Inside Higher Ed (02/19/08) Guess, Andy

Dissatisfaction with commercial integrated library system software has prompted some libraries to build their own open-source solutions that interoperate with existing systems and are fully customizable, and the numerous projects in this field could collectively function as a fully integrated, end-to-end open-source solution for academic libraries. In the meantime, the growing availability of open-source software is spurring some libraries to rethink the role of their in-house tech experts and consider whether hiring of additional developers makes more financial sense in the long run than continuing to pay for products that they cannot influence.

The University of Rochester's eXtensible Catalog (XC) project is a Web 2.0-oriented library catalog interface that the initiative's Web site claims will "provide more intuitive access to resources, a customizable interface to include Web 2.0 functionality, and seamless connections to other Web applications, such as learning management systems, that a library may already be using." The project is being partly funded by a $750,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant, while Villanova University's VuFind project is developing a customizable library catalog. The project's open-source nature enables Villanova to collaborate with developers at other institutions and test the software on diverse platforms. VuFind and ultimately XC places Web 2.0 functionality atop the traditional interface so that users can transmit search results via email and save results to their favorites. Oregon State University's LibraryFind tool allows users to sort search results according to relevance, save items, modify queries, and see electronic documents through the combination of a simple interface and federated search.

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/02/19/opensource

In 2004, in a rural elementary school cafeteria decorated with murals of dancing milk cartons, members of Pennsylvania's Dover Area School Board shocked local constituents and the national scientific community with a small but significant change in its biology curriculum, requiring students to be made aware of "intelligent design."...

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/010408F.shtml

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