[OPLINLIST] SEO Evergreen Evaluation and Demo Database site

[Marsha McDevitt-Stredney]

Please excuse multiple postings...

 

The SEO Library Center and the State Library are pleased to announce the
release of an Evergreen Open Source ILS evaluation report and launch of
the SEO Evergreen Evaluation and Demo Database site.  The report and
demo site are part of the Open Source ILS Project. Public libraries are
encouraged to use the SEO Evergreen Evaluation and Demo Database site
and provide feedback on its functionality, usability, and desirability.
The project provides an opportunity for a new centrally managed Open
Source ILS consortium for Ohio libraries. 

 

As part of an evaluation process for the project, the Open Source ILS
software, Evergreen, was installed at the SEO Library Center. Hardware
was purchased and installed and 25% of the SEO Consortium bibliographic
data was migrated to the demo database. The migration and support
services have been provided by Equinox Software, Inc. This project was
funded through an Institute of Museum and Library Services Library
Services and Technology Act grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio.

 

Results of the evaluation process and necessary information for
accessing the demo environment can be found on the SEO Library Center
website.  The demo site allows the Ohio library community to test and
evaluate the Evergreen functionality at a local level. The database will
continue to be available and upgraded to include the most current
modules and releases when available. Information for accessing and using
the test demo database can be found at the following link 
http://library.ohio.gov/SEO/Evergreen. 

 

The SEO Library Center is determining interest in a possible Ohio
Evergreen ILS Pilot.  If you are considering a migration to a shared
centralized Evergreen ILS, please submit your library's interest by
email to evergreen at library.ohio.gov or contact Dianna Clark at
877-552-4262.  The pilot group will be the first libraries in Ohio to
participate in a consortial Open Source ILS using Evergreen.  This
shared catalog will be hosted at the SEO Library Center.   In addition,
pilot libraries will have the opportunity to significantly contribute to
policy development and the creation of functional standards for the Ohio
Evergreen consortia.

 

Interested libraries are asked to respond by March 31, 2010.   This is
not binding but will allow cost estimates to be requested from Equinox.
To help determine the cost-share for participating library systems,
please include the following information in your email:

 

*	Count of Bibliographic, Authority and Item records.
*	Count of Borrower records.
*	Name of your current library system.
*	Number of locations(including main library, branches, and
bookmobile if applicable)
*	Annual Circulation.

 

 

 

 

Marsha McDevitt-Stredney

Marketing & Communications Director

274 E. 1st Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201

Tel: 614-644-6875

Fax: 614-466-3584

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