The  Selection Between An Open Source And Vended Software in Libraries:Opportunities & Risks

Editor's Notes

• #4: In the past few years, IRs are developed within the context of the open access(OA)movement, shrinking library budgets, the increasing costs of traditional scholarly journals and publications, and the increased development of software platforms for IRs.
• #5: Confucius
• #6: Open source software (OSS) is software created and distributed with licensing agreements The distinction between open source and proprietary software is not that one is free and the other is not. They are each based on differing methodologies and business models. They have their own pros and cons. These must be reviewed within the library context. Success and Abandonment of OSS Library Management Systems (Journal of Library & Information Technology, Vol. 35, No. 6, November 2015, pp. 398-407) which was published last year and it is found that out of 31 open source library management systems only 15 systems are currently active. Maximum active open source LMSs have institutional support. Fifty per cent of LMS project are inactive or abandoned.
• #8: Defines project goals into defined functions and operation of the intended application. It is the process of gathering and interpreting facts, diagnosing problems and recommending solutions/software. Analyzes end-user information needs and requirements. Identify, Read Reviews, Compare, and Analyze can be abbreviated as "IRCA". Important attributes to consider include functionality, cost, market share, support, maintenance, reliability, performance, scaleability, useability, security, flexibility/customizability, interoperability, and legal/license issues.
• #9: New Systems have emerged: Scholarly communication — New scholarly communication and publishing Data curation — Data curation challenges are increasing as standards for all types of data continue to evolve; more repositories, many of them cloud-based, will emerge; librarians and other information workers will collaborate with their research communities to facilitate this process. Digital preservation —the general lack of strategic leadership for establishing architecture, policy, or standards for creating, accessing, and preserving digital content is likely to emerge.
• #13: The distinction between open source and proprietary software is not that one is free and the other is not. They are each based on differing methodologies and business models. They have their own pros and cons. These must be reviewed within the library context.
• #14: In general, there are three layers of a system, including: the Interface, the system, and the data. Each layer requires different types of skills. To simplify this image, the interface is like the part of a tree above the ground, the system is like the whole body of a tree including the part below the ground, and the data is like the water inside of a tree, in order to visualize, the data are like the fruits of the tree, and that’s what the users want. Commercial: Buy the seed OSS: free seed In house: own seed
• #15: The release activity shows the progress made by the developers Success and Abandonment of OSS Library Management Systems (Journal of Library & Information Technology, Vol. 35, No. 6, November 2015, pp. 398-407) which was published last year and it is found that out of 31 open source library management systems only 15 systems are currently active. Maximum active open source LMSs have institutional support. Fifty per cent of LMS project are inactive or abandoned.
• #17: Where is library data? They can be in different systems, for example, in ILS, it can be in a MARC record, in local dbs, it can be an Excel file, in IR it can be an RDF or XML record, in DAM …..how could we control the data in different library systems? Metadata schema. Metadata is used to both improve accessibility and discoverability; and to control authentication for the data we have.
• #20: Here is a report about the general cost of an IR for a library