blog anything technology related # 7

I'm interested in the concept of open source products for the library. The idea of avoiding the allocation of a large part of the technology budget to buy a new system is intriguing. Even if a library buys an open source system from a vendor, they might be able to purchase technical support from another vendor. It would even be possible, with the right technical staff, that a library system could write its own source code. Because of the flexibility inherent in an open source product, it is worth looking into.