Open Source Software (OSS) provides access to electronic reserves (e-reserves). Open source software's most significant advantage is that it offers an electronic reserve system that contains no capital outlay as well as no ongoing support payments. I do not have any experience working with Open Source Software nor do I know much about all of it's advantages, features, and disadvantages. Electronic reserves are very important for a library to have especially in an academic library setting such as a larger university library.
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October 29, 2010
Melissa,
ReplyDeleteOpen Source Software is used for far more than just e-reserves. Please have a read through some of these links:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software
- http://www.opensource.org/
- http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Software
- http://infomotions.com/musings/ossnlibraries/