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Comment on 5 Stages to Open Source by Scott Sanicki

Scott Sanicki — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:22:53 +0000

Have you seen the RedHat’s “Truth Happens” ad from a few years back which builds on Gandhi’s quotation? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjSDAUykkzQ

Comment on 5 Stages to Open Source by Cinco etapas del Open Source « Alusión…Llamada Virtual

Cinco etapas del Open Source « Alusión…Llamada Virtual — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:42:42 +0000

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Comment on Rewrite of Greenstone by Yitzchak Schaffer

Yitzchak Schaffer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:46:58 +0000

Touro College Libraries have just announced EmeraldView, a new PHP-based frontend project for Greenstone. Come check us out at http://emeraldview.tourolib.org/

Comment on Open Source Developers are all Librarians by dave shields

dave shields — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:30:04 +0000

Thanks for the kind words.

I lost the election by 3 votes. That’s fine with me. All the other candidates were well-qualified, and I ran mainly to show my support for the library.

I have a deep love and affection for libraries and librarians, and have written many posts about both. This is why whenever I speak of my volunteer efforts I say, “I want to help educators AND librarians in their vital mission.”

Most people don’t appreciate that librarians are both educators and the guardians of our past.

I have recently taken a professional interest. The Internet is clearly the largest collection of organized information yet created, and so it the world’s largest library. Google is clearly its librarian.

That Google is a private company based on advertizing is not a problem.

What IS a problem is that, through no fault of its own, Google, by the success of its search technology, has rendered much of the Science of Libraries obsolete.

It is thus now necessary to create a new Science of Libraries so that we can best build Libraries of Science, almost all of which will be digital and distibuted over the internet.

This can only happen with the help of many people from the computer industry, both in hardware and software, and I have volunteered to be one of them.

thanks,dave

Comment on Finally get to see NZ? by Nicole C. Engard

Nicole C. Engard — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:52:10 +0000

Joann - I volunteer!!!

Comment on Finally get to see NZ? by Diana

Diana — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:27:39 +0000

I’ll starting saving my dollars right away! What fun!

Comment on Finally get to see NZ? by Joann Ransom

Joann Ransom — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:32:19 +0000

Hi Nicole,

The way to ensure it suits to volunteer to help organise it!

Cheers Jo.

Comment on New version of Kete Released by Walter McGinnis

Walter McGinnis — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:14:51 +0000

Haha. That’s “rally the troupes” as in rally the dance troupes, of course.

In Wellington, you would probably rally this troupe (warning exhibits bad taste for camp value):

http://www.artsphotography.net.au/RHB.htm

Comment on New version of Kete Released by Walter McGinnis

Walter McGinnis — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:42:03 +0000

Yeah, would be good to get some backing for your ticket:

http://kete.lighthouseapp.com/projects/14288/tickets/162-enhancement-gedcom-import

I really like the idea, but we haven’t had others (with funding) request it yet. It would be good to “rally the troupes” by talking about the idea as a related topic to the enhancements topic here:

http://kete.net.nz/site/topics/show/212-enhancement-ideas-for-kete

We also would be happy to accept patches!

Cheers,
Walter

Comment on Koha Unsung Heroes by Open Sesame » Blog Archive » More Koha Unsung Heroes

Open Sesame » Blog Archive » More Koha Unsung Heroes — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:45:10 +0000

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