January 2025 - ilsevaluation-acq

Final review of Acquisitions recommendation report - due Friday, January 31 at noon
by Amy Gannaway 30 Jan '25

30 Jan '25

Here is the link to the final Acquisitions recommendation report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eU6vO2ocB4u2suChdzPe1mfBCt6SdY888_9HbcR… If you have anything else to change or add, please let me know by tomorrow, January 31 at noon. Thanks, Amy _____________ Amy Gannaway (she/her) Technical Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz Street Madison, WI 53704 agannaway(a)scls.info 608-242-4712

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ILS Evaluation Acquisitions Workgroup Meeting - Thursday, Jan. 30 3pm
by Amy Gannaway 29 Jan '25

29 Jan '25

Hello! The next meeting for the ILS Evaluation Acquisitions Workgroup will be Thursday, Jan. 30 at 3pm. Here is the Zoom information: Topic: ILS Evaluation Acquisitions Workgroup meeting Time: Jan 30, 2025 03:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88580236689?pwd=4RTBtguMrLEKJ8gkxFQyiy9xyweE5O.1 Meeting ID: 885 8023 6689 Passcode: B7fxNgQw If you haven't already done so, please look over the draft of the Acquisitions Workgroup Report<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eU6vO2ocB4u2suChdzPe1mfBCt6SdY888_9HbcR…> before the meeting and add your own pros and cons. At our meeting we can review this and make the final recommendation to the Lead Workgroup. Amy _____________ Amy Gannaway (she/her) Technical Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz Street Madison, WI 53704 agannaway(a)scls.info 608-242-4712

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Zoom link - SirsiDynix virtual site visit with Oshkosh Technical Services staff Thursday, Jan. 30 at 1pm
by Amy Gannaway 29 Jan '25

29 Jan '25

Here is the Zoom information for tomorrow's meeting: Topic: SirsiDynix TS with Oshkosh Time: Jan 30, 2025 01:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81569014156?pwd=x9feczyUSoWNANbR70mLbveTY9wFbg.1 Meeting ID: 815 6901 4156 Passcode: xqZdPJE9 Amy _____________ Amy Gannaway (she/her) Technical Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz Street Madison, WI 53704 agannaway(a)scls.info 608-242-4712

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SirsiDynix virtual site visit with Oshkosh Technical Services staff Thursday, Jan. 30 at 1pm
by Amy Gannaway 27 Jan '25

27 Jan '25

Hello! We will hold a virtual site visit covering SirsiDynix Technical Services on Thursday, January 30 at 1pm. The site visit is expected to last approximately an hour. This will be an informal meeting with staff from Oshkosh Public Library. The meeting with focus more on Acquisitions, although we can touch on Cataloging as well. Oshkosh does not use the Serials module so we will not review Serials. Oshkosh is using SirsiDynix Workflows, which is the staff client for SirsiDynix. For Technical Services Acquisitions, we are looking at SymphonyWeb, which has the same interface as Workflows, except that it is used in a browser, so even though Oshkosh is not using the exact same thing that we are looking at, they are using something that looks the same and essentially works the same. For Cataloging, we are looking at a combination of BlueCloud and SymphonyWeb (meaning that library staff would likely use BlueCloud and the Madison Catalogers would use SymphonyWeb). I have created a registration form so I will have some idea of how many people to expect. Please respond to this survey by Tuesday, January 28, whether or not you are planning to attend. Here is the link to the registration form<https://forms.gle/8a5mcCDp1AucvJSc9>. The form also has a place to enter questions for Oshkosh staff. Amy _____________ Amy Gannaway (she/her) Technical Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz Street Madison, WI 53704 agannaway(a)scls.info 608-242-4712

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ILS Evaluation Acquisitions Workgroup draft and January meeting poll
by Amy Gannaway 03 Jan '25

03 Jan '25

Hello! At our last meeting we talked about our impressions of the Acquisitions systems reviewed and I mentioned that the next step is to create a preliminary recommendation report. I have created a draft of a report based on the meeting, the vendor demo checklist notes, and any vendor follow-up. The demo checklists notes and demo follow-up are linked here: https://www.scls.info/ils-evaluation-2024-2025#ACQ. Also, I have attached the notes from our last meeting. To move forward with the putting together the recommendation report, there are a couple of tasks that I am asking you to do. Poll for January meeting I have created a poll to find a date for a January workgroup<https://rallly.co/invite/J6gozUCKNwTc> meeting. Please complete this poll by Tuesday, January 7, so I can schedule the meeting. I will also be working to schedule a virtual site visit for SirsiDynix Technical Services and would use the poll to find dates for that as well. Preliminary report Here is a draft of the Acquisitions Workgroup Report<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eU6vO2ocB4u2suChdzPe1mfBCt6SdY888_9HbcR…>. Each system has a pros and cons section. I have filled in some pros and cons based on the demos and discussions. Please review this draft and add your own pros and cons. I don't have a deadline for this right but everyone should have reviewed this by our meeting, so the deadline is by the meeting (yet to be scheduled). At our meeting we can review this and make the final recommendation to the Lead Workgroup. There are some outstanding questions that have been sent to the vendors and I expect to have these answers by mid-January. If you have any questions about this please let me know. Thanks and happy holidays! Amy _____________ Amy Gannaway (she/her) Technical Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz Street Madison, WI 53704 agannaway(a)scls.info 608-242-4712

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