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I got an email about this and almost marked it as spam. I definitely wasn't going to click through the link. Email to a list such as this is way more effective--as well as preferable--to unsolicited email sent directly to me as an individual. -Jodi On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:52 PM, David Kane <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Is this to do with crowdsourcing funding for projects. > > David. > > On 11 February 2010 12:48, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Consider completing an open source software IdeaScale: > > > > http://libraryideaforum.ideascale.com/ > > > > A few friends and I are doing some investigations regarding open source > > software and libraries. Through the process we have made a number of > > assertions, such as but not limited to: > > > > * Libraries need an easy to manage open source Google-like search > > * There is a critical mass of OSS to do much of library work > > * Libraries should become sources of safe open source software > > > > Using the IdeaScale tool we can garnder from a wider audience -- such as > > yourselves -- the validity of these assertions. Just click "thumbs up" if > > you agree or "thumbs down" if you disagree. Add a comment and/or > additional > > assertion if you desire. Instant feedback. A way to gague community > > interest. > > > > Give it a whirl? > > > > -- > > Eric Lease Morgan > > Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department > > Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame > > > > (574) 631-8604 > > > > > > -- > David Kane > Systems Librarian > Waterford Institute of Technology > Ireland > http://library.wit.ie/ > [log in to unmask] > T: ++353.51302838 > M: ++353.876693212 >