Free & Open Source Tools

Nicole C. Engard
Vice President of Education @ ByWater Solutions
http://web2learning.net
@nengard
Links: http://www.delicious.com/nengard/cildctools

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with hash tag
#CILDCTools
We will monitor that feed and
answer questions at the end and
during the talk!

What is Open Source

Open source software is software that users have the

freedom to run, distribute, study and modify for any
purpose.
Open source is a collaborative software development
method that harnesses the power of peer review and
transparency of process to develop code that is freely
accessible.
Open source draws on an ecosystem of thousands of
developers and customers all over the world to drive
innovation.
Open Source software is often free of cost, but not always.
When talking about Free and Open Source we're talking
about about Free as in Freedom.
Open Source is about more than the software it's about those
who work with, on, and for the software!

Tools You Probably Know Of

FireFox
www.firefox.com
LibreOffice
www.libreoffice.org
Linux / Ubuntu
www.ubuntu.org

Tools You Probably Know Of

w
ords
Koha ILS
koha-community.org

Evergreen ILS
open-ils.org

Tools You Should Know!

LimeSurvey Web Surveys

www.limesurvey.org

Free Surveys
Hosted on your servers
Unlimited surveys
Data is all yours
Surveys in multiple languages
Printable surveys

Scribus Desktop Publishing

www.scribus.net

Create:
Newsletters
Signs
Flyers
Promotional Material

Camstudio - Screencasts
www.camstudio.com

Share:
Tutorials
Book Discussions
Library Tours
Interviews

LibKi Public PC Mgment

www.libki.org

Designed by and for librarians

Web-based admin area
Manage library computer users
Manage library patrons time on
computers

Zotero Citation Mgment

www.zotero.org

Citations stored in Firefox & online

Shared libraries
Online groups for sharing of resources
Generate bibliographies with a couple clicks
Online PDF storage for full text
Awesome Guide: research.library.gsu.
edu/zotero

Pidgin Instant Messaging

www.pidgin.im

Login to multiple IM
Accounts
Custom away messages
Typing notification

Spark Enterprise Instant Msg

www.igniterealtime.org/projects/spark/

IM client optimized for businesses and

organizations
Built-in support for group chat, telephony
integration, and strong security
Features like inline spell checking, group
chat room bookmarks, and tabbed
conversations.

LibStats Reference Stats

code.google.com/p/libstats/

Track reference questions

Build a knowledgebase
Data stored on your servers

Omeka Online Exhibits

www.omeka.org

Professional-looking online
exhibits for your digital collections
Tagging and RSS feeds
Multiple themes

VuFind - OPAC
www.vufind.org

Blacklight - OPAC
www.projectblacklight.org

SOPAC - OPAC
www.thesocialopac.net

Scriblio - OPAC
scriblio.net

Reserves Direct Course Reserves

www.reservesdirect.org
Instructors & librarians can
manage course reserves
Integrates into library catalog

Subject Guide Subjects Plus

www.subjectsplus.com

Subject or Course Guides

A-Z List of Databases
FAQs
Suggestion Box

LibX Browser Toolbar

http://libx.org
Browser toolbar
Instant access to library
resources
Easy to configure by browsing
the work of others

Portable Apps Bring Apps w/ You

www.portableapps.com
Allows for the install of many open
source applications on a USB drive
Take your applications and settings
with you
Play with new software without
commitment

Find more!
foss4lib.org
opensource.web2learning.net
delicious.com/nengard/opensource

Thank You!
Nicole C. Engard
Vice President of Education @ ByWater Solutions
http://web2learning.net
@nengard
Links: http://www.delicious.com/nengard/cildctools