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Peter E. Murray

Library technologist, open source advocate, striving to think globally while acting locally

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  • Case Studies on Open Source Adoption in Libraries: Koha, CoralERM, and Kuali OLE

    'When the Open Source System is the Best System'
    Open Source Integrated Library System in a Rural American Library
    Kuali OLE at the University of Chicago Library

    LYRASIS has published three open source software case studies on FOSS4LIB.org as part of its continuation of support and services for libraries and other cultural heritage organizations interested in learning about, evaluating, adopting, and using open source software systems.

    With support from a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon …

     Posted on  October 20, 2014
     and last updated October 21, 2014
     ·  2 minutes reading time

  • Thursday Threads: Patron Privacy on Library Sites, Communicating with Developers, Kuali Continued

    In the DLTJ Thursday Threads this week: an analysis of how external services included on library web pages can impact patron privacy, pointers to a series of helpful posts from OCLC on communication between software users and software developers, and lastly an update on the continuing discussion of the Kuali …

     Posted on  September 18, 2014
     and last updated September 18, 2014
     ·  5 minutes reading time

  • Thursday Threads: Sakai Reverberations, Ada Initiative Fundraising, Cost of Bandwidth

    Welcome to the latest edition of Thursday Threads. This week's post has a continuation of the commentary about the Kuali Board's decisions from last month. Next, news of a fundraising campaign by the Ada Initiative in support of women in technology fields. Lastly, an article that looks at the relative …

     Posted on  September 11, 2014
     and last updated September 11, 2014
     ·  5 minutes reading time

  • Thursday Threads: History of the Future, Kuali change-of-focus, 2018 Mindset List

    This weeks threads are a mixture of the future, the present and the past. Starting things off is A History of the Future in 100 Objects, a revealing look at what technology and society has in store for us. Parts of this resource are available freely on the website with …

     Posted on  September 04, 2014
     and last updated September 04, 2014
     ·  6 minutes reading time

  • Kuali Reboots Itself into a Commercial Entity

    Did you feel a great disturbance in the open source force last week? At noon on Friday in a conference call with members of the Kuali community, the Kuali Foundation Board of Directors announced a change of direction:

    We are pleased to share with you that the Kuali Foundation is …

     Posted on  August 25, 2014
     and last updated August 25, 2014
     ·  2 minutes reading time

  • OLE Project Design Phase Final Report

    There is an announcement on the OLE Project site that links to the final report as submitted to the Mellon Foundation. This version of the report has minor corrections in the text and now includes information about the group of libraries that have committed to the build phase of the …

     Posted on  November 10, 2009
     and last updated November 10, 2009

  • A Thread of Comments on the OLE Project Draft Report

    Carl Grant, president of Ex Libris North America, posted a pair of messages on his corporate blog that it is worth calling attention to regarding the OLE Project final report, if you haven't already run into them: OLE; The unanswered questions and Library Software Solutions - We need a higher level …

     Posted on  August 31, 2009
     and last updated September 01, 2009
     ·  3 minutes reading time