Marshall Breeding’s  assessment, in his 2009 LMS Marketplace Review published Library Journal in April, is that, ‘Open Source systems such as Koha and Evergreen have entered the marketplace as routine options.’  That was a mainly US perspective although open source LMSs are  having a significant impact in other countries such as France. How soon before Open Source Library Management Systems  become routine in UK  public and academic libraries? Whatever your views it’s worth keeping up with the current state-of-play.

 

 A useful short seminar on Open Source library systems is taking place in Manchester on Thursday 1st October 2009 from 10.15 – 14.00.  It will be in the 2nd Floor Committee Room, Manchester Central Library, St Peters Square, Manchester, M2 5PD.

 

The seminar is being run by PTFS-Europe  who support the implementation and development of the Koha and Evergreen Open Source Library Management Systems. This particular seminar will focus on the Evergreen system. It promises to be a useful event.

 

To attend: Reply by email to [log in to unmask]  before 20th September 2009.

Make an online booking by going to:http://www.openlibraries.eu/index.php?option=com_jforms&view=form&id=5&Itemid=7

 

In addition there are some useful background resources on the Openlibraries.eu website including links to my April 2009 article published  in CILIP Library+Information Gazette and a good review (published in the Summer edition of Panlibus) of the ‘Breaking the barriers’ conference held in May.

 

Ken

 

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