Can You Do FOSS in Your Library?

Presenter Information

Megan Kudzia, Albion College

Location

Mary Idema Pew Library at Grand Valley State University

Event Website

http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/Midwest

Start Date

24-7-2014 10:00 AM

Description

Can you do Free, Open Source Software (FOSS) at your library if you're a small, one-person shop? How do you figure it out? I've made plenty of mistakes along the way, and I thought maybe others might find what I've figured out useful. As a community that values free/open source, it can be really difficult to assess if you're starting out in your career and you're pretty much "the technology person" at your library (I suspect there are a lot of us in this boat). In addition to mistakes, I've had some successes too, which I'll also share about - it's not all bad news!

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Jul 24th, 10:00 AM

Can You Do FOSS in Your Library?

Mary Idema Pew Library at Grand Valley State University

Can you do Free, Open Source Software (FOSS) at your library if you're a small, one-person shop? How do you figure it out? I've made plenty of mistakes along the way, and I thought maybe others might find what I've figured out useful. As a community that values free/open source, it can be really difficult to assess if you're starting out in your career and you're pretty much "the technology person" at your library (I suspect there are a lot of us in this boat). In addition to mistakes, I've had some successes too, which I'll also share about - it's not all bad news!

https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/c4lmw/2014/presentations/6