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New ILS Directions: Open Source Options

New ILS Directions: Open Source Options. Beth Longwell Sage Library System OLA Conference Salem / Thursday, April 17, 2014. About Sage. Library consortium of 75 academic, public, school, and special libraries in Oregon Consortia-wide resource sharing with courier service

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New ILS Directions: Open Source Options

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  1. New ILS Directions:Open Source Options Beth Longwell Sage Library System OLA Conference Salem / Thursday, April 17, 2014

  2. About Sage • Library consortium of 75 academic, public, school, and special libraries in Oregon • Consortia-wide resource sharing with courier service • Serving communities in 15 counties thus far • Shared governance and multi-level membership • Software support and training

  3. Sage Libraries

  4. Types of Libraries • 1 University library • 4 Community College libraries • 45 Public libraries • 23 Schools • 3 Special libraries (museum, medical)

  5. Considerations for us • Needed software that handled multi-type consortia • Needed software that featured high scaleability for future growth • Evidence of active development community and growing software adoption rate • Availability of support options should we want to utilize them

  6. Why Open Source for an ILS? • Improved data access • New features without a product/module purchase • More choices on how to spend limited budgets • Flexibility of software integration • Cooperative development partnerships • Open source adopters have a strong voice in determining the ultimate product

  7. Our choice and outcomes • We selected the open source Evergreen ILS software for its features, scaleability, and track record of success in consortia • The software continues to improve and evolve, driven by user need, sponsored development, and volunteer efforts • Sites have option to upgrade as often as desired and there are two official releases per year

  8. More • Active listservs and an IRC channel provide communication and help for software users • Opportunities exist at all levels to “give back” • We’ve helped sponsor several development projects important to us – hard due dates, batch updating, floating collection enhancements, prioritized holds fulfillment • Cooperative spirit is evident

  9. What’s coming • Sage increasing its use of open source solutions • Plans for redesigning the staff and public web sites in the open source Drupal software • Adoption of an open source help ticketing solution • Exploring the use of FulfILLment software to resource share between different ILS systems

  10. Contact Information Feel free to contact me for additional questions: Beth Longwell blongwel@eou.edu 541-962-3867

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