Open Source Open Access: a Hot Library Combo
Open Source Open Access: a Hot Library Combo As library budgets dwindle at an alarming rate, Librarians are weighing other options to trim down their spending. One area has been to adopt freely available applications over the more fancied proprietary solutions. This justifies why my fellow Librarians have become so much interested and excited in learning more about open culture especially open source and open access, which are becoming an indispensible combo for progressive library solutions. This hot combo may be likened to Siamese twins who need and complement each other in many ways. What many of my Librarian colleagues’ may not realize is that whilst open applications come without license fees, and will most likely save significant library funds, open culture is about so much more than a price tag. In this dialogue I will attempt to provide a brief (and not conclusive) overview of the history and definition of open sourc...
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