§ Alfresco Labs (now Alfresco
Community) -- A Free Open Source Content Management System.
Customisable.
§ Audacity -- Free (GPL) audio
recording and editing software. Oral history and audio reserves projects;
Audacity provides features normally only found in pro commercial audio
software. Effects filters remove static, hiss, hum, or other constant
background noises from your analog recordings.
§ ClamWin -- open source anti-virus program
§ CUFTS Open Source Serials Management System:
CUFTS includes Electronic Resource Management services, an integrated journal
A-Z database, link resolving, and MARC records.
§ DansGuardian -- open source web
content filtering
§ ht://Dig -- Free (GPL) search engine
software. Spider and search your website(s). Configurable and extendable search
algorithms, templates, file types, etc. Live implementation: J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
§ Dimdim -- Free web-based web-meeting
software. Can be used for virtual reference service, ask a librarian, virtual
information literacy. Co-browsing ability. Free for 20 participants.
§ Drupal -- Free (GPL) [[Content Management
Systems (CMS)|Content Management System] framework with lots of features out of
the box and tons of third party modules. Ideal to build a library website, some
modules allowing to provide an OPAC 2.0 front-end for your ILS. PHP MySQL
based.
§ Evergreen Open Source ILS originally
created by the Georgia Public Library Service.
§ GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program. A
free image editor, similar in function to Adobe Photoshop.
§ Google Docs & Spreadsheets A web
browser-based word processor & spreadsheet application based on the Writely
beta product that Google acquired in 2006. With this application, you can
publish a document or spreadsheet online. It also allows you to collaborate
with anyone who has access to a web browser. You can invite other people to
read or edit your document by entering their e-mail addresses on a form.
§ Groovix PAC open source
Public Access Computing software with SIP2 authentication, time management,
reservations; a complete solution for library public computers
§ Instant Instruction Feedback Forms Instant
Instruction Feedback Forms are web-based surveys that are designed to offer
librarians a simple way to evaluate their information literacy/bibliographic
instruction sessions. These forms are open source software and are available
for free download under the GNU General Public License.
§ Joomla A free open source content management system for
publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets. Joomla is licensed
under the GPL.
§ Kete - Open source digital library
solution.
§ Koha Open Source ILS -- Full-featured
Library Automation System, including OPAC, Circulation/Borrower Management,
Budget-based Acquisitions, Serials Management, and Reporting/Administrative
modules. MARC21 and UNIMARC are supported. Advanced search capabilities,
integrated Z39.50 server and client, and self-checkout. Commercial Installation
and Support available worldwide frommany vendors.
Hundreds of libraries of all sizes and types are using Koha worldwide. The
system can support very large collection sizes (tens of millions of records)
and is very easy to customize as it's written in Perl, MySQL and uses the Zebra
indexing engine for searching.
§ Kompozer web authoring tool, similar
in function to Adobe Dreamweaver.
§ Library a la Carte is
an open-source course and subject guide web publishing tool for and by
librarians.
§ LORLS Open Source
Reading List Management System (Loughborough University).
§ Open Journals System OJS assists with
every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to
online publication and indexing.
§ OpenOffice.org Full suite of
productivity software that competes with Microsoft Office.
§ Pre-Book: An Open Source PC
Reservation System which includes both a Linux server and GPL'd Windows PC Reservation Client
Software commercial installation and support available fromUserful
§ PHP Form Solution
to ensure easy valuable communication for all types of web projects.
§ PMB Open Source Integrated Library System
(ILS) -- Web-based , using PHP, MySQL and ajax. Includes cataloging module
(UNIMARC import, Z39.50 connector), circulation , acquisitions, Serials
Management and Reporting. OPAC with Simple or Advanced search, category
browsing, RSS feeds, web 2.0 functionalities. Available in French, English,
Spanish, Dutch. Commercial support available.
§ Prospero An Open
Source Internet Document Delivery (IDD) System (The Ohio State University). [NOTE:
Development ceased in 2004, although the last release is still available for
download and modification.]
§ The Reference Portal The
Reference Portal is a departmental intranet that is designed to consolidate web
resources, services, and assessment tools for reference librarians. It uses
DHTML layers to give librarians instant access to frequently used web resources
and allows librarians to record information about reference interactions, workshops,
and instruction sessions for evaluation.
§ Scriblio (formerly WPopac) is an
award winning, free, open source CMS and OPAC with faceted searching and
browsing features based on WordPress.
§ Sphinx A free full-text search
engine, distributed under GPL version 2. A standalone search engine, meant to
provide fast, size-efficient and relevant full-text search functions to other
applications. Sphinx was specially designed to integrate well with SQL
databases and scripting languages. Currently built-in data sources support
fetching data either via direct connection to MySQL or PostgreSQL, or using XML
pipe mechanism (a pipe to indexer in special XML-based format which Sphinx recognizes).
§ Squid Squid is a caching proxy for
the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and
improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages.
§ SquidGuard is a combined filter,
redirector and access controller plugin for Squid.
§ SubjectsPlus is a free and open
source tool to help you manage several interrelated parts of your library
website: Subject or Course Guides; A-Z List of Databases; FAQs; Suggestion Box
(aka TalkBack); Staff List.
§ Turn 1 PC into 10 -- open source
Groovix SLIM multi-user software from Open Sense Solutions which enables you to
run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC.
§ Turn 1 PC into 2 --
Free (not open source) 2 user version of Userful's Desktop Multiplier software
which enables you to
run multiple screens, keyboards, and users from a single PC.
§ VLC -- Free (GPL) cross-platform
media player/streamer with support for a large number of formats and more.
§ WUBS Open Source
Resource Booking System (Loughborough University).
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