[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** RE: ***SPAM*** RE: Costs

[Georgette Rogers]

Thank you Sally, I appreciate it and will look for at it.

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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From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Sally Fortin [sfortin at esilibrary.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:40 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** RE:  Costs

Hi Georgette,

You may also find valuable information on getting started with Evergreen
in the presentations that were offered at the 2010 Evergreen
Conference.  You can find these at:
http://www.open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=eg10#presentation_slides

Best,
Sally


Georgette Rogers wrote:
> Thank you so much Cynthia,  I will use this and take all the
> information to those who have the authority to make the decisions.  I
> am the fact gatherer.
>
> Smiles,
> 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
> Cynthia Williamson [crwbookgirl at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 15, 2010 6:23 AM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
> *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 <mailto: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
>     <mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org>
>     [open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
>     <mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org>] On
>     Behalf Of Deanna Frazee [dfrazee at ci.killeen.tx.us
>     <mailto: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 <mailto:dfrazee at ci.killeen.tx.us>
>
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>     *From:* open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
>     <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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/
>
>
>
>
> --
> “Many a man stumbles across the truth, then picks himself up and
> hurries on as though nothing had happened.” Winston Churchill


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Sally Fortin
Educational Services Manager
Equinox Software Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source
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