The reSearcher Software Suite: A Case Study of Library Collaboration and Open Source Software Development

Stranack, Kevin The reSearcher Software Suite: A Case Study of Library Collaboration and Open Source Software Development. Serials Librarian, 2007, vol. 55, n. 1/2, pp. 117-139. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

This article examines the importance of library collaboration as demonstrated by the development of reSearcher, an open source software project at the Simon Fraser University Library, in British Columbia, Canada. A brief history of the project is provided, as well as an overview of each of the project’s components, which offer electronic resource management, link resolving, personal citation management, and federated searching capabilities. The importance of libraries working together to ensure the success of the project is discussed, as well as the benefits received by members of the international library community participating in this open source alternative.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Software development, open source, library collaboration, electronic resource management, link resolving, federated searching, bibliographic management
Subjects: L. Information technology and library technology
Depositing user: Kevin Stranack
Date deposited: 23 Jan 2009
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:13
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/12766

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