Thank you Sally, I appreciate it and will look for at it. 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 Sally Fortin [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:40 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** RE: Costs Hi Georgette, You may also find valuable information on getting started with Evergreen in the presentations that were offered at the 2010 Evergreen Conference. You can find these at: http://www.open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg10#presentation_slides Best, Sally Georgette Rogers wrote: > 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 -- Sally Fortin Educational Services Manager Equinox Software Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source Tel: 770-709-5572 Email: [email protected] Fax: 1-866-497-6390 Please come by and visit the Equinox team and learn more about Evergreen, Koha, and open source options ALA Annual meeting in Washington, DC June 24-28, 2010 booth # 1303
