cost effectiveness of open source development for horowhenua library trust
DESCRIPTION
In 1983 I was quoted $3,000 to have a wedding dress made by a bridal shop in Wellington – no way my Mum could afford that dress. We would have to make it ourselves. So we went into Fitzroy’s, an old fashioned draper's shop in Levin, and within minutes of hearing that I was marrying a local lad, “Nancy’s boy”, we were surrounded by a clutch of woman: comparing fabrics, discussing how to adapt the paper pattern, which lace, what size seed pearls etc … I’m sure you get the picture. That dress turned out heaps better than anything I was thinking of – and saved us a fortune too! That was my first grownup experience of crowd-sourcing, ‘group think, community consultation, collaborative design – call it what you will. What I learnt that day was the power of community ownership, adaptation and the sheer power of collaboration. These are key concepts in the open source world.TRANSCRIPT
Providing an excellent community driven library
service in Horowhenua since 1997.
Introduction
Asking for help Sharing Group think Consultation Collaboration
Cheaper Better
Introduction Community Collaboration Sharing Adaptation
Background 1999 - y2k Active community Lots of development Koha 3.0 Dec 2008 Koha 3.2 Nov 2009
Features Full featured modern ILS Free / Open source No vendor lock-in Library standards and protocols Multi platform
Plus unique features
Unique Features Customisable Translations MARC Report & export Label maker RSS Email or text notices Sip2 / RFID
Participation Tags Reviews Comments Lists, carts, virtual shelves Purchase suggestions RSS feeds Imported content
TransparencyAs a customer I want to know:
All the info about ME What the library HAS HERE and NOW How to FIND it Will it be USEFUL to me?
Loans
Reading history
Reserves
Recommendations
Account
Notifications
Lists
Google Books
More
NZ
Horowhenua v2.2.9 ….. v3.2 Kapiti v3.0 Rangitikei v2.2.9 Albany High v3.0 OPUS v2.2.9 ….. v3.2
Koha Global
Europe, North America & Asia25% each
Oceania, S. America & Africa25% combined
Kerala State
Delhi
NYUMedical
Libs
Guggenheim
WIPO
UNIDO
Powerhouse
Museum
Singapore
Saudi Arabia
Public Libraries
Academic Libraries
Other libraries
Koha for Consortia
MASSCAT
Plano ISD
SEKLS
INCOLSA
NEKLS
CKLS
ASCC
Award Winning Computerworld Excellence Award 3M Award for innovation Twice !
Background
2006 At risk heritage resources Loan but not have Heritage sector struggling Arts sector struggling Scarcity of resources Local solution to local problem Community effort
Features
Open source Digital archive Informal + Heritage sector + National Volunteers Very popular
Big picture Digital Strategy : CPF Content Strategy Aotearoa Peoples Network National Digital Heritage Archive
Bridging Worlds - Singapore IFLA - Sweden
LSyncNZ Shared learning space MOE
Federated SearchingKoha + Kete = Total online local solution
but wait – there’s more …
Cost effectiveness of OS : Kete
$250 k Initial development(through grants and donations)
$3 k Server hosting pa $5 k - $10 kOngoing pa enhancements
$1m + Spent on development since– not by us– because its Open Source!
HLT : Y2K
$225 k - $400 k Proprietary system
$40 k pa Annual licence fees and support
$24 k pa Data lines
Koha
$67 k Development 1999
$ 8 k Upgrades (2000-2009: $80k) $ 0 5 years of dial up >$4 k per annum broadband
Comparison
Year 1 Per Annum Comms 1999-2009 Savings
Koha $67 k $8 k pa $3.6 k pa (for 5 yrs) $165 k
Other $225 - $400k
$40 k pa
Plus inflation
$24k pa
Plus inflation
$865 k - $1m
Plus inflation
$1m
Shared Services LSyncNZ Big $$$
incl $39k pa leased lines
Neighbours spend on libraries per capita:
PN $87.94 Kapiti $74.19 Horowhenua $32.59
Koha 2009- $30 k Development & upgrades pa $ 4 kBroadband pa (not $39k)
$50k Major upgrade 5 yrly.
Benefits
Affordable Better Community
Ownership Community
Pride
Providing an excellent community driven library
service in Horowhenua since 1997.