Saturday, October 23, 2010

Dismantling ILS

I don't know a lot about ILS, but there are two things I do know about libraries, whether they are public, school or academic:  they never have enough staff and they never have enough money.  Whatever a library decides to do about ILS, it needs to be cheap and easy to implement, use and maintain.
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  1. priyaOctober 23, 2010 at 5:10 PM

    Hi Melissa,
    I was also having trouble with understanding what they were talking about. But, I found this on good old Wikipedia:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_library_system


    It just basically defines the ILS as a program used for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions and serials. Some examples you can purchase through a vendor are Milenium, Voyager, and Horizon. They aren't really user-friendly and most librarians/workers don't like them. There are also a few opensource options that are more helpful and are listed on the site. Hope that helps!

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  2. MelissaOctober 24, 2010 at 12:59 PM

    Thanks Priya. I'll check it out.

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