The reSearcher software suite: a case study of library collaboration and open source software development.

This article examines the importance of library collaboration as demonstrated by the development of reSearcher, and open source software project at the Simon Fraser University Library, in British Columbia, Canada. A brief history of the project is provided, as well as an overview of each of the proj...

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Publicado en:Serials Librarian Vol. 55; no. 1-2; pp. 117 - 140
Autor principal: Stranack K
Formato: case study pictorial tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2008
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