ILS Futures

• Evergreen Open Source
  • software developed by Georgia Public Libraries to handle circulation, public catalog and cataloging. Acquisitions and Serials are under development.
  • Article in Library Journal in 2006: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6396354.html
  • Evergreen Home Page
  • Michigan Library Consortium's Evergreen blog
  • Georgia PINES WebOPAC
  • Evergreen listservs (general and development)
  • Evergreen's Wikipedia page
  • List of current institutional users
• Koha: Open Source
  • first developed in New Zealand in 2000
  • Koha Home Page
  • Horowhenua Library Trust (first Koha installation)
  • Nelsonville Public Library System (Koha ZOOM, faceted searching)
  • Southeastern University, Lakeland Florida
  • Koha's Wikipedia page
  • Koha OPACs
• Vendors supporting Open Source ILSes
  • LibLime(Support/Install both Evergreen and Koha)
  • Equinox Software Inc., a vendor working with Evergreen.
• OLE: Open Source
  • Open Library Environment, Mellon Grant led by Duke University to investigate the requirements for building an Open Source ILS. Report date in July 2009. Expected to request funding to begin building the software. Targetted to satisfying the needs of University libraries.
  • http://oleproject.org/: the official website
  • http://oleproject.org/overview/ole-reference-model/: reference model
  • timeline lists a draft of the requirements by May 2009
  • listserv (ole@duke.edu) is available, send email to sympa@duke.edu, subscribe OLE
• ExLibris's URM (Universal Resource Management)
  • Will eventually replace Aleph and Voyager, as well as other ExLibris products
  • Overviews given at 2008 users group meetings
  • ERM functionality will be first part of the new system
• Innovative Vendor system
• Sirsi Vendor system
• Talis. ILS system is called Alto. Doing research integrating Semantic Web ideas with library automation.
• WorldCat local Vendor system: OCLC has been implying they will be offering a complete suite of tools that will replace the local ILS.
  • The News Release
• Other Links:
  • oss4lib Web Site
  • University of Chicago ILS Replacement Project Gap analysis of Evergreen and Koha
  • List of background readings from the OLE project
  • Automation Systems Marketplace by Marshall Breeding
  • OPALs Open source ILS. Can be a hosted service. Seems to be mostly school libraries.