Hi Jim, Had to go the electronic archives since this was 2008!But you should consider the following- we did a survey of the staff asking what they liked and didn't like about our Spectrum/Winnebago ILS. We formed a committee of supervisory staff and created a list of what we wanted BEFORE looking at any vendor. We prioritized the list and then asked vendors for a features list and a library who was using their ILS. So no real RFP...more an RFI. After we received the info we created an evaluation sheet from our wish list and narrowed down the field. I then took the final two or three and did market research and development research to see if we were gonna get stuck again with an expensive legacy system that was costly to migrate out of- The ILSs we evaluated were Destiny from Follet- Koha-Evergreen- Library World- Symphony/Sirsi. We probably would have included OCLC express but that was before their time! LOL That is some thing to consider, CHANGE! and who can keep up with development especially as we become more mobile with apps. AS A SIDE NOTE -I think cost for us was huge, we needed so much in facility updates I was really looking for the biggest bang for our buck. We got it with Koha. Even with paid support we have spent less in 3 years than we did in one with Winnebago support and migration. Feel free to share any of this info.
Cheers Lee
On 5/4/2011 8:41 AM, Buster wrote:
Hi Lee. I'm currently putting together an RFP using the guidelines my finance dept has forced on us. I'm worried it might bias against open source. Could you share a copy of you RFP with me? It would be very helpful.Thanks! Jim MaroonOn May 2, 2011 11:32 AM, "Lee Phillips" <lphill...@buttepubliclibrary.info <mailto:lphill...@buttepubliclibrary.info>> wrote:Disappointing. http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=156452011-04-27. National Library of New Zealand signs with SirsiDynix. , [SirsiDynix] SirsiDynix announced that the National Library of New Zealand has selected the SirsiDynix Symphony integrated library system for the Kōtui shared library system. Kōtui is a new shared library system operated by the National Library of New Zealand for subscribing public libraries. Kōtui will manage member libraries’ physical resources, offer a new discovery system, and give member libraries access to centralized expertise and help desk services._______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz <mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com> Version: 10.0.1325 / Virus Database: 1500/3614 - Release Date: 05/04/11
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