Peter,
We're definitely keeping our eye on FOLIO, and gathering up RFP is actually
part of that effort. This summer, we're planning on building our roadmap and
using it to evaluate FOLIO. Our current ILS is getting long in the tooth, and
our involvement in OLE has pushed that out even further, but we're willing to
wait on FOLIO development as we like how the project is currently going and
have high hopes for it. This is part of the evaluation preparation for that in
the fall (or into 2018).
David K. Uspal
Technology Development Specialist
Falvey Memorial Library
Phone: 610-519-8954
Email: [email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter
Murray
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 7:03 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] RFPs for ILS Request
If I may humbly suggest, another path forward is to consider joining the OLE
libraries in the work of building up the apps that will operate on the FOLIO
platform. You will probably be working to write detailed specifications anyway.
The difference is that you'll be working with a cohort of libraries to describe
exactly what you need in a user-experience-first process
(https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.folio.org%2Fdisplay%2FPLATFORM%2FThe%2BFOLIO%2BUser%2BInterface%2BPrototype&data=02%7C01%7Cdavid.uspal%40villanova.edu%7C90eb6a54719a4142531408d46b2e8d3a%7C765a8de5cf9444f09cafae5bf8cfa366%7C1%7C0%7C636251295069297748&sdata=66BXbxsmKokBJSkLO8d%2BGc17MYXNNoAkoDFsEACs678%3D&reserved=0)
rather than trying to match existing systems to desired functionality. The
risk is, of course, that the project may move at a speed that doesn't match
your needs.
A great way to hear more about the state of the project is to join the FOLIO
Forum on Wednesday for an update on the roadmap and a demonstration of the
project so far:
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.openlibraryenvironment.org%2Farchives%2F338&data=02%7C01%7Cdavid.uspal%40villanova.edu%7C90eb6a54719a4142531408d46b2e8d3a%7C765a8de5cf9444f09cafae5bf8cfa366%7C1%7C0%7C636251295069297748&sdata=N%2FcsYMMzDcK5tjoGPCgkAvMx43DzwBiC0Dxu2EodDS4%3D&reserved=0
Best,
Peter
On Mar 9, 2017, 10:46 AM -0600, David Uspal <[email protected]>, wrote:
> Code4Lib,
>
>
> With the conference going today, I figured it would be a good time to get
> this request in -- for libraries who have recently developed an RFP for their
> ILS, would you be willing to share that RFP with me? Here at Villanova, we'd
> be interested to see what other libraries had put into their requests. While
> our ILS update is a bit down the pike (we are keeping our eyes on FOLIO's
> development at the moment), we think it would be a worthwhile exercise to
> develop our own RFP so we can do some preliminary planning. Thanks everyone!
>
>
> David Uspal
>
> Library Technology Developer
>
> Falvey Memorial Library
>
> Villanova University
