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| DATE | 2004-01-16 |
| FROM | From: "P. Robert Marino"
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] [TechForum] Fwd: Open Source Library Presentation
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On Thursday 15 January 2004 7:41 pm, NoraLee9-at-aol.com wrote:
> Hi again:
>
> was this sent also to the Alt Librarians List? If those toothless fools
> at Broome Tioga can master this, why can't we? After spending years
> dicking around with Win-a-Bagel and Follett, this looks much more
> promising. Library automation can be a resouce drain. It IS important.
> Think of how I felt when the deputy superintendent for Region 2 said that
> Library automation was not important.
>
> Open source is the best way for our schools. This looks great. Let's
> get the word out.
>
> NLM
>
> In a message dated 12/23/03 9:43:31 PM, obilanow-at-nycboe.net writes:
> > From: "Hughes Natalie"
> > Date: Tue Dec 23, 2003 3:05:58 PM America/New_York
> > Subject: Open Source Presentation
> >
> > Low, low cost library automation!
> >
> > NYC School Library Services invites you to explore - Open Source
> >
> > Technology is a mixed blessing - it can streamline mundane tasks and
> > give us access to a limitless number of resources; when it is working.
> > That is the downside to technology - the money and human resources it
> > takes to keep school libraries operating are sometimes beyond the means
> > of schools and school libraries. An upstate New York School Library
> > System facing this situation came up with an innovative, cost-effective
> > solution that could work in NYC. The Broome-Tioga School Library System
> > in conjunction with SCOOLS (South Central Organization of School Library
> > Systems) implemented an open source version of library automation in
> > several small libraries and for their union catalog
> > . Open source
> > promotes
> > software reliability and quality by supporting independent peer review
> > and rapid evolution of source code. Technology mavens may be familiar
> > with Linux or Mozilla incarnations of open source. Program users have
> > unhindered access to open source software source code. The whole concept
> > of open source is the direct opposite of proprietary software - no
> > "latest version" or "upgrade" purchase required - the users tailor the
> > code to their needs.
> >
> > Harry Chan, president of Media Flex, Inc. who advised the SCOOLS group
> > and the library system personnel, shared the history and current status
> > of this project with other school library system directors in Binghamton
> > at the end of October. We were very impressed with the possibilities of
> > open source and have invited Harry Chan to our regularly scheduled
> > Regional Library Representative meeting to reprise the October
> > presentation for New York City library system stakeholders. We hope you
> > can join us for this exciting introduction to open source software for
> > school libraries! Please note: ten school libraries will be selected
> > from the days' participants to pilot automation with
> >
> > Open Source software.
> >
> > Thursday, January 29, 2004
> > 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
> > Brooklyn College Library
> > Woody Tanger Auditorium
> > 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11210
> >
> > Continental breakfast and lunch will be served
> >
> > For more information please contact Elizabeth Naylor-Gutierrez
> > at 212-374-0322 or enaylor-at-nycboe.net
> >
> >
> >
> > LIMITED SEATING!
> >
> > Please RSVP by January 9, 2004
> > to Cheryl Levine at
> > clevine2-at-nycboe.net
--
P. Robert Marino
Vice President of NYLXS
Chairman of the NYLXS Education Committee
Technology Coordinator of Concord High School
"Some people do a lot of work in the name of laziness.
Don't be one of them. Do it right the first time.
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