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'''Joshua Ferraro''' is an American [[entrepreneur]] and [[computer scientist]].
'''Joshua Ferraro''' is an American [[entrepreneur]] and [[computer scientist]].


Ferraro was the founding [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[LibLime]] and grew the company to profitability with over 600 customers under 140 contracts.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web|url=https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2010/01/ptfs-to-acquire-liblime-and-move-to.html|title=PTFS to Acquire LibLime and Move to Library Systems Premier League|website=Go-to-hellman.blogspot.com|date=21 January 2010|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> Under his leadership, LibLime grew rapidly into the largest support organization for the Koha open-source [[integrated library system]] (ILS), acquiring key Koha assets including a Koha trademark in United States, copyrights for the original Koha source code, and the Koha.org domain.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> He was chief architect for ‡biblios.net,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/657|title=‡biblios: An Open Source Cataloging Editor|first=Chris|last=Catalfo|date=15 December 2008|journal=The Code4Lib Journal|issue=5|access-date=27 October 2021|via=Code4Lib Journal}}</ref> the company's free cataloging service and the world's largest database of openly licensed library records{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}. He also successfully navigated the company through a major business process change with the launch of LibLime Enterprise Koha (LLEK), an enterprise edition of Koha distributed only as a cloud computing software as a service solution.<ref>[http://www.liblime.com/news/liblime-announces-liblime-enterprise-koha] {{dead link|date=October 2021}}</ref> LibLime sold to PTFS, Inc. in March, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=14633|title=PTFS acquires LibLime|website=Librarytechnology.org|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>
Ferraro was the founding [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[LibLime]] and grew the company to profitability with over 600 customers under 140 contracts.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web|url=https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2010/01/ptfs-to-acquire-liblime-and-move-to.html|title=PTFS to Acquire LibLime and Move to Library Systems Premier League|website=Go-to-hellman.blogspot.com|date=21 January 2010|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> Under his leadership, LibLime grew rapidly into the largest support organization for the Koha open-source [[integrated library system]] (ILS), acquiring key Koha assets including a Koha trademark in United States, copyrights for the original Koha source code, and the Koha.org domain.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> He was chief architect for ‡biblios.net,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://journal.code4lib.org/articles/657|title=‡biblios: An Open Source Cataloging Editor|first=Chris|last=Catalfo|date=15 December 2008|journal=The [[Code4Lib Journal]]|issue=5|access-date=27 October 2021|via=[[Code4Lib Journal]]}}</ref> the company's free cataloging service and the world's largest database of openly licensed library records{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}. He also successfully navigated the company through a major business process change with the launch of LibLime Enterprise Koha (LLEK), an enterprise edition of Koha distributed only as a cloud computing software as a service solution.<ref>[http://www.liblime.com/news/liblime-announces-liblime-enterprise-koha] {{dead link|date=October 2021}}</ref> LibLime sold to PTFS, Inc. in March, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=14633|title=PTFS acquires LibLime|website=Librarytechnology.org|access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==

Revision as of 21:16, 8 January 2022

Joshua Ferraro
Joshua Ferraro speaking at a conference of the American Library Association in Denver in January, 2009.

Joshua Ferraro is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist.

Ferraro was the founding CEO of LibLime and grew the company to profitability with over 600 customers under 140 contracts.[1] Under his leadership, LibLime grew rapidly into the largest support organization for the Koha open-source integrated library system (ILS), acquiring key Koha assets including a Koha trademark in United States, copyrights for the original Koha source code, and the Koha.org domain.[1] He was chief architect for ‡biblios.net,[2] the company's free cataloging service and the world's largest database of openly licensed library records[citation needed]. He also successfully navigated the company through a major business process change with the launch of LibLime Enterprise Koha (LLEK), an enterprise edition of Koha distributed only as a cloud computing software as a service solution.[3] LibLime sold to PTFS, Inc. in March, 2010.[4]

Awards

In 2008, Ferraro was named one of Library Journal's "Movers and shakers."[5]

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b "PTFS to Acquire LibLime and Move to Library Systems Premier League". Go-to-hellman.blogspot.com. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ Catalfo, Chris (15 December 2008). "‡biblios: An Open Source Cataloging Editor". The Code4Lib Journal (5). Retrieved 27 October 2021 – via Code4Lib Journal.
  3. ^ [1] [dead link]
  4. ^ "PTFS acquires LibLime". Librarytechnology.org. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Library Journal". Libraryjournal.com. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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