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IMT122 IMT122 Reading List Supplementary Reading Week 13 Topic 12 Common Sense Finding your core purpose librarianship

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    Rothman, D. (2011, March 2). Common Sense Librarianship: An Ordered List Manifesto. davidrothman.net, . Retrieved May 14, 2011, from http://davidrothman.net/2011/03/02/common-sense-librarianship-an-ordered-list-manifesto/
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Scot Colford, "Explaining free and Open Source software," - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List Essential Reading Operating Systems Mobile Platforms & Software Week 02 Topic 02 IMT122

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  • Ten criteria must be met in order for a software distribution to be considered open source:
  • Free redistribution
  • the source code freely available to developers.
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  • The license must permit modifications
  • Integrity of the author's source code
  • No discrimination against persons or groups
  • No discrimination against fields of endeavor
  • same license must be passed on to others when the program is redistributed.
  • License must not be specific to a product
  • License must not restrict other software
  • License must be technology-neutral
  • list of the nine most widely used licenses is
  • Apache Software License 2.0 (www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html) New BSD License (www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php) GNU General Public License (GPL) (www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) (www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html) MIT License (www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php) Mozilla Public License 1.1 (MPL) (www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html) Common Development and Distribution License (www.sun.com/cddl/cddl.html) Common Public License 1.0 (www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-cpl.html)  Eclipse Public License (www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html) [5].
  • common misconception, alluded to above, is that since the source code is freely distributed without royalty or licensing fee, open source applications are free of cost.
  • Free and open source software application users, on the other hand, must rely on development communities for support.
  • The pervasiveness of the World Wide Web guarantees that nearly every information organization is using free or open source software to perform some function.
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K. G Schneider, "The Thick of the Fray: Open Source Software in Libraries in the First ... - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List Week 02 Essential Reading Topic 02 IMT122 Open Source Software

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  • the vast majority of libraries continue to rely on legacy proprietary systems
  • libraries using open source integrated library systems indicates that the vast majority of libraries continue to rely on legacy proprietary systems
  • there are at least a dozen active OSS projects based in or with their genesis in library organizations
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  • xCatalog
  • LibraryFind
  • Blackligh
  • iVia,
  • What makes OSS different from proprietary software is that it is free in every sense of the word: free as in “no cost,” free as in “unencumbered” and free as in “not locked up.”
  • questioned whether OSS is overall less expensive than its proprietary counterparts and has called for libraries to look hard at cost factors
  • OSS projects are thriving communities with leaders, followers, contributors, audiences and reputation systems.
  • Like so many things librarians hold dear – information, books and library buildings themselves – OSS is open, available and visible for all to see
  • OSS presents important opportunities for libraries
  • This is the world we want to be in again. It will not always be easy, and there will be a few spectacular failures. But there will also be spectacular successes – and this time, they will happen in the open.
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Search Optimization and Its Dirty Little Secrets - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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IMT122 Reading List Supplementary Reading Week 04 search Topic 04 IMT122 Search Engine Optimisation

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  • black-hat services are not illegal, but trafficking in them risks the wrath of Google. The company draws a pretty thick line between techniques it considers deceptive and “white hat” approaches, which are offered by hundreds of consulting firms and are legitimate ways to increase a site’s visibility.
  • In deriving organic results, Google’s algorithm takes into account dozens of criteria,
  • one crucial factor in detail: links from one site to another.
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