| FEATURES
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Using LAMP
Applications to Make Our Library Shine
Four pieces of open source software that are being used together have
become
known as “LAMP.” What are they? What can you do
with them? This article
explains how SUNY techie librarians have used them to build Web sites,
chat reference
services, request-tracking tools, and resource management systems.
By Andrew White and Joseph
Balsamo
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Implementing RAKIM
Open Source Chat Reference Software
Librarians at a technical college wanted to try using chat reference to
communicate
with students at branch campuses that didn't have their own physical
libraries.
But they were hesitant to buy an expensive software package when they
weren't
sure how much the service would be used. So they implemented RAKIM, a
chat reference
package built with open source software.
By Shawn Carraway and Susan
Payne
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You
Can Deliver the Goods Better, Faster, and Cheaper with Open Source
Databases
Setting up open source databases is easier than you may realize. This
author
walks you through the basics of creating your first database, then
offers tips
on how to maintain tables and avoid hackers.
By Kyle Banerjee |
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| COLUMNS |
Coming
Full Circle
Gimme That E-Book Religion
By Andrew Pace |
Page
30 |
Computers
in Small Libraries
Linux Adventures on a Laptop
By Gary Roberts |
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33 |
Online
Treasures
There's No Need to Fear
Open Source 
By Janet L. Balas |
Page
36 |
The
Systems Librarian
Looking Toward the Future
of Library Technology
By Marshall Breeding |
Page
39 |
| DEPARTMENTS
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Editor's Notes
Open Source Has Grown Up
and You're in the Driver's Seat
By Kathy Dempsey
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Newsline
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42 |
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ask techman
By D. Scott Brandt
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Noted & Quoted
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| SPECIAL
SECTIONS |
Helping
You Buy: Self-Check Systems
By Jason Vaughan and Jennifer
Fabbi |
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23 |
| How
to Write for CIL |
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43 |
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