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Every Library Should Have a Sandbox to Play In

October 30, 2009
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Every Library Should Have a Sandbox to Play In

Notes from the 2009 Internet Librarian Conference Matt Hamilton What is a sandbox? Safety model Place to test code that is isolated from production environment Software development model test installation that allows to role back changes as necessary Wiki model environment not consider production but just for ppl to learn new skills Who can learn from software – staff, ppl who want to play & learn, helps keep up on cutting edge technologies, small IT staff to explore if its worth to develop expertise in something Sandbox is a safe place to place Learning environment Inviate patrons to be beta testers, get feedback before implement new services Is this something that is really going to be good for patrons but something were just enamored with for the moment. Place to perfect your craft – Two approaches – and internal option Lisa Haitts at Installs software that is heard about at conferences How do you make it happen? 3 approaches Virtual appliance marketplace, from VMware preconfigured virtual machines Wanted to be the type of IT department that says yes, still have mission to protect data etc so can’t just say use, but can say yes, but… Working with virtual desktops, so

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Session 2 – Free and open source software

June 5, 2008
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Free and open source software = Benefits and hidden costs Stephen Pryor Tech mngr St. Louis University Free software – can do what you what – think free speech not free beer  Open source software Who uses it? Approximately 87% of US organizations – Linux Why would you use free and open source software? No cost Security – peer review of code allows it to get better Reliability – more sets of eyes looking over code Affordability – free of charge, may be charge for installiation and maintenance Licensing – General public Linux MySQL Apache PHP Firefox Thunderbird OpenOffice.org Koha Evergreen VuFind – Web 2.0 OPAC LibraryFind – Web 2.0 OPAC Moodle So what’s the catch? Staff time Learning curve Updates – often manual Bugs, erros, crashes, End of life, obsolescence, decay  Wordpress Mediawiki Webcalendar Rakim – chat Sourceforge.net Freshmeat.net www.fsf.org oss4lib.org koha.org vufind.org libraryfind.org Pryorsw@slue.edu Pius1.slu.edu/oss Questions Asked about Drupal  – Mobius Consortium Office uses camtasia Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend

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