Danielle, I would suggest lots of research on current Integrated Library Systems available. The most common that I can think of are Voyager and Sirsi. There are open source options out there such as Evergreen that would be a much cheaper solution. I will say from my experience with ILSs, they are often proprietary and unless what you get right out of the box works for you, you will have to make adjustments to your policies and procedures. As far as the benefits, I would stress user services such as recalls and reserves that you mentioned. As well as accessibility. Just a few thoughts.
Karen Glover Circulation Services Librarian, Assistant Department Head Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA ________________________________ From: Danielle Phillips <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 11:34:46 AM Subject: [Videolib] Proposal for OPAC Hello, I work as the librarian at a trade, for-profit college with about 5 other campuses and libraries. So far, our system has no OPAC or ILL between campuses and no library home page. Each library has their own library management software (AutoLibrarian), but they are not linked together. Students/faculty cannot request or reserve items at all, as it stands. It is a pretty primitive system. I am working on a proposal for this, but have never done it and am looking for some tips. I have to include a cost/benefit analysis of linking our collections together via an OPAC and creating the library home page. I know from an IT perspective, this is an expensive job, and I have to justify its benefits. I have no idea how to do this, since from my experience, having an OPAC is pretty standard practice for college libraries. The library is brand new, so this is a new concept here. Your help/suggestions are appreciated!!!! -- Danielle Phillips
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