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LITA OSSIG@ALA meeting notes

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as seen at the osdls site: "The Open Source Systems for Libraries Interest Group of LITA held its initial business meeting at ALA Midwinter in San Antonio, Texas, on Jan. 15 from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM. 24 people were in attendance..." More info, including how to join the OSSIG listserv, is available here. Great turnout, but I guess Jeremy didn't bring his camera this time... :(

now playing: www.oss4lib.org

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It's true; click on over and check out www.oss4lib.org. Everything should be working ok but let me know if anything seems broken.

Ahhh... :)

your ideas sought for oss4lib articles

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There is now a place for you to post articles, whitepapers, opinion pieces, etc. related to oss4lib and Open Source projects for libraries. Anyone can post comments on your article, too. Click -articles- above, check it out.

oss4lib: getting started

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This thread to be used for discussion of said article.

legal limits of open source in health care

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dashTomdot pointed out an article at Salon that asks the medical/legal question "Who's at fault when software fails?" It's a good reminder that the upper bound is never simply what is possible...

ARL report on electronic reserves

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According to ARL SPEC Flyer #245, Electronic Reserves Operations in ARL Libraries, "23 libraries (59%) were using their own "home-grown" web-based systems." We've already seen two pop up here (OSCR and FreeReserves)...

"Linux in the Library: What can it do for you?"

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according to the author, the presentation on this page "may be of interest to anyone interested in what Linux can do at a Library... It might be of interest to you even if you don't work for a Library, but are curious about what Linux can do."

plug in Chronicle of Higher Ed

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the Nov 5 1999 Chronicle has a freely available summary of Open Source/Open Science as it relates to academia available free here with Prospero mentioned. It's always nice to get a free plug (too bad they didn't link oss4lib) but Prospero isn't _quite_ that fancy yet... :)

Linux Kiosk HOW-TO

Gene Wilburn at the Royal Ontario Museum has written a HOW-TO for setting up public kiosks. While its current version doesn't cover several important issues for those wishing to lock down public workstations in libraries, he calls for contributions in those areas. The complete text of the Kiosk HOW-TO is online and waiting for your review.

Scout Report funding to end

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today's New York Times reports that "The Scout Report, a highly regarded publication that monitors the Internet for new and useful research resources, is facing a loss of financing when its three-year grant from the National Science Foundation runs out next spring." it would be a shame to see this consistently high-quality service go by the wayside. the NYTimes article is available for free if you've signed up...
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