Comments on: Replacing our ILS, business as usual http://commonplace.net/2009/04/replacing-our-ils-business-as-usual/ Library2.0 and beyond Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:30:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Pasley http://commonplace.net/2009/04/replacing-our-ils-business-as-usual/comment-page-1/#comment-2201 Tom Pasley Thu, 21 May 2009 03:31:19 +0000 http://commonplace.net/?p=445#comment-2201 Hi Lukas - I presume you've seen this post "Finally a component based library environment" by Peter van Boheemen http://webquery.blogspot.com/2008/09/finally-component-based-library.html and this by Etienne Posthumus: http://blog.pos.thum.us/2009/03/25/there-is-no-metadata-just-data/ These thoughts seem to be contagious! Hi Lukas – I presume you’ve seen this post “Finally a component based library environment” by Peter van Boheemen

http://webquery.blogspot.com/2008/09/finally-component-based-library.html

and this by Etienne Posthumus:

http://blog.pos.thum.us/2009/03/25/there-is-no-metadata-just-data/

These thoughts seem to be contagious!

]]> By: Owen Stephens http://commonplace.net/2009/04/replacing-our-ils-business-as-usual/comment-page-1/#comment-2039 Owen Stephens Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:34:37 +0000 http://commonplace.net/?p=445#comment-2039 The point about this not being about just replacing an IT system, but about reviewing and changing organizational work processes is a very good one - I would estimate that the staff time needed to do this takes up at least half the budget (probably more) of a LMS replacement - and of course, this means that even when looking at low cost or free software, the cost of the project is still prohibitive for many medium to large libraries at this time. Reviewing and changing work processes can be painful and unsettling for those involved - but not doing this when you implement a new LMS can give you real problems - and cause inefficiencies and unhappiness in the longer term. The point about this not being about just replacing an IT system, but about reviewing and changing organizational work processes is a very good one – I would estimate that the staff time needed to do this takes up at least half the budget (probably more) of a LMS replacement – and of course, this means that even when looking at low cost or free software, the cost of the project is still prohibitive for many medium to large libraries at this time.

Reviewing and changing work processes can be painful and unsettling for those involved – but not doing this when you implement a new LMS can give you real problems – and cause inefficiencies and unhappiness in the longer term.

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