Chris Ricker, Monterey County Free Libraries
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Chris Ricker, Monterey County Free Libraries
The staff and public are looking to me to guide them to a new ILS.
• You better make this easy.
• It better be a better system.
• We don’t want new headaches.
It isn’t going to be easy.How can we minimize the pain?
• Improve our ability to Communicate internally about the ILS.
• WebEx
• Survey Monkey
Public
• MCFL webpage enhancement
• Survey Monkey
Process
• Consultant assistance.
• Literature review.
• “Helping You Buy ILSs” by Pamela R. Cibbarelli. Computers in Libraries, October 2008.
• Model to follow.
Our Evaluation Teams
• 1. Budget/Administration Team• 2. Support Services Workflow Team,
cataloging, acquisitions, ILL, Statistics
• 3. Circulation Workflow Team• 4. Public Services Team, services, public
interface, reference, search
• 5. Technology Team
• Must have lists.
Slide 1
Anne Hadden 1913Monterey County Free Libraries
Headlines: Monterey County Residents get a State-of-the-Art
Library Catalog.
• “It is fantastic” says Miguel Sanchez. “I never knew that using a library catalog could be so sweet. I just ordered the DVD, X-Men 5 and it is going to be sent to my house.”