Open Source Software (OSS) is sometimes associated with Freeware and Shareware, but this webinar will eliminate that confusion and discuss the value of all three of these for your library. With libraries facing Draconian budget cuts it seems natural for them to select and use a variety of the above-mentioned software tools, but this frequently is not the case. Learn why in this presentation and leave with a jam-packed software toolbox.

1. Open Source/Open Access
Freeware/Shareware
Tools For Libraries

2. http://www.slideshare.net/chadmairn
@cmairn

3. Agenda
• Discover what open source, open
access, freeware, and shareware is.
• Learn a variety of tools/services that you can use
today in your library.
• Share with the group your favorite tools/services.

4. According to the Open Source Initiative,
“open source is a development method for software that harnesses the
power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The
promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more
flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.”
Source: http://www.opensource.org/

6. Pick a Linux distribution that
best fits your needs.
A distribution is an “operating system” that
also includes a collection of software
applications (e.g., word
processors, spreadsheets, media players
etc.)
Check out Top Ten Distributions from Distrowatch.com

7. I am currently using …
10.04 LTS (Long-term Support)
http://www.ubuntu.com

8. Use InfraRecorder to burn
the .ISO image file.
http://infrarecorder.org/

9. Use a LiveCD and try Linux before
installing it.

10. Having a LiveCD can help you gain
access to a crashed non-Linux system!

11. Use
VirtualBox
to run Linux
inside
Windows or
OSX
Download VirtalBox at:
www.virtualbox.org

12. Use Wubi (Windows-
based UBuntu Installer)
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer

13. Wubi will setup a dual boot system.

14. http://www.openoffice.org/

15. Open Access
(OA) is the practice of providing unrestricted access via the Internet to peer-
reviewed scholarly journal articles.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access

16. Development of open access
Source: http://goo.gl/6S6ex

17. http://roar.eprints.org/

18. Every article that we publish is open-access, freely available online
for anyone to use. Sharing research encourages progress, from
protecting the biodiversity of our planet to finding more effective
treatments for diseases such as cancer.
http://www.plos.org/

19. October 22-28th, 2012
A global event, now in its 6th year, promoting Open
Access as a new norm in scholarship and research.
http://www.openaccessweek.org/

20. Creative Commons helps you share your
knowledge and creativity with the world. It
develops, supports, and stewards legal and
technical infrastructure that maximizes digital
creativity, sharing, and innovation.
Source: http://creativecommons.org/

21. Edit Wikipedia articles and include
library resources.

22. Also, watch for:
Open Textbooks
Open Education
Open Library

23. Source: http://goo.gl/RzpB0

24. Free Education For All
What is the library’s
role?

25. “The average college graduate has $24,000 in
education-related debt. So we have two choices:
stop sending as many students to college or
make college more affordable.”
Source: http://goo.gl/LTwFj

26. Harvesting open education?

27. Free Learning Management Systems
http://coursekit.com/
http://www.joinopenclass.com
http://moodle.org/

28. Promote DRM-free e-books
http://drmfree.calibre-ebook.com/ http://www.gutenberg.org/
http://overdrive.com/ http://openlibrary.org/

29. Are you currently
weeding your physical
collection?
If yes! Then donate these
books to Open Library. More
information at:
http://openlibrary.org/

30. Shareware (trialware or demoware)
… proprietary software that is provided to users
without payment on a trial basis and is often
limited by any combination of
functionality, availability (it may be functional
for a limited time period only), or convenience
(the software may present a dialog at startup or
during usage, reminding the user to purchase it.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware

31. http://www.tucows.com

32. http://download.cnet.com

33. Take advantage of the “cloud.”
Google Drive

34. Freeware
Software that is available for use at no cost.
Freeware might be distributed for a business or
commercial purpose in the aim to expand the
market share of a "premium" product.
Popular examples of closed-source freeware
include Adobe reader and Skype.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware

35. What is calibre?
calibre is a “free and open source e-book
library management application developed
by users of e-books for users of e-books.”
http://calibre-ebook.com/

37. What can calibre do?
• Manages your e-book collection.
• Converts many e-book formats.
• Syncs to a variety of e-readers.
• Downloads RSS feeds & converts to an e-book.
• Comprehensive e-book viewer.
• Content server for online access to your collection.

38. calibre Resources
Get calibre!
http://calibre-ebook.com/download
calibre User Manual: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/
calibre: Watch it in action!
http://calibre-ebook.com/demo
calibre MobileRead Forums:
http://goo.gl/M9y0G

39. Download at http://goo.gl/zcYQK

40. http://sourceforge.net/

41. http://www.freewarefiles.com/

42. https://github.com/

43. http://handbrake.fr/
http://www.realvnc.com/
Audacity® is free, open source, cross-platform
software for recording and editing sounds.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
http://filezilla-project.org/

44. What are your favorite tools/services?

45. The Future is Open!
Hatsune Miku, a "virtual idol, a holographic star" is a crowdsourced piece of
software making it big in Japan.

46. Let’s
Hangout!
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