Open Source/Open Access Freeware/Shareware

Tools For Libraries

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Agenda

• Discover what open source, open access, freeware, and shareware is.

• Learn a variety of tools/services that you can use today in your library.

• Share with the group your favorite tools/services.

According to the Open Source Initiative,

“open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The

promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.”

Source: http://www.opensource.org/

Pick a Linux distribution that best fits your needs.

A distribution is an “operating system” that also includes a collection of software applications (e.g., word processors, spreadsheets, media players etc.)

Check out Top Ten Distributions from Distrowatch.com

http://www.ubuntu.com

I am currently using …

10.04 LTS (Long-term Support)

http://infrarecorder.org/

Use InfraRecorder to burn the .ISO image file.

Use a LiveCD and try Linux before installing it.

Having a LiveCD can help you gain access to a crashed non-Linux system!

Download VirtalBox at: www.virtualbox.org

Use VirtualBox to run Linux

inside Windows or

OSX

Use Wubi (Windows-based UBuntu Installer)

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer

Wubi will setup a dual boot system.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Open Access

(OA) is the practice of providing unrestricted access via the Internet to peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access

Development of open access

Source: http://goo.gl/6S6ex

http://roar.eprints.org/

Every article that we publish is open-access, freely available online for anyone to use. Sharing research encourages progress, from

protecting the biodiversity of our planet to finding more effective treatments for diseases such as cancer.

http://www.plos.org/

October 22-28th, 2012A global event, now in its 6th year, promoting Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research.

http://www.openaccessweek.org/

Source: http://creativecommons.org/

Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world. It develops, supports, and stewards legal and

technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.

Edit Wikipedia articles and include library resources.

Also, watch for:

Open TextbooksOpen Education

Open Library

Source: http://goo.gl/RzpB0

Free Education For AllWhat is the library’s

role?

“The average college graduate has $24,000 in education-related debt. So we have two choices:

stop sending as many students to college or make college more affordable.”

Source: http://goo.gl/LTwFj

Harvesting open education?

Free Learning Management Systems

http://coursekit.com/

http://www.joinopenclass.com

http://moodle.org/

Promote DRM-free e-books

http://drmfree.calibre-ebook.com/

http://overdrive.com/

http://www.gutenberg.org/

http://openlibrary.org/

Are you currently weeding your physical collection?

If yes! Then donate these books to Open Library. More

information at: http://openlibrary.org/

Shareware (trialware or demoware)

… proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability (it may be functional for a limited time period only), or convenience (the software may present a dialog at startup or during usage, reminding the user to purchase it.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware

http://www.tucows.com

http://download.cnet.com

Google Drive

Take advantage of the “cloud.”

Freeware

Software that is available for use at no cost. Freeware might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the aim to expand the market share of a "premium" product.

Popular examples of closed-source freeware include Adobe reader and Skype.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware

What is calibre?

calibre is a “free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books.”

http://calibre-ebook.com/

What can calibre do?

• Manages your e-book collection.• Converts many e-book formats.• Syncs to a variety of e-readers.• Downloads RSS feeds & converts to an e-book.• Comprehensive e-book viewer.• Content server for online access to your collection.

calibre ResourcesGet calibre! http://calibre-ebook.com/download

calibre User Manual: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/

calibre: Watch it in action!http://calibre-ebook.com/demo

calibre MobileRead Forums:http://goo.gl/M9y0G

Download at http://goo.gl/zcYQK

http://sourceforge.net/

http://www.freewarefiles.com/

https://github.com/

http://handbrake.fr/

http://www.realvnc.com/

Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

http://filezilla-project.org/

What are your favorite tools/services?

The Future is Open!

Hatsune Miku, a "virtual idol, a holographic star" is a crowdsourced piece of software making it big in Japan.

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