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Saturday Feb 18, 2012 
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February 16, 2012. The LOCKSS program and Ex Libris SFX provide access to archived electronic resources. Ex Libris announced the integration of the LOCKSS Program software with the SFX OpenURL link resolver. Based at Stanford University Libraries, the LOCKSS Program is an international community collaboration that archives copies of scholarly journals so that library users can continue to access licensed copies when the journals are not available directly from the publisher. Added as a target in SFX, the LOCKSS service retrieves licensed materials from the library’s own LOCKSS archive. Libraries that activate this target can offer uninterrupted access, through SFX context-sensitive links, to scholarly content that is securely archived in their own LOCKSS Box. <<more>>
February 16, 2012. OCLC adds 500,000 records to WorldCat from China Academic Library and Information System . OCLC has added 500,000 records to WorldCat from the China Academic Library and Information System, a nationwide academic library consortium with a mission to promote, maintain and improve resource sharing among Chinese university libraries and other libraries and institutions. These records represent Chinese publications between 1987 and 2001. The records have been added to WorldCat to help promote the use of the CALIS collection and use of OCLC resource sharing services in libraries in China, and to maximize each organization’s strengths in enhancing cooperative building and sharing of information resources on a global scale. <<more>>
February 16, 2012. LibLime takes Koha with Class directly to the students. LibLime takes Koha with Class a step further by getting more involved with the classes and students. Two of LibLime’s on staff librarians, Patrick Jones and Maria Laude, will be featured speakers in two different library school classes. They will be participating in WebEx sessions over the next few weeks to show the students general overviews of LibLime Koha and to discuss the business of open development ILS applications. <<more>>
February 15, 2012. Liberty for Kangan Institute Library and Learning Centre. Kangan Institute, leading Victorian TAFE with six campuses across Melbourne, has chosen Liberty to facilitate its resource management and learning objectives. <<more>>
February 15, 2012. RFID system goes Live February 23 at two WCCLS member libraries. The Main and Shute Park Branches of the Hillsboro Public Library are the first Washington County Cooperative Library Services member libraries scheduled begin use of a new RFID system. <<more>>
February 15, 2012. OCLC Research and ALISE name recipients of 2012 Library and Information Science Research Grants. OCLC Research and the Association for Library and Information Science Education have awarded research grants to Abdulhussain Mahdi and Arash Joorabchi of the University of Limerick, Laura Saunders and Mary Wilkins Jordan of Simmons College, and Carolyn Hank of McGill University and Cassidy Sugimoto of Indiana University Bloomington. The awards were presented January 19 at the ALISE 2012 Annual Conference Awards Reception in Dallas, Texas. <<more>>
February 15, 2012. Huntington Public Library joins VOKAL and goes live on Koha with ByWater Solutions. ByWater Solutions welcomed Huntington Public Library to Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries. Huntington Public Library is now live on the Koha integrated library system through VOKAL. <<more>>
February 15, 2012. Palo Alto City Library selects EnvisionWare for automated materials handling. EnvisionWare announced that Palo Alto City Library in California selected the EnvisionWare Modular Sorter for automated materials handling. The sorter is an expansion of the library’s existing EnvisionWare solutions, which include EnvisionWare eCommerce Services and the EnvisionWare Staff Transaction Station. <<more>>
February 15, 2012. Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Centers nationwide continue to Choose EOS International as their preferred ILS partner. EOS International continues to grow its relationships with VA Medical Centers nationwide. EOS currently serves over thirty VA Medical Centers across the United States, most recently welcoming VA Medical Center - Albuquerque to its list of clients. <<more>>
February 14, 2012. Brigham Young University selects Ex Libris Rosetta. Ex Libris announced that Brigham Young University has selected the Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation system. The first member of the Association of Research Libraries to adopt Rosetta, Brigham Young will implement Rosetta initially for the Harold B. Lee Library’s digital collections and will later expand the implementation to the digital assets of the university’s colleges and schools. <<more>>
February 14, 2012. OCLC Website for Small Libraries project makes getting on the Web easy and fast for small libraries . The Website for Small Libraries project, which began as an OCLC Innovation Lab experiment in 2011, is now available as a beta service for any library wishing to set up its own website. By participating in the project, libraries will be able to quickly and easily set up a website that provides basic functionality for making small collection information available on the Web, setting up users, checking materials in and out, placing holds, and providing library contact, location, service and event information. <<more>>
February 14, 2012. Ingram’s Vital Source launches e-textbook Building Block for Blackboard Learn Platform. Ingram’s Vital Source is now providing access to its leading e-textbook platform through Blackboard Learn™, one of the most used learning management systems. The Blackboard Building Block™ for VitalSource gives institutions a comprehensive tool to implement digital textbooks for students in mobile, online and offline environments. <<more>>
February 14, 2012. MuseGlobal and Efficens Announces Partnership. MuseGlobal, Inc. and Efficens Software Ltd. announced that Efficens will resell in Israel MuseGlobal’s Social Business Content Platform. The reseller agreement, which further expands MuseGlobal’s worldwide channel, enables the Israeli market to tap into the most comprehensive and proven Smart Connector technology from one source. <<more>>
February 14, 2012. China/Asia on Demand Metadata Accessible via EBSCO Discovery Servic. A new partnership between EBSCO Publishing Oriprobe Information Services Inc. will allow content from China/Asia On Demand to be accessible within EBSCO Discovery Service. The agreement allows for metadata from this valuable collection of research literature from Asia to be added to the Base Index of EDS. The EDS Base Index represents content from approximately 20,000 providers (and growing) in addition to metadata from another 70,000 book publishers, representing far more content providers and publishers than any other discovery service. <<more>>
February 13, 2012. CLIR and NITLE to Launch Digital Academic Publishing Program. The Council on Library and Information Resources and the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education announce the formation of Anvil Academic, a digital publisher for the humanities. Anvil will focus on publishing new forms of scholarship that cannot be adequately conveyed in the traditional monograph. <<more>>
February 13, 2012. Bilbary selects Ingram Content Group to expand its content library . As tablet and e-reader ownership continues to climb and more publishers are making their content available in digital form, new platforms are being created to provide readers with a worldwide library of books that are affordable and easily accessed. Bilbary, an Internet-based consumer e-book library and retail book store, has selected Ingram Content Group to provide the titles it offers to its customers. <<more>>
February 13, 2012. Equinox Software announces telephony implementation. Equinox Software announced the successful Evergreen implementation of a telephony notification system powered by Asterisk. The Davidson County Public Library System, part of the North Carolina Cardinal consortium, piloted an early version of the system which is also now being used at King County Library System. This system allows patrons to receive automated calls alerting them that items on hold are ready for pick-up. It also allows the library to send out reminders to patrons that their items are due and need to be renewed or returned. <<more>>
February 10, 2012. ByWater Solutions welcomes Kyle Hall as Development Support Specialist. ByWater Solutions welcomed Kyle Hall as Development Support Specialist. Kyle will be assisting in the support of the 400 plus libraries being supported by ByWater nationwide, as well as working closely with the Koha community to manage bugs and enhancement requests. <<more>>
February 10, 2012. Executive Search Committee and Community Advisory Group report significant progress, set timeline for selecting OCLC President and CEO . The Executive Search Committee of the OCLC Board of Trustees and OCLC’s Community Advisory Group have made significant progress and established a general timeline in the process to select the next President and CEO of the OCLC cooperative. <<more>>
February 9, 2012. California Digital Library joins PKP as major development partner in open access scholarly publishing. The California Digital Library, on behalf of the University of California system, will supporting open source publishing infrastructure through a major development partnership with the Public Knowledge Project. As a result of this agreement, the CDL will assist with PKP's ongoing development and support of its open source software suite - Open Journal Systems, Open Conference Systems, and Open Harvester System, with Open Monograph Press due for release in the coming year. <<more>>
February 9, 2012. Pew Research Center and United Nations agencies expand specialized content in the Summon Service. Serials Solutions Summon service has reached agreement to index a wealth of specialized reports, fact sheets, publications, data sources and other content from the Pew Research Center and two diverse United Nations agencies – the Geneva-based International Labour Organization and UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS. This content will expand coverage of specialized content in the Summon unified index which currently contains millions of data sets, government documents, reports, technical reports, Web resources and other specialized content. <<more>>
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Perceptions 2011: An International Survey of Library Automation
I have posted the results the fifth annual survey of data collected on how libraries rate their current integrated library system, the company involved, and the quality of customer support. The survey also aims to gather data regarding attitudes regarding interest levels in open source ILS products. Perceptions 2011: an international survey of library automation gives the general conclusions and presents all the statistical results derived from the survey. As usual, some of the most interesting and valuable information lies in the comments offered by responders.
Top survey findings
- Apollo, developed by Biblionix topped the rankings in ILS satisfaction, Company satisfaction, Functionality Completeness, Customer Support, and Customer Loyality. This product scored best last year in product and company satisfaction and topped all of the satisfaction catetories in the 2009 survey. Apollo finds use exclusively in small public libraries, reflected by its leading the competition on ILS satisfaction when considering only libraries with collections under 25,000 items. When lookinig at only public libraries, Apollo receives top ratings in ILS satisfaction. Most libraries adopting Apollo and have migrated from abandoned products such as Winnebago Spectrum and Athena or or are automating for the first time.
- When considering large libraries with collections larger than one million items, Polaris received highest scores, followed by Millennium.
- EOS.Web ranked second in the category of ILS support.
- 566 libraries indicated that they are considering migrating to a new ILS. Innovative Interfaces Sierra was mentioned most frequently as a replacement candidate (88), followed by Evergreen (87).
- Products that ranked highest in earlier years of the survey, including and Polaris from Polaris Library Systems, Library.Solution from The Library Corporation, AGent VERSO from Auto-Graphics, continue to receive satisfaction scores just as high as before, but fall below the superlative marks given by libraries involved with Apollo, OPALS, or Koha as supported independently or by ByWater Solutions.
- Companies and products serving large and complex library organizations and diverse library types receive a broader range of responses, and fall into a middle tier of rankings. Yet where they fall within this middle ground represents important differences. Millennium from Innovative Interfaces, Library.Solution from The Library Corporation, and Evergreen from Equinox Software, and came out as very strong performers at the top of this middle tier.
- Except for the libraries already using one, the survey reflected fairly low levels of interest in migrating to an open source ILS, even when the company rates their satisfaction with their current proprietary ILS and its company as poor. Other than libraries already running an open source ILS, and for Talis Alto (5), the mode score from libraries using proprietary ILS products was 0. The mode score in this category for all the open source products was 9. Though the open source interest scores were low, a substantial portion of libraries that registered some interest in moving to a new ILS named open source products among the replacement candidates.
Just as I did for the previous editions survey, I created an interactive tool for viewing the statistical summaries and comments. The main tables in the article show statistics only for those products that had more than 15 survey responses. You can use the ILS Product Report to view the statistics on any of the products mentioned in the survey and to read the comments about that system, even if the number of responses did not meet the threshold. The comments that display have been edited to remove any text that identifies the individual or institution, preserving the anonymity of the responders. The narrative data in the comments largely corroborate the statistical responses and makes for interesting reading.
Marshall Breeding Jan 29, 2012 19:20:13 Link to this thread
LITA Technology and Industry Interest Group
“Bringing service organizations, vendors, IT providers, librarians, and library technologists together to discuss industry and technology trends.”
The newly organized LITA Technology and Industry Interest will meet at the ALA Midwinter Meeting:
Date: Saturday, January 21
Time: 10:30 – 12 noon
Place: Dallas Convention Center A303
Co-Chairs: Marshall Breeding (Vanderbilt University), Matt Goldner (OCLC)
The LITA and Technology Interest Group has been constituted to bring together members from companies and other organizations that produce technology-oriented products and services with members from libraries that depend on them. This IG facilitates the partnerships inherent in the relationship between vendors, including both commercial companies and non-profit organizations and libraries. It spans those involved in proprietary and open source software. These partnerships include involvement in collaborative development of new technology products, beta testing arrangements, involvement with API toolkits or other development platform, and a variety of other activities.
Topics that might be addressed by the Interest Group might include:
- Strategies for strengthening positive relationships between libraries and their technology partners
- Working toward more coherent API frameworks across heterogeneous product environments
- Facilitating library involvement at earlier stages of product development
- Establishing reasonable expectations regarding vendor support and involvement at library conferences and encouraging libraries to engage with vendors at conferences in ways that increase the value of the investments made in exhibit rental, receptions, and sponsorships.
- Plan a program for the Annual Conference that highlights these topics and stimulates a dialog between libraries and industry representatives.
IG Web site: www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/involve/igs/industry/lit-igven.cfm
E-Mail List: lists.ala.org/sympa/info/lita-industryig
Marshall Breeding Jan 3, 2012 19:27:19 Link to this thread
Respond to the International Library Automation Perceptions Survey
There is still time to respond to the International Library Automation Perceptions Survey conducted through Library Technology Guides. The survey will remain open for data collection through January 13, 2012. If your library has not yet responded, please take a few minutes to complete this brief survey. I also encourage you to write any comments that you might have that reflect your experiences and that you feel that other libraries should know when considering this product.
This survey collects what I hope will be useful information to help libraries become better informed about automation products available and the organizations involved with them. It’s important to have as much information as possible when making strategic decisions regarding the automation products that might best serve the library in the future. This survey collects data measuring the degree of satisfaction that libraries experience with their current automation systems and the organizations that support them and probes at their interest in current trends such as open source automation systems or the implementation of discovery products.
While the survey responses in the past four years have been dominated by libraries in the United States, I hope to increase the numbers from other regions. Toward this goal, I’ve been able to have colleagues produce translations of the survey invitation in Spanish, Italian, and Chinese. Thanks to Nieves González, Giulio Bonanome, and Nie Hua for their work. A broader international response will help increase awareness of the many automation products used in libraries outside the United States and whether the feel well served by these products.
Note that only one response per library is allowed. I do allow responses from each branch or facility associated with a library, but not from the same individual, as defined by unique e-mail address. You should work directly in the library for which you respond. I encourage each response to be considered as much as possible as an institutional response, not necessarily just the impressions of a single individual.
These survey and the reports based on their response data make an impact. Not only does it provide information for libraries to use as one element of their investigation processes for technology products, but they provide a mechanism for feedback to the organizations that develop and support the systems.
For more information and instructions on how to participate:
- Participate in the Perceptions 2011 International Library Automation Survey
- Participa en la encuesta internacional del 2011: Percepciones sobre los sistemas de automatización de bibliotecas
- Partecipa all'Indagine Internazionale 2011 sulle Percezioni nel campo dell'Automazione Bibliotecaria
- 请参加 2011年度观察：国际图书馆自动化调查
Marshall Breeding Dec 12, 2011 12:14:00 Link to this thread
请参加 2011年度观察：国际图书馆自动化调查
在过去的四年中，根据参与调查的图书馆对于所使用的核心自动化产品的质量以及服务的满意度的观察，共完成四个年度调查报告，详见 2010年度观察：国际图书馆自动化调查, 2009年度观察：国际图书馆自动化调查, 2008年度观察：国际图书馆自动化调查 和 2007年度观察：国际图书馆自动化调查.
现在开始收集2011年度调查的数据。这是图书馆对于其所使用的图书馆自动化集成管理系统系列产品，厂商，维护与支持服务的质量等发表观察和评论的一个机会。比如，厂商的服务有所改善还是更加令人失望？该调查也探寻向新系统迁移的考虑，以及在何种程度和兴趣上，考虑使用开源的ILS产品等。数量化的评分将支持该研究的统计结果，同时，描述性的评论对于目前的图书馆自动化产品和服务的满意度提供更为深入的信息。
在此邀请您参与本调查。您所提供的有关图书馆自动化方面，包括厂商表现，产品质量等各方面的信息都将有助于该方面的策略研究和决策。我们希望能够有大量的调查数据以便强化本调查的影响并支持相关报告。
注：如果您已经参与了往年度的调查，请继续参与本年度的调查。了解相关的变化，更好或者反之，非常重要。
与往年度的调查一样，每个图书馆只提供一份答卷，即提供一次数据。图书馆馆员可能会有各自不同的想法和见解，请您尽量代表您的图书馆的广泛意见。
如何参与调查
调查直接链接到lib-web-cats目录，这样调查数据将与图书馆的基本数据和信息建立联系。
- 在lib-web-cats上查找您所在的图书馆:
- 选择并查看您所在的图书馆的信息
- 按此按钮完成本调查 button
- 完成调查表单并填写您的评论
查看您所在的图书馆的信息时，请修改并补充任何不准确或者不完整的信息。
如果您所在的图书馆尚未在lib-web-cats上注册，请在此提交 提交 您的图书馆的信息。
[translated by Nie Hua]
Marshall Breeding Dec 11, 2011 13:41:12 Link to this thread
Partecipa all'Indagine Internazionale 2011 sulle Percezioni nel campo dell'Automazione Bibliotecaria
Negli ultimi 4 anni ho condotto un sondaggio e scritto una relazione sulle percezioni delle biblioteche riguardo alla qualità dei principali prodotti per l'automazione che usano e la loro soddisfazione del servizio che ricevono: Perceptions 2010: An International Survey of Library Automation, Perceptions 2009: An International Survey of Library Automation, Perceptions 2008: An International Survey of Library Automation and Perceptions 2007: An International Survey of Library Automation.
E' arrivato il momento di raccogliere i dati per l'edizione 2011 del sondaggio. Per le biblioteche questa è un'opportunità per esprimere la loro opinione rispetto al prodotto ILS che usano, al rivenditore e alla qualità del supporto ricevuto. Il servizio di assistenza è migliorato o peggiorato? L'indagine indaga anche le possibilità di migrazione verso nuovi sistemi e l'interesse nei confronti di ILS open source. Mentre le misurazioni quantitative sono alla base dei risultati statistici dello studio, sono i commenti lasciati che offrono una maggiore comprensione dell'attuale grado di soddisfazione dell'automazione bibliotecaria.
Rispondendo al questionario, aiuterete tutti i vostri colleghi bibliotecari che si troveranno a valutare opzioni di automazione. Qualsiasi informazione circa le prestazioni del rivenditore e la qualità del prodotto potrebbe essere d'aiuto nel compiere decisioni strategiche riguardanti alternative d'automazione. Un vasto numero di risposte rafforzerà l'impatto dell'indagine e della successiva relazione.
Nota: se avete risposto a edizioni precedenti dell'indagine, vi invito a rispondere anche quest'anno. Sarà d'aiuto per capire se le cose stanno migliorando o peggiorando.
Così come per le precedenti versioni del sondaggio è concessa una sola risposta per biblioteca. Anche se ciascuna persona che lavora nella biblioteca potrebbe avere le proprie opinioni, cercate di rispondere tenendo in considerazione l'esperienza generale della biblioteca.
Come partecipare
Il sondaggio vincola ogni risposta alla registrazione della biblioteca nella directory lib-web-cats. Questa connessione permette di correlare le risposte con il vasto numero di biblioteche elencate in lib-web-cats.
- Trova la tua biblioteca in lib-web-cats:
- Seleziona e vedi la voce per la tua biblioteca
- Premi il pulsante button
- Completa il modulo e scrivi i tuoi commenti!
Quando vi trovate nella pagina della biblioteca all'interno di lib-web-cats, per favore controllate eventuali informazioni incomplete o imprecise e fatemi sapere se ci fosse bisogno di correzioni.
Se la biblioteca non è elencata in lib-web-cats, per favore inviatemi le sue informazioni.
[Translated by Giulio Bonanome]
Marshall Breeding Dec 3, 2011 16:15:35 Link to this thread
Participa en la encuesta internacional del 2011: Percepciones sobre los sistemas de automatización de bibliotecas
En los últimos cuatro años, he estado realizando un estudio y publicando un informe sobre la percepción que tienen las bibliotecas en relación a la calidad de los productos básicos de su SIGB y del servicio de soporte que reciben: Perceptions 2010: An International Survey of Library Automation, Perceptions 2009: An International Survey of Library Automation, Perceptions 2008: An International Survey of Library Automation and Perceptions 2007: An International Survey of Library Automation.
Ya es momento de recopilar los datos para el informe de este año. Para las bibliotecas, representa una oportunidad el hecho de poder expresar sus opiniones acerca de los sistemas que usan, el proveedor y la calidad del soporte que reciben, si está mejorando o empeorando. Otros aspectos que recoge la encuesta son los proyectos futuros de migración a nuevos sistemas y el nivel de interés que despiertan los SIGB en código abierto.
Aunque la encuesta aporta unos baremos en base a datos estadísticos cuantitativos, sin embargo son los comentarios cualitativos los que ofrecen un panorama más real del grado de satisfacción que tienen las bibliotecas con sus sistemas de automatización.
Al responder a la encuesta, ayuda a otras bibliotecas que estén en proceso de selección de un sistema de automatización de bibliotecas. Cualquier información en relación a los proveedores o sobre la calidad del producto, puede ser de utilidad cuando se están tomando decisiones estratégicas sobre alternativas en la automatización. A mayor número de respuestas, el impacto de la encuesta será mayor así como el informe resultante.
Nota: Si ya ha respondido a esta encuesta en años anteriores, por favor vuelva a responderla este año y ayúdenos a identificar cualquier tendencia que esté mejorando o empeorando tanto los productos como el servicio de soporte.
¿Cómo participar?
La encuesta vincula cada respuesta al directorio de bibliotecas lib-web-cats. Esta conexión ofrece la posibilidad de relacionar respuestas con la amplia lista de bibliotecas de lib-web-cats.
- Encuentre su biblioteca en lib-web-cats
- Seleccione y busque su biblioteca en el listado
- Pulse el botón button
- Complete el formulario y escriba sus comentarios
Cuando vea su biblioteca en el listado de lib-web-cats, compruebe que toda la información es correcta y completa y envíeme en caso contrario los cambios necesarios.
Si su biblioteca no aparece en el listado, por favor envíeme la información.
[Translated by Nieves González]
Marshall Breeding Nov 27, 2011 16:01:44 Link to this thread
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