<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">FYI.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font face="monospace, monospace">Hilton Gibson</font></b></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Ubuntu Linux Systems Administrator</font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace">Stellenbosch University Library<br></font></div><div><font face="monospace, monospace"><a href="http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html" target="_blank">http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/~hgibson/docs/cv/cv.html</a><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Simon Ball</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon.ball@eifl.net">simon.ball@eifl.net</a>></span><br>Date: 14 May 2015 at 10:53<br>Subject: [EIFL-FOSS] Fwd: [IFLA-IT] Registrations open - Open Source: transforming information access in libraries<br>To: <a href="mailto:eiflfoss@lists.eifl.net">eiflfoss@lists.eifl.net</a><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi Everyone<br></div>Here is a pre-conference opportunity that you may be interested in, with thanks to Rima for forwarding.<br></div>Best wishes<br></div>Simon<br><br><br><br><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="EN-AU"><div><p>Dear IT Section Colleagues</p><p> </p><p>*** please circulate this on your lists ***</p><p> </p><p>The IFLA IT Section in conjunction with Stellenbosch University is pleased to announce registration for the IFLA 2015 IT Section pre-conference: "Open Source: Transforming information access in libraries". This pre-conference will comprise 4 concurrent workshops on the first day and a full day session of papers, and is an opportunity for libraries to experience current developments in open source for Big Data, Library Management, Digital Libraries and Publication Management. Registration details and the programme are available at</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/IFLA_IT/IFLA-IT2015" target="_blank">http://conferences.sun.ac.za/index.php/IFLA_IT/IFLA-IT2015</a> </p><p> </p><p>We encourage early registration as numbers are limited.</p><p> </p><p>Libraries have been early innovators and adopters of open source. Systems like DSpace and Koha are widely implemented in institutions of all sorts, and debate has largely moved beyond the question of whether open source is good for libraries to when and how to implement it and new generations of open source software that are emerging. Projects such as DSpace and Kuali include multi-institution collaboration as a method for project funding and support, while Koha has built a rich, diverse community of contributors around the world. Wide adoption of open source has encouraged innovative approaches to open source in all aspects of library operation.</p><p> </p><p>This pre-conference will comprise 4 concurrent workshops on the first day and a full day session of papers, and is an opportunity for libraries to experience current developments in open source for Big Data, Library Management, Digital Libraries and Publication Management.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Regards</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Dr Edmund Balnaves</p><p>Chair</p><p>IFLA IT Section</p><p> </p><p>Director</p><p>Prosentient Systems, Australia<span></span></p><span><font color="#888888"><p> </p><p>Edmund<span></span></p><span><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></font></span></font></span></div></div></div><span></span><br></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div>Dr Simon Ball<br>EIFL FOSS Programme Manager<br><a href="mailto:simon.ball@eifl.net" target="_blank">simon.ball@eifl.net</a><br>Skype: simontechdis<br><div style="display:inline"></div><div>Twitter: @simonjball</div><div><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:100%"><a href="http://www.eifl.net/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><span lang="en-GB"><u><b>EIFL:
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