MOBIUS ILS Task Force

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MOBIUS ILS Task Force

• Report to MOBIUS Council, February 29, 2008
• TF Members Eileen Condon (Eden-Webster), Judy
  Fox, Chair (Washington Univ.), Christopher Gould
  (MCO), Sheila Ouellette (St. Louis CC), Denise
  Pakala (Covenant), Ann Riley (UMC), Stephen Wynn
  (Truman State), Beth Fisher, Ex-officio

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MOBIUS ILS Task Force

• Appointed Nov. 9, 2007 with a January 15, 2008
  reporting deadline
• Charge
• To review and develop information, possib
  including an RFI, on ILS enhanced search
  software, review vendors offerings and recommend
  a proposed solution to the MOBIUS Executive
  Committee and Council

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Investigations

• Identified desired features
• Literature review
• Conference calls for TF
• Phone interviews with customers/installations
• Vendor demos at ALA
• Input from post on MOBIUS-USERS-L
• Input from libraries already investigating tools

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Developed Features and Comparison Tables

• Could not find a system that met our vision off
  one stop discovery and delivery
• Multi-library and cluster environment adds
  complexity
• Three came close AquaBrowser, Encore and Primo
• More investigation needed

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Other issues

• RFP needed if funding available
• Membership would need to be invited to online and
  in person demos of software under consideration
• Alternatives if less than full funding discussed
• Federated search only
• TOC service
• Software equalization

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Continue?

• No firm recommendations possible yet
• Task force members are willing to continue to
  gather information
• MOBIUS members could be surveyed for prioritized
  list of ILS enhancements desired
• MCO funding possibility unknown
• Encourage all members to offer input, review
  features and comparisons