Open Source Software
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Success Stories
- ASU West Library successfully migrates everything to Linux (2003)
- Georgia Public Library System is creating and open source ILS and they have a blog to track development
Great Free/Open Source Tools for Libraries
- ht://Dig -- Free (GPL) search engine software. Spider and search your website(s). Configurable and extendable search algorithms, templates, file types, etc. Live implementation: J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
- 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.
