[OPLINTECH] [OPLINLIST] Open source state ILS, Evergreen project terminated

[Bob Neeper]

  If Jim's proposal floats, the SEO demo server should certainly be available, 
it has Evergreen version 1.6.0.0 installed.
A lot of work seems completed and it has been paid for as part of the initial grant.
As Equinox was involved it should be spec'd out correctly.

 From a January 14, 2010 press release at 
http://www.library.ohio.gov/Marketing/PR/2010/January
"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"


Early spring  2007 Indiana State Library and Hussey - Mayfield Memorial Library 
were brainstorming about open Source ILS.
They expected to *save *the 238 libraries about *$15M per year* after most 
libraries came on line.
They said, most installation and maintenance costs would be funded by them with 
Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grants.

They have a lot of information on how they went from 0 to 72 libraries in 4 years.
Including a lot of preliminary procedures, which would save a lot of work.

It seems as if they did a quick but thorough evaluation, then found a way do do 
the project, using Equinox.

A contributing factor as to why Ohio took 4 years to evaluate the project may 
be, Equinox was busy because Indiana was doing it?


R. W. (Bob) Neeper     Cell: (740)-407-3572
Community Library
44 Burrer Dr.
Sunbury, Oh 43074
Tel:  (740)-965-3901


On 9/1/2010 2:25 PM, Mann, James H. wrote:
> OK.
> Since I'm taking a long weekend and will mostly ignore emails I'll offer a proposal. Strikes me that this is an LSTA grant looking for a project or a project looking for an LSTA grant. Isn't there a full LSTA grant application deadline coming up soon? So here's an idea:
> We get together and outline what an OSS ILS geared toward small Ohio libraries would look like.
> We take this information to my guys in Centerville or someone else's guys and say we'd like you to evaluate current OSS ILS solutions and develop "Buckeye" based on this outline...how much and how much can we participate?
> Maybe we get the SEO code, maybe we find Josh, lots of alternatives for the project team.
> We get an LSTA grant and the guys go to work.
> In 2013 Buckeye is offered as an ILS solution for small Ohio libraries, at a support fee, and libraries who want Buckeye apply for LSTA grants to pay for the project.
>
> Just an idea.
>
> BTW: Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend!
>
> PS: Is Buckeye a tree?
>
> Jim Mann
> Technology Coordinator
> Greene County Public Library
> 76 E. Market St.
> Xenia Ohio 45385
> (937)352-4000 x1210
> mailto: jmann at gcpl.lib.oh.us
> "If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." - Mario Andretti.
>
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