Desiree Webber, Andrew Peters

Integrated Library Systems (eBook, PDF)

Planning, Selecting, and Implementing

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers everything you need to know about selecting and implementing the best integrated library system (ILS) for your library, whether you purchase and install it yourself or hire a consultant to assist you. This is the book you've been waiting for. Integrated Library Systems: Planning, Selecting, and Implementing is an all-inclusive guide to acquiring a new ILS. Detailed and practical, the book covers every step of the process, from cost-benefit analysis, to evaluating software, writing the request for proposal, and implementation and training. You'll learn about different types of integrated library systems-standalone, turnkey, hosted, software-as-a-service (cloud computing), and open-source-and how to assess your facility and staff to find the best fit. The book also covers evaluation of software and hardware; third-party add-ons, such as RFID; and writing successful budget proposals and justification statements. There is even specific, headache-saving advice on working with sales reps, such as the warning not to ever accept the statement: "The vendor will not be held accountable to the contents of the RFP." Even if you're working with a consultant, this book will help you understand the process and make informed decisions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781598847345
• Artikelnr.: 37973101

Autorenporträt

Desiree Webber is a former children's librarian and public library director. She is co-author of Travel the Globe: Story Times, Activities and Crafts for Children (2013), Integrated Library Systems: Planning, Selecting, and Implementing (2010), and The Kids' Book Club: Lively Reading and Activities for Grades 1-3 (2001). She is the recipient of the Storyteller World Honor Title and the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Author's Award and an Oklahoma Book Award Finalist.