Open Source Library Implementation
Karen Kohn and Eric McCloy are both from Arcadia University, explained in detail how they were able to pull off switching from Sirsi to Koha.
Koha runs on Linux, takes very little space and is fast.
This session was mainly about how the Arcadia University library got ready to implement Koha from Sirsi.
Who should be on board?
IT
Library Staff
Facilitating Faculty
Motivation for Migration
- No access to data
- Website design
- Unresponsive customer service
- Hard to upgrade and modify
Pros
- 12% cost savings
- Broke project into chunks
- Able to see some improvements quickly, faster federated search
Cons
- Staff time for testing (expensive)
- Could not pay for overlap support
- Delay in catalog changes being displayed
How it was implemented?
- Dropped Sirsi
- Used Savings to get Master Key working
- Dumped nightly from Sirsi to Koha
- Did a Z39.50 search from site to Koha
- Tested and debugged frequently
Issues to consider
- STRONG IT vs. Librarians relationships (working together)
- Staff and Faculty knowledge is important
Here is Arcadia's Landman Library looks like with the Open Source software Koha as their Integrated Library System.
I love this library catalog. It feels like you're on Amazon.com!
What do you guys think?
Session 2 Day 2- Open Source Browsers
Jessamyn West explains Open Source browsers as primary library browser.
Session 1 of Day 2
Open Source Software Session
Mobile Reference Tool
The Samsung Q1- Howard County librarians use this tool to stay mobile in the library. They are able to provide service at the point of need.
Vocera Voice Badge
Howard County library staff uses these mobile voice badges to communicate with each other.
Eric Lease Morgan- Speaker of Open Source Software Session
Eric explaining why Open Source is so important for the next generation.
Hi everyone...!
It's still early.
New Technology is even in the BATHROOM??
This is some kind of Space Age hand dryer. I've never seen one of these before. Hyatt has them in all of the bathrooms.
Met some nice people too...
These are all DC public school librarians. They were really nice.
2 comments:
About the catalog: I don't like the page itself, but I do like the search feature. It's pretty cool.
I know. The page design is not so hot, but I love that the search tool is so fluid. The side bars that show how many books, ebooks and videos on your search subject in nice too!
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