[Baynet] Infopeople, Califa, and Open Source Library Consortium's webinar "Open Source ILS Add-Ons"

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Title:  Open Source ILS Add-Ons

 

Date and time: October 22, 2009, 12 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

 

This webinar will last approximately one hour. There is no charge for this
webinar.  Pre-registration is not required.

 

For more information and to participate in the October 22 webinar, go to
http://infopeople.org/training/webcasts/webcast_data/354/index.html 

  

 

The first two webinars in this series presented an introduction to and
overview of Open Source Library Systems (OSLS) and how to get involved with
one of the two leading OSLS projects Koha and Evergreen. 

 

This third webinar is about the Open Source software that is available to
supplement your library system, regardless of whether you are using an Open
Source Library System like Koha or Evergreen or a proprietary system like
Millennium, CARL, or Horizon. 

 

Software that dramatically extends and expands the capabilities of your
library system software fall into two main categories: discovery interface
and metasearch. While other products (e.g. content management systems) may
integrate with your ILS to some degree, we will focus our attention on
discovery and metasearch tools, how they work and who is using them. 

 

During this presentation, participants will: 

 

.         Understand the importance of providing users a unified discovery
interface for all library resources 

.         Understand the difference between the new Digital Library
Federation's ILS Discovery API and other methods of accessing library system
data such as Z39.50, SIP and ILS-specific, proprietary APIs. 

.         Learn about four viable Open Source discovery interface products
that are in use at libraries today (SOPAC2, Blacklight, Scriblio, VuFind). 

.         Understand what OAI, Web Services and SOA mean and what they have
to do with metasearch. 

.         Learn about three viable Open Source metasearch tools that are in
use at libraries today (LibraryFind, Paspar2, dbWiz). 

.         Understand how an open library system provides access to
library-owned data and provides much more flexibility for you library than a
closed, proprietary system. 

 

Speaker:  Lori Bowen Ayre.  Lori Bowen Ayre is the Principal Consultant for
The Galecia Group, a library technology consulting company that has been
serving libraries for almost 10 years. Lori has been an advocate for
expanding the use of open source software in libraries for public computers,
web applications, calendaring and content management systems. She is
particularly excited about the opportunities associated with open source
library system software (Evergreen and Koha) because of the opportunities
these open source software projects present for libraries to save money, and
even more importantly, control their own destiny. 

 

 

If you are unable to attend the live event, you can access the archived
version the day following the webinar.  Check our archive listing at:

 

http://www.infopeople.org/training/webcasts/list/archived   

 

Webinar:  Open Source ILS Add-Ons

Date: October 22, 2009

Time:  12pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Speaker: Lori Bowen Ayre

 

 

 

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