- ilsevaluation-circ

2024-2025 ILS Evaluation - Circulation Workgroup recommendation report
by Heidi Oliversen 29 Jan '25

29 Jan '25

Hello: Thank you to the 8 members of the workgroup that submitted their recommendations on the poll. I have downloaded the Google doc into a Word doc format and written up a final recommendation from this group. The Word doc is attached to this email. Thanks again, Heidi O. -- Helping member libraries provide the best possible service to the public. Heidi Oliversen Circulation Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz St. Madison, WI 53704 608-242-4711 holiversen(a)scls.info Report ILS problems online at or call the Help Desk: (608) 242-4710 / toll free (855) 583-2435

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ILS Evaluation Circulation - Updated draft report and recommendation poll due Tuesday, January 28
by Heidi Oliversen 24 Jan '25

24 Jan '25

Hello! At the Workgroup meeting today, the group reviewed and edited the Pros and Cons of each vendor. The attending workgroup members did provide preferences for their first and second choice of vendor but since only 6 members of the workgroups (out of 19 total members) attended today's meeting, we need additional input from the rest of the workgroup. Please review the updated Circulation report<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J81ZPWv92xOmzC18dEphmo6CytXkp9CK/edit?u…> and add any changes you would like included. To determine a final recommendation, please vote for one or more of these products by Tuesday, January 28. Click here for a link to the poll.<https://forms.gle/Qm46hAbvQsffGKRE9> Please let me know if you have difficulty accessing the form. All workgroup members should submit a response to this poll. If there is no clear preference, we will meet sometime next week to clarify our recommendation. * If you feel that any of the products would work and you don't have a preference, please indicate that on the poll in the last question. For the purposes of this poll, we are only dealing with the Circulation functionality. Your recommendation should be based on the Circulation functionality of the product and not the overall system. Thank you, Heidi O. -- Helping member libraries provide the best possible service to the public. Heidi Oliversen Circulation Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz St. Madison, WI 53704 608-242-4711 holiversen(a)scls.info Report ILS problems online at or call the Help Desk: (608) 242-4710 / toll free (855) 583-2435

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ILS Evaluation Circulation Workgroup Meeting - Tuesday, Jan. 21 10pm
by Heidi Oliversen 10 Jan '25

10 Jan '25

Good morning: The largest number of poll responders indicated that Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 10am is the best time for the next meeting of the ILS Evaluation Circulation Workgroup. Here is the Zoom meeteing information: Topic: ILS Evaluation Circulation Workgroup Time: Jan 21, 2025 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81633353979?pwd=K90NcdVYyqHVsAUDzacsblaC0rrcM4.1 Meeting ID: 816 3335 3979 Passcode: 3PuB0Ww7 If you haven't already done so, please look over the draft of the Circulation Workgroup Report<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J81ZPWv92xOmzC18dEphmo6CytXkp9CK/edit?u…> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J81ZPWv92xOmzC18dEphmo6CytXkp9CK/edit?u…> 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. ONE LAST NOTE: The ILS Evaluation Cataloging Workgroup will be using the Zoom meeting platform 11:00AM, right after our meeting, so we will need to make efficient use of our time. Heidi -- Helping member libraries provide the best possible service to the public. Heidi Oliversen Circulation Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz St. Madison, WI 53704 608-242-4711 holiversen(a)scls.info Report ILS problems online at or call the Help Desk: (608) 242-4710 / toll free (855) 583-2435

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ILS Evaluation Circulation Workgroup draft and meeting poll
by Heidi Oliversen 08 Jan '25

08 Jan '25

Good afternoon: At our last meeting we talked about your impressions of the two vendors reviewed and I mentioned that the next step is create a preliminary recommendation report. I have created a draft of a recommendation 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#CIRC. Also, I have attached the notes from our last meeting. To move forward with compiling the recommendation report, there are a couple of tasks that you need to do. Poll for January meeting I have created a poll to find a date for a January workgroup<https://rallly.co/invite/GjZ4r0K4UXxq> meeting. Please complete this poll by Thursday, January 9, so the meeting can be scheduled. Preliminary report Here is the draft of the Circulation Workgroup Recommendation report<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J81ZPWv92xOmzC18dEphmo6CytXkp9CK/edit?u…>. Each vendor has a pros and cons section. I have filled in a number of pros and cons based on the demos and discussions (I had to stop as I kept getting mired down in the weeds). Please review this draft and add your own pros and cons. I don't have a deadline for this right now 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 additional questions that have been sent to the vendors and we should have these answers by mid-January. If you have any questions about this please let me know. I think the document is properly set to allow you all to edit but let me know asap so I can fix it. Thanks and happy new year! Heidi -- Helping member libraries provide the best possible service to the public. Heidi Oliversen Circulation Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz St. Madison, WI 53704 608-242-4711 holiversen(a)scls.info Report ILS problems online at or call the Help Desk: (608) 242-4710 / toll free (855) 583-2435

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Scores for each sheet
by Heidi Cox 05 Dec '24

05 Dec '24

Here are the scores from each check list and an overall average score. Heidi Cox, Director E.D. Locke Public Library 5920 Milwaukee St. McFarland, WI 53558 608-838-9030

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ILS Evaluation Circulation Workgroup meeting, Thursday, Dec. 5 at 11am
by Heidi Oliversen 05 Dec '24

05 Dec '24

Hello! The next ILS Evaluation Circulation Workgroup meeting is on Thursday, December 5, at 11am. The anonymized Demonstration checklists and vendor follow-up responses are located on this webpage https://www.scls.info/ils-evaluation-2024-2025#CIRC Please review the documents before the meeting. At the meeting we will review the results from the demonstration checklists and the vendor responses to follow-up questions. This is an opportunity to submit additional questions and concerns if you have them. Here is the Zoom information for the meeting: Topic: ILS Evaluation-Circulation workgroup meeting Time: Dec 5, 2024 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88591897780?pwd=msDuPYoHbkGmT1MA3Q6gX94bZPJrph.1 Meeting ID: 885 9189 7780 Passcode: WmKxa7nW Have a happy Thanksgiving holiday! Heidi -- Helping member libraries provide the best possible service to the public. Heidi Oliversen Circulation Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz St. Madison, WI 53704 608-242-4711 holiversen(a)scls.info Report ILS problems online at or call the Help Desk: (608) 242-4710 / toll free (855) 583-2435

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ILS Evaluation-Circulation workgroup meeting: December 5, 2024
by Heidi Oliversen 24 Oct '24

24 Oct '24

Hello: Thank you to those of you who responded to the Rally poll. The date and time that most people can attend is Thursday, December 5 at 11:00AM. ILS staff are working on collating the data we have gotten so far and will inform all workgroups when the information is posted to the website and available to review: demonstration checklist responses, vendor follow-up question responses, site visit notes and other information as possible. Here is the Zoom meeting invitation information: Heidi Oliversen is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: ILS Evaluation-Circulation workgroup meeting Time: Dec 5, 2024 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88591897780?pwd=msDuPYoHbkGmT1MA3Q6gX94bZPJrph.1 Meeting ID: 885 9189 7780 Passcode: WmKxa7nW -- Helping member libraries provide the best possible service to the public. Heidi Oliversen Circulation Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz St. Madison, WI 53704 608-242-4711 holiversen(a)scls.info Report ILS problems online at or call the Help Desk: (608) 242-4710 / toll free (855) 583-2435

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Poll for ILS Evaluation-Circulation Workgroup meeting November/December
by Heidi Oliversen 07 Oct '24

07 Oct '24

Hello! I am working to schedule a meeting of the ILS Evaluation Circulation Workgroup in November or early December. I have created a poll to find a date and time. The link to the poll is here: https://rallly.co/invite/golkZ7ZG90Dx Please fill out the poll by Friday, October 11. At this meeting we will review the results from the demos and the follow-up, as well as compile questions and concerns. Thank you! HeidiO. -- Helping member libraries provide the best possible service to the public. Heidi Oliversen Circulation Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz St. Madison, WI 53704 608-242-4711 holiversen(a)scls.info Report ILS problems online at or call the Help Desk: (608) 242-4710 / toll free (855) 583-2435

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Circulation checklists demo response spreadsheets
by Amy Gannaway 05 Sep '24

05 Sep '24

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Polaris Patron4 checklist demo - recording of session
by Heidi Oliversen 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

Hello all: I am very sorry but when the Polaris follow-up session for the PATRON4 checklist was scheduled in early July, I totally forgot to send out an email to lannounce the session. Amy did post it on the ILS Evaluation 2024-2025 webpage<https://www.scls.info/ils-evaluation-2024-2025> under the ILS demos, but I completely forgot to send out the announcement or a follow-up reminder. We had the session today at 1:00 pm as scheduled and here is the recording of the session: (Vimeo) https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1001729254/687c1a66f0 Please pull up the Google form PATRON4: Patron Notices and Messaging<https://forms.gle/T5TdTv9bPmLh9bWN6> while you are watching the video and fill out the checklist. Let me know if you have any problems accessing the video. Again, my apologies. Heidi -- Helping member libraries provide the best possible service to the public. Heidi Oliversen Circulation Services Consultant South Central Library System 1650 Pankratz St. Madison, WI 53704 608-242-4711 holiversen(a)scls.info Report ILS problems online at or call the Help Desk: (608) 242-4710 / toll free (855) 583-2435

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