Website gets mentioned in new journal
The new open access journal, Open and Libraries Class Journal, has published the article, “OPACs, Open Source and Patron Perceptions: a look at what happens (and what can happen) when open source software is a library’s public face.” Much to our surprise, the article mentioned the NExpress Library website, as well as the NEKLS Facebook page!
Here’s the abstract. Check out the full article if you’re interested in learning more!
The phenomenon of libraries in this country using open source software (OSS) for their public faces is a fairly recent one. By “public face” I mean a library’s catalog, or its website, or any other point where library users meet their library electronically. This software now includes open source integrated library systems (ILS), portals and stand-alone catalog interfaces. The nature of these interfaces is changing as libraries move to meet patron’s expectations; many libraries are adding more interactivity. While there are some developed approaches to evaluating OSS in general, applying them to the relationship between libraries and their patrons is not a simple matter. This paper looks at this relationship, and how libraries’ adoption of OSS might affect it, specifically in terms of the increased interactivity envisioned by Web 2.0 applications.
