[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Evergreen Collection Development

[Don McMorris]

Just FYI:

Some ILS's have the ability to import orders into their acquisitions
module from an outside order system.  For example, you could build an
order using a vendors' product (such as TitleSourceIII from Baker &
Taylor) and import this into your acquisitions program.  This way, you
can utilize the services offered by your vendors' online program (book
reviews, covers, etc.), and then take advantage of your Acquisitions
program (order tracking, creating On-Order records, tracking budgets,
etc).

Although this feature is nice, I don't think it would be an immediate
priority for Acquisitions v1.  In my opinion, V1 would be a "basic"
working system able to track orders, expenses, on-order item records,
purchase order printing, etc.; V2 would probably add EDI (or other
electronic) ordering, purchase order submittal via fax and e-mail,
etc.; V3 would probably focus on value-added services such as
importing orders from other programs/services and the like.  Of
course, this is just my opinion and may vary from customer/community
priorities and contributions (IE: if somebody contributes a functional
way to import orders prior to V1 of acquisitions, it will surely be
integrated).

The Wiki has some resources dedicated to the Acquisitions subproject.

Thanks for your input! After all, Evergreen is for you! Tell us what
YOU want! ;)

--Don

On 5/1/07, David J. Fiander <djfiander at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Art,
>
> Innovative has hooks that let you integrate placing orders with book
> distributors into the internal acquisitions process as well, but I'm
> not too sure how they work, since we don't use them at Western.
>
> - David
>
> On 1-May-07, at 16:27 , arhyno at uwindsor.ca wrote:
>
> >
> > >From what Dan's saying here below, it sounds like you, Art, are
> > working
> > >on a module that is more for the patron/user to request books that
> > >they'd like to see the library purchase -- correct me if I'm
> > wrong. What
> > >I'm looking at is a module that streamlines the librarian's
> > process of
> > >actually sorting and selecting books for purchase using lists our
> > >collection development specialists have build and maintain.
> >
> > Hi Chris,
>
> --
> David J. Fiander
> Digital Services Librarian
>
>
>
>