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Spots still available: Open Source Software Hands-On Preconference
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin D. Halbert)
Fri Jun 7 19:01:09 2002
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 16:32:35 -0400
From: "Martin D. Halbert" <mhalber@LEARNLINK.EMORY.EDU>
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There are still spots available for the ALA LITA Preconference "Working
with Open Source Software: A Hands-On Preconference" on Friday 6/14/02
(see below and http://www.lita.org/ac2002/opensource.html for more
details). If you would like to attend, call 1-800-545-2433.
This workshop provides hands-on experience in using and implementing Open
Source tools and software as they relate to libraries. Held at Emory
University, participants will attend an opening overview session and then
will attend 3 out of 9 break-out sessions focused on a particular Open
Source tool or software, the day will end with an hour long Q&A. Each
break-out session will feature a different Open Source software and be
taught by an expert for that particular technology. Break-out sessions
will be held in computer labs allowing for hands-on practice.
Open source applications covered include: Sitesearch (basic and advanced),
MyLibrary, Citation Manager, Marc.PM, OAI software, Jake, and WIBS.
