[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** RFQ: NCIP (Version 1) Responder Development for MeLCat & Evergreen

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Hi Evette,

I hope this email finds you well and you are enjoying a great Midwest
fall....I'm very interested in whether you get any bites. Is there an actual
RFQ document or is this is as much detail as you have?

Lori Ayre

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 5:40 AM, Evette Atkin <AtkinE at mcls.org> wrote:

> *RFQ: NCIP (Version 1) Responder Development for MeLCat & Evergreen*
> Midwest Collaborative for Library Services
>
> Date of Issuance:  November 1, 2010
> Deadline for delivery of quote:  December 31, 2010
>
> Contact Person:  Debbi Schaubman (*schaubmd at mcls.org* <schaubmd at mcls.org>)
>
> Development Requested:  NCIP responder development for MeLCat
> interoperability
>
> *Introduction*
> We are requesting a quote to do the necessary software programming to make
> the Michigan Evergreen Open Source Integrated Library System (ILS) software
> NCIP-interoperable with MeLCat, which runs on the Innovative Interfaces
> Inc., INN-Reach software.  See *
> http://ncip.envisionware.com/application_profiles/INN-Reach_DCB_NCIP_Profile_May2007.pdf
> *<http://ncip.envisionware.com/application_profiles/INN-Reach_DCB_NCIP_Profile_May2007.pdf>for specifications.
>
> Please email your price quote to Debbi Schaubman at *schaubmd at mcls.org*<schaubmd at mcls.org>by December 31, 2010.  The Midwest Collaborative for Library Services
> reserves the right to select the vendor it deems most suitable, which may or
> may not be the low bidder.
>
> *Background Information*
> The Michigan Evergreen Project is a shared catalog using the Evergreen
> Open-Source Integrated Library System (ILS) software, facilitated by the
> Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) and housed on servers at
> the Grand Rapids Public Library (GRPL).
>
> The MeLCat Statewide Catalog is a centralized union catalog with up-to-date
> holdings from all participating libraries. Library participation is
> voluntary, and holdings are updated frequently.
>
> *Goals for NCIP Development*
>
> 1.        Make the Michigan Evergreen open-source integrated library system
> (ILS) software interoperable via NCIP with MeLCat
>
> 2.        Eliminate the requirements for MeLCat dual check out and dual
> check in for Evergreen libraries, cutting circulation library staff time in
> half for MeLCat processing.
>
> 3.        Eliminate the need for libraries to export patron data to the
> MeLCat DCB server.
>
> Evette M. Atkin
> Evergreen Coordinator
> Midwest Collaborative for Library Services
> 1407 Rensen St., Suite 1,  Lansing, MI 48910-3657
> Phone (800)530-9019 ext 152   Fax (517)492-3808
> atkine at mcls.org
> www.mcls.org
>
>
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