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Commons July/August 2007 Articles
We live in an era of abundant private equity capital, and in recent
years some of these funds have found a new home in the library services
market space, witness SirsiDynix, ExLibris/Endeavor and others.
Coincident with this, the open source phenomenon seems to
be gaining traction. We recently featured some views on this in Glen
Holt’s report from ALA.
For the Summer, 2007 Peer Panel, we asked our intrepid crew to share
their views on this and related topics, taking into consideration the
following questions:
- Is the private equity/library services movement a good thing? Or a bad thing?
- Will the involvement of private equity firms influence your buying decisions? How? Why?
- Does this movement create new opportunities for open source
solutions, as is suggested in Glen’s article? Or has open
source’s time finally come regardless of who owns the various
vendors?
- If you were the head of a private equity firm, what types of library vendors would you be interested in? Why?
Jamie LaRue Speaks:
August 7, 2007: Reform Needed not Just for Schools
Holt's
Perspectives:
July 16, 2007: HEARING THE “M WORD” AT DC-ALA?
As he wandered the halls and lobbies of ALA in Washington, D.C., Glen Holt heard the "M-word" often. Are we on the verge of a revolution in library automation? Learn more about the "M", and see what you think after reading Glen's insightful report.
Leaders Digest:
August 31, 2007
August 16, 2007
July 13, 2007
July 2, 2007
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