Sheryl,
First--Consider yourself included!
Secondly, the information I shared with this list was information put
together after the meeting for handouts to anyone who wanted the
information--it is not specific to MNIUG.
Hope that clears it up.
Deb
LLC Sheryl VanderWagen wrote:
Deb, We saw this on the list serv and are also interested. We have one
library (Grand Rapids Public) this has committed to Evergreen and has
already told us they will pull out of our III system. We also have an ILS
study committee organized recently that has a charge of looking at options
including open source.
Any way you would consider including me in a group even though we're not
part of MNIUG? Thanks!
Sheryl VanderWagen
System Librarian
Lakeland Library Cooperative
616-559-5253 x210
616-559-4329 (Fax)
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From: Deb Bergeron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:45:49 -0600
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Beginner's Open Source Info and III users
Hi!
In talking with a few of the III sites that are considering moving
to Open Source from this list, I can share the following information
that we put together after having both LibLime (Koha) and Equinox
(Evergreen) folks present at our III Regional User Group Meetings
in Spring and Fall 2007. The information is below.
Additionally, there appears to be interest in continuing these
discussions offline. If anyone is interested, we can establish a
Google Group and do LiveChat.
I'll be happy to help set up the Google Group.
Please let me know if you have any questions about the content below.
Deb
The following Fall MNIUG 2007 presentations and addtional Open
Source information is provided for you by popular demand!
Thank you all for making the conference a success. We had 140
participants--the highest attendance ever!
Please let us know if you have any questions, comments, or would
like more information by sending an email to the MNIUG Steering
Committee <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
<http://waldolib.org>
<http://liblime.com>
KohaZoom:
* *John Stromquist's* presentation "Waldo Open Source ILS
<http://clic.edu/mniug/waldo_OpenSource_ILS-10-30-07v3.ppt>."
* *Joshua Ferraro's* presentation, " Open Source Library
Automation, All Grown Up
<http://liblime.com/resources/open-source-library-automation-
presentation.pdf>," from our Spring 2007 MNIUG conference. *
LibLime at http://liblime.com. o Go to LibLime's KohaZoom
<http://liblime.com/products/koha/koha-zoom> product.
o Check out the playground at http://liblime.com/demos.
o KohaZOOM has Cataloging, Circulation, OPAC, Acquisitions,
Serials, and currently developing an ILL module. Koha ZOOM
incorporates open source Zebra software, enabling Boolean
searching, relevance ranking, faceted searching, and so on.
o LibLime <http://liblime.com> offers hosted and non-hosted
solutions. o LibLime Facts and Stats
<http://clic.edu/mniug/liblime_facts_102807.doc>.
o MasterKey MetaSearch <http://liblime.com/products/masterkey>
federating searching product demo
<http://masterkey.indexdata.com/>.
o WALDO <http://www.waldolib.org> Consortium--John
Stromquist, Executive Director. Information about the
consortium and their membership. WALDO
<http://waldolib.org> is moving from ExLibris to KohaZOOM.
Contact *John Stromquist*:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
p: (800) 326-6495 ext 3
f: (914) 729-1985
Contact *Joshua Ferraro*:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>p:1(888)KohaILS
<http://esilibrary.com/esi/home.html>
Evergreen:
* *Jason Etheridge*, Equinox Software
<http://esilibrary.com/esi/home.html>, Enhancement List
Blog post <http://clic.edu/mniug/enhancement_list_102207.doc>.
* *Tim Daniels*, PINES Program Manager, Georgia Public
Library Service <http://www.georgialibraries.org/gpls/gpls.html>
presentation "PINES/Evergreen Migration
<http://clic.edu/mniug/VPINES_evergreen_stolaf_deb.ppt>".
* Equinox at http://esilibrary.com.
o Read the blog <http://esilibrary.com/blog/>.
There's a tremendous amount of information about
Open Source. o Evergreen <http://www.open-ils.org/> has
a working Cataloging, Circulation, and OPAC module
working and are developing an Acquisitions and
Serials module. o Equinox
<http://esilibrary.com/esi/home.html> offers both
hosted and non-hosted solutions. o FAQ at
http://www.open-ils.org/faq.php. o Checkout the
playground at http://demo.gapines.org/.
Contact *Jason Etheridge*:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
1-877-OPEN-ILS (877-673-6457)
Contact *Tim Daniels*:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
p: 404-235-7151
f: 404-235-7201
*Overview of Open Source:*
* What is Open Source Software?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software
* Open Source Initiative provides information on the Open Source
Development process and licenses at http://www.opensource.org/.
*Open Source Licensing:*
* GPL Licensing at http://www.gnu.org/. Both LibLime
<http://www.liblime.com> and Evergreen <http://esilibrary.com>
use GPL Licensing.
*Open NCIP:*
Open NCIP Project <http://openncip.org/>. The site not only
discusses the project, but provides information of the current
protocol. (Joshua Ferraro <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from LibLime
<http://liblime.com> talked about this at the MNLink
<http://www.minitex.umn.edu/mnlink/> User Conference Friday,
November 2, 2007
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Deb Bergeron <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Admin: User Support
CLIC Consortium <http://clic.edu>
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A
Saint Paul, MN 55104
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