Library Systems
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== Open source == | == Open source == | ||
== Proprietary == | == Proprietary == | ||
| − | Companies that offer library system products in the U.S. | + | Companies that offer library system products in the U.S.: |
[http://www4.auto-graphics.com/ Auto-Graphics, Inc.] | [http://www4.auto-graphics.com/ Auto-Graphics, Inc.] | ||
| + | [http://www.biblionix.com/ Biblionix] | ||
| + | [http://www.booksys.com/ Book Systems, Inc.] | ||
| + | [http://www.companioncorp.com/ COMPanion] | ||
| + | [http://www.cybertoolsforlibraries.com/ Cyber Tools for Libraries] | ||
| + | [http://www.eosintl.com/ EOS] | ||
== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
Revision as of 01:10, 9 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
Open source
Proprietary
Companies that offer library system products in the U.S.:
Auto-Graphics, Inc. Biblionix Book Systems, Inc. COMPanion Cyber Tools for Libraries EOS
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"
- Wordpress for Library Websites by Meredith Farkas. A blog post with information about using open source software Wordpress as a content management system for a library website. The comments list many libraries using Wordpress for their websites.
- ILS Migration in the 21st century by Frank Cervone from Computers in Libraries, July/Aug 2007.
