Library Systems
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_library_system Wikipedia entry titled "Integrated library system"] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_library_system Wikipedia entry titled "Integrated library system"] | ||
*[http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2008/05/27/wordpress-for-library-websites/ Wordpress for Library Websites] by Meredith Farkas. A blog post with information about using open source software Wordpress as a content management system for a library website. The comments list many libraries using Wordpress for their websites. | *[http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2008/05/27/wordpress-for-library-websites/ Wordpress for Library Websites] by Meredith Farkas. A blog post with information about using open source software Wordpress as a content management system for a library website. The comments list many libraries using Wordpress for their websites. | ||
| + | *[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6365/is_200707/ai_n32237077/?tag=content;col1/ ILS Migration in the 21st century] by Frank Cervone from Computers in Libraries, July/Aug 2007. | ||
Revision as of 00:05, 8 December 2009
Integrated Library Systems (ILS) are the systems that support library functions like cataloging, circulation, the OPAC or catalog, and management of acquisitions. Find a description of what an ILS is at the Wikipedia entry for "Integrated Library System".
Contents |
Success Stories
Tips for selecting an ILS
Tips for writing a Request For Proposal (RFP) for an ILS at the Southwest Michigan Library Cooperative (opens as a PDF)
ILS Options
Open source
Proprietary
ILS Migration
Blogs/Websites to watch
- Library Technology Guides: Key resources in the field of library automation Maintained by Marshall Breeding who, for the past six years, has written the annual Automated System Marketplace article for Library Journal.
- ALA Techsource Search website for ILS
Specific Blogs Posts/Articles to Check Out
- Investing in The Future: Automation Marketplace 2009 in Library Journal (April 2009)
- Wikipedia entry titled "Integrated library system"
- Wordpress for Library Websites by Meredith Farkas. A blog post with information about using open source software Wordpress as a content management system for a library website. The comments list many libraries using Wordpress for their websites.
- ILS Migration in the 21st century by Frank Cervone from Computers in Libraries, July/Aug 2007.
