I want to second everything Rogan and Joan said. (And with the disclaimer that I work for MOBIUS, but also have my community hat on here.)
There was a really good session at the 2020 Evergreen International Online Conference that discussed how to talk about the value of open-source. It addresses a lot of your questions, and might be helpful: https://youtu.be/LP1_PKol8ac. Best, Debbie Debbie Luchenbill Associate Director, Open Source Initiatives MOBIUS 2511 Broadway Bluffs, Ste. 101 Columbia, MO 65201 [email protected] <[email protected]> 573-234-4914 https://mobiusconsortium.org <http://mobiusconsortium.org> Evergreen Help Desk: [email protected] / 877-312-3517 Pronouns: She/Her/Hers On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 1:26 PM Joan Kranich <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Wendell, > > We have been an Evergreen system since 2012. Before Evergreen all of our > systems were proprietary systems. > > The ability to have some control over development is a big bonus. We can > implement new features that have been developed and we can also have > development done for features not yet available. The Evergreen community > is very supportive. > > Good luck with your process. > > Joan > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 10:35 AM Gragg, Wendell E <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello everyone. This is my first post here, so if I am posting in the >> wrong place, please feel free to let me know. >> >> >> >> Our library system (3 branches) is considering a move from Polaris to >> Evergreen and we are going to need to jump through a number of hoops in >> this process, beginning with the point of my post, justifying the >> conversion. >> >> >> >> What we are looking at is using a hosted solution due to the fact that >> our city IT department will not allow us to have anything but a Windows >> based server. Currently, we have a production server, telephony server and >> a test server, all running Windows and MS SQL. >> >> >> >> Currently, we have approximately 204k bib records, around 49k patrons and >> an annual circ between 500-600k. Only two of our branches circulate. >> >> >> >> I have received quotes from three companies (Mobius, Equinox and Emerald) >> for hosting and migration services and all three would come well under the >> approximately 40k per year we are paying for Polaris maintenance, so >> financially it would make sense. What I need is justifications/reasons to >> convert to an open source ILS from a proprietary system. What are the >> advantages, both theoretical and real world and the potential pitfalls? >> Has making such a conversion saved you time and effort in administration >> and operation of the system? >> >> >> >> One of our biggest hurdles in getting this approved is going to be the >> cyber security section of our city IT department. They are quite >> aggressive and demanding (oh the stories I could tell…), so I will need to >> gather information on that too. Any advice there would be greatly >> appreciated, especially if you can impart any knowledge as to the security >> aspects of Evergreen and/or the hosting providers I mentioned. >> >> >> >> Please feel free to contact me off list if that is your preference. >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> >> >> Wendell >> >> >> >> Wendell Gragg, MSIS >> >> Automation Services Supervisor >> >> Bryan+College Station Public Library System >> >> Bryan, TX >> >> 979-209-5613 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Evergreen-general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >> > > > -- > > > > Joan Kranich | Library Applications Manager > > CW MARS > > [email protected] > > 508-755-3323 x321 or x1 <(508)%20755-3323> > > http://www.cwmars.org > > Pronouns <https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why>: she, her, hers > > > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general >
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