Integrated Library System Update - April 2013

On April 21 - April 24, the ILS task force will embark on a 2 state, 3 library system tour of potential ILS vendors.  The facilities we will be touring have been recommended by library vendors we are considering for our system.   The tour includes meeting with staff and seeing how the public access catalog and customer service functions work in real time and space as well as seeing how the cataloging, processing, acquisitions and other ‘back of the house’ functions work and how it all comes together.  These are the systems and locations we will be seeing:

Following these visits, the ILS Task Force will invite others to participate in further demonstrations of the products (as discussed in the July 31, 2012 ILS Task Force minutes).  Then we will put a bid package on the street and hope to award a contract in July or August.