Using and Understanding Open Source Tools
Hot Topics Discussion Group
Midwinter 2009
Presenters:
Marsha Schnirring, Instructional Services Librarian at Occidental College
· Discussed Zotero
Ian Chan, Web Development Librarian at CSU San Marcos
· Compared research guides using Moodle, Drupal, and Library a la Carte
Open Source: a peer-based design/development process that makes the product’s source accessible to the public. The term usually applies to software.
Open Source Software: Software that is developed using an open source process and that adheres to the Open Source Definition – see http://www.opensource.org/
OpenOffice – http://www.openoffice.org/
An office software suite that includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database applications
Zotero – http://www.zotero.org/ a bibliographic citation manager that works with Firefox Web browser
Library a’ la Carte – http://alacarte.library.oregonstate.edu/ a content management system designed for creating and maintaining library research guides
Drupal - http://drupal.org/ a content management system
Moodle – http://moodle.org/ a course management system used by many colleges and universities
I attended this Discussion Group to find out more about OpenOffice and came away with much more. I'm looking at Library a'la Carte and the other management systems to see if we can use one of them to manage our online training classes.
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