open source software - arctic blast workshop
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Presentation at the Northeast Library System Annual Winter Workshop held in Norfolk, NE, Friday, Feb. 20, 2009.TRANSCRIPT
Open Source Software
Karen K. HeinUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha
[email protected] | 402-554-3459
Northeast Library System Annual Winter Workshop Friday, February 20, 2009
What is Open Source?
• A design philosophy• Usually covered by a Creative Commons
license (http://creativecommons.org/)• Usually freely available– “Free” as in a free kitten – Usually offered “as is”– Cross-Platform (Windows, Mac, Linux)– Plug-ins, Standalone Software Packages (SSP)
Advantages / Challenges+ Cost
+ Free to obtain copies
+ Rapid development
+ Frequent updates
– Cost– Specialized support may
be needed
– Frequent updates
– Here today, gone tomorrow
Creating Multimedia• Audacity [SSP]
Creation of audio files, including MP3 format with LAME encoderhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/
• MediaCoder [SSP]Converts audio / video files from one format to another http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
• Jing [SSP]Create tutorials and screencastshttp://jingproject.com/
Office+ Functions• OpenOffice [SSP] for Mac & PC
Word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, & more softwarehttp://www.openoffice.org/
• NeoOffice [SSP] for MacWord processing, spreadsheet, & presentation softwarehttp://www.neooffice.org/
• Scribus [SSP] for Mac & PCDesktop publishing softwarehttp://www.scribus.net/
Scribus Screenshot
Painting / Drawing
• TuxPaint [SSP] for Mac and WindowsEasy-to-Use; Marketed as software for childrenhttp://www.tuxpaint.org/
• Gimp [SSP] for WindowsPhotoshop-like software http://www.gimp.org/windows/
TuxPaint Screenshot
http://www.tuxpaint.org/screenshots/showshot.php3?which=0
Bibliographic Management Software
• Zotero [Firefox Plug-In]http://www.zotero.org
• Text-Cite [SSP]http://textcite.sourceforge.net/
Web Stuff• Content Management Systems (CMS)– Drupal: http://www.drupal.org– Joomla: http://www.joomla.org– Plone: http://www.plone.org
• Integrated Library Systems– Koha: http://www.koha.org/– Evergreen: http://open-ils.org/
• Course / Learning Management Systems (LMS)– Moodle: http://www.moodle.org/
Resources
• Open Source Initiative: http://www.opensource.org/
• Open Source 4 Libraries: http://www.oss4lib.org/
• SchoolForgehttp://www.schoolforge.net/
• SourceForgehttp://sourceforge.net/
Questions?
Karen K. HeinInstructor, Library Media / Library Science Education ProgramUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha522D Kayser Hall6001 Dodge Street 402.554.3459Omaha, NE 68182 [email protected]
Copy of presentation available athttp://www.slideshare.net/unokhein