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> 1. Re: good and best open source software (Michael Fraser)
> 2. Re: good and best open source software (Michael Fraser)
> 3. Re: good and best open source software (Eric Lease Morgan)
> 4. Re: good and best open source software [oss watch]
> (Eric Lease Morgan)
> 5. NETSL Award 2010: Call for Nominations (Helen L)
> 6. DRTC-ISI Workshop on Knowledge Transactions (Paper Submission
> dates extended to 20th Jan. 2010) (Dimple Patel)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:08:35 +0000
>From: Michael Fraser <mike.fraser@...>
>Subject: Re: [oss4lib-discuss] good and best open source software
>To: OSS4Lib OSS4Lib <oss4lib-discuss@...>
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>Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
>> What qualities and characteristics make for a "good" piece of open source software? And once that question is answered, then what pieces of library-related open source software can be considered "best"?
>>
>> I do not believe there is any single, most important characteristic of open source software that qualifies it to be denoted as "best". Instead, a number of characteristics need to be considered. For example, a program might do one thing and do it well, but if it is bear to install then that counts against it. Similarly, some software might work wonders but it is built on a proprietary infrastructure such as a closed source compiler. Can that software really be considered "open"?
>>
>> For my own education and cogitation, I have begun to list questions to help me address what I think is the "best" library-related open source software. [1] Your comments would be greatly appreciated. I have listed the questions here in (more or less) personal priority order:
>>
>> * Does the software work as advertised?
>> * To what degree is the software supported?
>> * Is the documentation thorough?
>> * What are the licence terms?
>> * To what degree is the software easy to install?
>> * To what degree is the software implemented
>> using the "standard" LAMP stack?
>> * Is the distribution in question an
>> application/system or a library/module?
>> * To what degree does the software satisfy some
>> sort of real library need?
>>
>> What sorts of things have I left out? Is there anything here that can be measurable or is everything left to subjective judgement? Just as importantly, can we as a community answer these questions in light of distributions to come up with the "best" of class?
>
>OSS Watch, the open source software advisory service for UK higher
>education has some pointers to existing frameworks for evaluating open
>source software (see
><http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/strategists.xml> and then
>following links to e.g. Business Readiness Rating
><http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/strategists.xml>). I suspect the
>baseline requirements for software evaluation have already been defined.
>As another correspondent points out, the list is more likely to be
>interested in the anything specific about library-related open source
>software (standards-based, of course, would apply to both open source
>and proprietary software).
>
>Michael
>
>--
>Dr Michael Fraser
>Head of Infrastructure Systems and Services
>Oxford University Computing Services
>13 Banbury Road
>Oxford OX2 6NN
>Tel: 01865 283 343
>Fax: 01865 273 275
>http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mikef/
>
>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:12:31 +0000
>From: Michael Fraser <mike.fraser@...>
>Subject: Re: [oss4lib-discuss] good and best open source software
>To: OSS4Lib OSS4Lib <oss4lib-discuss@...>
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>Michael Fraser wrote:
>
>> OSS Watch, the open source software advisory service for UK higher
>> education has some pointers to existing frameworks for evaluating open
>> source software (see
>> <http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/strategists.xml> and then
>> following links to e.g. Business Readiness Rating
>> <http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/strategists.xml>).
>
>That second link should have read,
><http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/brr.xml>.
>
>Michael
>
>
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>Message: 3
>Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:42:10 -0500
>From: Eric Lease Morgan <eric_morgan@...>
>Subject: Re: [oss4lib-discuss] good and best open source software
>To: OSS4Lib OSS4Lib <oss4lib-discuss@...>
>Message-ID: <BB2CE389-F8DC-4A15-8283-C9E731C7657A@...>
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>On Dec 28, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Daniel Chudnov wrote:
>
>> I don't see anything on this list that doesn't more broadly apply to "all software". Like you suggest, I'd rather have proprietary software running on a LAMP stack than proprietary software running on a proprietary stack. I'd rather have a license that offers two of the basic software freedoms (the four being "use, copy, modify, distribute") than a license that offers none of them. I'd rather have proprietary software with good support options than no support options.
>
>Dan, thank you very much. The enumeration of basic software freedoms is an important distinction. Very nice. Yes, many of the qualities I have outlined can just as easily be applied to any type of software.
>
>--
>Eric Morgan
>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:07:48 -0500
>From: Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan@...>
>Subject: Re: [oss4lib-discuss] good and best open source software [oss
> watch]
>To: Code4LIb Libraries <CODE4LIB@...>, OSS4Lib OSS4Lib
> <oss4lib-discuss@...>
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>On Dec 28, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Michael Fraser wrote:
>
>> OSS Watch, the open source software advisory service for UK higher
>> education has some pointers to existing frameworks for evaluating open
>> source software:
>>
>> http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/strategists.xml
>> http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/brr.xml
>>
>> --
>> Dr Michael Fraser
>> Head of Infrastructure Systems and Services
>> Oxford University Computing Services
>> 13 Banbury Road
>> Oxford OX2 6NN
>> Tel: 01865 283 343
>> Fax: 01865 273 275
>> http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mikef/
>
>
>Very nice, and thank you for bringing OSS Watch back into my consciousness. I am sharing your well-done resource links with the Code4Lib community because, rather ironically, this thread has gotten more attention there. [1] I believe more people need to know about OSS Watch.
>
>[1] Code4Lib thread - http://tinyurl.com/ychwxzq
>
>--
>Eric Morgan
>
>
>
>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:43:41 -0500
>From: Helen L <celestihel@...>
>Subject: [oss4lib-discuss] NETSL Award 2010: Call for Nominations
>To: OSS4Lib Listserv <oss4lib-discuss@...>
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>New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) Executive Board is seeking
>nominations for its annual NETSL Award for Excellence in Library Technical
>Services.
>
>The NETSL Award recognizes and honors significant New England-based
>contributions to the field of library technical services. Contributions may
>have been made in New England by librarians from throughout the United
>States, or nationally by librarians residing in New England, through
>publications, service, or innovations in practice. The NETSL Executive Board
>members select a recipient at their February meeting based on nominations
>received. The Board reserves the right to suspend the Award for a year if no
>suitable candidate is nominated.
>
>The next NETSL Award will be presented at the NETSL Annual Spring Conference
>2010: Crosswalks to the
>Future<http://www.nelib.org/netsl/conference/2010/index.htm>
>,* April 15, 2010*****, at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA.
>
>Eligibility for nomination is as follows:
>
> - Nominees may be NETSL/NELA members, but membership in the Association
> is not a requirement.
> - A nomination must be accompanied by a written statement that includes
> the rationale for nomination and, if a resume of the nominee is not
> appended, a narrative summary of the nominee's career and achievements.
> Provision of a resume is strongly recommended.
> - Nominations may be made by NETSL members, or by non-members.
> - Nominations and statement(s) must be received by the NETSL
> Vice-President no later than Friday, February 5, 2010.
> - Current members of the NETSL Executive Board are not eligible for
> consideration.
>
>Nominees shall have made contributions to library technical services in one
>or more of the following areas:
>
> 1. Leadership in professional associations at local, state, regional or
> national level
> 2. Contributions or innovations in technical services
> 3. Significant contributions to professional literature
> 4. Conduct of studies or research in technical services
>
>Past Recipients include:
>
>Lynda Kresge, Birdie MacLennan, Dr. Sheila Intner, Robert L. Cunningham,
>Matthew Beacom, Catherine Willis, Lisa Palmer, David Miller, and Martha Rice
>Sanders.
>
>Please send nominations and inquiries to:
>
>Amira Aaron
>NETSL Vice-President/President-Elect
>libconsultaa@...
>781-248-1806 (cell)
>
>NETSL is a section of the New England Library Association and is affiliated
>with the ALCTS Council of Regional Groups. For more information on NETSL,
>visit our website at:
>
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>Message: 6
>Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 19:26:08 +0530 (IST)
>From: Dimple Patel <dimple148@...>
>Subject: [oss4lib-discuss] DRTC-ISI Workshop on Knowledge Transactions
> (Paper Submission dates extended to 20th Jan. 2010)
>To: DLRG <dlrg@...>, NMLIS <nmlis@...>,
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>****** Apologies for cross postings *****
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>Dear All,
>
>The paper submission dates for DRTC-ISI Workshop on Knowledge Transactions (Feb. 15 to 17th) have been extended to 20th January 2010.? For further details kindly visit the following URL:
>
>http://drtc.isibang.ac.in/DRTC/KT
>
>Regards,
>
>Dimple Patel, Ph.D.
>
>Assistant Professor, Library & Information Science,
>
>Osmania University, Hyderabad. (http://sites.google.com/site/dimplerp)
>
>Contribute to LDL: Librarians' Digital Library (https://drtc.isibang.ac.in)
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