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		<title>This is what I&#8217;m talking about&#8230;(Evergreen ILS)</title>
		<link>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/12/18/this-is-what-im-talking-about-evergreen-ils/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I&#8217;ve talked to colleagues about our move to the Evergreen ILS, one of many &#8220;high level&#8221; overview criteria that gets discussed was our requirement for supporting vendor neutral discovery alternatives. Moving to a new ILS is one thing, but betting all the farm on a single discovery solution is a lesson we should have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehouse moves to Drupal</title>
		<link>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/10/26/whitehouse-moves-to-drupal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s Radar: Thoughts on the Whitehouse.gov switch to Drupal.   See also Dries Bayaert&#8217;s post here too.
Great validation for the Drupal community!
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		<title>Koha manoeuvres</title>
		<link>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/09/16/koha-manoeuvres/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very interesting developments in the Koha community, with lots of discussion brewing since Liblime announced its enterprise version last week. Lots of concerns about forks (read also atz&#8217;s comments), and a public response from Liblime&#8217;s CEO &#8211; it&#8217;s worth following that thread.
Not being a Koha user,  I don&#8217;t have much of an immediate stake [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open source &#8211; what licence is the best? (Ottawa event annoucement)</title>
		<link>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/08/20/open-source-what-licence-is-the-best-ottawa-event-annoucement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/08/20/open-source-what-licence-is-the-best-ottawa-event-annoucement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Free and Open Source Software Learning Centre, this upcoming event on August 31st:
This event is a debate between proponents of the GPL, EPL, and BSD licenses. They will be arguing for which license is best for business, best for community, and best for academia.        	   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drupal in Government &#8211; Ottawa event</title>
		<link>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/08/20/drupal-in-government-ottawa-event/</link>
		<comments>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/08/20/drupal-in-government-ottawa-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Standards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of us attended last night&#8217;s Drupal in Government Event coordinated by Mike Gifford from OpenConcept and others.  As Natural Resources Canada (including our Library) is in the process of moving a sizable web presence into Drupal, this event offered a great opportunity to hear from some local shops supporting Drupal.
A few takeaways:

There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CISTI takes a hit</title>
		<link>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/02/27/cisti-takes-a-hit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been talked about offline for a few weeks now, but I haven&#8217;t seen much on this sad news:  CISTI has taken on some big cuts, and I&#8217;m told that about 40-50 CISTI librarian staff &#8211; from locations across the country &#8211; were given the pink slip.
The  Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NRCan Library selects Evergreen ILS</title>
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		<comments>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/02/27/nrcan-library-selects-evergreen-ils/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official &#8211; Natural Resources Canada Library (NRCan Library) has selected the Evergreen ILS.
Evergreen is one several open source systems on the marketplace, and was selected on the basis of functional requirements but with serious consideration given to several important marketplace trends:

 one big library
 vendor neutrality, especially in regards to discovery interfaces
strong support for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian government asks about Open Source</title>
		<link>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/02/13/canadian-government-asks-about-open-source/</link>
		<comments>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/02/13/canadian-government-asks-about-open-source/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CBC reports on the federal government of Canada&#8217;s request for information on open source &#8211; you can view the actual RFI as posted on Merx, the government&#8217;s tendering system.
The purpose of the RFI is:
to help the Government of Canada (GC) put together guidelines related to the planning, acquisition, use and disposal of No Charge Licensed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ubuntu pocketguide</title>
		<link>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/02/10/ubuntu-pocketguide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/02/10/ubuntu-pocketguide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8221;ve been a RedHat shop for a while,  so I was looking for a concise guide on our relatively new  Ubuntu installations.
UbuntuGeek posted this link to the new Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference &#8212; it&#8217;s a free download. It may be too basic for regular or advanced Ubuntu users, but an excellent source to point [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ILS Migration: SirsiDynix and III on exit support and maintenance</title>
		<link>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/02/02/ils-migration-sirsidynix-and-iii-on-exit-support-and-maintenance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.parser.ca/z678/2009/02/02/ils-migration-sirsidynix-and-iii-on-exit-support-and-maintenance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>parser</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning a migration? Eventually you&#8217;ll have to determine when you&#8217;re going to unplug your existing maintenance contract, an important factor given the ILS marketplace norm of restricting usage to paying maintenance customers.
Most proprietary software at least gives you some illusion of ownership and control by letting you run the software for years after you paid [...]]]></description>
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