Lori Ayre

Lori Bowen Ayre is the Principal Consultant for The Galecia Group, a library technology consulting company that has been serving libraries for almost 10 years. Lori has been an advocate for expanding the use of open source software in libraries for public computers, web applications, calendaring and content management systems. She is particularly excited about the opportunities associated with open source library system software (Evergreen and Koha) because of the opportunities these open source software projects present for libraries to save money, and even more importantly, control their own destiny.

Lori just completed a project with King County Library System to develop library system software requirements which are now being developed by Equinox for implementation on Evergreen. Lori is also working with various libraries and consortia to evaluate the pros and cons, as well as the various support options available for libraries intereseted in migrating to an open source library system. Lori has an M.L.I.S. and extensive library technology experience working with public libraries throughout the U.S.