[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Fwd: PRESS RELEASE - Pennsylvania Moves Toward Statewide Open Source Library System

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Congratulations. Sounds fantastic!  Love the VuFind integration piece.  Is
anyone else doing that yet?

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:41 AM, John Houser <houser at hslc.org> wrote:

> Wow, finally we get to say something official!
>
> J
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> *From: *HSLC_News <HSLC_News at hslc.org>
> *Date: *August 26, 2010 1:30:01 PM EDT
> *To: *houser at hslc.org
> *Subject: **PRESS RELEASE - Pennsylvania Moves Toward Statewide Open
> Source Library System*
>
>     **
>
> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: *
>
> *Pennsylvania Moves Toward Statewide Open Source Library System*
>
> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - August 26, 2010 - HSLC/Access PA, managers of
> the Access PA Union Catalog and interlibrary loan systems, has announced its
> intention to migrate an initial group of public libraries to an Evergreen
> open source integrated library system beginning in 2010. This group of
> public libraries currently shares an Innovative Interfaces, Inc. Millennium
> library system managed by HSLC in Philadelphia. HSLC has signed a contract
> with Equinox (original developers of the Evergreen software) for data
> enhancement and training services, and has received letters of intent from
> 39 public and 8 school libraries that plan to participate in the project.
>
> HSLC is developing the new Evergreen system for public libraries in close
> coordination with the work of the Statewide Integrated Library System (ILS)
> Task Force convened by Pennsylvania's Office of Commonwealth Libraries. The
> ILS Task Force will also assist in establishing a not-for-profit
> organization to oversee the project by the end of 2010. HSLC will continue
> to maintain the Access PA Union catalog of 3000 libraries' holdings based on
> Innovative Interface's INN-Reach product.
>
> While the initial group of libraries to migrate to Evergreen will be
> limited to public libraries currently participating in the HSLC Millennium
> system, the new organization that will oversee the statewide system will
> accept applications from additional libraries in 2011. A separate instance
> of the Evergreen system is being planned for school libraries.
>
> The new shared system, which will utilize virtualized servers and storage,
> is designed to be highly fault tolerant and reliable. It will be hosted at a
> commercial hosting facility in Philadelphia that offers redundant network
> connections and diesel generated back-up power.
>
> The integrated library system will also include a separate discovery
> interface based on VuFind open source software developed at Villanova
> University. The VuFind discovery interface integrates a modern, easy to use
> searching interface with social software functionality. It also allows
> libraries to customize and integrate the discovery layer with their
> websites.
>
> Contact:
> Joseph C. Scorza
> Executive Director
> HSLC/Access PA
> 3600 Market Street, Suite 550
> Philadelphia, PA 19104-2646
> 215-222-1532
> scorza at hslc.org
>
>
>  --
> John Houser
> Technology Coordinator
> HSLC
> Philadelphia, PA
> houser at hslc.org
>
>
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