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Peter E. Murray

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

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  • Issue 99: Copyright for Generative Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT, DALL·E 2, and the like)

    Cecil Mae Feather, 1929–2023
    This issue is offered in honor of Cecil Mae Thornburg Feather, my mother-in-law. Cecil Mae was a wonderful person. I only knew her a short time as I married into the Feather family, and that time was filled with love and joy. She enjoyed playing …

     Posted on  March 02, 2023
     and last updated March 01, 2023
     ·  11 minutes reading time
  • Engaging with Open Source Technologies

    These are the presentation notes for the Engaging with Open Source Technologies presentation during the Open Source Publishing Technologies: Current Status and Emerging Possibilities webinar on Wednesday, August 14, 2019.

    Webinar Description

    This session will focus on discussions of open source publishing platforms and systems. What is the value proposition …

     Posted on  August 14, 2019
     and last updated April 03, 2021
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • Free Software in Libraries, success stories and their impact on the library today

    Today I was privileged to present to the 6th International Congress of Technological Innovation, Innovatics 2016, organized by Duoc UC Libraries, Library of Santiago, and University of Chile Libraries. The conference was simultaneously translated in English and Spanish. To aid the translators, I wrote out the text of my presentation …

     Posted on  August 31, 2016
     and last updated September 01, 2016
     ·  21 minutes reading time
  • Happy to Announce that I'm Joining Index Data

    Index Data posted an announcement on their blog about how I will be joining them next month. Confirmed! I'll be working on the open source library service platform that was announced by EBSCO last month, and more specifically in a role as an organizer and advocate for people participating …

     Posted on  May 19, 2016
     and last updated May 19, 2016
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • Setting the Right Environment: Remote Staff, Service Provider Participants, and Big-Tent Open Source Communities

    NOTE! I was asked recently to prepare a 15 minute presentation on lessons learned working with a remote team hosting open source applications. The text of that presentation is below with links added to more information. Photographs are from DPLA and Flickr, and are used under Public Domain or Creative Commons …

     Posted on  May 29, 2015
     and last updated May 29, 2015
     ·  10 minutes reading time
  • 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: 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
  • Call for Papers: 2nd Workshop on Sustainable Software for Science: Practice and Experiences (WSSSPE2)

    This is related to the Supporting Cultural Heritage Open Source Software (SCHOSS) Symposium last month. More on that topic in June. I am serving on the program committee for the WSSSPE2 conference.

    Progress in scientific research is dependent on the quality and accessibility of software at all levels and it …

     Posted on  May 31, 2014
     and last updated June 01, 2014
     ·  3 minutes reading time
  • Join the Community: Open Source is Nothing Without You

    During the American Library Association meeting in Chicago in 2013 I gave an "ignite" talk on open source software in libraries. (The "ignite talk" format, if you're not familiar, is one in which "each speaker is allocated five minutes of presentation time and is accompanied by 20 presentation slides. During …

     Posted on  January 04, 2014
     and last updated January 04, 2014
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • Implemented Open Source in your Library? Get Paid to Write a Case Study

    Share your story of implementing an open source system at your library. If selected, you will get paid to develop a case study of your open source system adoption experience and learning.

    LYRASIS, in partnership with the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is seeking academic and public libraries to share their …

     Posted on  December 17, 2013
     and last updated December 17, 2013
  • Vote for an ALA2013 Ignite Session on Open Source Communities

    I've put in a proposal on the importance of communities in open source software for an "ignite" session at the ALA Annual meeting in Chicago, and I'd appreciate your vote to get the talk into the program. If you have experienced the power and benefit of open source software, you …

     Posted on  February 26, 2013
     and last updated February 26, 2013
     ·  1 minutes reading time
  • ALA Virtual Conference Includes Talk on Open Source in Libraries

    ALA has its "Virtual Conference" coming up on July 18th and 19th. It is two days of at-your-desktop talks on some of the most interesting topics in libraries today. I'm presenting a derivative of the Introducing FOSS4Lib webinar and in-person. The version I'm doing for the ALA Virtual Conference has …

     Posted on  July 06, 2012
     and last updated July 06, 2012
  • My ALA Anaheim 2012 Schedule

    It is that time of year again where representatives from the library profession all gather for the annual Annual Library Association meeting. This year it is in Anaheim, California on June 21–26. And as the pace of technology continues to push libraries into new areas of content and service …

     Posted on  June 11, 2012
     and last updated June 12, 2012
     ·  9 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: Open Source Advocates Twitch at Blackboard's Strategy and Effect of Copyright/DRM on Access

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    Thursday Threads has been a back-burner activity for quite a while now. Blame it on too many interesting things happening at home and at work (to say nothing of the early arrival of spring weather). This week will be …

     Posted on  April 05, 2012
     and last updated January 15, 2018
     ·  6 minutes reading time
  • Helping Libraries Consider Open Source Software

    One of the key activities that brought me to LYRASIS many months ago is going to see the light of day in about 10 days at ALA Midwinter -- a set of tools to help libraries determine if open source software is right for them and what open source software works …

     Posted on  January 10, 2012
     and last updated January 11, 2012
     ·  2 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: Legal Implications of SOPA/PROTECT-IP, Learning from Best Buy, Open Source in Medicine

    Welcome to the new year! Threads this week include a brief analysis of the legal problems in store if SOPA and PROTECT-IP become law, what an analysis of the problems with Best Buy might teach libraries, and why open source licensing of clinical tools is important.

    Feel free to send …

     Posted on  January 05, 2012
     and last updated January 05, 2012
     ·  5 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: Thanksgiving Edition 2011 -- What I'm Thankful For

    With Thursday Threads coming on a Thanksgiving Thursday, it seems appropriate to use a theme of what I'm thankful for. So, in this edition of DLTJ Thursday Threads I'm offering three things: open source software, the internet, and public libraries. Reading this on Thanksgiving? Feel free to offer what you …

     Posted on  November 23, 2011
     and last updated November 24, 2011
     ·  5 minutes reading time
  • Thursday Threads: Kindle Ebook Lending, Google Ngram Viewer, Collaborative Open Source Development

    This week brought news of the Kindle-based e-book lending program through Overdrive, and Peter Brantley has an opinion piece on what this means for Amazon, publishers, and even libraries. From the other e-book powerhouse -- Google -- is a TED talk presentation about the Google Books ngram Viewer. Finally, there is a …

     Posted on  September 29, 2011
     and last updated September 29, 2011
     ·  3 minutes reading time
  • Governance in Open Source Software Projects

    Note!Below is the text of an article I wrote for a LYRASIS member newsletter in which I talk about the nature of governance in open source software projects. I’m reposting it here for the DLTJ readership.



    One of the more fascinating aspects of open source software is the role …

     Posted on  September 27, 2011
     and last updated September 27, 2011
     ·  4 minutes reading time