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Open Source Integrated Library System

Evergreen Resources
Koha Resources
Pending Open Source ILS Projects
Presentations

Evergreen Resources:

• Evergreen - Home of the Evergreen Open Source ILS
  • Evergreen-ILS Blog
  • Evergreen Demo System
     
    
• Equinox - The company founded by the software team that developed Evergreen.  Equinox develops Evergreen and sells various services to libraries implementing Evergreen.
  • Equinox Blog
     
• Consortia using Evergreen (and links to their catalogs)
  • Evergreen Indiana (Indiana State Library)
    • Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Library
  • Georgia PINES
    • PINES
  • Michigan Evergreen (Michigan Library Consortium)
    • Branch District Library
    • Grand Rapids Public Library
  • SITKA (British Columbia)
    • Burns Lake Public Library
    • BC Libraries (searches all 10 SITKA libraries)
    • Smithers Public Library
    • Terrace Public Library
    • University of Prince Edward Island Robertson Library
      

Koha Resources:

• Koha - Home of the Koha Open Source ILS
  • Koha Documentation
  • Community Resource Portal - Links to the wiki, documentation, blog aggregator and more.

• LibLime - Founded in 2005 to provide support for open-source library solutions.  LibLime's goal is to enable libraries to use open-source software to its full potential by providing commercial support services - hosting, migration assistance, staff training, support, software maintenance, and development.
  • Koha Demos
    
• PTFS - PTFS, Inc., a company that has been in the library software business since 1995, offers KOHA consulting and development services to help libraries implement, configure, train and support the KOHA library system.
   
• Consortia using Koha (and links to their shared catalogs)
  • Central Kansas Library System (CKLS)
    • Great Bend Public Library
  • Crawford County Federated Library System
    • Crawford County Federated Library System (searches all 9 libraries)
  • ICAN (Independently Cooperating Ashtabula Network)
    • ICAN Shared Catalog (searches all 6 libraries)
  • MassCat
    • MassCat Shared Catalog (searches multiple libraries)
  • Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS)
    • NExpress Shared Catalog (searches all 13 libraries)

PENDING Open Source ILS Projects in Other States

• Open Source ILS - CO Libraries - Google Group

• Shared Automation Project - State Library of Iowa

• vokal - Vermont Organization of Koha Automated Libraries - Beginning with three libraries exploring a replacement ILS for Follett, this group has grown to include more than 15 libraries. Read the Vermont Koha Project Fact Sheet (PDF) for more information.

Presentations

• What is Open Source? - Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission (April 22, 2008)
  An introduction to the concepts behind open source, examples of some of the most influential OSS packages being used today, and a discussion of why libraries should be paying attention to this model.
  View Recording. 
  Presentation Slides

Presentations from the Nebraska Library Commission's Statewide Open Source ILS Symposium (May 22, 2008, Bellevue University, Bellevue Nebraska)

• Equinox Software-Dr. Robert E. Molyneux, Vice President for Business Development, Equinox
  An overview of Equinox Software, which is headed by the original developers of the Evergreen software. Equinox provides migration, project management, 24-hour support, consulting, system hosting and customized software options for Evergreen.

• LibLime and Koha - Josh Ferraro, CEO & Marc Roberson, Vice President, Library Partners, LibLime
  An introduction to Koha, the first full-featured open-source ILS and a demo of the 3.0 release of Koha, including Zebra support, a new installer, API support, Internationalization and Localization support, the new templates, and the acquisitions, cataloging, serials and reporting modules available today in Koha.

• Georgia PINES - Elizabeth McKinney de Garcia, PINES Program Director, Georgia Public Library Service
  Hear how the Georgia Library PINES consortium implemented Evergreen in over 275 libraries across the state of Georgia.

• Michigan Evergreen - Ruth Dukelow, Associate Director, Michigan Library Consortium (MLC)
  The Michigan Library Consortium's (MLC), in partnership with the Grand Rapids Public Library, is developing a shared catalog using the Evergreen open-source ILS software. Learn how and why MLC embarked on the Michigan Evergreen project and hear about the project's progress to date regarding staffing, policies, cost-share, contracts, and training issues.

• Central Kansas Library System's Pathfinder - Kathy Rippel, Pathfinder Central Manager, Central Kansas Library System
  Kathy will share how the Central Kansas Library System chose Koha for their new shared catalog including 31 libraries and how it has progressed.

• Planning for the Future - Shannon White, Network Services Director, Nebraska Library Commission
  Planning for a future shared open-source statewide ILS in Nebraska.

Presentations from the New Jersey VALE Consortium's Next Generation Academic Library System Symposium OLS (Open Library System) (March 12, 2008, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey). 

VALE presentation recordings are provided in Windows media video file format.  Powerpoint Presentations and Audio Podcasts are available on the Symposium web site.

• Introductions - Taras Pavlovsky, David Pinto.  Open Source Overview - Joe Lucia, Villanova University, Evergreen Open Source Library System - Bob Molyneux, Equinox

• Koha Open Source Library System - Joshua Ferraro, LibLime, Panel Discussion: Lucia, Molyneux & Ferraro

• Evergreen Acquisitions - Dan Scott, Laurentian University, Q & A - Lucia, Molyneux, Ferraro, Stromquist, McKinney de Garcia, & Scott

• VALE OLS Study Group - Report on Evergreen Test Installation - Edward Corrado, Next Steps for VALE - Taras Pavlovsky, The College of New Jersy & Richard Sweeney, NJIT, Co-Chairs VALE OLS Taskforce