Today, proprietary and open-source software can and do coexist and complement each other. Constrained by limited resources, libraries can do more and offer more if they start with functionally-rich products and build from there. The Ex Libris open-platform program provides a framework in which open-source code developed by the library community is integrated with robust, vendor-supported software. The result is a groundbreaking environment that is achievable and affordable in the short and long run.

1. Open Products, Open Interfaces, and Open Source: The Building Blocks of the Ex Libris Open-Platform Program Tamar Sadeh, Director of Marketing Breaking the Barriers 2009 London, May 2009

10. Example 2: Enhancing the Aleph OPAC Daniel Forsman Jönköping University, Sweden

16. An example: enhancing the Aleph OPAC Daniel Forsman Jönköping University, Sweden

17. Players in the library domain

20. Together

22. Our Strategy

26. Our Program

28. Developer Meets Developer November 2008, headquarters, Jerusalem Aleph, Primo, MetaLib, SFX 13 developers from 10 institutions in 5 countries March 2009, NA headquarters, Chicago Voyager 14 developers from 12 institutions in 3 countries First Meeting Second Meeting

29. What does all that mean?

52. Going back to the example