Dear Friends,

The May/June 2007 issue of ALA TechSource's Library Technology Reports focused on free and open source software. In "Open-Source Software for Libraries," authors engagingly narrates the history of open source, explains how the OSS "movement" came about, details key players in OSS development, and discusses why and how open source can work for libraries.

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Vimal Kumar V.
Asst. Librarian
Asian School of Business
Technopark, Trivandrum-695 581
Web: www.asb.edu.in/vimal/
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