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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'>Please consider opening this to front line staff who work directly with these systems. That would expand our pool and they have intimate knowledge of the processes. Elena tells me that staff were included in the Voyager RFP development.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993366'>Mindy Coslor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993366'>Director of Library Services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993366'>Skagit Valley College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993366'>mcoslor@skagit.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#993366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu [mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Winters, Sharon<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 18, 2013 8:28 AM<br><b>To:</b> an open discussion list for WA CTC Library Directors<br><b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] more participants needed for LMDC RFP Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Colleagues – we need more participants at this workshop next Thursday; we’ve only received<br>responses from staff/faculty at 10 colleges. <br>Unfortunately, not all of the responses reached Monica, so I’ve attached a spreadsheet – please let <br>me know: <br>1) if you have staff/faculty who responded who aren’t on the list and <br>2) if you have staff/faculty who would like to attend – we have openings in all groups.<br>I need name, email, 1<sup>st</sup> choice/2<sup>nd</sup> choice for break-out group (highlighted below) ASAP to <a href="mailto:swinters@tacomacc.edu">swinters@tacomacc.edu</a><br>Thanks,<br>Sharon Winters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu">librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</a> [<a href="mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu">mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Luce, Monica<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> an open discussion list for WA CTC Library Directors<br><b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] LMDC RFP Workshop Invitation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This message has been sent to the CLAMS listserv. Please forward it to any of your staff who might be interested in participating.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Greetings from the LMDC Library Services Platform Working Group – </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Last spring, LMDC voted to move forward with the research and acquisition of a common<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>library services platform and charged this group with that task. We are now starting the development of a request for proposals (RFP) and are seeking the input of specialists from within the CTC system. We plan to take advantage of the RFP successfully completed recently by the Orbis-Cascade consortium by using it as a model and fast-tracking our own RFP development. To that end, we are planning a one-day workshop during which we will:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>* hear an overview of the state of contemporary library services systems; <br>* review LMDC’s objectives; <br>* edit the operational portions of the Orbis-Cascade document to reflect our needs; and <br>* edit the system level portions of the document</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Our intended outcome is a working draft of an RFP for a library services platform to be used in common across the CTC system.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We seek participants who can provide expertise in the following areas (details are below): </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>* systems<br>* collection management<br>* description and metadata<br>* circulation and resource sharing<br>* discovery and user experience</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>We will limit each group to 8 and prefer that a given library send no more than two people to ensure a diverse representation from across the system. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Here are the meeting details:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Location: Highline Community College, more details to follow</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Date and time: January 24, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Reimbursement: LMDC will subsidize travel as follows, paid to the library: $37.50 per person traveling less than 100 miles; $75 per person traveling more than 100 miles. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>If you are interested in attending please forward your name and primary and secondary areas of expertise (as listed above) to Leslie Potter-Henderson, chair of CLAMS<span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span> at <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:lhenders@shoreline.edu" target="_blank">lhenders@shoreline.edu</a> </span> The committee will select and notify participants. Please be aware that if you are selected you will be provided some materials to study in advance of the meeting.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Respectfully,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The LMDC Library Services System Working Group</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Andrew Hersh-Tudor</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Monica Luce</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Sharon Winters</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Stan Horton</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Leslie Potter-Henderson</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Mindy Coslor</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Ed Sargent</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Jeanne Leader</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Jennifer Dysart</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Melissa McBurney</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Michelle Bagley</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Break-out groups to work on functional specifications for RFP</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>:<br>SYSTEMS (includes sections on reliability, scalability/performance, architecture, data security/access, authentication/authorization/identify mgmt., integration & extensibility, migration, vendor support)<br><br>COLLECTION MANAGEMENT (includes sections on collaboration, integration, acquisitions management, serials management, electronic resource management, collection maintenance)<br><br>DESCRIPTION & METADATA (includes sections on cataloging, holdings management, authority control, quality control)<br><br>CIRCULATION & RESOURCE SHARING (includes sections on borrowing & lending processing including ILL, circulation, statistics & reporting, notifications, circ/ILL integration<br><br>DISCOVERY & USER EXPERIENCE: (includes sections on discovery, user/system interaction, interface design/integration, APIs/user-contributed data)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>