[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Beginner's Open Source Info and III users
Deb Bergeron
bergeron at macalester.edu
Tue Dec 11 15:34:36 EST 2007
Sheryl,
First--Consider yourself included!
Secondly, the information I shared with this list was information put
together after the meeting for handouts to anyone who wanted the
information--it is not specific to MNIUG.
Hope that clears it up.
Deb
LLC Sheryl VanderWagen wrote:
> Deb, We saw this on the list serv and are also interested. We have one
> library (Grand Rapids Public) this has committed to Evergreen and has
> already told us they will pull out of our III system. We also have an ILS
> study committee organized recently that has a charge of looking at options
> including open source.
>
> Any way you would consider including me in a group even though we're not
> part of MNIUG? Thanks!
>
> Sheryl VanderWagen
> System Librarian
> Lakeland Library Cooperative
> 616-559-5253 x210
> 616-559-4329 (Fax)
> sheryl at llcoop.org
>
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: Deb Bergeron <bergeron at macalester.edu>
> To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
> Sent: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:45:49 -0600
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Beginner's Open Source Info and III users
>
>
>> Hi!
>>
>> In talking with a few of the III sites that are considering moving
>> to Open Source from this list, I can share the following information
>> that we put together after having both LibLime (Koha) and Equinox
>> (Evergreen) folks present at our III Regional User Group Meetings
>> in Spring and Fall 2007. The information is below.
>>
>> Additionally, there appears to be interest in continuing these
>> discussions offline. If anyone is interested, we can establish a
>> Google Group and do LiveChat.
>>
>> I'll be happy to help set up the Google Group.
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any questions about the content below.
>>
>> Deb
>>
>> The following Fall MNIUG 2007 presentations and addtional Open
>> Source information is provided for you by popular demand!
>>
>> Thank you all for making the conference a success. We had 140
>> participants--the highest attendance ever!
>>
>> Please let us know if you have any questions, comments, or would
>> like more information by sending an email to the MNIUG Steering
>> Committee <mailto:mniug at googlegroups.com>.
>>
>> <http://waldolib.org>
>> <http://liblime.com>
>> KohaZoom:
>>
>> * *John Stromquist's* presentation "Waldo Open Source ILS
>> <http://clic.edu/mniug/waldo_OpenSource_ILS-10-30-07v3.ppt>."
>> * *Joshua Ferraro's* presentation, " Open Source Library
>> Automation, All Grown Up
>> <http://liblime.com/resources/open-source-library-automation-
>> presentation.pdf>," from our Spring 2007 MNIUG conference. *
>> LibLime at http://liblime.com. o Go to LibLime's KohaZoom
>> <http://liblime.com/products/koha/koha-zoom> product.
>> o Check out the playground at http://liblime.com/demos.
>> o KohaZOOM has Cataloging, Circulation, OPAC, Acquisitions,
>> Serials, and currently developing an ILL module. Koha ZOOM
>> incorporates open source Zebra software, enabling Boolean
>> searching, relevance ranking, faceted searching, and so on.
>> o LibLime <http://liblime.com> offers hosted and non-hosted
>> solutions. o LibLime Facts and Stats
>>
> <http://clic.edu/mniug/liblime_facts_102807.doc>.
>
>> o MasterKey MetaSearch <http://liblime.com/products/masterkey>
>> federating searching product demo
>> <http://masterkey.indexdata.com/>.
>> o WALDO <http://www.waldolib.org> Consortium--John
>> Stromquist, Executive Director. Information about the
>> consortium and their membership. WALDO
>> <http://waldolib.org> is moving from ExLibris to KohaZOOM.
>>
>> Contact *John Stromquist*:
>> john at waldolib.org <mailto:john at waldolib.org>
>> p: (800) 326-6495 ext 3
>> f: (914) 729-1985
>>
>> Contact *Joshua Ferraro*:
>> jmf at liblime.com
>> <mailto:jmf at liblime.com>p:1(888)KohaILS
>>
>> <http://esilibrary.com/esi/home.html>
>> Evergreen:
>>
>> * *Jason Etheridge*, Equinox Software
>> <http://esilibrary.com/esi/home.html>, Enhancement List
>> Blog post <http://clic.edu/mniug/enhancement_list_102207.doc>.
>> * *Tim Daniels*, PINES Program Manager, Georgia Public
>> Library Service <http://www.georgialibraries.org/gpls/gpls.html>
>> presentation "PINES/Evergreen Migration
>> <http://clic.edu/mniug/VPINES_evergreen_stolaf_deb.ppt>".
>> * Equinox at http://esilibrary.com.
>>
>> o Read the blog <http://esilibrary.com/blog/>.
>> There's a tremendous amount of information about
>> Open Source. o Evergreen <http://www.open-ils.org/> has
>> a working Cataloging, Circulation, and OPAC module
>> working and are developing an Acquisitions and
>> Serials module. o Equinox
>> <http://esilibrary.com/esi/home.html> offers both
>> hosted and non-hosted solutions. o FAQ at
>> http://www.open-ils.org/faq.php. o Checkout the
>> playground at http://demo.gapines.org/.
>>
>> Contact *Jason Etheridge*:
>> phasefx at gmail.com <mailto:phasefx at gmail.com>
>> 1-877-OPEN-ILS (877-673-6457)
>>
>> Contact *Tim Daniels*:
>> tdaniels at georgialibraries.org <mailto:tdaniels at georgialibraries.org>
>> p: 404-235-7151
>> f: 404-235-7201
>>
>> *Overview of Open Source:*
>>
>> * What is Open Source Software?
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software
>>
>> * Open Source Initiative provides information on the Open Source
>> Development process and licenses at http://www.opensource.org/.
>>
>> *Open Source Licensing:*
>>
>> * GPL Licensing at http://www.gnu.org/. Both LibLime
>> <http://www.liblime.com> and Evergreen <http://esilibrary.com>
>> use GPL Licensing.
>>
>> *Open NCIP:*
>>
>> Open NCIP Project <http://openncip.org/>. The site not only
>> discusses the project, but provides information of the current
>> protocol. (Joshua Ferraro <mailto:jmf at liblime.com> from LibLime
>> <http://liblime.com> talked about this at the MNLink
>> <http://www.minitex.umn.edu/mnlink/> User Conference Friday,
>> November 2, 2007
>>
>> --
>>
>> Deb Bergeron <mailto:bergeron at macalester.edu> System Admin: User Support
>> CLIC Consortium <http://clic.edu>
>> 1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 204A
>> Saint Paul, MN 55104
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>>
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