Dan Scott said the following on 02/04/2008 12:53 AM:
Hi Deb:
I'm going to push you for some more information here - and remind you
that the question I asked was:
"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?"
Nice-to-haves are fine, too, but we need to keep them identified as
such to prioritize tasks appropriately (unless, of course, having the
nice-to-have would outweigh any other consideration - like: "If
Evergreen came with a built-in ice cream maker, I couldn't care less
if it supported EDI!")
If Evergreen came with a built-in ice cream maker, I couldn't care less if it
DIDN'T supported EDI! The lack of a completed acquistions module is also a
deal-breaker, but it is in the works.
Another deal breaker is a Z39.50 server (I know about Joshua's one that Dan mentioned earlier, but we need one that is currently being maintained and supported).
Also, an academic holds/reserves functionality is important, hopefully with
built-in electronic reserves capability. Maybe if something could be tied into
something like ReservesDirect ( http://www.reservesdirect.org ).
The non-deal breakers, but things that would be rally nice to have....
Media/Room scheduling
Support for MARC Holdings format
Authority Control functionality (at a non-network level)
Bulk loading of records at a local level
Edward
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