Research Guides: Open Source Software: OSS / Libraries

Software

Here are some applications that are designed for and seem to target usefulness in the library setting. There are some general applications which are used in libraries as well, those are listed in the general section.

Drupal

"Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Tens of thousands of people and organizations are using Drupal to power scores of different content.
MediaWiki.org
open source wiki software
libstats
A simple web-based app for tracking library reference statistics
CamStudio Open Source
Make Screen casts with this application.
LibX
LibX is a browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that provides direct access to your library's resources.

Literature

In this section you will find links to the existing literature about the use of open source software in libraries. Please leave comments at your pleasure

The Cathedral and the Bazaar
An early, and evolving interpretation of the open source movement.
The Open Source Initiative
The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community.

Screen Casting and Presentation tools

Aviscreen
AviScreen is an application for capturing screen activity (ScreenCast) in the form of AVI video or images. Beside the usual options defining the capture area, AviScreen has a unique feature called “follow the cursor”. Using this mode you can produce a
Cam Studio
CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)
Jing
Screen Capture like the other applications. Only here there is a emphasis on immediacy of use and simplicity.
Copernicus- MAC OS only
Screen capture. Copernicus only captures pictures and video. There is no support for recording audio.