Discovery Place Integrated Library System

What is Discovery Place? November 25, 1988 Homegrown ILS Developed on HP Nonstop (Tandem) servers in Cobol85

November 25, 1988

Homegrown ILS

Developed on HP Nonstop (Tandem) servers in Cobol85

What does Discovery Place support? 21 Columbus Metropolitan Library Branches 3 Worthington Public Library Branches 2 Southwest Public Library Branches 497,000 Ohio customers (36 items/yr) 2,700,000 items 2,100,000 item Floating Collection

21 Columbus Metropolitan Library Branches

3 Worthington Public Library Branches

2 Southwest Public Library Branches

497,000 Ohio customers (36 items/yr)

2,700,000 items

2,100,000 item Floating Collection

Core Modules - Serials Acquisitions Self Check Out Print Notifications Online Catalog Fine Payment 6 years ago - Data Repository - Reserve Manager Cataloging Account Management Check In 2003 Discovery Place ILS Phone Notifications

- Serials

Acquisitions

Self Check Out

Print Notifications

Online Catalog

Fine Payment

- Data Repository

- Reserve Manager

Cataloging

Account Management

Check In

Core Modules Data Repository - Reserve Manager Cataloging Online Account Management Serials Acquisitions Check In Self Check Out Online Catalog E-commerce Today Automated Customer Notification (RSS & SMS) Discovery Place ILS Today

Data Repository

- Reserve Manager

Cataloging

Online Account Management

Serials

Acquisitions

Check In

A day in the life … 31,000 checked in items daily 57,500 checked out items daily 18,500 customer reserves daily 13,000 notifications sent daily

31,000 checked in items daily

57,500 checked out items daily

18,500 customer reserves daily

13,000 notifications sent daily

Function over …

ILS Market: 2003-2008 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Yearly Sales (Number of Library Systems) ILS of Choice shelved.

CML DS/IT Strategies No major disruptions before 2010 Levy Own/Control our own ILS destiny Make IT the best it can be for our customers “ Smart” resource sharing (cost, politics, related benefits) Aggressively monitor ILS market place and open source developments Harvest more system data to improve performance & resource allocation

No major disruptions before 2010 Levy

Own/Control our own ILS destiny

Make IT the best it can be for our customers

“ Smart” resource sharing (cost, politics, related benefits)

Aggressively monitor ILS market place and open source developments

Harvest more system data to improve performance & resource allocation

Why stay with a homegrown ILS? Unstable ILS market Decision point 2007 New Innovations Open Source (to us!)

Unstable ILS market

Decision point 2007

New Innovations

Open Source (to us!)

Current Plans for Discovery Place 2008 2010 Enscribe Data Migration to SQL Data Upgrade Customer Notifications Discovery Place Enhancements New Kids’ catalog Nonstop Server (Development) Public Catalog Social Networking features Digital Collections Discovery Place Enhancements My Account Redesign Nonstop Server (Production) 2009 ITP Web Server Enscribe Data Migration to SQL Data

Current Plans for Discovery Place 2008 2010 Enscribe Data Migration to SQL Data Upgrade Customer Notifications Discovery Place Enhancements New Kids’ catalog Nonstop Server (Development) Public Catalog Social Networking features Digital Collections Discovery Place Enhancements My Account Redesign Nonstop Server (Production) 2009 ITP Web Server Enscribe Data Migration to SQL Data

Benefits & Limitations Control of destiny Full support of internal processes Knowledgeable developers Investment maturity Own timelines Freedom to make changes Complete knowledge of the system Captive” source Dependable!!! Lack of developer community Built to support CML processes Single library system No GUI yet Data-mining Ability to keep-up with industry Need talent on staff Not industry standard Expensive

Control of destiny

Full support of internal processes

Knowledgeable developers

Investment maturity

Own timelines

Freedom to make changes

Complete knowledge of the system

Captive” source

Dependable!!!

Lack of developer community

Built to support CML processes

Single library system

No GUI yet

Data-mining

Ability to keep-up with industry

Need talent on staff

Not industry standard

Expensive

Future Plans for Discovery Place (inside the core) Re-valuate position Consortia model? Re-code Discovery Place? Open Source?

Re-valuate position

Consortia model?

Re-code Discovery Place?

Open Source?

CML DS/IT Strategies No major disruptions before 2010 Levy Own/Control our own ILS destiny Make IT the best it can be for our customers “ Smart” resource sharing (cost, politics, related benefits) Aggressively monitor ILS market place and open source developments Harvest more system data to improve performance & resource allocation      

No major disruptions before 2010 Levy

Own/Control our own ILS destiny

Make IT the best it can be for our customers

“ Smart” resource sharing (cost, politics, related benefits)

Aggressively monitor ILS market place and open source developments

Harvest more system data to improve performance & resource allocation