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VuFind® Summit 2023
Dates and Location
This year's VuFind® Summit was held as part of WOLFcon 2023 from August 22-24, 2023.
Video Recordings
Video recordings of the event are currently being processed; they will be shared here as soon as they are ready.
Conference Planning Document
The 2023 Summit Planning Document was used to collect information during the event.
Schedule
See the WOLFcon schedule for full details; the schedule can be filtered to show only VuFind®-related talks.
Detailed Talk Descriptions
Demian Katz, Villanova University - Open Source Fundraising: Brainstorming and Collaboration
This session is designed to encourage discussion and collaboration about Open Source fundraising: what has worked, what hasn't, and how might we collaborate and pool our resources to improve future results? What are the most effective uses for the funds that we raise? In what ways might the Open Library Foundation support the fundraising needs of its members? What untapped funding sources might be worth exploring in future? Please join us prepared to share your own experiences and ideas.
Demian Katz, Villanova University - VuFind®: State of the Project 2023
This talk will discuss developments within the project (both technical and organizational) over the year since the previous VuFind Summit while also highlighting some possible future developments for the next major release.
Mohan Raj Pradhan, HealthNet Nepal / Mariyapillai Jayakananthan, International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for library software with reference to Let’s Encrypt certificates
Most of the library software, username and password is required to access data. In most of the developing countries, the protocol, invented 30 years back, being used is http for accessing databases online and uses the technology: client-server model. When HTTP is combined with TLS, it is called HTTPS (HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure) and TLS certificate to be installed on the server. HTTPS appears in the URL, symbolically it is shown through a padlock icon or lock icon. In this article discussion is limited to free SSL certificate: Let’s encrypt. It is due to its availability free of cost and suitable to library software. Free SSL certificates fit into two categories. ‘Self-Signed Certificates’ and ‘Certificate Authorities (CA)’. A self-signed certificate may be appropriate if domain name associated with the server is not available and has only an IP address. If domain name is available, in many cases it is better to use Certificate Authority (CA)-signed certificate. This article is based on the procedure for creating a self –signed certificate for Apache and Tomcat and Certificate Authority (CA)-signed certificate for Koha ILS, DSpace, VuFind, Subjects Plus, WordPress and Moodle. All the procedures were tested in HealthNet Nepal server so these procedures help to create SSL free of cost which may be helpful for library professionals in developing countries as well as developed countries.