Cathedral, Bazaar, or Some Third Thing: Can Open Source Work for Libraries?

Codex: the Journal of the Louisiana Chapter of the ACRL, Vol 1, No 1 (2010)

Cathedral, Bazaar, or Some Third Thing: Can Open Source Work for Libraries?

James Elmborg

Abstract

The author examines open source in the context of academic libraries, particularly as a software solution for ILS needs. The author focuses on LibraryThing as an ideal example of the use of open source in a library environment.

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