Ready Fire Aim: The MLC Evergreen Experience

EG09Evette M. Atkin

atkine@mlcnet.orgEvergreen Coordinator

Michigan Library Consortium

Ready, Fire, Aim!

Ready! Randy’s Brain

Why?

What?• Server

• Server Admin

• Staff

• Policies

• Pricing

How?• Grand Rapids Public

Library (GRPL)• Equinox Software,

Inc.

Their Bill Our Bill

What?• Server

• Server Admin

• Staff

• Policies

• Pricing

How?

Me???

How?• Documentation?

• Policies?

• Profiling forms?

• Training?

• Help??

•Please???

Fire!

Who?• Pilot Group

– 7 public librariesNiles District

Library

•Interlochen Public Library

•Fife Lake Public Library

•Peninsula Community Library

Who?• Round 2

– 2 public libraries– 1 K-12 library!

How??• Blog• Wiki• Listserv• OPAC, Circ, Cat and Admin Training• Helpdesk System• Forums

Aim?

Issues Great and Small

• Governance

• Mentality

• Compliance

• Timelines

Now what?

Governance

• Who makes the decisions?–MLC?

–Director’s group?

–Foundation?

Mentality

• This is a PILOT PROJECT

• No vendor lives here!

• This is a collaborative, so please !collaborate

• “We HATE our ILS…”

Compliance

• Rules? We need to follow rules?

Timelines

• ESI is becoming too popular!