Hi all--First let me make one correction to this since it was posted to the list. Grand Rapids Public as one of our member is looking at the Evergreen and as you know working on a a test system. There has as yet been no official notification that they are leaving our III system. I want to make sure that everyone understands that. As well as the fact that our ILS study committee has just begun the process of exploring systems and this one one of the options we are also considering. There is nothing official at this point.
Sheryl VanderWagen System Librarian Lakeland Library Cooperative 616-559-5253 x210 616-559-4329 (Fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Deb Bergeron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: LLC Sheryl VanderWagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected] Sent: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:34:36 -0600 Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Beginner's Open Source Info and III users > 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) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- Original Message ----------- 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 -- Deb Bergeron <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> System Admin: User Support CLIC Consortium <http://clic.edu> 1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A Saint Paul, MN 55104 O:*651.644.3878* C:*651.487.7609* F:651.644.6258 ------- End of Original Message ------- > > -- > > Deb Bergeron System Admin: User Support > CLIC Consortium > 1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A > Saint Paul, MN 55104 > O:651.644.3878 C:651.487.7609 F:651.644.6258 ------- End of Original Message -------
