[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 226 subscribers

[Karen Foster]

Me too. 

Here at McMaster we just launched Endeca as our front-end this week &
we use Verde & SFX for e-resources. I think we need a flexible back-end
inventory control system (Acq., Serials control, Catalogue, Circ.,
Course Reserves) that will work with anything we may want to plug-in to
it & I'm in shopping mode. Nice to see some familiar names here from
Horizon-L and OCUL.

karen

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Karen Foster
Collection Applications Support Specialist
Library and Learning Technologies 
McMaster University Library
Hamilton, Ont. Canada
fosterk at mcmaster.ca
(905) 525-9140 x24047


On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:29:07 -0400
 "Joshua Ashworth" <JAshworth at daytonmetrolibrary.org> wrote:
> Count me among the other lurkers currently on Horizon.
> 
> I couldn't agree more with Elizabeth concerning the importance of the
> acquisitions module.  It definitely has to be in place before we
> would seriously consider migrating to Evergreen.  Although, it would
> be kind of funny to see our entire Acquisitions department go into
> shock by announcing they'll have to find some other way to do their
> job :)
> 
> Josh
> 
> | Joshua Ashworth
> | IT Services - ILS Specialist
> | Dayton Metro Library
> | 215 E. Third St.
> | Dayton, Ohio 45402
> | jashworth at daytonmetrolibary.org
> 
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf
> Of Garcia, Elizabeth
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:04 AM
> To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] 226 subscribers
> 
> Hi John and all, 
> 
> John asked: 
> "My belief -- and please correct me if I'm wrong -- is that most of
> the Evergreen libraries are probably conversions from Horizon. " 
> PINES libraries were running Sirsi prior to Evergreen. 
> 
> "Does the lack of acquisitions and serials significantly impact
> adoption? " 
> Absolutely.   We have some large public libraries waiting to join
> PINES that will need the acquisitions module in place before coming
> on board.  Most academic libraries have expressed the need for both
> serials and acquisitions before seriously considering a move to
> Evergreen. We have just completed the initial data-gathering via
> focus groups for the acquisitions module.  
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> Elizabeth McKinney de Garcia
> PINES Program Manager 
> Georgia Public Library Service 
> A Unit of the University System of Georgia
> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> Atlanta GA 30345
> 404.235.7141
> egarcia at georgialibraries.org
> http://www.georgialibraries.org/
> 
> 
> On 3/23/07 9:46 AM, "John Fink" <john.fink at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> Longtime user of OSS in libraries here, starting in 1995.  I've
> always always been frustrated with commercial ILS vendors and have
> long wanted to see a robust open source ILS offering.  About three or
> so years ago I did some messing about with Koha and found it okay,
> but not quite what I was looking for.  The recent rise of Evergreen
> excites me treeee-mendously. 
> 
> My library is a III shop and will remain that way for the forseeable
> future, but it never hurts to keep ones options open.
> 
> A question:
> 
> My belief -- and please correct me if I'm wrong -- is that most of
> the Evergreen libraries are probably conversions from Horizon.  Is
> there some sort of document describing migration from a Horizon setup
> to Evergreen?  Does the lack of acquisitions and serials
> significantly impact adoption? 
> 
> jf
> 
> 
>