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		<title>John&#8217;s ALA Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Koha The ILS that keeps on giving By John Brice Executive Director Meadville Public Library, System Administrator, Crawford County Federated Library System Slide 1. My talk today is about the open source Koha Integrated Library System. How it came into being, what in the heck does Koha mean, how it works and of course how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KUDOS Meeting ALA Midwinter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KUDOS (Koha Users and Developers of Open Source) We will be meeting at ALA Midwinter Saturday, January 24, 2009 Crown Plaza Hotel 1:30 to 3:30 PM I will not be able to attend (budget cuts). However, John Houser of Palinet will be hosting the meeting in my stead. The preliminary agenda is rather sparse. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John&#8217;s article on Open Source Software in Libraries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open Source Software (OSS) is any program whose source code is made available for use or modification by whomever wants to modify it. Historically, the makers of proprietary software have generally not made source code available. Open source software is usually developed as a public collaboration and then distributed freely.

OSS can be an operating system, like Linux or a application program like Firefox. The Firefox browser is an excellent example of open source software (OSS). It is a browser that supports all operating systems, it has easily added components, called plug ins, and continues to develop without the ownership of a company. ]]></description>
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		<title>My KOHA talk at ALA</title>
		<link>http://director.meadvillelibrary.org/2008/06/24/my-koha-talk-at-ala/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Koha The ILS that keeps on giving By John Brice Presented at American Library Association Annual Convention Saturday June 26, 2008 My talk today is about the open source Koha Integrated Library System. How it came into being, what in the heck does Koha mean, how it works and of course how it works in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KUDOS Draft By-laws</title>
		<link>http://director.meadvillelibrary.org/2008/05/15/kudos-draft-by-laws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BYLAWS of the KUDOS (Draft for Discussion Purposes Only) A Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation ARTICLE 1 &#8211; DEFINITIONS SECTION 1.1 Definitions. The following terms used in these Bylaws shall have the meanings set forth below. A.&#8221;Act&#8221; means the Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988, as amended. B.&#8221;Board&#8221; means the Board of the Corporation. C.&#8221;Member&#8221; means an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ecstasy of Influence</title>
		<link>http://director.meadvillelibrary.org/2007/06/20/the-ecstasy-of-influence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ran across this great essay by Jonathan Letham. His basic premise is that copyright has strangled creativity and the pursuit of learning. He talks a great deal about the creative commons and the pursuit of the gift economy. It is worth the investment of time to read this.]]></description>
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		<title>Koha User Group</title>
		<link>http://director.meadvillelibrary.org/2007/05/14/koha-user-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 18:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS Release DATE: 5/14/07 FROM: Crawford County Federated Library System TO: Members of the media CONTACT:John Brice System Administrator jbrice@ccfls.org SUBJECT:Koha User Group Organizational Meeting An organizational meeting of users of the Koha Integrated Library System (ILS) will be held during the American Library Association Convention in Washington D.C. The meeting will be held June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the price of a book</title>
		<link>http://director.meadvillelibrary.org/2006/08/03/finding-the-price-of-a-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever purchased a book and wondered if you could find it cheaper somewhere else? I know I have. Well thanks to the &#8220;bots&#8221; on the Internet you can now price shop for both new and used books at a site called Booksprice.com. Both new and used books can be looked up. Not only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future Tech Trends</title>
		<link>http://director.meadvillelibrary.org/2006/07/21/future-tech-trends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ran across this slide presentation entitled Future Tech Trends for Public Libraries by Sarah Houghton. Covers some very interesting ground concerning the future of library provided computers and OPACS. Sarah Houghton is the e-Services Librarian for Marin County Free Library, President of the California Library Association&#8217;s Information Technology Section, serves on LITAâ€™s Top Technology Trends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing what you find</title>
		<link>http://director.meadvillelibrary.org/2006/07/12/amazing-what-you-find/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for new things to blog I typed &#8220;Meadville&#8221; in the Google news web page and found an interesting article about Channellock in the Mid County Chronicle in Nederland, Texas. Here is the article.]]></description>
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