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The ILS market is made up of proprietary software from companies and open source products. Check out the [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Software/ Libsuccess page] about open source products. | The ILS market is made up of proprietary software from companies and open source products. Check out the [http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Software/ Libsuccess page] about open source products. | ||
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Revision as of 00:45, 10 December 2009
Integrated Library Systems (ILS) are the systems that support library functions like cataloging, circulation, the OPAC or catalog, and management of acquisitions. Find a description of what an ILS is at the Wikipedia entry for "Integrated Library System".
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Success Stories
Tell us about your successes with your ILS, ILS migration, etc.
Tips for selecting an ILS
Tips for writing a Request For Proposal (RFP) for an ILS at the Southwest Michigan Library Cooperative (opens as a PDF)
ILS Options
The ILS market is made up of proprietary software from companies and open source products. Check out the Libsuccess page about open source products.
Also, there are a vareity of resources available about OPACs.
Open source
Vendors who offer support for open source products:
- Equinox Software (Supports open source product Evergreen)
- LibLime (Supports open source product Koha)
Proprietary
Companies that offer library system products in the U.S.:
Legacy
View a history of library automation at the Library Technology Guides website. See which systems have been bought out or retired.
Blogs/Websites to watch
- Library Technology Guides: Key resources in the field of library automation Maintained by Marshall Breeding who, for the past six years, has written the annual Automated System Marketplace article for Library Journal.
- ALA Techsource Search website for ILS
Specific Blogs Posts/Articles to Check Out
- Investing in The Future: Automation Marketplace 2009 in Library Journal (April 2009)
- Wikipedia entry titled "Integrated library system"
- ILS Migration in the 21st century by Frank Cervone from Computers in Libraries, July/Aug 2007.
