This page features content from our presentations on Open Source software, links to articles we've written, and so on.

=====What We Use=====

[[What We Use]]:  A listing of the OSS sofware we use in the Crawford County Federated Library System.

=====More Info on our Koha Installation=====

  * [[http://ccfls.org/about-koha]]

=====PALA 2009 Open Source Panel=====

John and Cindy's presentations on how OSS is used in the CCFLS libraries from the Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference:
  * John's:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/pala09/PaLAPresentation_10_09.pdf]]
  * Cindy's:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/pala09/Cindy_PALA_2009.pdf]]

=====ALA 2009: Koha:  The ILS That Keeps on Giving=====

John's presentation at ALA '09:
  * [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/ALA2009/ALA_2009_presentation_text_jb.pdf]] (text)
  * [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/ALA2009/ALA_2009_Koha_demo_slides_john_brice.pdf]] (slides)

===== ALA 2008:  What the User Expects and How to Get There =====

John's presentation about the Koha ILS:
  * [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/ALA2008/Koha_demo_slides_john_brice.ppt]]

Cindy's presentation on how we use OSS @ CCFLS:
  * [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/ALA2008/OSS@CCFLS.pdf]]
  * handout: [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/ALA2008/ala_2008_handout_Cindy_Murdock.pdf]]

===== ALA TechSource -- Open Source Software for Libraries =====

Casey Bisson interviewed John and Cindy for an article in the May/June 2007 issue of Library Technology Reports.  Link here:

[[http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/open-source-software-for-libraries.html]]

Here's a Creative Commons-licensed version of the article: [[http://maisonbisson.com/oss4lib/using-open-source/]]

===== Koha-Tools, Libki, and other Library-related OSS from Kyle Hall =====
  * [[http://kylehall.info/]]
  * LibKi kiosk management system:  [[http://libki.org]]

===== 2004 ALA Preconference:  Open Source Internet Filtering =====

Materials from Cindy's Preconference on how to use Open Source Internet filtering software to comply with CIPA.  

Available at [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/osfiltering-ala]].

===== CIPA and the Supremes Presentation =====

John's presentation on Open Source filtering, presented at regional workshops sponsored by the Pennsylvania Library Association and Commonwealth Libraries.  Available in pdf format:

[[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/cipafiltering.pdf]]

===== Article on OS at MPL from WebJunction.org =====

Cindy's article on how Open Source software is being used at the Meadville Public Library as well as in the Crawford County Federated Library System.

[[http://www.webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=3973]]

===== ALA 2003 Presentation =====

John's 2003 Presentation at ALA.  
  * HTML version:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/ala2003]]
  * StarOffice version:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/ala2003.sdd]]

===== Open Source Filtering Article =====

Originally posted at [[http://www.opensourceschools.org]]
  * [[http://opensourceschools.org/article.php?story=20030401120601397]]
  * Backup copy:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/opensourcefiltering.html]]

===== Thin Clients @ Your Library =====

Presented by Cindy and John at the 2002 PaLA Annual Conference.
[[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/pala-ltsp]]

===== Open Source Thin Clients for Libraries =====

Cindy's presentation and handout for LITA National Forum, October 2002.
[[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/lita-ltsp]]

===== John's Open Source Presentation, ALA 2002, Atlanta =====

[[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/ala/index.html]]

===== Materials from the Open Source Filtering Conference, May 2002 =====

[[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/filtering]]

===== Presentations from Library Open Source Conference, October 4, 2001 =====

  * Open Source 101:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/opensource101]]
  * Open Source Filtering:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/opensourcefiltering]]
  * Open Source Server Software for Libraries:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/opensourceservers]]
  * Thin Client Workstations:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/thinclients]]

==== Conference Handouts ====

  * Learning Open Source: [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/learningos.html]]
  * Links to Information:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/links.html]]
  * Other Open Source Software: [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/othersoftware.html]]
  * Thin Client Howto:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/ltsp.html]]
  * Thin Client Configuration Files:  [[http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/thin-client-files.tar.gz]]