Open Source & Libraries

["Ed Summers" <esummers@odu.edu>]

My apologies if you've already seen this announcement. It looks like it will be
an interesting event, and well worth the registration fee. // Ed

The New England Chapter of the American Society for Information Science
Presents:

A NEASIS Symposium: 6 December 1999

Open Source and Free Systems/Software: Implications for Libraries
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/neasis/

Monday, December 6, 1999
Yale University, Luce Hall Auditorium
9:15 a.m.­ 4:30 p.m.

The idea behind a free approach to software development not bound by source code
patents nor by intellectual property
rights is twenty-plus years strong. Newly inspired by the web's progressive, yet
often challenged, openly free environment, open and free source software
products have already made inroads into the library market. As the philosophy of
this movement and the principles of free information within libraries are a
nearly perfect match, interest and applicability are increasing. Join us in a
discussion of these ideas and of their validity in libraries.

Speakers:

Daniel Chudnov
Co-founder of OSS4LIB

Eric Raymond
Author, The Cathedral And The Bazaar

Richard Stallman
Founder of the GNU Project

Advanced Registration Required
LIMITED TO 150 ATTENDEES
- ASIS MEMBER $45.00
- NON-MEMBER $60.00
- STUDENT / RETIREE $20.00
Online Registration:
http://www.library.yale.edu/~sschmitt/neasis/registration.html

Coordinated by the NEASIS Program Committee
http://www.asis.org/Chapters/neasis/pc/index.html

For further information, please consult symposium website at
http://www.library.yale.edu/~sschmitt/neasis/ or contact:

Stephanie Schmitt
Systems Support Librarian
Yale University Library
PO BOX 208240
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06520
203-432-4878 [vox]
203-432-7231 [fax]
stephanie.schmitt@yale.edu