What can we do to help? I'm in PA (not in your county - but still). Nicole
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Kyle Hall <kyle.m.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > I personally don't know. I'm not well versed in state library politics > myself, but this is what my Director believes is coming down the road, > and he's not happy about it. > > Kyle > > http://www.kylehall.info > Information Technology > Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) > > > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Cab Vinton <bibli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Wow, does the State Library really have that much authority over >> individual libraries (legal or otherwise)? >> >> I would find that hugely surprising. But then here in NH we don't even >> have any county-wide systems. For the most part, it's every town/ city >> library for itself ... >> >> Cab Vinton, Director >> Sanbornton Public Library >> Sanbornton, NH >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Kyle Hall <kyle.m.h...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> The State Library her in Pennsylvania has started planning for a >>> state-wide ILS. My Director, John Brice attended a tech committee >>> netting this past Friday, bringing myself and Cindy Murdock as well. >>> At the meeting, it was announced that HSLC and Equinox will be >>> installing Evergreen in 33 libraries currently using Millennium. In >>> all likelyhood, in the future all the libraries in the state will be >>> required to switch over to Evergreen. Needless to say, my boss and >>> myself are extremely upset by this proposition to say the least. >>> >>> I would applaud the choice of a FOSS ILS, but the choice would not >>> bring any advantage. It appears to me to be a strictly financial >>> decision. The idea being pushed at the meeting was to give libraries >>> as little choice as possible to keep down costs. If we were forced to >>> switch to Evergreen, not only would our huge investment in Koha via >>> time and money be thrown away, but we would be forced into a new >>> system over which we would be no control or ability to customize. We >>> would have no control over the quality of service, as the servers are >>> planned to be centralized somewhere within the state. I do not relish >>> the idea of our current freedoms being taken away. >>> >>> Kyle >>> >>> http://www.kylehall.info >>> Information Technology >>> Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Koha mailing list >>> k...@lists.katipo.co.nz >>> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel@lists.koha.org > http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
