TY - BOOK ID - 17580511 TI - Practical open source software for libraries PY - 2010 SN - 9781843345855 1843345854 1780630433 9781780630434 PB - Oxford, England ; Cambridge, England : Chandos Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - 025.4 KW - 025.4 Ontsluitings- en terugzoektalen. Classificaties. Thesauri. Metadata voor information retrieval KW - Ontsluitings- en terugzoektalen. Classificaties. Thesauri. Metadata voor information retrieval KW - Open source software KW - Logiciels libres dans les bibliothè€ques KW - Library applications KW - Libraries KW - Library administration. KW - System analysis. KW - Network analysis KW - Network science KW - Network theory KW - Systems analysis KW - System theory KW - Mathematical optimization KW - Library management KW - Management KW - Library automation KW - Mechanization of library processes KW - Library applications. KW - Automation. KW - Administration KW - Organization UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17580511 AB - Open source refers to an application whose source code is made available for use or modification as users see fit. This means libraries gain more flexibility and freedom than with software purchased with license restrictions. Both the open source community and the library world live by the same rules and principles. Practical Open Source Software for Libraries explains the facts and dispels myths about open source. Chapters introduce librarians to open source and what it means for libraries. The reader is provided with links to a toolbox full of freely available open source products to use in ER -