Edward,
Another deal breaker is an ILL module. Currently, our III system has an
ILL system that we use for our consortial resource sharing. Outside the
consortium we use ILLIAD. As someone else on the list mentioned, ILLIAD
is a very good ILL system. The only problem is due to the NCIP issues,
it cannot fully integrate with the our system, thus requiring more work
for staff librarians. Additionally, we also have a state-wide system,
MNLINK, for the same reasons, cannot integrate with our ILS system. So,
we have 2 ILL systems, all transactions from these systems have to be
updated by a human to keep the catalog and circulation current within
the III system.
What's needed is the willingness of the ILS and the ILL system to
incorporate a fully functional NCIP protocol and standard that will
allow the transactions to take place without human intervention, thus
saving time and money.
Deb
Edward Corrado wrote:
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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