Open Source Software

Karen K. HeinUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha

khein@unomaha.edu | 402-554-3459

Northeast Library System Annual Winter Workshop Friday, February 20, 2009

What is Open Source?

• A design philosophy• Usually covered by a Creative Commons

license (http://creativecommons.org/)• Usually freely available– “Free” as in a free kitten – Usually offered “as is”– Cross-Platform (Windows, Mac, Linux)– Plug-ins, Standalone Software Packages (SSP)

Advantages / Challenges+ Cost

+ Free to obtain copies

+ Rapid development

+ Frequent updates

– Cost– Specialized support may

be needed

– Frequent updates

– Here today, gone tomorrow

Creating Multimedia• Audacity [SSP]

Creation of audio files, including MP3 format with LAME encoderhttp://audacity.sourceforge.net/http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/

• MediaCoder [SSP]Converts audio / video files from one format to another http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

• Jing [SSP]Create tutorials and screencastshttp://jingproject.com/

MediaCoder Screenshot

http://www.mediacoderhq.com/index.htm

Audacity Screenshot

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Jing Screenshot

http://jingproject.com/

Office+ Functions• OpenOffice [SSP] for Mac & PC

Word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, & more softwarehttp://www.openoffice.org/

• NeoOffice [SSP] for MacWord processing, spreadsheet, & presentation softwarehttp://www.neooffice.org/

• Scribus [SSP] for Mac & PCDesktop publishing softwarehttp://www.scribus.net/

OpenOffice Screenshot

http://www.openoffice.org/

NeoOffice Screenshot

http://www.neooffice.org/

Scribus Screenshot

Painting / Drawing

• TuxPaint [SSP] for Mac and WindowsEasy-to-Use; Marketed as software for childrenhttp://www.tuxpaint.org/

• Gimp [SSP] for WindowsPhotoshop-like software http://www.gimp.org/windows/

TuxPaint Screenshot

http://www.tuxpaint.org/screenshots/showshot.php3?which=0

Gimp for Windows Screenshot

http://www.gimp.org/windows/

Bibliographic Management Software

• Zotero [Firefox Plug-In]http://www.zotero.org

• Text-Cite [SSP]http://textcite.sourceforge.net/

Zotero Screenshot

http://www.zotero.org/

Text-Cite Screenshot

http://textcite.sourceforge.net/

Web Stuff• Content Management Systems (CMS)– Drupal: http://www.drupal.org– Joomla: http://www.joomla.org– Plone: http://www.plone.org

• Integrated Library Systems– Koha: http://www.koha.org/– Evergreen: http://open-ils.org/

• Course / Learning Management Systems (LMS)– Moodle: http://www.moodle.org/

Resources

• Open Source Initiative: http://www.opensource.org/

• Open Source 4 Libraries: http://www.oss4lib.org/

• SchoolForgehttp://www.schoolforge.net/

• SourceForgehttp://sourceforge.net/

Questions?

Karen K. HeinInstructor, Library Media / Library Science Education ProgramUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha522D Kayser Hall6001 Dodge Street 402.554.3459Omaha, NE 68182 khein@unomaha.edu

Copy of presentation available athttp://www.slideshare.net/unokhein