[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Beginner's Open Source Info and III users

[Deb Bergeron]

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Hi! In talking with a few of the III sites that are considering moving to Open Source from this list, I can share the following information that we put together after having both LibLime (Koha)  and Equinox (Evergreen) folks  present at our III Regional User Group Meetings in Spring and Fall 2007. The information is below.  Additionally, there appears to be interest in continuing these discussions offline.  If anyone is interested, we can establish a Google Group and do LiveChat. I'll be happy to help set up the Google Group. Please let me know if you have any questions about the content below.  Deb The following Fall MNIUG 2007 presentations and addtional Open Source information is provided for you by popular demand! Thank you all for making the conference a success. We had 140 participants--the highest attendance ever! Please let us know if you have any questions, comments, or would like more information by sending an email to the MNIUG Steering Committee.            KohaZoom: John Stromquist's presentation "Waldo Open Source ILS." Joshua Ferraro's presentation, " Open Source Library Automation, All Grown Up," from our Spring 2007 MNIUG conference. LibLime at http://liblime.com. Go to LibLime's KohaZoom product. Check out the playground at http://liblime.com/demos. KohaZOOM has Cataloging, Circulation, OPAC, Acquisitions, Serials, and currently developing an ILL module. Koha ZOOM incorporates open source Zebra software, enabling Boolean searching, relevance ranking, faceted searching, and so on. LibLime offers hosted and non-hosted solutions. LibLime Facts and Stats. MasterKey MetaSearch federating searching product demo. WALDO Consortium--John Stromquist, Executive Director.  Information about the consortium and their membership.  WALDO is moving from ExLibris to KohaZOOM. Contact John Stromquist: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: (800) 326-6495 ext 3 f: (914) 729-1985 Contact Joshua Ferraro: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p:1(888)KohaILS       Evergreen: Jason Etheridge, Equinox Software, Enhancement List Blog post. Tim Daniels, PINES Program Manager, Georgia Public Library Service presentation "PINES/Evergreen Migration". Equinox at http://esilibrary.com. Read the blog.  There's a tremendous amount of information about Open Source. Evergreen has a working Cataloging, Circulation, and OPAC module working and are developing an Acquisitions and Serials module. Equinox offers both hosted and non-hosted solutions. FAQ at http://www.open-ils.org/faq.php. Checkout the playground at http://demo.gapines.org/. Contact Jason Etheridge: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1-877-OPEN-ILS (877-673-6457) Contact Tim Daniels: [EMAIL PROTECTED] p: 404-235-7151 f: 404-235-7201 Overview of Open Source: What is Open Source Software? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software Open Source Initiative provides information on the Open Source Development process and licenses at http://www.opensource.org/. Open Source Licensing: GPL Licensing at http://www.gnu.org/.  Both LibLime and Evergreen use GPL Licensing. Open NCIP: Open NCIP Project. The site not only discusses the project, but provides information of the current protocol. (Joshua Ferraro from LibLime talked about this at the MNLink User Conference Friday, November 2, 2007 -- Deb Bergeron System Admin: User Support CLIC Consortium 1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A Saint Paul, MN 55104 O:651.644.3878 C:651.487.7609 F:651.644.6258