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EIFL-FOSS Activities in Azerbaijan
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Tatyana ZaytsevaMarch 6, 2014Baku Higher Oil School Head of Library
Introducing EIFL-FOSS Program and Activities
EIFL-FOSS Development in Azerbaijan
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Outline of Presentation
Goals:
Promote the use of FOSS in libraries in developing & transitional countries and engage with FOSS development and support communities
Support free and open source software which
enables libraries to maximize access to knowledge
Raise awareness and understanding of FOSS use
in libraries
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EIFL-FOSS Program
Freedom to run the program for any purpose
Freedom to study how the program works and adapt it to your needs
Freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor
Freedom to improve the program and release your improvement to the public
***Randy Metcalfe .”Open Source, the ILS, and the opportunity to engagement”
http://www.slideshare.net/kramsey/open-source-the-ils-and-the-opportunity-of-engagement-presentation-833003
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EIFL-FOSS: Free and Open Source Software
Digital Repositories: Blacklight, DSpace, Eprints, Fedora, Greenstone, Invenio, Islandora, etc.
ILS : ABCD, Koha, Evergreen, NewGenLib, OpenBiblio, ELibrary OPALS
Electronic Resourse Management: Calibre, SMDB, ERMes, E _Matrix, ReSearcher, etc.
Content Management System: Open Monograph Press, Piwiki, Vireo, Open Room, LibrarianDB, MediaWiki, Drupal, etc.
eLearning: (Virtual Leaning Environment): Moodle Education Roaming: Eduroam Journal Publishing: OJS (Open Journal Systems) Authentication and Authorization System: Shibboleth Subject Page : LIbData, SubjectsPlus Discovery Interface: Zebra, Wikicat, Virtual library for Moodle,
SimpleServer, OpenBib, Shelflife, etc. Bibliography:TextCite, RefDB ,Refbase, Bibwiki, BibCiter, Zotero,
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FOSS Tools
Matrix for FOSS Digital Repositories: http://www.ir-africa.info/choice-matrix
Different library FOSS tools - FOSS4LIB website : https://www.foss4lib
Skills for Librarians Tips for Engaging with FOSS Communities EIFL-FOSS News and Events Library Success Portals EIFL-FOSS Library Advocacy Resource Information Portal for libraries Library Portal :VuFind Blogging tool: WordPress
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FOSS Resources
License fees for commercial software applications can be a barrier to the development of a modern ICT infrastructure in libraries
Libraries in developing and transition countries require affordable, accessible, up-to-date software that can be adapted to suit local needs and languages.
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Simon Ball EIFL-FOSS Program , July 2010-January 2012
http://www.slideshare.net/simonjball/eiflfoss-g-asession2
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EIFL- FOSS: The Advantages
Four Years of Achievements… Volunteer FOSS country coordinators now represent nearly
every participating consortium across eIFL.net EIFL-FOSS country coordinators are champions for libraries
in their countries and are the first line of support on FOSS-related questions for EIFL members
EIFL-FOSS promotes understanding of FOSS through case studies, briefing notes, and open discussion
Through the EIFL Greenstone project a regional support network consisting of eight national centres in Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Zimbabwe has been established - African Digital Libraries Support Network
EIFL-FOSS has also supported the development of a similar network in South Asia
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FOSS Program
In December 2008, the first presentation about Khazar University Institutional Repository was organized for University Academic Council
In 2009 an introduction to the Open Access movement and KUIR implementation was given at Baku State University for the academic community
In 2009 eLearning system with Moodle platform was implemented at Khazar University
In 2010 during a workshop organized at the Azerbaijan National Library, participating librarians were informed about successful KUIR implementation and development
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EIFL-FOSS Activities in Azerbaijan
In January 2011, during an Information Literacy workshop organized at CRRC Library, participating librarians were introduced to the EIFL-FOSS activities
In May 2011, Khazar University ran a Koha ILS workshop for participants from various libraries.
In December 2011 EIFL-FOSS coordinator in Azerbaijan was announced as one of the winners of the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT) Award
On September 2012 within the Tempus project on “Migration and Higher Education”training on Greenstone was organized at Khazar University
Information about KUIR implementation and successfully running was published in Khazar View and Azerbaijani Studies journals, conference proceedings (Libcom-2010, Zvenigorod, Russia,12th International Conference on Theses and Dissertations, Pittsburg, USA)
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EIFL-FOSS Activities (continued)
On 24 October 2012, coinciding with Open Access Week 2012 an introduction to DSpace was given to Khazar University newcomers during a presentation held at Khazar University Library
During OA Week 2012 for DuraSpace ” For Your Repository Viewing Pleasure" was sent our story about splendid stuff in the KUIR
On September 2013 Digital repository was implemented at Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) in local network
On October 28th 2013 BHOS Repository Team participated in Dspace webinar, organized by EIFL's FOSS
On February 2014 BHOS started negotiations with Institute of Information Technology about Eduroam implementation
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EIFL-FOSS Activities (continued)
Registry of Open Access Repositories in Azerbaijan
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Ranking Web of World RepositoriesJanuary, 2014
Presentation about Khazar University experience with DSpace is available at EIFL website: http://www.eifl.net/dspace
To help the international Open Access efforts.
“The mission of disseminating knowledge is only half complete if it is not widely and readily available to society.”
(Adapted from the Berlin Declaration)
To create a permanent record of the scholarly output of Baku Higher Oil School:
- No access to some scholarly works published by our own faculty
- Collections of working papers, research and technical reports, theses and dissertations
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Baku Higher Oil School Repository Goals
Top Reasons to use Dspace
Largest community of users and developers worldwide: over 1100
Khazar University Institutional Repository Successful story
Any organization can use, modify, and even integrate the code into their commercial application without paying any licensing fees.
The most common use is by research libraries as an institutional repository, however there are many organizations, such as museums, state archives, state and National Libraries, etc.
Well organized web-interface
Metadata in Dublin core format
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Why Did We Choose DSpace?
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Baku Higher Oil School Repository
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Baku Higher Oil School Repository
Communities and Collections
• Chemical Engineering Department [70] • Computer and Information - Communication Technologies Department [22] • Electronic Education Department [19] • English Language and Humanitarian Courses Center [5] • International Relations Department [25] • Learning Materials [81] • Library [135] • Petroleum Engineering Department [26]• Personal Pages [16]• Postgraduate Training Department [12] • Public Relations Department [19] • Quality Assurance Department [15] • Training Methodical Department [18]
Self-archiving serves two main purposes:
Allows authors to disseminate their
research articles for free over the Internet
Helps to ensure the preservation of those articles in a rapidly evolving electronic environment.
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Self-archiving
Register to: http://dspace.bhos.edu.az
Choose a collection you want to submit to, e.g. Academic Support
Send us an email and ask for registration rights.
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Self-archiving - DSpace
BHOS Repository:Visibility
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Providing support for the FOSS applications implementation in local academic libraries
Promote FOSS tools for libraries in Azerbaijan
Educate librarians about the EIFL- FOSS best practice case studies
Showcase FOSS software applications
Find champions and partners among Azerbaijani libraries
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Our Focus on:
eIFL.net http://www.eifl.net/
eIFL-FOSS http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-foss
Blog http://www.eifl.net/cps/sections/services/eifl-foss/foss-blog
eIFL-FOSS Country Coordinator in Azerbaijan Tatyana Zayseva, E-mail: [email protected]
Further Information
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Thank you for your attention!
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