Hi Anastasia Here is an article which has some information on marketing FOSS to libraries: http://www.linux.com/articles/33251
Another article which might be of interest: http://infomotions.com/musings/ossnlibraries-workshop/ossnlibraries-workshop.html http://webjunction.org/do/Home is one site you should check out, they are active promoting FOSS to libraries and have a large network especially in rural areas. There is also http://litablog.org/2008/01/18/open-source-systems-ig-meeting/ Lita is a division of America Library Ass. Lita has a division dedicated to FOSS. I have done extensive work on marketing a LiveCD to libraries and would be happy to help you. Regards Russell On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Anastasia Diamond-Ortiz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That is awesome. I'll work on it and report back. > > Anastasia > > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 10:59 -0400, Anastasia Diamond-Ortiz wrote: > > > Thank you for the quick responses. Am I free to create CDs for > > distribution > > > to be public? Are there any existing marketing materials I should know > > > about? > > > > Look on the marketing pages of the OpenOffice.org web site. Please do > > make CDs for distribution from the library. That would help the project > > a lot. Also take a look at www.portableapps.com. Here you can make > > portable versions of OOo to go an a USB pen drive. You could have it so > > visitors to the library could bring in a USB stick and set up Open > > Office to run from it on any computer without having to install it. > > > > Ian > > -- > > New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications > > www.theINGOTs.org <http://www.theingots.org/> > > > > You have received this email from the following company: The Learning > > Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 > > 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >
