As presented by me at Computers in Libraries 2010.

1. OPEN SOURCE TOOLS
Links: http://delicious.com/nengard/osstools
Nicole C. Engard
Director of Open Source Education
ByWater Solutions
nengard@bywatersolutions.com
http://web2learning.net
http://delicious.com/nengard/opensource

2. THE ONES YOU’VE
HEARD ABOUT
FireFox
www.firefox.com
OpenOffice
www.openoffice.org
Linux / Ubuntu
www.ubuntu.org

3. THE ONES YOU’VE
HEARD ABOUT
Koha ILS
http://koha-community.org
Evergreen ILS
http://open-ils.org

4. SCRIBUS
DESKTOP PUBLISHING
www.scribus.net
Create:
Newsletters
Signs
Flyers

5. DIMDIM
WEB CONFERENCING
www.dimdim.com
Host meetings online
Voice over IP
Share Screens

6. SONGBIRD
MUSIC LIBRARY/PLAYER
www.songbird.com
From Mozilla (like
Firefox)
Play Windows & Apple
Formats
Get plugins to extend
functionality

7. CAMSTUDIO
SCREENCASTING
www.camstudio.org
Windows Only
Record video tutorials
Record audio from your speakers

8. SIWAPP
INVOICING
www.siwapp.org
Runs behind your firewall
Generate invoices in PDF
Track payments & due
dates

9. LIMESURVEY
WEB SURVEYS
www.limesurvey.org
Hosted on your servers
Unlimited questions
Unlimited surveys
Multi-language surveys

10. LIBKI
PUBLIC PC MANAGEMENT
www.libki.org
Designed by a librarian
Web-based admin area
Manage library computer users
Manage library patron’s time on computers

11. ZOTERO
CITATION MANAGEMENT
www.zotero.org
Citations stored in Firefox & on the web
Shared libraries
Online groups
Generate bibliographies with a couple clicks
Online PDF storage for full text
Awesome Guide:
research.library.gsu.edu/zotero

12. PIDGIN
INSTANT MESSAGING
www.pidgin.im
Login to multiple IM Accounts
Custom away messages
Typing notification

13. LIBSTATS
REFERENCE STATISTICS
code.google.com/p/libstats/
Track reference questions
Build a knowledgebase
Data on your servers

14. JOOMLA / DRUPAL
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
joomla.org / drupal.org
Manage your library website
Manage your library intranet
Easy to use interfaces
Professional support available
Library Communities:
drupalib.interoperating.info
www.joomlainlibrary.com

15. WORDPRESS
BLOGGING / CMS
www.wordpress.org
Blogging platform
Can we used to run your entire library site or
intranet
Famous 5 minute install!
Library Community:
wp4lib.bluwiki.com

16. OMEKA
ONLINE EXHIBITS
www.omeka.org
Professional-looking online exhibits
for your digital collections
Tagging and RSS feeds
Multiple themes

17. VUFIND
OPAC
www.vufind.org

18. SOPAC2
OPAC
www.thesocialopac.net

19. BLACKLIGHT
OPAC
http://rubyforge.org/projects/blacklight/

20. SCRIBLIO
OPAC
http://about.scriblio.net

21. RESERVESDIRECT
COURSE RESERVES
www.reservesdirect.org
Instructors & librarians can
manage course reserves
Integrates into library catalog

22. THANK YOU
Links: http://delicious.com/nengard/osstools
Nicole C. Engard
Director of Open Source Education
ByWater Solutions
nengard@bywatersolutions.com
http://web2learning.net
http://delicious.com/nengard/opensource