[Nmsalsa] FW: Koha and Polaris discussions

[ssheldon at cybermesa.com]

Brad, I'm so lucky I have Friday Sept 13 open to come over to NMSL.
Meantime, I'll write up some pros and cons of Polaris. And I'd like to
know the pros and cons of Koha, so please share those asap.

Susan Sheldon (OSE/NMCL)


On Mon, August 5, 2019 11:47 am, Carrington, Bradley, DCA wrote:
>
> Hello SALSA and Museum Hill,
>
> Please participate in our discussions on Polaris and Koha.  See message
> below.
>
> If we can get at least 3 other SALSA libraries represented (Susan
> represents 2!!) then we'd have a quorum and could have a quick official
> SALSA meeting.
>
> So, please predict which session(s) you will attend and I'll arrange to
> append a SALSA meeting if it looks like we'll make quorum.
>
> And hello to Brian and Allison!  The State Library would like to fund your
> participation in the new ILS.  You are welcome to officially join SALSA.
> So, if you'd like to, you can at least join in our ILS discussions and
> help us to develop RFP specs.  For example, we can specify that the LOA
> bib database be separate.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Brad
>
> From: Carrington, Bradley, DCA
> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2019 11:46 AM
> To: DCA-- NMSL_STAFF
> Subject: Koha and Polaris discussions
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> Please try to attend one or more of these discussion sessions, even if you
> don't use Koha or Polaris.  I will be managing an RFP-based procurement to
> merge our separate systems into one or the other, or, perhaps into a
> different ILS altogether.  (ILS=integrated library system)
>
> Let's start first by listing all of the pros and cons of our existing
> systems.
>
> Thank you for your opinion.  The ILS we use figures into the daily work
> for many of us and we should proceed carefully with our plans.
>
> Yucca Room -- State Library
> Tuesday August 13th at 2:00
> Wednesday August 21st at 10:00
> Friday September 13th at 11:00
> Friday September 20th at 11:00
>
> Brad
>
>
> Bradley Carrington
> Chief, Technical Services Bureau
> New Mexico State Library
> 1209 Camino Carlos Rey
> Santa Fe, NM  87507
> bradley.carrington at state.nm.us<mailto:bradley.carrington at state.nm.us>
>
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