Open Source and Free Systems/Software: Implications for Libraries | Dec. 6, 1999 | Symposium

[Step Schmitt <stephanie.schmitt@YALE.EDU>]

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

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