What Is An ILS Anyway? CSG Meeting - Boulder, CO Robert H. McDonald Associate Dean for Library Technologies Indiana University January 11, 2017 Charleston and ILS What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 Outline • ILS Defined • History of Academic Integrated Library Systems • Current Marketplace for Academic Libraries • Core Functionality of Academic ILS • Core Functionality Needs of Academic Libraries • Developments in the Open Source Community What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 ILS Defined • Integrated Library System - Legacy Concept ILS = Integrated Library System (Cataloging + Serials + Acquisitions + Circulation + Catalog) Focused on print and physical inventory Electronic content at the Journal Title or collection level Emerged in the 1960’s – 1970’s Functionality has evolved and expanded, but basic concepts and modules remain intact What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 ILS Defined Continued • In addition to the core ILS layer libraries operate seperate systems to handle the following: Electronic Resources Management System OpenURL Linking Systems Proxy or VPN Systems/Identity Mgmt Systems Advanced Discovery Systems Digital Library Content Systems Digital Preservation Systems What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 ILS History • History of Library Automation Follows history of computing • Eras of Change (40 years – 1968-Present) Pre-Mainframe Era Electromechanical automation Mainframe Era MARC Record 1968 Client/Server Era – 1990s Open Source Era – 2000s Cloud Era – 2008 - OCLC What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 Current Academic ILS Market • Ex Libris/Endeavor - 1465 Voyager - 862 Aleph 500 – 603 • Innovative Interfaces - 1163 Millennium – 1163 • SirsiDynix - 1076 Unicorn - 740 Horizon/Symphony – 336 What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 Legacy ILS Functionality Public User Interface: Circulation Acquisitions Vendor Based ePurchasing Functional modules: Cataloging Serials Vendor Based Metadata Enhancement Data Stores: Staff Interfaces: What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 Learning Mgmt./Campus Portal Feeds Proxy/VPN for eContent Access Federated Search/ Advanced Discovery Circulation Acquisitions Cataloging Serials Electronic OpenURL Resource Linking Mgmt. System Legacy ILS Functionality + eContent Module + Advanced Discovery Interface Unified Workflow Interface for Staff What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 National Library of Australia • Four Reorganized Areas of an ILS Bibliographic Subsystem Search/Discovery Subsystem Customer Management Subsystem Document Delivery Subsystem What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 Current Academic ILS Needs Bibliographic Subsystem Electronic Leased Content Electronic Owned Content Physical Inventory Search/Discovery Subsystem Customer Management Subsystem Document Delivery Subsystem Physical Delivery Library to Library Electronic Delivery to Customer Digital Preservation System What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 New ILS Needs Enterprise Layer: Can this be an SOA Model? Composite Applications Rule Oriented Workflow Process Reusable Business Services Data Stores: What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 Developments in Open Source ILS • • • • • Evergreen Koha OPALS Learning Access ILS NexGenLib What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 Evergreen • • • • • Developed by the Georgia Public Library Service Small development team June 2004 – development begins Sept 5, 2006 – live production Currently a group in Canada is developing Serials and other academic library requirements for Evergreen - called Conifer Project • Includes a Business Service Bus called OpenSRF • Supported vendor services provided by Equinox What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 Libraries Using Evergreen • Georgia PINES • http://gapines.org • Georgia PINES: • 1 Installation • 54 Public Library Systems • 260+ library facilities • Does not include municipal systems: AtlantaFulton County, Cobb County • Province of British Columbia in Canada – SITKA • Kent County, MD • Evergreen Indiana (Consortium of 35 Public Libraries) • Under consideration by academic libraries in Canada What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 Evergreen Koha • First open source ILS • Includes Serials functionality in latest version (required for academic functionality) • Includes Federated Search and Discovery System • Supported vendor services provided by LibLime What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 Libraries using Koha • 300+ libraries • Horowhenua Library Trust • Nelsonville Public Library • Athens County, OH • Crawford County Federated Library System • 10 Libraries in PA • Howard County, MD • Service area population: 266300 • 4.7 million circulation transactions in 2006 • 1 million volumes • Central Kansas Library System • Santa Cruz Public Library • Central, 9 branches • 2 million volumes • Near East University Library What is an ILS? - McDonald • 1.5 million volumes 1/11/2017 Koha Works Cited • • • • • • • • Antelman, K., E. Lynema, and A. Pace. 2006. Toward a Twenty-First-Century Library Catalog. Information Technology and Libraries. 25(3): 128-39. Borgman, C. L. 1997. From Acting Locally to Thinking Globally : A Brief History of Library Automation. The Library Quarterly. 67(3): 215-49. Breeding, M. 2008. Making a Case for Open-Source ILS. Computers in Libraries. 28(3): 36-9. ----------. 2007. An Industry Redefined. Library Journal. 132(6). ----------. 2007. The Sun Sets on Horizon. Computers in Libraries. 38-41. Cervone, F. 2007. ILS Migration in the 21st Century. Computers in Libraries. 27(7). Demspey, L. 2009. Always On: Libraries in a World of Permanent Connectivity. First Monday 14(1): http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2291/2070. Pace, A. 2007. In the Beginning… A Historical Glimpse into Library Automation. American Libraries. 38(6). What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017 Web Sites of Interest • Library Technology Reports http://www.librarytechnology.org • Evergreen ILS Ga Pines – http://www.gapines.org Evergreen Indiana - http://www.in.gov/library/5592.htm Equinox - http://www.esilibrary.com Evergreen - http://www.open-ils.org • Koha ILS Koha - http://www.koha.org LibLime - http://liblime.com/ • National Library of Australia ILS Redesign What is an ILS? - McDonald http://wvw.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/redevannounce.html 1/11/2017 Questions and Discussion • Most current ILS systems are out of date Old code Last generation technology No means for innovation (dwindling market) Do NOT handle digital content well Do not function at an enterprise level with current ERP systems Which direction should libraries be pushing toward in regards to enterprise functionality for the academic arena? Thank You robert at indiana.edu mcdonald {twitter} rhmcdonald {Gtalk, skype} What is an ILS? - McDonald 1/11/2017
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