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- Edubuntu to the rescue again
- I finally had a chance to meet with our new librarian today. After being without an actual librarian for so long, it was incredibly cool to talk with someone who knew something more about academic research than how to Google. She even has quite a vision for how...
- Tags: Open Source, Server, Librarian, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- Library management software...open source or not?
- Library management software...open source or not?SageBrushWe currently have some of our elementary/middle schools running Athena. The high school upgrade to InfoCentre last year. It does get pricey with the renewal/maintenance fees. I think our media specialist would be very interested in open-source alternatives.Personally...I'd be tempted by "Koha." Not that I...
- Tags: software, Koha, Athol PL, school library, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
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- Know when to say when on open source
- My librarian and I spent quite a bit of time evaluating open source replacements for our ancient Follett library software. We both liked what Koha had to offer and would obviously rather use something free than something, well, not free. However, with both of us in...
- Tags: Open Source, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Edubuntu to the rescue again
- Edubuntu to the rescue againKudos!NTRE: Edubuntu to the rescue againNow that's what I call a great librarian! Please keep us posted!http://www.imparisystems.comRE: Edubuntu to the rescue againWe set up Koha for a small Christian school library during the 05-06 school year, and it was a big help to a school...
- Tags: Edubuntu, rescue
- Discussion threads 2007-09-06
- New OpenSUSE education apps available
- While there has been some controversy over whether LTSP support would be added to SUSE's so-called EduCD, to be distributed with their fourth quarter version 10.3 release, a wide variety of software slated for inclusion in their education-centered set of add-ons is now available for download and testing. These...
- Tags: Application, Novell OpenSuse, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- Library management software...open source or not?
- I was actually given funding last spring to purchase new library management software. I got a quote from Follett, our current vendor (the software we have from them is badly outdated and sitting on an aging Windows NT server...it's time for a change) and was getting ready to move...
- Tags: Software, Open Source, Librarian, Library Management Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-08-12
- Giving educators the tools that they want (and need)
- Giving educators the tools that they want and needResponding to circumstances.It's no advantage to provide an educational system with resources which cannot be supported because the necessary expertise is not available at an acceptable cost.If someone is able to maintain an... esoteric system successfully, that's no guarantee that such support...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, tool, Linux, computer, operating system, mixed-OS environment, information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-04-11
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