Quoting Dan Scott:
"What are the base requirements that have to be in place before we, as
an academic library, or consortium of academic libraries, can migrate
to Evergreen?"
Thanks for starting this thread! Here are some others we would need:
1) A z39.50 server (or z39.50 metasearch?)
For us, it wouldn't need to be a full z39.50 implementation at first.
Most important would be the ability to respond to search requests from
our consortial ILL z39.50 portal. And really, I'd like to be able to
plug in results from our OpenURL resolver as well, since we don't have
our e-journal holdings in the library catalogue. (Okay, okay, the ILL
portal should be able to look in two places, but it doesn't)
2) Advance booking
Similar to holds, except we would like the ability to reserve
materials for a specific time in the future (e.g., a professor wants
to show a video in a class two months from now). So, if the material
is checked out slightly before the time, the loan period might need to
be shortened. Also, the ability to create recurring bookings and to
add many items into one booking (like a shopping cart). It gets a bit
tricky when we have multiple, identical copies of an item to be
booked...
Best wishes,
Geoff
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Geoff Sinclair
Manager of Technical Services
Education Centre Library, Nipissing University / Canadore College
Tel: 705-474-3450 x4439
Web: http://www.eclibrary.ca
