[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Costs

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-----Original Message-----
From: Cynthia Williamson <crwbookgirl at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:23:48 
To: Evergreen Discussion Group<open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Costs

Hi Georgette - Like Deanna said, cost is different for everyone.  We spent @
$7500CAD on our server, 2 full-time people worked on getting things up and
going for the better part of a year - that allowed us to keep up other parts
of our jobs.  We went live well before our support contract with our former
ILS vendor expired - that allowed us to do a very soft launch and do lots of
troubleshooting/tweaking and some more staff training.  We did contract with
Equinox for some programming (booking module @ $8000USD) but did not spend
any money on training or migration. The EG community has been a big help, I
can't really say that we did it on our own.  I've attached a list that I've
shared with some other folks that gives some details of our process, please
use it/share it as needed.
Cheers, Cynthia
Mohawk College,
Hamilton, ON

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Georgette Rogers <GRogers at libertylakewa.gov
> wrote:

>  Thank you so much for the reply.  I am not authorized to send out an RFP,
> but I will pass the information to my director and she will take it from
> there.  I really appreciate all the information that has been coming to me
> from the list serve.  I will probably have more questons.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Georgette
>  *Georgette Rogers*
> *Circulation Supervisor*
> *Liberty Lake Municipal Library*
> *23123 E  Mission Ave*
> *Liberty Lake, WA 99019*
> *509-435-0778*
> *1-866-729-8507*
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Deanna
> Frazee [dfrazee at ci.killeen.tx.us]
> *Sent:* Monday, June 14, 2010 7:07 PM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
> *Subject:* [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** RE: Costs
>
>   There really isn't a set cost.  We bought a server, paid Alpha-G for
> migration services and have self-trained.  But it has not been a simple
> process.  There have been numerous delays as I dealt with issues that left
> us too short-staffed to cope with a migration at times and as we have worked
> with Alpha-G to get things right so that we can go live with as few
> interruptions to service for our patrons as possible on the go-live day
> (next Monday).
>
> There has been some training out there for Evergreen, but much of what you
> will need to do is look at the manuals that other libraries have created
> in-house.  From there, you may have to just experiment with it to see how it
> works.
>
> Since this is not an out-of-the-box solution, the price will be unique to
> your situation.  Your best bet is to send out an RFP with the details you
> mentioned below as well as infornation on your current ILS.
>
>  Evergreen offers a lot of flexibility, but it is for those intrepid
> enough to take on an ILS without formal documentation and without the sort
> of full-time training staff that you often get with an established
> proprietary system.  These things will come with time, but they aren't here
> now.
>
> Deanna Frazee
> Killeen City Library System
> Killeen, TX
> dfrazee at ci.killeen.tx.us
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>  *From:* open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org on behalf of
> Georgette Rogers
> *Sent:* Mon 6/14/2010 5:39 PM
> *To:* open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
> *Subject:* [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Costs
>
>  Could anyone tell me the cost for implementation, self hosting, maitence
> and training for the Evergreen system.  We are a 9,000 square foot library,
> we have 28,000 items and about 5,000 patrons.
>
> Thank you
>
> Georgette
>
> *Georgette Rogers*
> *Circulation Supervisor*
> *Liberty Lake Municipal Library*
> *23123 E  Mission Ave*
> *Liberty Lake, WA 99019*
> *509-435-0778*
> *1-866-729-8507*
>



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