2021 Open Source Software Survey for GLAM institutions | LYRASIS

Thank you for participating in the LYRASIS 2021 Open Source Software survey. Open Source Software (OSS) is defined as a type of software in which source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. The goal of this survey is to better understand how GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) institutions interact with and support OSS programs. For the purposes of this survey, OSS programs are defined as community-based programs specifically designed for GLAM institutions, such as FOLIO, ArchivesSpace, and Omeka. OSS programs designed for more universal use, such as Ubuntu or Apache Tomcat, are outside of the scope of this survey.   We appreciate your taking the time to answer this survey in order to achieve the broadest possible response from GLAM institutions of all shapes and sizes. The survey is divided into three sections: (1) funding/supporting OSS, (2) justifying OSS, and (3) evaluating OSS. This survey should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Please feel free to share the survey with your colleagues for questions outside your job duties. We realize many of these questions require information from more than one person. At the beginning of the survey you will be asked for your name, institution, and job title. All of this information will remain confidential, and will not be included in any external publications/reports or presentations. We are merely using this information to identify duplicate entries across our distribution channels. We would also like to define two terms before the survey begins, to avoid confusion: Institution = your individual gallery, library, archive or museum Parent organization = if applicable, the larger organization under which your institution falls, e.g. an academic university