Anonymous Patron writes “I know LISNews has pointed to Ben Ostrowsky’s Quiet revolution: Librarians teach and preach Open Source software at convention at some point in the past, but let’s do it again!
Library science departments are beginning to teach and use Linux and Open Source tools. Proprietary software vendors often gladly give away their products to hook young librarians on closed systems. But “we don’t want our students to just be customers. We want them to influence the direction of the technology they work with,” said Shawn Collins, an instructor at the University of Tennessee’s library school. “Putting an Open Source catalog up for the school’s own library would be the best example. It’s important to show them that there are alternatives that work and are under budget.” The school, he hopes, will soon teach novice librarians to use Koha.”
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