On 7/26/07, Jami Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am researching the transition from a commercial ILS system to an open > source ILS system and have a couple questions: > > 1. What commercial system was PINES using prior to the Evergreen > implementation? >
I believe it was DRA/Dynix Classic, but I'm not 100% sure... > 2. Was the previous system supporting a consortia or did the consortia form > after the Evergreen implementation? > The previous system supported the PINES consortium. I believe other libraries were brought in after migration, but the majority existed prior on the old system. > 3. If so, did each library maintain its own installation that talked to a > central system or was the original commercial implementation completely > centralized? (I have read about the 5 year contract expiring and wonder if > each server at each institution was expiring at the same time or only one at > a central location) > As far as I know, the original system was housed on servers at a central location. This is the same way the current system is implemented. > > Any info would be greatly appreciated! > On the Open-ILS page (http://www.open-ils.org) has a link to "BC PINES". BC PINES is (as I understand it) an attempt to build a province-wide library consortia similar to GA PINES. In this case (again, as I understand it), the plan is to build a new system and import the data from the members that decide to join. This case is a little different than GA's implementation, as there will be several ILS's merging into 1 instead of a simple 1:1 migration. I have no doubt, though, that it won't be too bad... Evergreen is flexible like that ;) > Thanks so much, You're welcome! If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to contact the list(s)! Also, feel free to test-drive the staff client, the OPAC, or your own full-blown installation on VMWare, all of which are available at the Open-ILS web site (http://www.open-ils.org) > > Jami Miller > > > > > > Jami Miller > Systems Librarian > Franklin University Library/Phillips Hall > 303 South Grant Avenue > Columbus, OH 43215 > 614.947.6561 > > > --Don
