From January 2009 – June 2010 I studied to upgrade my Graduate Diploma in Information and Library Studies to a Masters of Information Management from Curtin University of Technology.
I submitted a thesis as a requirement for this qualification. The thesis was tentatively titled: Taking matters into our own hands: Influencing factors and concerning factors for libraries that developed Open Source Library Application Software.
The Information Sheet and the Consent Form are available online. I gave all participants a print copy also.
March / April 2009
I am surveying and interviewing developers and managers who supported the development of:
- Scriblio
- SOPAC2
- VUFind
- Project Blacklight
- Evergreen
- Koha
I am also surveying and interviewing library staff who are attending a meeting to specify an Open Source Library management system specifically for research libraries, the Open Library Environment .
Each participant will fill out an on-line questionnaire asking their opinion about factors of influence and concern in their library’s decision to code / support or specify Open Source Library Software . I will then record an interview with them.
June – December 2009
Collating results and writing up.
