Open Source Software
MERCI (Manage Equipment Reservations, Checkout and Inventory)
MERCI stands for Manage Equipment Reservations, Checkout and Inventory. It is a free, open source solution for manageing equipment checkouts that is used by more than 70 public access stations, universities, and community technology centers.
http://drupal.org/project/merci
Creative Commons
In collaboration with Google, the Open Media Foundation maintains the Creative Commons module. This module allows Drupal users to select and assign a Creative Commons license to content.
http://drupal.org/project/creativecommons
Open Media Project
A New Model for Community Media
The Open Media Project represents an ongoing effort to develop and distribute a set of open-source tools designed for public access TV stations, community technology centers and other non-commercial community media organizations with an interest in helping under-represented communities use the media to increase the presence of low-income perspectives in the media landscape, and to encourage greater community engagement among disengaged sectors of the population.
The mission of this project is to provide a platform for communities to work together as user-driven, locally focused, alternative media networks and share top-rated content through Drupal websites. The user-driven new media revolution is changing the way communities engage and communicate, increasing the diversity of the dialogue that is the media. A major setback of this change is that the most disadvantaged communities continue to be left out. Without access to cameras, computers, education and high-speed internet, many communities cannot participate in the new media dialogue.
The Open Media Project was awarded a Knight Foundation News Challenge grant in 2008 to support the development of a suite of modules based on the system that began at Denver Open Media and was implemented by a group of 6 development partners: Amherst Community Television, Boston Neighborhood Network, channelAustin, Davis Media Access, Portland Community Media and Urbana Public Television. All 7 stations are contributing development, testing, documentation, training or other resources to make the Open Media modules more usable for both the PEG and Drupal communities.
By the end of 2009, the modules developed as part of the project will be released as an installation profile making it easier for additional groups to adopt the tools. Beginning in 2010, locations using the Open Media system will begin sharing video. With each update, we get closer to the vision of a nationwide network of user-driven public access stations and community technology centers.
Open Media Core Features:
- Online Video
- Community-based Scheduling
- Equipment Reservations
- Video Sharing
- Social Networking
To learn more, go to openmediaproject.org
Drupal
Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. In addition to developing hundreds of websites for non-profits using Drupal, Open Media Foundation contributed code and funding to many Drupal modules. Most recently, the Open Media Foundation helped raise $10,000 toward improving install profiles on Drupal.org.
CiviCRM
CiviCRM is an open source and freely downloadable constituent relationship management solution. CiviCRM is web-based, open source, internationalized, and designed specifically to meet the needs of advocacy, non-profit and non-governmental groups. The Open Media Foundation uses CiviCRM and helps other non-profits leverage these tools to connect, communicate and activate their supporters and constituents.