Via the press release:

SOUTHBOROUGH, MA, November 1, 2008 - For the past few years NELINET, a non-profit library consortium serving New England, has been championing the benefits of open source software to the library community. The rise of interest in open source solutions in the library world reflects the needs of many organizations to easily develop customized and cost effective solutions for everything from integrated library systems to web site.

NELINET is truly committed to the open-source movement. To underscore this commitment, NELINET’s has just launched its new web site powered by the Drupal open source Web content management/portal system. NELINET Executive Director Arnold Hirshon is excited for what the future of open source offers for libraries, “By developing our new website with Drupal, we want to be able to show our members the possibilities of what you can do with open source software – even with limited resources.”

The release continues on to remind members that they can try out open source software in the tech sandbox:

NELINET will continue to explore other open source solutions and provide guidance to the membership looking to find efficient and productive ways to help run their organizations better. In 2007, NELINET unveiled the Tech Sandbox - an online resource where organizations can try out new library technologies with an eye to evaluating them for installation or purchase. Open source products currently available to try out include, DSpace, Harvester2, Evergreen, Koha Zoom, Moodle and MediaWiki.

I love seeing the organizations we’ve grown to respect promoting and using open source!

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