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"This paper aims to explain the circumstances, methods and outcomes of the New York University Health Sciences Libraries' (NYUHSL) migration from their previous Integrated Library System (ILS), Innovative Interfaces, Inc.'s Millennium, to the open-source ILS Koha."

Discussion about Axiell ILS-products and Drupal

"The article looks at the development of library technology, focusing on library automation, integrated library systems (ILS), and the use of open source software. Additional topics discussed include the competition between supports of ILS and proprietary library services vendors, the decreases in library finance, and litigation between library service companies over the violation of antitrust laws. The author also presents several profiles of companies engaging in library automation services, such as Auto-Graphics, BiblioCommons, and Cuadra Associates."

"The author reflects on open source integrated library systems (ILS). He says that the open source ILS has promised libraries with more control over their software compared to others. He adds that he found no inconsistencies between the claim made by vendors on opening their system through application programming interface (API) and the actual delivery of its capabilities. He concludes that while opening the API of some library software is still a bit messy, he hopes that the time will come for this issue to evolve."

"The article focuses on the critic by Stephen Abram, vice president of innovation at SyrsiDynix, about open source integrated library systems (ILS), which was leaked on October 29, 2009. Abram said in the leaked paper, that the open source software are a big threat to the vendor-based market of ILS. He added that the paper was the reaction of his company on the development of the open source technology in the market. Mark Leggott of the University of Prince Edward Island argued that the stand of Abram on open source software was just well wrong."

"The author reports on plans for some of the public libraries which are part of the Health Sciences Libraries Consortium to start using the Evergreen open source integrated library system (ILS). Topics discussed in the article include plans that exist to eventually have all public libraries in Pennsylvania to use Evergreen, predictions that have been made regarding the number of libraries which will start to use the system and benefits associated with the system."

March 2011, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p 6 - 10 The article focuses on the use of the open source platform VuFind to create the MnPALS Plus discovery solution which extracts bibliographic data from the shared integrated library systems (ILS) of the 25 2-year colleges and seven state universities belonging to the PALS program of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Information on the history of the PALS operation is provided. The features of VuFind are also described.

"The article discusses the release of a document by SirsiDynix Vice President (VP) of Innovation Stephen Abram entitled "Integrated Library System Platforms on Open Source." The document criticizes open source library systems and created a debate among open source and proprietary integrated library system (ILS) proponents."

"A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences using open source integrated library systems (ILS) for Bibliomation, a Connecticut consortium of public libraries and K-12 schools."

A column in The Code4Lib Journal issue 5 2008 about the role of open source software in libraries and libraries failures in grasping the fundamental ideas of sharing and contributing in the FOSS -community, even among libraries themselves. A great essay w

Interative, visual analysis and representation of the Koha database structure

"The article evaluates several open source integrated library system products, including Koha, Evergreen, OPALS and NewGenLib."