

= Blogs/Websites to Watch =

*[http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/ Linux Librarian]
*[http://www.oss4lib.org/ OSS4Lib]
*[http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ Open Sesame]
*[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk OSS Watch] Open Source Software Advisory Service in the UK
*[http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/brenda_chawner/biblio.html Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography]
*[http://liblime.com/ LibLime] Company supporting Open Source in libraries

= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check out =
* [http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/node/55 Centralized PC management and control designed specifically for libraries] (Blog Product Review)
* [http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001244.html Review of Koha ZOOM]
* [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ The Cathedral and the Bazaar]
* [http://producingoss.com/ Producing Open Source Software]
[[Category:Technology]]

Open Source Software

2008-05-30T15:44:48Z

Nengard: /* Blogs/Websites to Watch */

= Success Stories =
*[http://www.hclibrary.org/oss2oss.php The Howard County Library System] uses Linux on all public and (almost all) staff machines.
*[http://wlibinfo.westlib.asu.edu/projects/past/2002/e3/menu.php ASU West Library] successfully migrates everything to Linux (2003)
* [http://www.open-ils.org/ Georgia Public Library Service] is the developer of the Evergreen Open Source ILS
** they have a [http://open-ils.org/blog/ blog] to track development
* [http://userful.com/customers/CIL-cover-story-june-2004.pdf Coquitlam Public Library uses Linux to manage all their Public PCs].
* [http://search.athenscounty.lib.oh.us Nelsonville public library system running Koha Version 3]
** [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/koha-zoom-goes-live-and-it-rocks/ press release about Nelsonville's Koha system after they went live]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/special-collection-libraries-choose-koha/ Special Collection Libraries Choose Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/west-liberty-public-library-migrates-to-koha West Liberty Public Library Migrates to Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/waldo-consortium-selects-koha-zoom/ WALDO Consortium Selects Koha ZOOM]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/masscat-consortium-chooses-koha-zoom MassCat Consortium Chooses Koha ZOOM]

= Great Free/Open Source Tools for Libraries =
* [http://groovix.com/solutions_public_access.html Groovix PAC] open source Public Access Computing software with SIP2 authentication, time management, reservations; a complete solution for library public computers
* [http://groovix.com/slim.html Turn 1 PC into 10] -- open source Groovix SLIM multi-user software from Open Sense Solutions which enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC.
* [http://userful.com/products/free-2-user Turn 1 PC into 2] -- Free (not open source) 2 user version of Userful's Desktop Multiplier software which [http://userful.com/products/multi-station-how-it-works enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC].
* [http://www.htdig.org ht://Dig] -- Free (GPL) search engine software. Spider and search your website(s). Configurable and extendable search algorithms, templates, file types, etc. Live implementation: [http://library.uncc.edu/sitemap/ J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte]
* [http://audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity] -- Free (GPL) audio recording and editing software. Oral history and audio reserves projects; Audacity provides features normally only found in pro commercial audio software. Effects filters remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises from your analog recordings.
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC] -- Free (GPL) cross-platform media player/streamer with support for a large number of formats and [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html more].

* [http://www.koha.org Koha] Open Source ILS -- Full-featured Library Automation System, including OPAC, Circulation/Borrower Management, Budget-based Acquisitions, Serials Management, and Reporting/Administrative modules. MARC21 and UNIMARC are supported. Advanced search capabilities, integrated Z39.50 server and client, and self-checkout. Commercial Installation and Support available worldwide from : [http://liblime.com/koha LibLime]. Hundreds of libraries of all sizes and types are using Koha worldwide. The system can support very large collection sizes (tens of millions of records) and is very easy to customize as it's written in Perl, MySQL and uses the Zebra indexing engine for searching.

*[http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ Open Journals System] OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing.
*[http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/prospero/ Prospero] An Open Source Internet Document Delivery (IDD) System (The Ohio State University). ''[NOTE: Development ceased in 2004, although the last release is still available for download and modification.]''
*[http://bookworm.lboro.ac.uk/about.html/ LORLS] Open Source Reading List Management System (Loughborough University).
*[http://userful.com/products/pre-book An Open Source PC Reservation System] which includes both a Linux server and [http://userful.com/products/pre-book-win-client GPL'd Windows PC Reservation Client Software] commercial installation and support available from [http://userful.com/products/library Userful]
* [http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm Label Templates in OpenDocument Format for Openoffice.org]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/wubs/ WUBS] Open Source Resource Booking System (Loughborough University).
*[http://docs.google.com/ Google Docs & Spreadsheets] A web browser-based word processor & spreadsheet application based on the Writely beta product that Google acquired in 2006. With this application, you can publish a document or spreadsheet online. It also allows you to collaborate with anyone who has access to a web browser. You can invite other people to read or edit your document by entering their e-mail addresses on a form.
* [http://www.sigb.net PMB] Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) -- Web-based , using PHP, MySQL and ajax. Includes cataloging module (UNIMARC import, Z39.50 connector), circulation , acquisitions, Serials Management and Reporting. OPAC with Simple or Advanced search, category browsing, RSS feeds. Commercial support available.
* [http://www.skmatic.com/projects/evaluation.php Instant Instruction Feedback Forms] Instant Instruction Feedback Forms are web-based surveys that are designed to offer librarians a simple way to evaluate their information literacy/bibliographic instruction sessions. These forms are open source software and are available for free download under the GNU General Public License.
* [http://www.skmatic.com/projects/portal.php The Reference Portal] The Reference Portal is a departmental intranet that is designed to consolidate web resources, services, and assessment tools for reference librarians. It uses DHTML layers to give librarians instant access to frequently used web resources and allows librarians to record information about reference interactions, workshops, and instruction sessions for evaluation.

= Blogs/Websites to Watch =

*[http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/ Linux Librarian]
*[http://www.oss4lib.org/ OSS4Lib]
*[http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ Open Sesame]
*[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk OSS Watch] Open Source Software Advisory Service in the UK
*[http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/brenda_chawner/biblio.html Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography]
*[http://liblime.com/ LibLime] Company supporting Open Source in libraries

= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check out =
* [http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/node/55 Centralized PC management and control designed specifically for libraries] (Blog Product Review)
* [http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001244.html Review of Koha ZOOM]
* [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ The Cathedral and the Bazaar]
* [http://producingoss.com/ Producing Open Source Software]
[[Category:Technology]]

Wiki User List

2008-02-12T13:55:20Z

Nengard: /* Members of the LibSuccess Wiki Community */

Librarians who IM

2008-02-12T13:52:44Z

Nengard:

Are you a librarian? Are you interested in chatting and collaborating with other librarians? Do you have an IM handle? If so, feel free to add it to this list! ''Note: Please try to keep the list in alphabetical order.''

*'''Max Anderson''', [http://www.solinet.net/ SOLINET (Atlanta)], AIM/Gtalk/MSN: maxlibris, Yahoo: norskmax,
*'''Lori Ayre''', [http://galecia.com/weblog Mentat] The Galecia Group, AIM/bowenayre: Gtalk: loriayre
*'''Steve Backs''', Monroe County Public Library (Indiana), AIM/Gtalk: stivab, Yahoo: stivabmcpl
*'''Derik A Badman''', Temple University, [http://madinkbeard.com Madinkbeard], AIM/Yahoo: derikbad
*'''Moreno Barros''', [http://extralibris.info ExtraLibris Brazil], AIM: morenopissedoff ; MSN: moreno.barros[at]gmail.com
*'''Jenny Benevento''', Associated Press, AIM/MSN: dorkbrarian, Gmail/talk: jennybento at gmail, skype: Jenny Benevento, URL: http://www.jennyjenny.org
*'''Abby Blachly''', [http://www.librarything.com LibraryThing], AIM: librarythingabby
*'''Rebecca Blakeley''', [http://library.mcneese.edu/depts/docs/index.htm McNeese State University Library, Government Documents Department] AIM, Yahoo!, MSN: MSUBecca
*'''Laura Blalock''', Tennessee Technical University, [http://creativelibrarian.com Creative Librarian] AIM: auricelest, GTalk: lablalock [at] gmail.com, Jabber: laura [at] creativelibrarian.com, skype: lablalock
*'''Chad F. Boeninger''', Ohio University Libraries, [http://libraryvoice.com Library Voice] AIM & Yahoo IM: cfboeninger
*'''Stephen Boggs''', New Carlisle - Olive Township Public Library, New Carlisle, Indiana, [http://www.ncpl.lib.in.us] AIM: ncpl, Yahoo IM: sbatncpl2002
*'''Madeleine Bombeld''', University of North Carolina Wilmington, [http://library.uncw.edu] AIM: accesslib & randallcircdesk
*'''Michelle Boule''', University of Houston, [http://wanderingeyre.com A Wandering Eyre] AIM: LeFey6 GTalk: mboule [at] gmail [dot] com
*'''Michael L. Bradford''', Harvard Divinity School, [http://librarydespot.net/ Library Despot 3.0], AIM: libdespot
*'''Eliz Breakstone''', University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, AIM: ElizUOLib; Yahoo & MSN: Eliz_UOLib
*'''Stephanie (Willen) Brown''', University of Connecticut & adjunct professor, Simmons GSLIS, UConn IM: ERLStephanie; also [http://cogscilibrarian.blogspot.com/ CogSciLibrarian] IM: cogscilibrarian
*'''Adam Burke''', Waubonsee Community College, AIM/Yahoo: adamthelibrarian, MSN: adamthelibarian [at] hotmail.com
*'''Anna Burke''', Babson College, AIM: bananarama667, GTalk: amalthea67 [at] gmail.com
*'''Marcel Carroll''', [http://libraryuniverse.blogspot.com/ From the Library Universe]
*'''Michael Casey''', [http://www.librarycrunch.com LibraryCrunch], AIM: librarycrunch
*'''Darren Chase''', [http://www.ibiblio.org/secretlibrary Secret Library Workers Union], AIM: secretlibrary, Y!M: shushyourself
*'''Mary Carmen Chimato''', [http://www.indierocklibrarian.com Indie Rock Librarian], AIM/YIM: mcc6676
*'''Charles Cobine''', University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AIM: CharCobi, GTalk: cobine [at] gmail.com
*'''Rob Coers''', [http://www.robcoers.nl Coers Internet Trainingen (Netherlands)], MSN:coers, GTalk: robcoers, Yahoo!: robcoers
*'''Karen A. Coombs''', University of Houston Libraries, [http://www.librarywebchic.net Library Web Chic], AIM/Skype: librarywebchic, GTalk: librarywebchic[at]gmail.com
*'''Carolyn Coulter''', Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs, CO [http://www.ppld.org PPLD], MSN: c.coulter47@hotmail.com
*'''Anna Creech''', [http://www.eclecticlibrarian.net/ eclectic librarian], Central Washington University, AIM: creechal, Y!M: anna_creech, MSN: creechal@spamcop.net, GTalk: eclecticlibrarian [at] gmail [dot] com
*'''Laura Crossett''', [http://www.newrambler.net/lisdom lis.dom], Meeteetse Branch Library (WY), AIM: theblackmolly, Y!M: lcrossett, GTalk: newrambler [at] gmail [dot] com
*'''Dana DeFebbo''', Daniel Library, The Citadel (SC), AIM: DanaDeFebbo
*'''Marlène Delhaye''', Université Paul Cezanne Libraries (Aix-en-Provence,France),[http://marlenescorner.blogspirit.com/ Marlene's corner], AIM : ebibliothecaire
*'''Francesca Denton''', Beaufort County (SC), AIM: fld113
*'''Ryan Deschamps''', Halifax Public Libraries (Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA), [http://otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/ The Other Librarian], AIM : Greebiemaster, MSN: GreebieMaster
*'''Nanette Donohue''', [http://nanette.wordpress.com Skills Like This], AIM: nanetteamplified, Y!M: amplifiedtorock
*'''Bill Drew''',Morrisville State College, [http://babyboomerlibrarian.blogspot.com BabyBoomerLibrarian], AIM:BillDrew4
*'''Katie Dunneback''', Southeastern Library Services, [http://younglibrarian.blogspot.com Young Librarian], AIM: slsiaconsultant, Y!M: slsconsultant
*'''Elizabeth Edwards''', George Washington Univerity, AIM: leepforward
*'''Donna Ekart''', [http://www.lib.ksu.edu Kansas State University Libraries], gtalk: dfekart[at]gmail.com, MSN: dfekart[at]hotmail.com
*'''Julie Elliott''', Indiana University South Bend, [http://ipreferreading.blogspot.com/ i prefer reading], AIM: jmfelli, Yahoo: jmfelli
*'''Nicole C. Engard''', Open Source Evangelist, LibLime, AIM: nengard, Yahoo: nengard, Skype: nengard, gtalk: nengard [at] gmail.com, gtalk: nicole.engard [at] liblime.com
*'''Amanda Etches-Johnson''', McMaster University (ON), [http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net blogwithoutalibrary.net], AIM/Skype: torontolibrarian, MSN: amanda[at]etches-johnson.com, yahoo!: etches_johnson
*'''Jessica Everingham''', Altamaha Technical College (GA), Meebo: atclibrary
*'''Meredith Farkas''', Norwich University (VT), [http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/ Information Wants To Be Free], AIM & MSN: librarianmer, gtalk: mgfarkas [at] gmail.com
*'''Libby Feil''', [http://www.libraryforlife.org/ St. Joseph County Public Library], [http://www.libbythelibrarian.org libbythelibrarian.org]. AIM: sjcpllibby
*'''David J. Fiander''', [http://www.lib.uwo.ca/ University of Western Ontario]. Yahoo IM/AIM/Skype: djfiander, MSN: ...@hotmail.com, GTalk: ...@gmail.com
*'''Darlene Fichter''', University of Saskatchewan, [http://library.usask.ca/~fichter/ Blog on the Side], AIM: darlenefichter, MSN:darlene.fichter[at]usask.ca
*'''Tanya Finney''', Automation & Technology Coordinator [http://www.cheltenhamlibraries.org/ Cheltenham Township Library System], Meebo: msfinney / Yahoo:babygirl_2009. You can also chat with me on my blog [http://myphiladelphia.blogspot.com/ My Philadelphia]
*'''Susan Fisher''', Alameda County Library (CA), AIM/Yahoo: librariantalking
*'''Eboni A. Francis''', [http://osu.edu The Ohio State University's] [http://library.osu.edu/sites/faes/index.php Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Library] Yahoo: ebonifrancis
*'''Stephen Francoeur''', Baruch College (NY), [http://www.teachinglibrarian.org/weblog/blogger.html/ Digital Reference], AIM: frogheart1966, gtalk: frogheart [at] gmail.com
*'''David Free''', Georgia Perimeter College (GA), AIM: dwfree1967, gtalk: dwfree[at]gmail.com
*'''Jenna Freedman''', Barnard College (NY), [http://www.barnard.edu/library/reference Reference Services] AOL, GTalk, Yahoo: BarnardLibJenna. I use jabber for secure conversations. If you want that address, get in touch.
*'''Beth Gallaway''', Metrowest MA Regional Library System (MA), [http://home.comcast.net/~egallaway http://home.comcast.net/~egallaway] AIM: rimeswith0range, gtalk/Skype/Yahoo!/ICQ: informationgoddess29[at]gmail.com
*'''Meghann Gardner''', Sewickley and Moon Public Libraries (PA), AIM: MAGYA311
*'''Michael J. Giarlo''', [http://purl.org/net/leftwing/blog Technosophia], Digital Library Developer, [http://diglib.princeton.edu/ Princeton University Library], GTalk: michael.giarlo[at]gmail.com
*'''Jon Goodell''', Pulaski Technical College Ottenheimer Library, AIM: jeogoodell and Yahoo: jeogoodell.
*'''Darla Grediagin''', [http://aklibrarian1@edublogs.org Alaska Bush Library], School Library Director, Skype: dgrediagin, AIM: jelinek121, and Yahoo: jelinek121.
*'''Wally Grotophorst''', George Mason University, [http://timesync.gmu.edu/wordpress/ iNode], AIM: dodichaser
*'''Chad Haefele''', [http://www.HiddenPeanuts.com/ HiddenPeanuts.com], [http://lib.uah.edu/ Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville], AIM: ThunderclapEight, gtalk: chad.haefele[at]gmail.com
*'''Adam Haigh''', [http://landerlibrarian.blogspot.com/ Life of a Lander Librarian Blog], [http://www.lander.edu/library/jackson/ Lander University, Greenwood, SC], AIM: landerlibrarian, Yahoo: landerlibrarian GTalk:adam352@gmail.com
*'''Susan Hansen''', [http://www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org/ Rochester Public Library], AIM: bkworm042
*'''Rikhei Harris''', [http://www.lethal-librarian.net Lethal Librarian], AIM: Rikhei, Yahoo: lethallibrarian, Gtalk: rikhei[at]gmail.com
*'''Rochelle Hartman,''' [http://rochellejustrochelle.typepad.com/ Tinfoil+Raccoon], [http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/670000067.html LJ Tech Blog; AIM: queenolibryland; Yahoo!: rhartmanbpl
*'''Robin Hastings''', Missouri River Regional Library, Jefferson City Missouri, AIM: hastingsrmrrl@aol.com; Yahoo/MSN: hastingsr_mrrl; gtalk: robin.hastings@gmail.com
*'''Rebecca Hedreen''', [http://frequanq.blogspot.com/ Frequently Answered Questions] [http://home.southernct.edu/~hedreenr1/ HomePage] Southern Connecticut State University (CT) for online students and faculty, AIM: disedlibrarian, MSN: hedreenr1[at]southernct.edu, Skype: delibrarian, GTalk: delibrarian[at]gmail.com
*'''Jeanne Hickling''', INCOLSA, MSN: jeanne_inc[at]hotmail.com, Gtalk: jhickling[at]gmail
*'''Alex Hodges''', American University, Washington, DC, [http://groups.google.com/group/IMbestpractices IM Best Practices Google Group], [http://www.library.american.edu/ask/im.html AskAULibrary], AIM: alexrhodges, GTalk: alex.hodges [at] gmail.com
*'''Starr Hoffman''', [http://geekyartistlibrarian.blogspot.com geekyartistlibrarian], [http://snazzydecor.com/starr/ Starr's ePortfolio], [http://www.library.unt.edu University of North Texas Libraries], Yahoo!IM: geekyartistlibrarian, AIM: artgeeklibrarian, Gtalk: geekyartistlibrarian, Trillian: geekyartistlibrarian, Skype: geekyartistlibrarian
*'''Amanda Hollister''', SUNY Cortland, AIM: cortlandweblib
*'''RoseMary Honnold''', [http://www.cplrmh.com See YA Around], yahoo:cplrmh, MSN:toknight@hotmail.com, ICQ:1048318
*'''Sarah Houghton-Jan''', [http://www.librarianinblack.net LibrarianInBlack.net], AIM/Yahoo/Gtalk: LibrarianInBlack; MSN: LibrarianInBlack@hotmail.com; Skype: LibrarianInBlack; Twitter: LibrarianInBlack
*'''Anna Hvass''', University of Teesside, UK, e-librarian, MSN: anna_hvass@hotmail.co.uk; AIM: annhvass; Skype: anna hvass; gtalk: annhvass@gmail.com
*'''Poliana Irizarry''', [http://www.law.temple.edu/servlet/RetrievePage?site=TempleLaw&page=Library_Information_Technology Temple Law School], AIM: polianananana
*'''Amanda Izenstark''', [http://dotlibrarian.blogspot.com The Multitasking Librarian], AIM: AmandaLIB120; Gtalk: aizenstark[at]gmail.com; Twitter: znstrk
*'''James R. Jacobs''', International Documents Librarian [http://library.stanford.edu Stanford University], AIM: LibrarianJames; Jabber: radlib@jabber.org; Gizmo: radlibrarian
*'''Iris Jastram''', Reference and Instruction Librarian, [http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/library/ Carleton College], GTalk: ijastram[at]gmail.com, AIM ijastram
*'''Alice de Jong''', e-librarian, [http://www.ppl.nl/ Peace Palace Library], Yahoo: peacepalacelibrary, MSN: webteam@ppl.nl
*'''Cindy Judd''', Instruction Librarian, Eastern Kentucky University, AIM/Yahoo: lrchelper, MSN: lrchelper@hotmail.com
*'''Steven Kaye''', Knowledge Management Specialist, Accenture, [http://thecorporatelibrarian.com/ The Corporate Librarian], AIM: chorazos, MSN: steven.i.kaye@accenture.com
*'''Gretchen Keer''', [http://www.mc3.edu/sa/lib/lrc.htm Montgomery County Community College (PA)], AIM: gik36, GTalk: gretchenkeer[at]gmail.com
*'''Rebekah Kilzer''', Systems Librarian, The Ohio State University Libraries, and adjunct at Drexel University, Yahoo: rebekahkilzer
*'''David King''', [http://www.davidleeking.com/ davidleeking.com], [http://www.kclibrary.org/ Kansas City Public Library], AIM: squagmar, skype: davidleeking, Yahoo: daweedrex, gtalk: davidleeking[at]gmail.com, MSN: davidking[at]kclibrary.org
*'''Elizabeth Kiscaden''', Gtalk: elizabeth.kiscaden[at]gmail.com
*'''Leo Robert Klein''', [http://ChicagoLibrarian.com ChicagoLibrarian.com], AIM/MSN/GHOO/YHOO: leorobertklein
*'''Marianne Kruppa''', [http://blog.skagirlie.net/ blog.skagirlie.net], [http://www.libraryforlife.org/ St. Joseph County Public Library]. AIM: sjcplskagirlie, Yahoo!: skagirlie37, GTalk: skagirlie
*'''Meghan Lafferty''', University of Minnesota Science and Engineering Library, AIM: umchemlib, GTalk: meghan.lafferty, MSN: lafferty73[at]hotmail.com
*'''Jennifer Lang''', Electronic Resources Cataloger, [http://libweb.princeton.edu/ Princeton University Library], AIM/MSN/Yahoo!: cellolang
*'''Jessica Langlois''', Reference / YA Librarian, [http://libraryland.coollibrarian.com/ libraryland], AIM/Yahoo!: jaycie29, Skype: coollibrarian
*'''Matti Lassila''', Web Services Designer, (FIN) GTalk: matti.lassila[at]gmail.com
*'''Steve Lawson''', Colorado College Tutt Library, [http://library.coloradocollege.edu/steve/ See Also], AIM & Yahoo!: tuttlawson
*'''Rudy Leon''', SUNY Potsdam, AIM: leonre3309, Yahoo: rudileon, Gtalk: rudy.leon
*'''Jenny Levine''', [http://www.mls.lib.il.us/ Metropolitan Library System], [http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/ The Shifted Librarian], AIM: cybrarygal
*'''Mark Lindner''', Student, GSLIS, UIUC [http://marklindner.info/blog/ Off the Mark], AIM: markthoughts
*'''Mary Rose Loria''', International School Manila, Philippines, Yahoo/MSN: robyn0410 ; gtalk: mvloria@gmail.com
*'''Dee Magnoni''', [http://library.olin.edu Olin College Library], AIM: dmlibrarian
*'''Michelle Maloney''', University of the Pacific, Screen Name (all services): michelle4pacific (through Meebo)
*'''Brian Mathews''', Georgia Tech Library [http://altref.blogspot.com/ Alt Ref Blog] [http://theubiquitouslibrarian.typepad.com/ The Ubiquitous Librarian], AIM: BrianGTlibrary
*'''Paul Mayes''', Asst Director, University of Teesside, England, MSN: paul_mayes[at]hotmail.com, AIM: paul mayes tees, Skype: paulmayes, GTalk: paul.mayes[at]gmail.com
*'''Stephanie Mikalatos''', Reference Librarian, Sumter County Library, SC, MSN: curlysteff[at]yahoo.com, AIM: curlysteff, Skype: curlysteff, YahooMessenger: curlysteff[at]yahoo.com
*'''Paul Miller''', Talis, (UK) AIM/ iChat/ MSN: talis_paul[at]mac.com
*'''Michele Mizejewski''', San Francisco, (CA) AIM: michele94107, iChat (with audio and video):mlmiz@mac.com
*'''Joy Weese Moll''', [http://joy.mollprojects.com/myblogs/wanderings Wanderings], [http://library.wustl.edu/ Washington University Libraries], AIM: WULibrarianJoy, Yahoo: WULibrarianJoy, MSN: joyweesemoll at yahoo dot com
*'''Joshua M. Neff''', [http://www.jocolibrary.org/ Johnson County Library], [http://www.goblin-cartoons.com the goblin in the library], GTalk: joshuamneff, Yahoo!: joshua_neff, Meebo: joshuamneff
*'''Carrie Newsom''', University of Florida Marston Science Library, AIM: clonewsom, Y!M: newsomzz GTalk: newsomz
*'''Steve Oberg''', Abbott Laboratories, part-time instructor, UIUC GSLIS, and [http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/ Family Man Librarian]; AIM (and iChat): sjoberg67, Gmail: steve.oberg [at] gmail.com, Yahoo: steve_oberg
*'''Eileen O'Hara''', Drake Memorial Library, SUNY Brockport eohara@brockport.edu AIM: OHaraLibr
*'''Gina Persichini''', Idaho Commission for Libraries, AIM and Yahoo!: GinaISL
*'''Scott Pfitzinger''', [http://bibliotechweb.com BiblioTech Web], Butler University, [http://www.butler.edu/dawgblog DawgBlog], AIM & Yahoo: pfitzlib, GTalk: spfitzinger
*'''Christina Pikas''', [http://christinaslibraryrant.blogspot.com Christina's LIS Rant], The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; change 6/06: during working hours use first.last@ initials for where I work .edu, AIM: Christina Pikas0, Yahoo, MSN, GTalk: cpikas
*'''Paul Pival''', [http://distlib.blogs.com The Distant Librarian], University of Calgary, AIM: libconnection, Yahoo: lib_connection, MSN: libconnection [at] hotmail.com, Skype: libcon, GTalk: ppival
*'''June Power''', [http://www.unclassifiablelibrarian.blogspot.com/ The Unclassifiable Librarian], University of North Carolina at Pembroke, GMail: junebuggin@gmail.com or unclassifiablelibrarian@gmail.com; Yahoo: junebuggin2003
*'''Lauren Pressley''', [http://www.laurenpressley.com/library/ lauren's library blog], (NC) AIM: laurenpressley, iChat: lmpressl, Yahoo: laurenmpressley
*'''Elena Prigoda''', University of Toronto Libraries. Ontario, Canada AIM: elenaATgerstein MSN: elena.prigoda [at] utoronto.ca Yahoo: eprigoda, Google Talk: elena.prigoda [at] gmail.com
*'''Gretchen Pruett''', Georgetown Public Library, Georgetown, Texas AIM: librarianrock925 Google Talk: g.pruett [at] gmail.com
*'''Beatrice Pulliam''', [http://edificeref.info Edifice Ref], [http://www.providence.edu/library Phillips Memorial Library, Providence College], AIM, Yahoo & iChat: rhodylibrarian
*'''Allison Quam''', [http://www.winona.edu/library/ Darrell W. Kreuger Library] at Winona State University, Winona, MN, AIM & iChat: kvam07; Yahoo!Messenger: alliquam
*'''Lichen Rancourt''', [http://www.remainingrelevant.net Remaining Relevant], [http://www.library.unh.edu University of New Hampshire Library], AIM & yahoo messenger: lichenrancourt
*'''Isobel Rancier''', VR Librarian, [http://www.nait.ca/tci/library/ NAIT Library], Edmonton, AB, Canada, MSN: isobelr@nait.ca
*'''Tom Reinsfelder''', Penn State Mont Alto. [http://www.libraries.psu.edu/montalto/ Penn State Mont Alto Library], AIM: MontAltoLibrary MSN: MontAltoLibrary Yahoo: MontAltoLibrary
*'''Emily (Forwood) Rimland''', Penn State, University Park. AIM & meebo: EmilyPSULibrary, gtalk: elf113 [http://www.facebook.com//profile.php?id=9366627/ Facebook Profile].
*'''Holly Robertson''', [http://www.lib.virginia.edu/preservation// Preservation Librarian, University of Virginia] AIM: ho11y2121, Gtalk: h011yr0b3rts0n@gmail.com
*'''Dr. Curtis R. Rogers''', [http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/ SC State Library], [http://curtisrogers.info/ Curtisrogers.info] AIM: curtisrogrs, Y!M: crr29061.
*'''Jenica Rogers''', [http://jenica26.squarespace.com/ Thinking Out Loud] AIM: Jenica26
*'''Michael Sauers''', [http://travelinlibrarian.info/ TravelinLibrarian.info] AIM: msauers1, Yahoo!: msauers, MSN: msauers@travelinlibrarian.info
*'''Bob Scheier''', [http://bobatwork.wordpress.com/ bobatwork], College of the Holy Cross, AIM: vegbobs;
*'''Aaron Schmidt''', [http://www.walkingpaper.org walkingpaper.org] AIM: XXagentcooperXX
*'''Eric Schnell''', [http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu Personal Website] [http://ericschnell.blogspot.com/ The Medium is the Message] Prior Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University. GTalk and MSN: eric.schnell[at]gmail.com
*'''Dorothea Salo''', [http://cavlec.yarinareth.net/ Caveat Lector], AIM: mindsatuw
*'''Greg Schwartz''', [http://openstacks.net/os Open Stacks], AIM, Yahoo!, MSN: planetneutral
*'''Joe Sciacca''', Lincoln Trail Libraries System (Illinois), AIM: jsciaccaltls
*'''Greg Sennema''', [http://library.wlu.ca/blogs/gsennema TechnoLibrarian], technolibrarian@hotmail.com, gtalk: technolibrarian
*'''Kate Sherrill''', Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Southwest, AIM/Yahoo: KateSherrill gtalk: KateSherrill[at]gmail.com
*'''Linda Shippert''', Washington State University Libraries, Yahoo: lindashippert, gtalk, AIM: linda.shippert
*'''Karl G. Siewert''', [http://yoyotxt.blogspot.com/ Txt-based Blogging], AIM: yoyology; gtalk: yoyology[at]gmail.com
*'''Rachel Singer Gordon''', [http://www.lisjobs.com LISjobs.com], AIM: rachelsgordon, Yahoo!: lib_rachel
*'''Kevin Smith''', [http://ashkev.weblogs.us The Fiddling Librarian 3.0] Cass District Library, AIM: cassref, Yahoo!: fiddlinglibrarian, gtalk: ashkev [at] gmail.com
*'''Alec Sonsteby''', [http://librariansatthegate.blogspot.com/ Librarians at the Gate], AIM: AlecSonsteby
*'''Kelli Staley''', [http://www.kellistaley.com/blog.htm 'Brary Web Diva], AIM, Yahoo!, MSN: nomextra
*'''Sarah Steiner''', [http://www.library.gsu.edu Georgia State University] AIM, MSN, & Yahoo!: ssteinergsu
*'''Michael Stephens''', [http://www.tametheweb.com tametheweb.com], (IN) AIM: mstephens7mac
*'''Amanda Stone''', South Carolina State Library, AIM: AStonescsl
*'''Lars G. Svensson''', AIM: SvenssonLarsG, gtalk: lars.g.svensson [at] gmail.com
*'''Roy Tennant''', [http://roytennant.com/ http://roytennant.com/], AIM: roytennant1234, GoogleTalk, roytennant [at] gmail.com
*'''Peter Thayer''', [http://library.marietta.edu Marietta College] AIM and Yahoo!: dawesman97
*'''Christine B. Timoteo''',Institute of Library and Information Science, University of the Philippines, Yahoo!: christinebtimoteo; UP Webmail: cbtimoteo@up.edu.ph
*'''Ingrid Thomson''', University of Cape Town Libraries [http://librarianonaquest.blogspot.com/ Librarianonaquest] MSN: librarianthomson [at] hotmail.com, gtalk: thomson.ingrid [at] gmail.com
*'''Karen Ulric''', [http://www.ssdsofessexandunion.org/library Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union](NJ) AIM: LibrarianPower
*'''Patty Uttaro''', [http://www.ogdenny.com Ogden Farmers' Library], AIM: PatriciaU524 or scotchblossom ; MSN: cosmosgrrl
*'''Rachel Vacek''', Vanderbilt University, [http://wmltech.wordpress.com WML Tech Updates], Yahoo & Skype: vacekrae, AIM: vacekrae1976
*'''Ken Varnum''', University of Michigan Library, [http://www.rss4lib.com/ RSS4Lib], AIM: kvarnum
*'''Felicia Vereen''', [http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/ SC State Library], [http://librarytrax.wordpress.com/ LibraryTrax] AIM/Y!/MSN: fdvereen
*'''Rita Vine''', University of Toronto Libraries and [http://www.workingfaster.com Workingfaster.com], AIM: ritathelibrarian; Yahoo: ritavine; GoogleTalk: ritavine(AT)gmail.com ; MSM: rita.vine(AT)utoronto.ca
*'''Teri Vogel''', [http://sdlibrarian.blogspot.com/ SDLibrarian], University of California - San Diego, AIM/Yahoo: tmvogel2
*'''Sherri Vokey''', University of Toronto, [http://blog.uwinnipeg.ca/schwagbag/ ::schwagbag::], AIM/iChat: IIsherrivokeyII
*'''Sukhdev Singh''', [http://sukhdev.blogspot.com Sukhdev's World] India, Gtalk: esukhdev
*'''Lisa Wallis''', Northeastern Illinois University, AIM/Yahoo!: lisacwallis ; MSN: lisacwallis@hotmail.com ; gtalk: lisacwallis@gmail.com
*'''Jessamyn West''', librarian.net. AIM: iamthebestartist Yahoo/MSN: jessamyn_west gtalk: jessamyn[at]gmail.com
*'''Andrew Whitis''', Muskingum College Library (Ohio), [http://www.whitis.us/blog library+instruction+technology] AIM/Yahoo: askwhitis
*'''Elizabeth Winter''', Georgia Tech, AIM: ewintergt
*'''Laurie Woo''', Newton Free Library (MA), AIM: lauriewoo9
*'''Barb Wright''', Weld Library District, CO, Yahoo/MSN: barbeenie
*'''Chris Zammarelli''', [http://www.zammarelli.com/chris/libraryola Libraryola], AIM/Yahoo: shrillczar ; MSN: shrillczar@hotmail.com ; gtalk: shrillczar@gmail.com
*'''Stephanie Zimmerman''', [http://lslctraining.blogspot.com LSLC Training], AIM/gtalk/meebo: Slzimm1
*'''Kelley Beeson''', Allegheny County Library Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Yahoo: afewsocks
*'''Saljoqi Mansour''', Kabul University Library, Esteqlal and Malalai High schools Libraries (adviser), Kabul, Afghanistan - google Talk: msaljoqi

Web Statistics Packages

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Nengard:

* [http://netinsight.unica.com/Products/NetTracker.cfm Nettracker]
* [http://www.google.com/analytics/ Google Analytics]
* [http://www.xav.com/scripts/axs/ AXS Visitor Tracking]
* [http://awstats.sourceforge.net/ AWStats]

Open Source Software

2008-02-12T13:26:35Z

Nengard: /* Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check out */

= Success Stories =
*[http://www.hclibrary.org/oss2oss.php The Howard County Library System] uses Linux on all public and (almost all) staff machines.
*[http://wlibinfo.westlib.asu.edu/projects/past/2002/e3/menu.php ASU West Library] successfully migrates everything to Linux (2003)
* [http://www.open-ils.org/ Georgia Public Library Service] is the developer of the Evergreen Open Source ILS
** they have a [http://open-ils.org/blog/ blog] to track development
* [http://userful.com/customers/CIL-cover-story-june-2004.pdf Coquitlam Public Library uses Linux to manage all their Public PCs].
* [http://search.athenscounty.lib.oh.us Nelsonville public library system running Koha Version 3]
** [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/koha-zoom-goes-live-and-it-rocks/ press release about Nelsonville's Koha system after they went live]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/special-collection-libraries-choose-koha/ Special Collection Libraries Choose Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/west-liberty-public-library-migrates-to-koha West Liberty Public Library Migrates to Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/waldo-consortium-selects-koha-zoom/ WALDO Consortium Selects Koha ZOOM]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/masscat-consortium-chooses-koha-zoom MassCat Consortium Chooses Koha ZOOM]

= Great Free/Open Source Tools for Libraries =
* [http://groovix.com/solutions_public_access.html Groovix PAC] open source Public Access Computing software with SIP2 authentication, time management, reservations; a complete solution for library public computers
* [http://groovix.com/slim.html Turn 1 PC into 10] -- open source Groovix SLIM multi-user software from Open Sense Solutions which enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC.
* [http://userful.com/products/free-2-user Turn 1 PC into 2] -- Free (not open source) 2 user version of Userful's Desktop Multiplier software which [http://userful.com/products/multi-station-how-it-works enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC].
* [http://www.htdig.org ht://Dig] -- Free (GPL) search engine software. Spider and search your website(s). Configurable and extendable search algorithms, templates, file types, etc. Live implementation: [http://library.uncc.edu/sitemap/ J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte]
* [http://audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity] -- Free (GPL) audio recording and editing software. Oral history and audio reserves projects; Audacity provides features normally only found in pro commercial audio software. Effects filters remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises from your analog recordings.
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC] -- Free (GPL) cross-platform media player/streamer with support for a large number of formats and [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html more].

* [http://www.koha.org Koha] Open Source ILS -- Full-featured Library Automation System, including OPAC, Circulation/Borrower Management, Budget-based Acquisitions, Serials Management, and Reporting/Administrative modules. MARC21 and UNIMARC are supported. Advanced search capabilities, integrated Z39.50 server and client, and self-checkout. Commercial Installation and Support available worldwide from : [http://liblime.com/koha LibLime]. Hundreds of libraries of all sizes and types are using Koha worldwide. The system can support very large collection sizes (tens of millions of records) and is very easy to customize as it's written in Perl, MySQL and uses the Zebra indexing engine for searching.

*[http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ Open Journals System] OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing.
*[http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/prospero/ Prospero] An Open Source Internet Document Delivery (IDD) System (The Ohio State University).
*[http://bookworm.lboro.ac.uk/about.html/ LORLS] Open Source Reading List Management System (Loughborough University).
*[http://userful.com/products/pre-book An Open Source PC Reservation System] which includes both a Linux server and [http://userful.com/products/pre-book-win-client GPL'd Windows PC Reservation Client Software] commercial installation and support available from [http://userful.com/products/library Userful]
* [http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm Label Templates in OpenDocument Format for Openoffice.org]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/wubs/ WUBS] Open Source Resource Booking System (Loughborough University).
*[http://docs.google.com/ Google Docs & Spreadsheets] A web browser-based word processor & spreadsheet application based on the Writely beta product that Google acquired in 2006. With this application, you can publish a document or spreadsheet online. It also allows you to collaborate with anyone who has access to a web browser. You can invite other people to read or edit your document by entering their e-mail addresses on a form.
* [http://www.sigb.net PMB] Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) -- Web-based , using PHP, MySQL and ajax. Includes cataloging module (UNIMARC import, Z39.50 connector), circulation , acquisitions, Serials Management and Reporting. OPAC with Simple or Advanced search, category browsing, RSS feeds. Commercial support available.

= Blogs/Websites to Watch =

*[http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/ Linux Librarian]
*[http://www.oss4lib.org/ OSS4Lib]
*[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk OSS Watch] Open Source Software Advisory Service in the UK
*[http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/brenda_chawner/biblio.html Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography]
*[http://liblime.com/ LibLime] Company supporting Open Source in libraries

= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check out =
* [http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/node/55 Centralized PC management and control designed specifically for libraries] (Blog Product Review)
* [http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001244.html Review of Koha ZOOM]
* [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ The Cathedral and the Bazaar]
* [http://producingoss.com/ Producing Open Source Software]
[[Category:Technology]]

User:Nengard

2008-02-12T13:23:29Z

Nengard: New page: My real name is Nicole C. Engard. I am the author of [http://web2learning.net What I Learned Today...] and the [http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1463 Open Source Evangelist at LibLime...

My real name is Nicole C. Engard. I am the author of [http://web2learning.net What I Learned Today...] and the [http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1463 Open Source Evangelist at LibLime]. I now get to merge my love of learning, teaching, writing, technology and libraries all in one job where I go out into the community to increase awareness of open source offerings for libraries.

Open Source Software

2008-02-12T13:20:28Z

Nengard: /* Success Stories */

= Success Stories =
*[http://www.hclibrary.org/oss2oss.php The Howard County Library System] uses Linux on all public and (almost all) staff machines.
*[http://wlibinfo.westlib.asu.edu/projects/past/2002/e3/menu.php ASU West Library] successfully migrates everything to Linux (2003)
* [http://www.open-ils.org/ Georgia Public Library Service] is the developer of the Evergreen Open Source ILS
** they have a [http://open-ils.org/blog/ blog] to track development
* [http://userful.com/customers/CIL-cover-story-june-2004.pdf Coquitlam Public Library uses Linux to manage all their Public PCs].
* [http://search.athenscounty.lib.oh.us Nelsonville public library system running Koha Version 3]
** [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/koha-zoom-goes-live-and-it-rocks/ press release about Nelsonville's Koha system after they went live]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/special-collection-libraries-choose-koha/ Special Collection Libraries Choose Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/west-liberty-public-library-migrates-to-koha West Liberty Public Library Migrates to Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/waldo-consortium-selects-koha-zoom/ WALDO Consortium Selects Koha ZOOM]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/masscat-consortium-chooses-koha-zoom MassCat Consortium Chooses Koha ZOOM]

= Great Free/Open Source Tools for Libraries =
* [http://groovix.com/solutions_public_access.html Groovix PAC] open source Public Access Computing software with SIP2 authentication, time management, reservations; a complete solution for library public computers
* [http://groovix.com/slim.html Turn 1 PC into 10] -- open source Groovix SLIM multi-user software from Open Sense Solutions which enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC.
* [http://userful.com/products/free-2-user Turn 1 PC into 2] -- Free (not open source) 2 user version of Userful's Desktop Multiplier software which [http://userful.com/products/multi-station-how-it-works enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC].
* [http://www.htdig.org ht://Dig] -- Free (GPL) search engine software. Spider and search your website(s). Configurable and extendable search algorithms, templates, file types, etc. Live implementation: [http://library.uncc.edu/sitemap/ J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte]
* [http://audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity] -- Free (GPL) audio recording and editing software. Oral history and audio reserves projects; Audacity provides features normally only found in pro commercial audio software. Effects filters remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises from your analog recordings.
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC] -- Free (GPL) cross-platform media player/streamer with support for a large number of formats and [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html more].

* [http://www.koha.org Koha] Open Source ILS -- Full-featured Library Automation System, including OPAC, Circulation/Borrower Management, Budget-based Acquisitions, Serials Management, and Reporting/Administrative modules. MARC21 and UNIMARC are supported. Advanced search capabilities, integrated Z39.50 server and client, and self-checkout. Commercial Installation and Support available worldwide from : [http://liblime.com/koha LibLime]. Hundreds of libraries of all sizes and types are using Koha worldwide. The system can support very large collection sizes (tens of millions of records) and is very easy to customize as it's written in Perl, MySQL and uses the Zebra indexing engine for searching.

*[http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ Open Journals System] OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing.
*[http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/prospero/ Prospero] An Open Source Internet Document Delivery (IDD) System (The Ohio State University).
*[http://bookworm.lboro.ac.uk/about.html/ LORLS] Open Source Reading List Management System (Loughborough University).
*[http://userful.com/products/pre-book An Open Source PC Reservation System] which includes both a Linux server and [http://userful.com/products/pre-book-win-client GPL'd Windows PC Reservation Client Software] commercial installation and support available from [http://userful.com/products/library Userful]
* [http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm Label Templates in OpenDocument Format for Openoffice.org]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/wubs/ WUBS] Open Source Resource Booking System (Loughborough University).
*[http://docs.google.com/ Google Docs & Spreadsheets] A web browser-based word processor & spreadsheet application based on the Writely beta product that Google acquired in 2006. With this application, you can publish a document or spreadsheet online. It also allows you to collaborate with anyone who has access to a web browser. You can invite other people to read or edit your document by entering their e-mail addresses on a form.
* [http://www.sigb.net PMB] Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) -- Web-based , using PHP, MySQL and ajax. Includes cataloging module (UNIMARC import, Z39.50 connector), circulation , acquisitions, Serials Management and Reporting. OPAC with Simple or Advanced search, category browsing, RSS feeds. Commercial support available.

= Blogs/Websites to Watch =

*[http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/ Linux Librarian]
*[http://www.oss4lib.org/ OSS4Lib]
*[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk OSS Watch] Open Source Software Advisory Service in the UK
*[http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/brenda_chawner/biblio.html Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography]
*[http://liblime.com/ LibLime] Company supporting Open Source in libraries

= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check out =
* [http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/node/55 Centralized PC management and control designed specifically for libraries] (Blog Product Review)
* [http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001244.html Review of Koha ZOOM]
[[Category:Technology]]

Open Source Software

2008-02-12T13:18:16Z

Nengard: /* Success Stories */

= Success Stories =
*[http://www.hclibrary.org/oss2oss.php The Howard County Library System] uses Linux on all public and (almost all) staff machines.
*[http://wlibinfo.westlib.asu.edu/projects/past/2002/e3/menu.php ASU West Library] successfully migrates everything to Linux (2003)
* [http://www.open-ils.org/ Georgia Public Library Service] is creating an open source ILS and they have a [http://open-ils.org/blog/ blog] to track development
* [http://userful.com/customers/CIL-cover-story-june-2004.pdf Coquitlam Public Library uses Linux to manage all their Public PCs].
* [http://search.athenscounty.lib.oh.us Nelsonville public library system running Koha Version 3]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/koha-zoom-goes-live-and-it-rocks/ press release about Nelsonville's Koha system after they went live]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/special-collection-libraries-choose-koha/ Special Collection Libraries Choose Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/west-liberty-public-library-migrates-to-koha West Liberty Public Library Migrates to Koha]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/waldo-consortium-selects-koha-zoom/ WALDO Consortium Selects Koha ZOOM]
* [http://liblime.com/news-items/press-releases/masscat-consortium-chooses-koha-zoom MassCat Consortium Chooses Koha ZOOM]

= Great Free/Open Source Tools for Libraries =
* [http://groovix.com/solutions_public_access.html Groovix PAC] open source Public Access Computing software with SIP2 authentication, time management, reservations; a complete solution for library public computers
* [http://groovix.com/slim.html Turn 1 PC into 10] -- open source Groovix SLIM multi-user software from Open Sense Solutions which enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC.
* [http://userful.com/products/free-2-user Turn 1 PC into 2] -- Free (not open source) 2 user version of Userful's Desktop Multiplier software which [http://userful.com/products/multi-station-how-it-works enables you to run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC].
* [http://www.htdig.org ht://Dig] -- Free (GPL) search engine software. Spider and search your website(s). Configurable and extendable search algorithms, templates, file types, etc. Live implementation: [http://library.uncc.edu/sitemap/ J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte]
* [http://audacity.sourceforge.net Audacity] -- Free (GPL) audio recording and editing software. Oral history and audio reserves projects; Audacity provides features normally only found in pro commercial audio software. Effects filters remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant background noises from your analog recordings.
* [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ VLC] -- Free (GPL) cross-platform media player/streamer with support for a large number of formats and [http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html more].

* [http://www.koha.org Koha] Open Source ILS -- Full-featured Library Automation System, including OPAC, Circulation/Borrower Management, Budget-based Acquisitions, Serials Management, and Reporting/Administrative modules. MARC21 and UNIMARC are supported. Advanced search capabilities, integrated Z39.50 server and client, and self-checkout. Commercial Installation and Support available worldwide from : [http://liblime.com/koha LibLime]. Hundreds of libraries of all sizes and types are using Koha worldwide. The system can support very large collection sizes (tens of millions of records) and is very easy to customize as it's written in Perl, MySQL and uses the Zebra indexing engine for searching.

*[http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ Open Journals System] OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing.
*[http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/prospero/ Prospero] An Open Source Internet Document Delivery (IDD) System (The Ohio State University).
*[http://bookworm.lboro.ac.uk/about.html/ LORLS] Open Source Reading List Management System (Loughborough University).
*[http://userful.com/products/pre-book An Open Source PC Reservation System] which includes both a Linux server and [http://userful.com/products/pre-book-win-client GPL'd Windows PC Reservation Client Software] commercial installation and support available from [http://userful.com/products/library Userful]
* [http://www.worldlabel.com/Pages/openoffice-template.htm Label Templates in OpenDocument Format for Openoffice.org]
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/wubs/ WUBS] Open Source Resource Booking System (Loughborough University).
*[http://docs.google.com/ Google Docs & Spreadsheets] A web browser-based word processor & spreadsheet application based on the Writely beta product that Google acquired in 2006. With this application, you can publish a document or spreadsheet online. It also allows you to collaborate with anyone who has access to a web browser. You can invite other people to read or edit your document by entering their e-mail addresses on a form.
* [http://www.sigb.net PMB] Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) -- Web-based , using PHP, MySQL and ajax. Includes cataloging module (UNIMARC import, Z39.50 connector), circulation , acquisitions, Serials Management and Reporting. OPAC with Simple or Advanced search, category browsing, RSS feeds. Commercial support available.

= Blogs/Websites to Watch =

*[http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/ Linux Librarian]
*[http://www.oss4lib.org/ OSS4Lib]
*[http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk OSS Watch] Open Source Software Advisory Service in the UK
*[http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/brenda_chawner/biblio.html Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography]
*[http://liblime.com/ LibLime] Company supporting Open Source in libraries

= Specific Blog Posts/Articles to Check out =
* [http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/node/55 Centralized PC management and control designed specifically for libraries] (Blog Product Review)
* [http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001244.html Review of Koha ZOOM]
[[Category:Technology]]