[Nmsalsa] SALSA moves to SirsiDynix Symphony!

[ssheldon at cybermesa.com]

Am I the only one in SALSA who was there at the beginning with Dynix
Marquis that became Horizon before it was Polaris? Now I feel old...

Congratulations, Brad, on getting through the process, so far. I'll wait
for more details before I share with my agency, but I will look at some
Syphony catalogs for background.

Will try to meet on Weds.

Best,
Susan Sheldon, NM Office of the State Engineer Library


On Mon, August 30, 2021 11:09 am, Carrington, Bradley, DCA wrote:
>
> Good morning SALSA consortium,
>
> On Friday we signed a contract to move us from Innovative Polaris to
> SirsiDynix Symphony!
> https://www.sirsidynix.com/symphony/
>
> I have renewed Polaris for only 5 months, so we will cease to use it at
> the end of November.  I renewed Equinox Koha for the full year and Brian
> renewed ByWater Koha for the full year, but we will have to cease work on
> those databases in early December, at the latest.
>
> Now the priority is getting backup copies of our Polaris/Equinox/ByWater
> databases.  This first fetch of backup data will form our Symphony test
> database.  Brian, I'll send you copies of my requests so that you'll know
> what to ask of ByWater.
>
> I will schedule a formal SALSA meeting soon, but at anytime you all are
> welcome to chat and visit in our Cataloging Café, Wednesdays at 2:30:
> https://zoom.us/j/93113523372?pwd=cmZxZ0lNaWlVOTlocytzQUJwTWlTZz09
>
> We have our project manager, Brian Hutchings, and I will meet with him
> soon.  Watch out-- here come buckets of details!
>
> This has been an exhaustingly long procurement, beginning with my RFP
> training in July 2019.  Thank you for your patience and especially for all
> of your ideas and questions and comments.  And a special thank you to the
> Evaluation Committee:  Cassandra Osterloh, Laura Calderone, Margaret Van
> Dyk, Joseph Angelo and Eli Guinnee.
>
> Hurrah!
> Brad
>
>
> Bradley Carrington
> bradley.carrington at state.nm.us<mailto:bradley.carrington at state.nm.us>
> New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe
> NMS, NmSSL
>
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