http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/06/06/nela-its-spring-program-2007-randy-robertshaw or, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:15:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2007/06/06/nela-its-spring-program-2007-randy-robertshaw#comment-20456 Remaining Relevant » Blog Archive » like a chia pet Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:24:12 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=134#comment-20456 [...] I was sorry to miss the NELA-ITS workshop on Open Source Software last week. But, thanks to the wonders of the internets, I did get some of the content. Particularly fascinating to me was Randy Robertshaw’s presentation on using open source software solutions on all library computers. Now, I’ve long thought this was an interesting idea, especially considering my deep admiration and sympathy for our country’s underfunded and underappreciated small and rural libraries. And he’s not the first to try it, of course. [...] [...] I was sorry to miss the NELA-ITS workshop on Open Source Software last week. But, thanks to the wonders of the internets, I did get some of the content. Particularly fascinating to me was Randy Robertshaw’s presentation on using open source software solutions on all library computers. Now, I’ve long thought this was an interesting idea, especially considering my deep admiration and sympathy for our country’s underfunded and underappreciated small and rural libraries. And he’s not the first to try it, of course. [...]

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