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F/LOSS and libraries
Magnus Enger, Libriotech
F/LOSS
Free
Libre
Open Source
Software
The plan
1 - Creating F/LOSS
2 - Using F/LOSS
3 - Upstream
4 - Community
1 - Creating F/LOSS
Reaktor
A website/social network for «user generated content»
Flickr meets Youtube meets Facebook...
Oslo public libraryABM-utviklingRedpill Linpro
Prototype: 2003-2005
Version 2: 2008-2009
http://digital.deichman.no/reaktor/
Blog: http://minreaktor.wordpress.com/
Source code: http://github.com/digibib/reaktorcms
LAMP-based (P = PHP)
Sublima
A tool for building subject portals
«Cataloguing web resources»
RDF is used as the internal format
Oslo public libraryABM-utvikling
Computas
5.500 resources
2.400 subjects
Maintained by staff at Oslo public library
http://digital.deichman.no/sublima/
Source code: https://submarine.computas.com/sublima/
Java, Apache Tomcat
Pode
A project, not a single «product»
The aim was to explore - how the library can get access to it's own data
- what can be done with that data
Oslo public libraryABM-utvikling
IT-studentsLibriotech
Mashups- travel- music
VuFind
FRBR
Linked data/Semantic Web
Prototypes, not finished products
http://bibpode.no/
Source code: https://github.com/pode (7 different repositories)
Glitre
«Middleware» for making Z39.50 and SRU easier to use in websites etc
A lot of research into the details of Norwegian Z39.50/SRU servers
Buskerud county libraryABM-utvikling
Libriotech
http://glitre.wordpress.com/
Source code: https://github.com/glitre
PHP, Zebra
normarc2rdf
Transform records in NORMARC to RDF
The transformations is based on a configuration file, can be used for any MARC format
Benjamin RoksethOslo public library
Source code: https://github.com/bensinober/normarc2rdf
Ruby
moBibl
A library interface for mobile devices (smartphones)
NewsPagesSearch
Libriotech
http://libriotech.no/mobibl
Source code: https://github.com/MagnusEnger/mobibl-wp-theme https://github.com/MagnusEnger/mobibl-wp-plugin
WordPress, jQuery Mobile, Glitre
2 - Using F/LOSS
What I'm not going to talk about...
● Firefox, OpenOffice / Libre Office, and other free desktop software...
http://www.hioa.no/LSB/node_2460/Referanseteknikk/Zotero
Aigaion
«A Web based bibliography management software»
http://www.aigaion.nl/
http://bibliografi.hive.no/larebok/index.php/topics/single/37
CMSes
Content Management Systems
http://sksk.wordpress.com/
WordPress - http://wordpress.org/
http://www.lillehammer.folkebibl.no/cmsms/
CMS Made Simple - http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/
DSpace
Institutional repositories
BIBSYS sells DSpace services as «Brage»
http://www.dspace.org/
OJS
Open Journals System
Takes care of publishing electronic journals, including the peer review process
http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs
iWebKit
A framework for mobile web-apps
http://snippetspace.com/projects/iwebkit/
MapTiler
«Map Overlay Generator for Google Maps and Google Earth»
http://www.maptiler.org/
http://bergenbibliotek.no/digitale-samlinger/kart/
MediaWiki
The software that Wikipedia runs on
Semantic MediaWiki
More capabilities, can export data as RDF
http://semantic-mediawiki.org/
Linux for patrons at Oslo public library
«Semi-thick» clientsUbuntu on the server - http://www.ubuntu.com/
Lubuntu on the clients - http://lubuntu.net/Libki for administration - http://libki.org/
http://digital.deichman.no/blog/2011/06/22/publikumspcer-del-3/
http://it.deichman.no/projects/halvtykke-klienterhttp://it.deichman.no/projects/libki
Koha
The first free software ILS (Integrated Library System)
http://koha-community.org/
Who's using it?
● The Naval Academy, Bergen● Norsk Senter for Folkemusikk og Folkedans
Who will be using it soon?
● Nesodden school of Waldorf education● Buskerud county library● Lørenskog «friskole»● 5-10 school libraries in Time municipality
Challenges for Koha in Norway
● NORMARC● More or less solved
● NILL – the national ILL protocol● National library cards● Translations
Upstream
When making changes to code
● Submit your changes «upstream»● It's how free software moves forward● Give something back to the community● You don't have to maintain your changes as a
separate fork● It pays off in the long run even if you have to put in
an extra effort to get it into the upstream code
● It's fun!
Koha bug #2593 - way to duplicate items
● Suggested by Nicole Engard, US● Paid for by The Naval Academy, Norway● Implemented by BibLibre, France● Integrated into Koha version 3.2● http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=2593
Community
Contributions don't have to be financial
Report bugsVerify bugs
Answer qustionsWrite documentation
Test bugfixes/improvements
Time can also be an important investment
Libriotech tries to give back on behalf of it's customers
Minor bugfixes and improvementsTesting new code
Organizing bug squashing daysAnswering questions
