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What Is An ILS Anyway?

What Is An ILS Anyway?. CSG Meeting - Boulder, CO. Robert H. McDonald Associate Dean for Library Technologies Indiana University. Charleston and ILS. Outline. ILS Defined History of Academic Integrated Library Systems Current Marketplace for Academic Libraries

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What Is An ILS Anyway?

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  1. What Is An ILS Anyway? CSG Meeting - Boulder, CO Robert H. McDonald Associate Dean for Library Technologies Indiana University

  2. Charleston and ILS What is an ILS? - McDonald

  3. Outline • ILS Defined • History of Academic Integrated Library Systems • Current Marketplace for Academic Libraries • Core Functionality of Academic ILS • Core Functionality Needs of Academic Libraries • Developments in the Open Source Community What is an ILS? - McDonald

  4. ILS Defined • Integrated Library System - Legacy Concept • ILS = Integrated Library System • (Cataloging + Serials + Acquisitions + Circulation + Catalog) • Focused on print and physical inventory • Electronic content at the Journal Title or collection level • Emerged in the 1960’s – 1970’s • Functionality has evolved and expanded, but basic concepts and modules remain intact What is an ILS? - McDonald

  5. ILS Defined Continued • In addition to the core ILS layer libraries operate seperate systems to handle the following: • Electronic Resources Management System • OpenURL Linking Systems • Proxy or VPN Systems/Identity Mgmt Systems • Advanced Discovery Systems • Digital Library Content Systems • Digital Preservation Systems What is an ILS? - McDonald

  6. ILS History • History of Library Automation • Follows history of computing • Eras of Change (40 years – 1968-Present) • Pre-Mainframe Era • Electromechanical automation • Mainframe Era • MARC Record 1968 • Client/Server Era – 1990s • Open Source Era – 2000s • Cloud Era – 2008 - OCLC What is an ILS? - McDonald

  7. Current Academic ILS Market • Ex Libris/Endeavor - 1465 • Voyager - 862 • Aleph 500 – 603 • Innovative Interfaces - 1163 • Millennium – 1163 • SirsiDynix - 1076 • Unicorn - 740 • Horizon/Symphony – 336 What is an ILS? - McDonald

  8. Legacy ILS Functionality Public User Interface: Circulation Acquisitions Vendor Based ePurchasing Functional modules: Cataloging Serials Vendor Based Metadata Enhancement Data Stores: Staff Interfaces: What is an ILS? - McDonald

  9. Legacy ILS Functionality+eContentModule+Advanced DiscoveryInterface Learning Mgmt./Campus Portal Feeds Proxy/VPN for eContent Access Circulation Acquisitions OpenURL Linking Federated Search/ Advanced Discovery Electronic Resource Mgmt. System Cataloging Serials Unified Workflow Interface for Staff What is an ILS? - McDonald 3/10/2014

  10. National Library of Australia • Four Reorganized Areas of an ILS • Bibliographic Subsystem • Search/Discovery Subsystem • Customer Management Subsystem • Document Delivery Subsystem What is an ILS? - McDonald

  11. Current Academic ILS Needs • Bibliographic Subsystem • Electronic Leased Content • Electronic Owned Content • Physical Inventory • Search/Discovery Subsystem • Customer Management Subsystem • Document Delivery Subsystem • Physical Delivery Library to Library • Electronic Delivery to Customer • Digital Preservation System What is an ILS? - McDonald

  12. New ILS Needs Enterprise Layer:Can this be an SOA Model? Composite Applications Reusable Business Services Rule Oriented Workflow Process Data Stores: What is an ILS? - McDonald

  13. Developments in Open Source ILS • Evergreen • Koha • OPALS • Learning Access ILS • NexGenLib What is an ILS? - McDonald

  14. Evergreen • Developed by the Georgia Public Library Service • Small development team • June 2004 – development begins • Sept 5, 2006 – live production • Currently a group in Canada is developing Serials and other academic library requirements for Evergreen - called Conifer Project • Includes a Business Service Bus called OpenSRF • Supported vendor services provided by Equinox What is an ILS? - McDonald

  15. Libraries Using Evergreen • Georgia PINES • http://gapines.org • Georgia PINES: • 1 Installation • 54 Public Library Systems • 260+ library facilities • Does not include municipal systems: Atlanta-Fulton County, Cobb County • Province of British Columbia in Canada – SITKA • Kent County, MD • Evergreen Indiana (Consortium of 35 Public Libraries) • Under consideration by academic libraries in Canada What is an ILS? - McDonald

  16. Evergreen

  17. Koha • First open source ILS • Includes Serials functionality in latest version (required for academic functionality) • Includes Federated Search and Discovery System • Supported vendor services provided by LibLime What is an ILS? - McDonald

  18. Libraries using Koha • 300+ libraries • Horowhenua Library Trust • Nelsonville Public Library • Athens County, OH • Crawford County Federated Library System • 10 Libraries in PA • Howard County, MD • Service area population: 266300 • 4.7 million circulation transactions in 2006 • 1 million volumes • Central Kansas Library System • Santa Cruz Public Library • Central, 9 branches • 2 million volumes • Near East University Library • 1.5 million volumes What is an ILS? - McDonald

  19. Koha

  20. Works Cited • Antelman, K., E. Lynema, and A. Pace. 2006. Toward a Twenty-First-Century Library Catalog. Information Technology and Libraries. 25(3): 128-39. • Borgman, C. L. 1997. From Acting Locally to Thinking Globally : A Brief History of Library Automation. The Library Quarterly. 67(3): 215-49. • Breeding, M. 2008. Making a Case for Open-Source ILS. Computers in Libraries. 28(3): 36-9. • ----------. 2007. An Industry Redefined. Library Journal. 132(6). • ----------. 2007. The Sun Sets on Horizon. Computers in Libraries. 38-41. • Cervone, F. 2007. ILS Migration in the 21st Century. Computers in Libraries. 27(7). • Demspey, L. 2009. Always On: Libraries in a World of Permanent Connectivity. First Monday 14(1): http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2291/2070. • Pace, A. 2007. In the Beginning… A Historical Glimpse into Library Automation. American Libraries. 38(6). What is an ILS? - McDonald

  21. Web Sites of Interest • Library Technology Reports • http://www.librarytechnology.org • Evergreen ILS • Ga Pines – http://www.gapines.org • Evergreen Indiana - http://www.in.gov/library/5592.htm • Equinox - http://www.esilibrary.com • Evergreen - http://www.open-ils.org • Koha ILS • Koha - http://www.koha.org • LibLime - http://liblime.com/ • National Library of Australia ILS Redesign • http://wvw.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/redevannounce.html What is an ILS? - McDonald

  22. Questions and Discussion • Most current ILS systems are out of date • Old code • Last generation technology • No means for innovation (dwindling market) • Do NOT handle digital content well • Do not function at an enterprise level with current ERP systems • Which direction should libraries be pushing toward in regards to enterprise functionality for the academic arena?

  23. Thank You robert at indiana.edu mcdonald {twitter} rhmcdonald {Gtalk, skype} What is an ILS? - McDonald

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