Thank you so much Cynthia, I will use this and take all the information to those who have the authority to make the decisions. I am the fact gatherer.
Smiles, Georgette Georgette Rogers Circulation Supervisor Liberty Lake Municipal Library 23123 E Mission Ave Liberty Lake, WA 99019 509-435-0778 1-866-729-8507 ________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cynthia Williamson [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 6:23 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Costs Hi Georgette - Like Deanna said, cost is different for everyone. We spent @ $7500CAD on our server, 2 full-time people worked on getting things up and going for the better part of a year - that allowed us to keep up other parts of our jobs. We went live well before our support contract with our former ILS vendor expired - that allowed us to do a very soft launch and do lots of troubleshooting/tweaking and some more staff training. We did contract with Equinox for some programming (booking module @ $8000USD) but did not spend any money on training or migration. The EG community has been a big help, I can't really say that we did it on our own. I've attached a list that I've shared with some other folks that gives some details of our process, please use it/share it as needed. Cheers, Cynthia Mohawk College, Hamilton, ON On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Georgette Rogers <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Thank you so much for the reply. I am not authorized to send out an RFP, but I will pass the information to my director and she will take it from there. I really appreciate all the information that has been coming to me from the list serve. I will probably have more questons. Thanks again Georgette Georgette Rogers Circulation Supervisor Liberty Lake Municipal Library 23123 E Mission Ave Liberty Lake, WA 99019 509-435-0778 1-866-729-8507 ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Deanna Frazee [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 7:07 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** RE: Costs There really isn't a set cost. We bought a server, paid Alpha-G for migration services and have self-trained. But it has not been a simple process. There have been numerous delays as I dealt with issues that left us too short-staffed to cope with a migration at times and as we have worked with Alpha-G to get things right so that we can go live with as few interruptions to service for our patrons as possible on the go-live day (next Monday). There has been some training out there for Evergreen, but much of what you will need to do is look at the manuals that other libraries have created in-house. From there, you may have to just experiment with it to see how it works. Since this is not an out-of-the-box solution, the price will be unique to your situation. Your best bet is to send out an RFP with the details you mentioned below as well as infornation on your current ILS. Evergreen offers a lot of flexibility, but it is for those intrepid enough to take on an ILS without formal documentation and without the sort of full-time training staff that you often get with an established proprietary system. These things will come with time, but they aren't here now. Deanna Frazee Killeen City Library System Killeen, TX [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> on behalf of Georgette Rogers Sent: Mon 6/14/2010 5:39 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Costs Could anyone tell me the cost for implementation, self hosting, maitence and training for the Evergreen system. We are a 9,000 square foot library, we have 28,000 items and about 5,000 patrons. Thank you Georgette Georgette Rogers Circulation Supervisor Liberty Lake Municipal Library 23123 E Mission Ave Liberty Lake, WA 99019 509-435-0778 1-866-729-8507 -- “Many a man stumbles across the truth, then picks himself up and hurries on as though nothing had happened.” Winston Churchill
