[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFPs for system development

[Deanna Frazee]

Alpha-G Consulting of Orem, Utah, does.  You can contact them at
john at alphagconsulting.com.

 

Deanna Frazee

Director of Library Services

Killeen City Library System

205 E. Church Ave.

Killeen, TX  76541

254-501-8995

dfrazee at ci.killeen.tx.us

 

 

 

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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
George Tuttle
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 4:20 PM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFPs for system development

 

Hi Lori,

 

By wide-scale, I mean "to your heart's content."   Open source puts more
pressure on you to understand the software and your workflow in advance.
Testing helps, but you need an effective testing model. An RFP for that
service could be the answer. Thanks. Good thought.

 

BTW, besides Equinox, is there anyone else providing these services?

 

George 

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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Lori Bowen Ayre
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 4:05 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFPs for system development

 

George,

 

I agree. Open Source DOES mean rethinking the RFP process. And, one way
to rethink it is to do an RFP for services.  Some of the services I
might seek via RFP are: 

 

*	getting help setting up a test environment
*	migration, support and/or hosting services
*	assessing the suitability of products against a set of criteria,
or
*	helping develop the criteria  to be used for evaluation

Not sure what you mean by wide-scale testing or if that is the ONLY way
to "rethink the RFP" process.  But, definitely a rethink is needed.  To
paraphrase something someone else said (which I could remember who)...
if you use the same old procurement method, you'll keep getting the same
old thing.

 

Lori Ayre

 

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:56 AM, George Tuttle <gtuttle at prlib.org>
wrote:

Open Source means rethinking the RFP process. What wide-scale testing
have you done so far?

 

George Tuttle

Computer Services Librarian

Piedmont Regional Library System

770-867-2762 x103

770-891-0654 (cell)

770-867-7483 (fax)

gtuttle at prlib.org

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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Kathleen O'Connor
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 11:40 AM


To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFPs for system development

 

Our director has been toying with this idea for quite some time. I was
just trying to get a heads up on it when he finally decided to pull the
plug on voyager

 

Whatever you can share would be appreciated

 

Kathleen E. O'Connor

Systems Librarian

Falvey Memorial Library

Villanova University

Villanova,  Pa. 19085

 

kathleen.oconnor at villanova.edu

610-519-4158

 

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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Lori Bowen Ayre
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 11:13 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] RFPs for system development

 

Hi Kathy,

 

Are you planning to do development or are you looking for an RFP for
services such as migrating and implementation?  The KCLS software specs
were for writing a LOT of new code and I'm thinking that's not really
what you had in mind so wanted to clarify.  I do have an RFP sample for
support I could share.  And another very simple one for implementation
and training.

 

Lori Ayre

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:45 AM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org>
wrote:

Hi all,

 

I'm working with the three Massachusetts consortia that are planning to
move to Evergreen in 2011. We are in the latter phases of identifying
our development needs for Evergreen with the plan of issuing an RFP for
system development in early summer.

 

I was wondering if anyone in the Evergreen community has an RFP they
have used for system development in Evergreen or another open-source
product that you would be willing to share with us. I do have a copy of
King County's RFP for system support as well as the specs they posted to
the http://oss4pl.org/ site.

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

Kathy Lussier

 

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Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative

(508) 756-0172

(508) 755-3721 (fax)

klussier at masslnc.org

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