<div dir="ltr">I want to second everything Rogan and Joan said. (And with the disclaimer that I work for MOBIUS, but also have my community hat on here.)<div><br></div><div>There was a really good session at the 2020 Evergreen International Online Conference that discussed how to talk about the value of open-source. It addresses a lot of your questions, and might be helpful: <a href="https://youtu.be/LP1_PKol8ac">https://youtu.be/LP1_PKol8ac</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Debbie</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Debbie Luchenbill</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Associate Director, Open Source Initiatives</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">MOBIUS</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">2511 Broadway Bluffs, Ste. 101</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Columbia, MO 65201</font></div><div><a href="mailto:deborah@mobiusconsortium.org" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">debbie@mobiusconsortium.org</font></a></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">573-234-4914</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="http://mobiusconsortium.org" target="_blank">https://mobiusconsortium.org</a><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Evergreen Help Desk: <a href="mailto:help@mobiusconsortium.org" target="_blank">help@mobiusconsortium.org</a> / 877-312-3517</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Pronouns: She/Her/Hers</font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 1:26 PM Joan Kranich <<a href="mailto:jkranich@cwmars.org">jkranich@cwmars.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Hello Wendell,</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">We have been an Evergreen system since 2012. Before Evergreen all of our systems were proprietary systems.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">The ability to have some control over development is a big bonus. We can implement new features that have been developed and we can also have development done for features not yet available. The Evergreen community is very supportive. </font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Good luck with your process.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Joan</font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 10:35 AM Gragg, Wendell E <<a href="mailto:WGragg@bryantx.gov" target="_blank">WGragg@bryantx.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone. This is my first post here, so if I am posting in the wrong place, please feel free to let me know.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our library system (3 branches) is considering a move from Polaris to Evergreen and we are going to need to jump through a number of hoops in this process, beginning with the point of my post, justifying the conversion.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What we are looking at is using a hosted solution due to the fact that our city IT department will not allow us to have anything but a Windows based server. Currently, we have a production server, telephony server and a test server, all
running Windows and MS SQL.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Currently, we have approximately 204k bib records, around 49k patrons and an annual circ between 500-600k. Only two of our branches circulate.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have received quotes from three companies (Mobius, Equinox and Emerald) for hosting and migration services and all three would come well under the approximately 40k per year we are paying for Polaris maintenance, so financially it would
make sense. What I need is justifications/reasons to convert to an open source ILS from a proprietary system. What are the advantages, both theoretical and real world and the potential pitfalls? Has making such a conversion saved you time and effort in administration
and operation of the system?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One of our biggest hurdles in getting this approved is going to be the cyber security section of our city IT department. They are quite aggressive and demanding (oh the stories I could tell…), so I will need to gather information on that
too. Any advice there would be greatly appreciated, especially if you can impart any knowledge as to the security aspects of Evergreen and/or the hosting providers I mentioned.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to contact me off list if that is your preference.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance, <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wendell<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wendell Gragg, MSIS<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Automation Services Supervisor<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bryan+College Station Public Library System<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bryan, TX<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">979-209-5613<u></u><u></u></p>
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