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Thank you very much.[br]Next step is Stefan Weil

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talking about PalMA and Debian[br]in Mannheim.

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Thanks. Hello and welcome everybody.[br]My name is Stefan Weil,

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and I am going to tell you about a [br]Debian based freeware development

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at Mannheim University Library.

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Large parts of our library are located in[br]Mannheim Palace,

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and there we transformed a former reading[br]room into a modern learning center

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which opened in spring last year.

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This learning center provides different[br]kinds of places for working in groups,

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and most of them have a large monitor[br]where the group members can share

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their presentations and any documents.

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Students bring their own devices -[br]laptops, smartphones or tablet computers.

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They should be able to use the team[br]monitors by wireless LAN,

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without any cables.

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Existing solutions did not match[br]our requirements,

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so we wrapped existing technology in a new[br]web application which we called PalMA.

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The team monitor shows some short[br]instructions how to use PalMA

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(which is an abbreviation of[br]"Present and learn in Mannheim").

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Other libraries which adapted PalMA later[br]have chosen a different name like

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SPrinT (which stands for[br]"Study and present in teams").

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As soon as a user connects to the[br]PalMA URL, he or she gets a web interface

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which controls all aspects of PalMA:

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This is what the user sees in the browser,

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and in the upper right corner, you[br]see the connected group members,

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then the user can show web pages[br]in the left lower corner

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on the team monitor.

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He can upload different kinds of files[br](also in the left corner) for displaying

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on the team monitor, or he can use

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screen mirroring of the local display[br]on the team monitor.

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The team monitor can show up to[br]4 different windows at a time

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by changing the screen layout.

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You see this in the left part:[br]there are 5 different screen layouts.

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Each window supports scrolling and[br]zooming and other operations

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via the web interface.

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The web user interface is available[br]in several languages,

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most of them were contributed[br]by students of our university.

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Each PalMA monitor is controlled by a[br]Debian GNU Linux system

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running a display server, a window[br]manager, web server and different kinds

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of viewer applications which are[br]started on demand.

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The user runs a web browser and optionally[br]a VNC server for screen mirroring. Today,

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PalMA is usable in a trusted environment[br]like a university or private network.

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At least 7 libraries currently use it[br]for group working places.

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Nevertheless we believe that PalMA[br]can be improved further

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and that there are more useful[br]applications for PalMA.

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You can find more information[br]on our website and also on GitHub.

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And I'd be happy to get your feedback or[br]new contributions for PalMA.

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Maybe there are also Debian developers[br]who are willing to support special

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software for libraries.

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In any case, just drop me an e-mail.

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Thanks for your attention.

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