Evergreen in Small Libraries
- 1. Evergreen and Small Libraries or The Evergreen Fairytale Karen Collier, Public Services Librarian Andrea Buntz Neiman, Technical Services Librarian
- 2. Once upon a time…
- 22. But What About…? Consortial Capabilities Support & Hosting Costs Hardware Costs $
- 30. Matthew, Birth and 8 Months
- 31. The truth behind the tales Small library, teeny budget Library values = Open source values Don’t be afraid!
- 32. The challenges of the small library All libraries have budget problems, but this is ridiculous … Small, rural areas feel economic strain earlier Small overworked staffs No in-house tech support
- 33. “ Hey you, 20-somethings! Fix the computer!”
- 34. Lack of support, fear of change Perception of OSS as a “techie” thing Overlords: Evil, but Protective? Institutional, pathological fear of change
- 35. The advantages of being small Small = flexible, fast-responding, non-bureaucratic No RFPs, red tape, silos OSS = budget-friendly!
- 36. KCPL post-migration Staff ownership of Open Source Software Staff ideas influence the development track Patrons love the idea of supporting OSS, even if they’re not sure what OSS is Our community values = OSS values!
- 37. Be thou not afraid, Small Libraries! You don’t have to do it alone Support, hosting, listservs, community Collaborate, innovate, share
- 38. Open Source: Use it, share it, love it
- 39. Thank you! http://catalog.kentcountylibrary.org Karen Collier, kcollier@kent.lib.md.us Andrea Buntz Neiman, aneiman@kent.lib.md.us Original material in this work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Editor's Notes
- #2: KAREN: Good morning. I’m Karen Collier, and this is my colleague, Andrea Neiman. We’re honored to be here as speakers at the first Evergreen International Conference. [CLICK– NEXT SLIDE]