[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question

[Andy Helten]

Six months ago I personally setup a small (~100 students in K-8) rural 
school with Evergreen.  We only have one location with about 5000 
books.  We were looking to use Follet's Destiny when I suggested we 
look around and eventually stumbled upon Evergreen.  There were a 
couple hurdles setting it up and only a couple problems keeping it 
running -- probably comparable what we would have experienced using a 
non-free system.  I should also point out that prior to Evergreen, 
I've never setup a library system and none of the staff and students 
that added books to Evergreen have any experience with an ILS.  So, 
relatively easy to use and quite scalable.  I will point out that we 
don't use most of the Evergreen features, such as holds.

Andy

On 1/19/2011 1:40 PM, Georgette Rogers wrote:
> Thank you so much, Pam,  This helps to show our powers that be, that 
> a small library should be able to migrate without problems.
> I appreciate the information.
> 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 
> Pam Smith [Pamela.Smith at TheHowe.org]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:12 AM
> *To:* 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question
>
> Hi Georgette:
>
> We are also a small library (we do have one very small branch), we 
> migrated to Evergreen from Innovative this past summer.
>
> Evergreen is a flexible system that can accommodate both small 
> libraries and large consortia.
>
> Our staff quickly adapted to our new system (we had been with III 
> for 15 years) and we haven’t had a moment’s regret.
>
> Pam
>
> howelogo smallPamela Soren Smith
>
>                   Technical Services/Systems Librarian
>
>                   Howe Library
>
>                   13 South St.
>
>                   Hanover, NH 03755
>
>                   603.643.4120 x3257
>
>                   http://howelibrary.org
>
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> *From:*open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org 
> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On 
> Behalf Of *Georgette Rogers
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2011 1:57 PM
> *To:* open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
> *Subject:* [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question
>
> Hell all
>
> We are a small, stand alone library who is looking at Evergreen as a 
> possible new ILS.  As I am watching the list serve and looking at a 
> variety of things associated with Evergreen, I wonder is it 
> adaptable to small libraries like us.  I notice most libraries that 
> use Evergreen, are consortiums, or college libraries that may have 
> one or more branch.
>
> Can this be easily set up for a small library that is a one branch 
> operation/
>
> 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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