Pioneer’s Progress It’s Like Finally Reaching Chimney Rock! Pioneer Consortium presentation NLA/NEMA 2010
May 16, 2015
Pioneer’s Progress
It’s Like Finally Reaching Chimney Rock!
Pioneer Consortium presentation NLA/NEMA 2010
Extinction?
April 2007 – All types of libraries met to discuss the merits of Open Source and explore the possibilities for Nebraska libraries
The merits of Open Source Integrated Library Systems
o Open Source software is available to anyone to download and use
o Access to the source code is available for customization
o A large community of developers and users collaborate to continually enhance the systems
History of Pioneer - Part 1
A 2009/10 Library Improvement Grant was awarded to seven public libraries that represented about 45% of Nebraska’s public library users
A consortium was formed to find out if an open source ILS was a viable alternative to the current ILS systems being used by the member libraries
History of Pioneer – Part 2
What we determined in our grant study:
◦Between the two main open source products – Evergreen or Koha – we selected Koha
◦A scoping study gave us data to compare Koha to our existing ILS systems
◦Set up a data center (servers, staff) to implement the ILS or have operations and maintenance hosted? – we chose the latter!
History of Pioneer – Part 3
Five of the original seven libraries elected to implement Koha and chose LibLime/PTFS as the service provider
Our contract includes:◦ Setup, installation and configuration of a
union catalog◦ Provide the latest and most robust version of
Koha ◦ Data migration and de-duping◦ Training◦ Host the system ◦ Provide software maintenance, help desk
support, and development
History of Pioneer – Part 4
http://vimeo.com/10958452 - Introduction http://bywatersolutions.com/?p=580 - introduction http://bywatersolutions.com/?p=598 –
OPAC demo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc-5Z_CCy3k&feature=related – basic
searching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk9UZPAvWIg – advanced searching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tu_qu4ABGc&videos=zHq9pG8v-l8&fe
ature=BF – navigating search results
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3h62ziPD9c&feature=related – log into account
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3t4KLWKzco&playnext=1&videos=zHq9pG8v-l8&feature=mfu_in_order – leaving comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1Eiwq1XvU&feature=related – creating lists
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivfReYObvUw&videos=zHq9pG8v-l8&feature=BF – adding tags
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-B3xBoBq4&videos=zHq9pG8v-l8&feature=BF – virtual browsing
Koha OPAC Features & Modules
http://bywatersolutions.com/?p=615 – importing marc records http://bywatersolutions.com/?p=617 – copy cataloging http://bywatersolutions.com/?p=630 – fast cataloging http://bywatersolutions.com/?p=590 – printing spine label batches
Samples of Koha Cataloging Features & Modules
http://www.screencast.com/users/neklstraining/folders/Jing/media/11c9fd10-ff51-4036-8885-6e90c712674e -checking items in
http://www.screencast.com/users/neklstraining/folders/Jing/media/23bf25d7-3b39-41f2-805d-a79d7834e61c - checking items in with holds
http://www.screencast.com/users/neklstraining/folders/Jing/media/24858bf2-8924-4272-9ebe-4a1fb0bf8855 - checking items out
http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/Nov09CheckOutvideo.swf - patron account features in staff client
http://www.screencast.com/users/neklstraining/folders/Jing/media/a8b7934a-6f0d-48c9-897e-85a53f926207 - run and pull holds pick list
Koha Circulation Features & Modules
See plenty of demo sites and OPAC websites at http://www.liblime.com/demos
LibLime in Action
Only the five founding libraries will migrate in the first implementation
Letters of Interest from accredited public libraries can be sent now for review starting in mid-2011
Non-public library additions starting in 2012 Send letters of interest to Steve Fosselman,
Grand Island Public Library
Call for Additional Members
Initial◦ $250 orientation◦ $750-$1,500 one-time setup charges◦ 15 cents per bib migration
Annual Maintenance◦ Formula based on LSA, Revenues, Collection Size
and Circulation◦ Minimum of $350 or 1% of Consortium budget
Basic Membership Costs