Using Open Source to Give Patrons What They Want
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2008
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| author | De Groff, Amy Begg |
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| contents | Using Open Source to Give Patrons What They Want De Groff, Amy Begg Computer Software Public Libraries Instructional Materials Access to Information Internet Library Services Librarians role as partners in education is to instruct customers on how to find information. Their purpose is to get information to customers. Often, that takes the form of delivering a book. Sometimes, it is accomplished by typing a URL into a web browser, reading text, and copying some of it into a text document for manipulation and reinvention. This article presents how Howard County Public Library used an open source solution to give visitors to its library the opportunity to do more with the computers than just search library records. |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2008 |
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| spellingShingle | Using Open Source to Give Patrons What They Want De Groff, Amy Begg Computer Software Public Libraries Instructional Materials Access to Information Internet Library Services Using Open Source to Give Patrons What They Want De Groff, Amy Begg Computer Software Public Libraries Instructional Materials Access to Information Internet Library Services Librarians role as partners in education is to instruct customers on how to find information. Their purpose is to get information to customers. Often, that takes the form of delivering a book. Sometimes, it is accomplished by typing a URL into a web browser, reading text, and copying some of it into a text document for manipulation and reinvention. This article presents how Howard County Public Library used an open source solution to give visitors to its library the opportunity to do more with the computers than just search library records. |
| title | Using Open Source to Give Patrons What They Want |
| topic | Computer Software Public Libraries Instructional Materials Access to Information Internet Library Services |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ787488 |