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  1. National research library @SOASLibrary is now sharing its open-source code for library systems on GitHub github.com/soas-library
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      Now with added OLE-specific scripts that no-one will ever use because no other libraries will ever use OLE.
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      More code, for the library management system and the digital library software, will be added in due course.
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        I've argued for a couple of years (and pitched to conferences) that libraries should care about open-source as much as open-access.
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          The same information ethics that underpin support of the open-access movement apply equally to the open-source movement.
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            ∴ libraries should use open-source software and contribute to the open-source community.
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              So this is my #praxis.