CCLSD and an Open Source ILS
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Coos County Library Service District Coos County, Oregon CCLSD and an open source ILS THE TIME HAS COME CCLSD and an open source ILS This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License (http://www.creativecommons.org ) Proposed by: Sean Park, Buzzy Nielsen, & Gary Sharp Directors’ Meeting | February 19, 2009
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This presentation was given during the February 2009 Coos Library Directors' meeting to convince them to look into adopting an open source integrated library system (ILS) such as Koha or Evergreen. The Coos County Library Service District is located on the southern Oregon coast.
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Coos County Library Service District Coos County, Oregon
CCLSD and an open source ILSTHE TIME HAS COME
CCLSD and an open source ILS
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
States License (http://www.creativecommons.org)
Proposed by:Sean Park, Buzzy Nielsen, & Gary Sharp
Directors’ Meeting | February 19, 2009
THE SEASON(S) OF OUR DISCONTENT
The odd search
results and order
THE SEASON(S) OF OUR DISCONTENT
The nonsensical
menus and modules
THE SEASON(S) OF OUR DISCONTENT
The distinctly
unhelpful manual
THE SEASON(S) OF OUR DISCONTENT
“Keyboard doesn’t
respond when trying to
key in or update records
“Millennium/system
hesitations since 12/8”
*Actual problems taken from the Call Tracker
key in or update records
in Millennium.”
“Cannot print from Millennium”
“Millennium freezes”
“Using Millennium and Word
brings PC to its knees”
And all of those
other sundry problems
IT’S TIME TO EXPLORE NEW OPTIONS.
FRUSTRATIONReason #1:
F
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCESReason #2:
T
MORE FLEXIBLE OPACS
MORE FLEXIBLE OPACS
LEANER, EASIER STAFF MODULES
LEANER, EASIER STAFF MODULES
COSTReason #3:
C
NICKEL & DIMING US
Self-checks
Ports
OPAC flexibility
Unhelpful tech support
Annual maintenance
OPEN SOURCE ALREADY SAVES US $
Web design
Online calendar
qmail
WebCalendar
WordPress
Internet filtering
Instant messaging
Online calendar
Network monitoring
Public computing
WebCalendar
DansGuardian
Ubuntu
Pandion
Nagios
$28,300 plus annual fees
PROVEN TRACK RECORDReason #4:
P
ALMOST ALL OF GEORGIA’S DONE IT
= PINES libraries
= non-PINES libraries
Map source: Georgia Public Library Service
SO HAS ATHENS COUNTY, OH
AND MANY MORE
OPPORTUNITYReason #5:
O
OREGON’S ALREADY EXPERIMENTING
2009 LSTA grant:The Sage
Library System
is investigating
an open source ILS.
OUR PROPOSAL
APPOINT A COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED COMPOSITION:
• Library director: Nadine Goodrich (LAK)
• Cataloger: Mary Graham (COQ)
• Researcher: Buzzy Nielsen (NON)
• Tech expert: Sean Park (ESO)
• Frontline staff member: Suzy Piatt (SWO)
• ILS expert: Nancy Price (ESO/BAY)
• Volunteers
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATES OPTIONS
TOPICS OF INVESTIGATION:
• Options for systems
• Other libraries’ experiences
• Cost implications
• Technical implications
• Migration needs
• Possibility of neighboring counties joining system
REPORT BACK TO DIRECTORS/SYSTEM
REPORT DETAILS
• Contents:
Should address all previously listed topics
Recommendation:• Recommendation:
Should recommend whether/which to adopt.
• Funding sources:
Should preliminarily identify grants and other funds
• Deadline:
July 2009 Directors’ meeting
'Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price.
To understand the concept, you should think“
”
Source: Richard Stallman, “The Free Software Definition” (GNU Project)
To understand the concept, you should think
of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer.' ”
QUESTIONS?
