Presentation delivered as part of the ULib practitioners workshop at City of Glasgow College, Thu 14 August, 2014. Presented by George Harkins, City of Glasgow College and Penny Robertson, Jisc RSC Scotland.

1. Research and identify open source
library management systems for
installation and further
investigation
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2. Library Management System Development Status
ABCD In Development
BiblioteQ Production/Stable
e-library Historic/Abandoned
Evergreen Production/Stable
Koha Production/Stable
Koha Plus Historic/Abandoned
Koha Stow Extras Historic/Abandoned
MiniSOPULI Idea/Concept
NewGenLib Production/Stable
Next-L Enju Production/Stable
OPALS Production/Stable
Open Library Environment (OLE) by Kuali Production/stable
OpenBiblio In Development
OtomiGenX Historic/Abandoned
phpMyLibrary Historic/Abandoned
PMB Production/Stable
Senayan Library Management System (SLiMS) Production/Stable
Web Librarian Production/Stable

3. Predefined selection criteria
 Scalable
 Transparent cost of
ownership
 Flexible structure
 Core functionality
 Mature system
 Product development
roadmap
 Underpinning code
customisable
 Data migration
strategy
 Data format flexibility
 No licensing
restrictions
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4. Library Management System Development Status
ABCD In Development
BiblioteQ Production/Stable
e-library Historic/Abandoned
Evergreen Production/Stable
Koha Production/Stable
Koha Plus Historic/Abandoned
Koha Stow Extras Historic/Abandoned
MiniSOPULI Idea/Concept
NewGenLib Production/Stable
Next-L Enju Production/Stable
OPALS Production/Stable
Open Library Environment (OLE) by Kuali Production/stable
OpenBiblio In Development
OtomiGenX Historic/Abandoned
phpMyLibrary Historic/Abandoned
PMB Production/Stable
Senayan Library Management System (SLiMS) Production/Stable
Web Librarian Production/Stable

5. FOSS
Tristan Müller, (2011) "How to choose a free and open
source integrated library system“.
1. Community
2. Licensing
3. Functionality
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6. Unlocking Libraries (ULib) City of Glasgow College
Library Management System Level of maturity
BiblioteQ inactive
Evergreen sustainable
Koha sustainable
NewGenLib emerging
Open Library Environment(OLE) by Kuali sustainable
OPALS emerging
Senayan Library Management System
(SLiMS)
emerging

7. Practitioner discussions
Bloomsbury Group - Kuali OLE
SEDAR Consortium - Evergreen
Staffordshire University
Dublin Business School Koha
Scottish Poetry Library
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8. Unlocking Libraries (ULib) City of Glasgow College
Function/module Evergreen Koha
Administrative interface X X
Reports and statistical management X X
Acquisitions [EDI] X X
Ecommerce x x
Circulation X X
Student Records Management X X
LDAP X X
Self-Issue X X
RFID X X
SIP2 X X
Installation and migration X X
Consortia/single instance Consortia only X
Hosting options and service level agreement flexibility X X
Library catalogue X X
Cataloguing [Authorities Management, z39.50] X X
Bibliographic data formats [MARC21, MARCXML, RSS] X X
Future bibliographic format support [FRBR, RDA] FRBR in devt X
Serial management X X
Reading lists rebus:list integration ( rebus:list integration
Faceted searching X X
Discovery searching VuFind VuFind
Interface flexibility (library app, mobile site) Possible (may be location specific
issues within consortia)
X
Integrated Web Services/API Not standard but community driven Not standard but community driven

9. Koha
 Hybrid approach catering for individual libraries and
consortia.
 Operates on Linux and Windows.
 Development costs
 All basic and core LMS functionality available in Koha
 Scope to ‘share’ future costs with other Koha installations
in the UK/Ireland
 Integration possibilities with other systems.
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10. Koha and integration
Library
management
system
Student
records VLE
Student IT
management
Discovery
service
Library
website
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Finance
systems

11. Koha catalogue demo from
ByWater Solutions
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwFaYp1T514

12. If Carlsberg made LMS’…
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 Opportunity to shape functionality
 Determine the cost of ownership
 A model that encompasses migration to
maturity
 Scalable, flexible and integrated where
appropriate

13. Roadmap
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 U-Lib installation now live at GlasgowClyde
[Cardonald Campus]
 Set up a suitable test structure
 Identify core workflows and areas of
development
 Collaborative environment to share ideas
and feedback

14. Challenges
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 Identify and implement a ‘best fit’ platform based
on existing proprietary workflows and coding.
 Establish a cost of ownership and support model
which appeals to the sector.
 Learning Curve [constant] vTime [diminishing]
 Support / interest from the sector.

15. Points of Reference
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 FOSS4LIB - https://foss4lib.org/
 Library Technology Guides - http://www.librarytechnology.org/
 Koha Live Demo - http://koha-community.org/demo/
 Evergreen Live Demo - http://evergreen-
ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=community_servers
 Kuali OLE -
http://demo.ole.kuali.org/portal.do?selectedTab=oleMaintenance
 ULib Implementation - http://nglkoha.glasgowclyde.ac.uk
 …and finally……Slims DevelopmentTeam Theme Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UoxsFbd3Rg
 Presentation - http://slidesha.re/1l2G8du