[LIBRARYDIR] Reciprocal borrowing between different ILS providers

[Tammy Siebenberg]

Vivienne,

Do you have a copy of Ex Libris’s statement that Alma won’t work for public libraries or know where I can get that information?  Do you know why they take that position?

Tammy

Tammy R. Siebenberg, MLIS
Director – Library & Media Services
Yakima Valley College
Yakima, WA  98902
509.574.4984
tsiebenberg at yvcc.edu<mailto:tsiebenberg at yvcc.edu>
www.yvcc.edu<https://www.yvcc.edu/>

From: LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Vivienne Mcclendon
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 1:57 PM
To: WACTC Library Directors <librarydir at lists.ctc.edu>
Subject: Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Reciprocal borrowing between different ILS providers

Yes, that’s the method I’ve always used. With Alma, they specifically said it is an academic library product and won’t work for public libraries. [This is a specialization I’ve never heard of before] So hybrid libraries like San Jose State University’s have to have two desks with two different systems running.
Vivienne

From: LIBRARYDIR <librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu<mailto:librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu>> on behalf of Mindy Coslor <Mindy.Coslor at skagit.edu<mailto:Mindy.Coslor at skagit.edu>>
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Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 1:47 PM
To: WACTC Library Directors <librarydir at lists.ctc.edu<mailto:librarydir at lists.ctc.edu>>
Subject: Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Reciprocal borrowing between different ILS providers

Sirsi Dynix is a proprietary system.  I’m not sure a patch will be acceptable to them.  What we do now is create a guest account and issue a special card to the borrower.  I don’t know any other way to do this.

Dr. Mindy Coslor, Ph.D.
Director of Library Services
Skagit Valley College
360.416.7761

From: LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Stacy Prest
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2018 1:34 PM
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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] Reciprocal borrowing between different ILS providers

All
We have been in a local consortium with a public library district.  We are all currently on open-source KOHA for our ILS.  They have told us they are moving to Sirsi/Dynix but want to maintain reciprocal borrowing between our libraries.  Since we can’t afford the migration and maintenance costs, we can’t move. Has anyone had any experience with trying to accommodate reciprocal borrowing when there is no shared ILS?  I’m stumped.  Their tech person seems to think he can make a patch or something simple, but I think he’s in over his head on this one.  Thoughts?
Stacy

Stacy L. Prest
Dean of Library Services and eLearning
Walla Walla Community College
500 Tausick Way
Walla Walla, WA 99362
509.527.4294


ACRL “Excellence in Academic Libraries” Award Recipient 2013
       WWCC Library: Connecting Students to Information

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