This talk covers various open source software which can be used for providing library services

1. Open Source Software For Library Services Dr. Sunita Barve Librarian National Centre for Radio Astrophysics PO Box 3, Pune Univ. Campus Pune – 411 007 Email : [email_address] NIA Workshop on Web Technology in Library Services, 24 th January 2011

3. Open Source Software

4. Range of Open Source Software for Library Services

5. Future Challenges

6. Conclusion

8. Various software are available to provide web based services.

9. These software are either commercial or open source.

11. http://www.oss4lib.org

13. Library Website Management Software

14. Digital Library Software

15. Content Management Software

16. Document Editing Software (Text, Audio/Video, Text, PhotoEditing, Data Files etc.)

17. Conference Management System

18. Journal Management Software

19. E-Learning Management Software

21. Mailing list of the OSS group is very supportive and for any query reply is sent quickly.

22. Data is secured and available with end users custody 100%.

24. Audacity

25. Zotero

26. Openoffice

27. Pdfjam

28. Httrack

29. Scribus

31. DSpace

32. Koha

33. Next Generation OPACs

34. OJS

35. OCS

36. Moodle

38. openEyA allows to archive (in Flash format) and share (via web, zip) traditional scientific lectures and talks carried out using, chalkboards in classrooms and/or using modern presentations (PPT, PDF, animations, etc).

39. Works on Ubuntu Operating System.

43. Sample OpenEya Example 2

45. Audacity is free open source software for recording and editing sounds. Basically used in podcasting.

46. Audacity is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux.

47. Audacity

49. Zotero is a free easy-to use citation management tool.

50. It helps you to collect, organize, cite and share your research sources. It lives right were you do your work – in the web browser (Mozilla Firefox) itself.

55. Very powerful tool and easy to use tool.

57. OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.

58. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format.

59. OO can read and write files from other common office software packages.

61. Easy to create brochures, html pages in OO.

62. Openoffice works on windows, linux.

63. OO has better way of handling special characters.

64. OO has grammar checking feature.

65. Excel sheet has now 1 million rows.

67. For managing and editing image files one can use GIMP(W/L), F-Spot(L), krita(L), imagemagick(W/L), Inkscape(L), Karbon(L).

69. CD-ROM/DVD Writers : k3b(L), Brasero(L), gnomebaker(L), X-CD-Roast(L), ECLiPt Roaster(L)

72. Video Editing : Avidemux(L/W), Blender(W/L), Kino(L), Audacity(W/L), Pitivi(L)

75. Works on Linux as well as Windows.

76. Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK colors, spot color support, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.

77. It is an application designed to do page layout, such applications are more commonly known as Desktop Publishing (DTP) programs. These programs give users great flexibility in placing objects like photos, logos, text frames and shapes in an exact position and orientation with great precision.

79. Drupal is a content management system software used all over the world to build dynamic web sites either of an institute or of a library.

80. Drupal 7, is friendly and powerful content management platform for building nearly any kind of website: from blogs, RSS Feeds and micro-sites to collaborative social communities .

81. 7.19 million web sites are built using Drupal software as of July 2010 data.

83. Drupal supports handling of huge amounts of traffic as well as supports handling large amounts of documents which can be anything.

84. It is a system that help to organize, acquire, store, index, retrieve and make available contents through web.

86. One can quickly create forms that take the style HTML and you don’t have to fight the HTML.

87. Drupal supports classifying all contents, organize entire site, cross-post stories, blog entries, etc.

88. It has built in RSS feeds support.

90. It allow to take user polls easily.

91. End users can create their blogs easily with drupal installation.

92. Most of the web 2.0 tools are by default available in Drupal software.

94. It allow to manage and display lists of scholarly publications bibTex/Endnote Import/Export.

95. Allow to publish book reivew.

97. It is possible to generate discussion forums, generate photo albums , in Drupal.

99. PHP

100. MySQL Database Management Server

105. Works on Windows/Linux.

106. DSpace is an open source digital repository software.

107. It allows to archive any digital document with search and browse feature.

108. All over world many libraries are creating their digital libraries/institutional repositories/digital archives using Dspace.

109. DSpace Open Source Software

111. Works on Windows/Linux.

112. Koha is an integrated library management software. Which includes acquisitions, cataloguing, serial control, circulation and web opac modules.

113. It is developed using international standards and it has large installation base.

114. In India many libraries from public libraries to special libraries have implemented Koha.

116. RFID Support

117. For many library locations one installation of Koha.

118. Barcode printing of books and library user cards.

119. MARC 21 for cataloguing.

120. Easy to download record from library of congress and upload in local koha installation.

124. DRTC Bangalore has created a LiveCD of Koha and Dspace with Ubuntu preinstalled. For any queries relating to this LiveCD write to [email_address] OR [email_address] OR sunitab@ncra.tifr.res.in

126. faceted search

127. Spell Checking

128. Users who borrowed this also borrowed

129. Allow users to write reviews, initiate discussions, post comments etc.

131. find library materials (the materials may be

132. from online databases, digital libraries, library OPACs, customized databases etc.),

133. help libraries manage, catalog, and circulate materials, no matter how large or complex the libraries.

135. RSS feeds, comments, reviews, ratings and tag clouds

136. User ratings

137. Bookmark & share

138. TOC, Summary of the book & visual display to narrow down results

141. Evergreen ( http://open-ils.org )

142. Blacklight ( http://projectblacklight.org/ )

143. SOPAC ( http://thesocialopac.net/about )

144. XC (eXtensibleCatalog)

145. Scriblio(WPopac) ( http://about.scriblio.net )

146. LibraryFind ( http://libraryfind.org/ )

147. Rapi ( http://linc.comp.nus.edu.sg/code/ )

149. create a conference Web site

150. compose and send a call for papers

151. electronically accept paper and abstract submissions

152. allow paper submitters to edit their work

153. post conference proceedings and papers in a searchable format

154. post, if you wish, the original data sets

155. Register participants

156. integrate post-conference online discussion

158. Online submission and management of all journal related contents.

159. Subscription module with delayed open access options.

160. Comprehensive indexing of content part of global system.

161. Reading Tools for content, based on field and editors' choice.

162. Email notification and commenting ability for readers.

164. Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites.

166. Copyright issues.

167. Technological obsolescence.

168. Small publishers merging with big publishers.

169. Keeping license aggrements of online journals.

170. Archiving digital contents.

174. Preferably use open source software (Use LINUX any flavor such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, SuSE, CentOS, Mandrake, Gentoo, Skackware etc. ).

175. Use open standards & open formats for data preservation.

176. Update digital contents with current hardware and software for 100% preservation and retrieval.

178. Thank You! Have a Wonderful Workshop!