Michigan & Open Source Software

Slide 1: Michigan & Open Source Software Randy Dykhuis, Executive Director, Michigan Library Consortium November 30, 2007

Slide 2: Michigan Library Consortium Nonprofit, 501(c)3  Multitype  OCLC Regional Network  Group licensing  Training  Michigan eLibrary 

Slide 3: Michigan eLibrary Best of the Web  Librarian selectors  Databases  35+ databases at no charge  Support/training  MeLCat  INN-Reach software  200+ libraries  Many different automated systems 

Slide 4: Michigan eLibrary Delivery  ProMed, Michigan-based courier company  350+ libraries using  Flat-rate per stop  2-5 stops per week  $760 - $2,500 annually  Required for MeLCat participation 

Slide 5: MLC and Open Source Software Commitment within the office  Choose open source whenever possible 

Slide 6: Michigan Environment 10 million residents  385 public libraries  100+ academics  15 public universities  28 community colleges  65+ private & other colleges  525 public school districts  200+ charter schools 

Slide 7: Michigan Environment Most libraries are automated  Many public and school libraries have small  stand-alone systems with limited functionality Many libraries wish they had better systems  Two problems:  Small budgets for automation  Lack of staff to run the system 

Slide 8: MLC & ILS solutions Commercial vendors  Innovative Interfaces – best choice for MeLCat  partcipation Polaris – responsive company, affordable  Open source software  Koha  Evergreen 

Slide 9: Evergreen Used by 270+ libraries in Georgia  Developed by the state library  Developed especially for a consortium  Up & running in September 2006  Much work left to be done  Acquisitions & Serials  Many smaller features 

Slide 10: Evergreen – Our present Strong interest from libraries around the state  Mostly small-medium public libraries  Grand Rapids Public Library  197,000 population served, 1.09 million volumes,  1.4 million circ MLC's partner  Data center  Migration to Evergreen planned for late 2008 

Slide 11: Evergreen - Our present 5 – 10 libraries to join a pilot program  Go live in 2008  Costs for the pilot will be shared by the  participants Hardware – Dell servers to be purchased & housed  at Grand Rapids Public Library Data migration  Training  Support 

Slide 12: Evergreen – Our present Demonstrations at Michigan Library Association  annual conference were very successful Have two libraries that have committed to  joining the pilot project Have assigned two staff members to the project  Policies & implementation documentation are  underway Aiming for July 1, 2008 start-up for first libraries 

Slide 13: Evergreen – the promise Changing the marketplace  A new model for acquiring an ILS  System features are determined by library need not  vendor profit Brings cooperation to a new level  Development is under library control not a vendor  Small gains for some translates to gains for all  Everyone plays 

Slide 14: Questions?