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VuFind® Joins the Open Library Foundation
Apr 11
VuFind is joining the foundation in order to ensure the long-term sustainability of VuFind, which is used by hundreds of libraries around the world.

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The Open Library Foundation Names First Open Source Project to its Project Incubation Program
Feb 08
The Open Library Foundation has invited the Library Data Platform (LDP) to be the first open source project to participate in its Project Incubation Program.

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The Advanced Research Consortium Joins the Open Library Foundation as Project Member
Sep 28
The Advanced Research Consortium (ARC) has joined the Open Library Foundation as a Project Member.

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Oct 18

“FOLIO delivers on the promise that open-source gives, which is community input, library input, features designed by libraries for libraries.“ Read more about #opensource and services provided by #EBSCOFOLIO in the recent article from @LibraryJournal. https://ebsco.is/3MKiod9

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Oct 18

“FOLIO delivers on the promise that open-source gives, which is community input, library input, features designed by libraries for libraries.“ Read more about the importance of #opensource #library technology like FOLIO in the article from @LibraryJournal. https://bit.ly/3gbKHoF

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Oct 10

Cluster now, merge later: introducing Reservoir, the module behind ReShare's Shared Inventory. Reservoir takes less than a week to ingest 80 million records, and allows for experimentation with matching algorithms! https://projectreshare.org/2022/10/10/introducing-reservoir-the-module-behind-reshares-shared-inventory/

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