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April 18, 2023
CSG Meeting - Boulder, CO
What Is An ILS Anyway?
Robert H. McDonaldAssociate Dean for Library Technologies
Indiana University
Charleston and ILS
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Outline
• ILS Defined
• History of Academic Integrated Library Systems
• Current Marketplace for Academic Libraries
• Core Functionality of Academic ILS
• Core Functionality Needs of Academic Libraries
• Developments in the Open Source Community
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ILS Defined
• Integrated Library System - Legacy Concept ILS = Integrated Library System
(Cataloging + Serials + Acquisitions + Circulation + Catalog)
Focused on print and physical inventory Electronic content at the Journal Title or collection
level Emerged in the 1960’s – 1970’s Functionality has evolved and expanded, but
basic concepts and modules remain intact
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ILS Defined Continued
• In addition to the core ILS layer libraries operate seperate systems to handle the following: Electronic Resources Management System OpenURL Linking Systems Proxy or VPN Systems/Identity Mgmt
Systems Advanced Discovery Systems Digital Library Content Systems Digital Preservation Systems
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ILS History
• History of Library Automation Follows history of computing
• Eras of Change (40 years – 1968-Present) Pre-Mainframe Era
Electromechanical automation Mainframe Era
MARC Record 1968 Client/Server Era – 1990s Open Source Era – 2000s Cloud Era – 2008 - OCLC
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Current Academic ILS Market
• Ex Libris/Endeavor - 1465 Voyager - 862 Aleph 500 – 603
• Innovative Interfaces - 1163 Millennium – 1163
• SirsiDynix - 1076 Unicorn - 740 Horizon/Symphony – 336
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Legacy ILS Functionality
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Circulation Acquisitions
Cataloging Serials
Staff Interfaces:
Public User Interface:
Data Stores:
Functionalmodules:
Vendor Based ePurchasing
Vendor Based Metadata Enhancement
Legacy ILS Functionality
+eContentModule
+Advanced DiscoveryInterface
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FederatedSearch/
AdvancedDiscovery
FederatedSearch/
AdvancedDiscovery
OpenURLLinking
OpenURLLinking
Electronic Resource
Mgmt.System
Electronic Resource
Mgmt.System
Unified Workflow Interface for Staff
Learning Mgmt./Campus Portal FeedsProxy/VPN for eContent Access
National Library of Australia
• Four Reorganized Areas of an ILS Bibliographic Subsystem Search/Discovery Subsystem Customer Management Subsystem Document Delivery Subsystem
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Current Academic ILS Needs Bibliographic Subsystem
Electronic Leased Content Electronic Owned Content Physical Inventory
Search/Discovery Subsystem Customer Management Subsystem Document Delivery Subsystem
Physical Delivery Library to Library Electronic Delivery to Customer
Digital Preservation System04/18/23What is an ILS? - McDonald
New ILS Needs Enterprise Layer:Can this be an SOA Model?
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Data Stores:
ReusableBusiness Services
CompositeApplications
Rule OrientedWorkflow Process
Developments in Open Source ILS• Evergreen• Koha• OPALS• Learning Access ILS• NexGenLib
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Evergreen
• Developed by the Georgia Public Library Service• Small development team• June 2004 – development begins• Sept 5, 2006 – live production• Currently a group in Canada is developing
Serials and other academic library requirements for Evergreen - called Conifer Project
• Includes a Business Service Bus called OpenSRF
• Supported vendor services provided by Equinox04/18/23What is an ILS? - McDonald
Libraries Using Evergreen• Georgia PINES
• http://gapines.org• Georgia PINES:
• 1 Installation• 54 Public Library Systems• 260+ library facilities• Does not include municipal systems: Atlanta-
Fulton County, Cobb County• Province of British Columbia in Canada – SITKA• Kent County, MD• Evergreen Indiana (Consortium of 35 Public
Libraries)• Under consideration by academic libraries in Canada
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Evergreen
Koha
• First open source ILS• Includes Serials functionality in latest
version (required for academic functionality)
• Includes Federated Search and Discovery System
• Supported vendor services provided by LibLime
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Libraries using Koha• 300+ libraries
• Horowhenua Library Trust • Nelsonville Public Library
• Athens County, OH• Crawford County Federated Library System
• 10 Libraries in PA• Howard County, MD
• Service area population: 266300 • 4.7 million circulation transactions in 2006• 1 million volumes
• Central Kansas Library System• Santa Cruz Public Library
• Central, 9 branches• 2 million volumes
• Near East University Library• 1.5 million volumes
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Koha
Works Cited• Antelman, K., E. Lynema, and A. Pace. 2006. Toward a Twenty-First-Century
Library Catalog. Information Technology and Libraries. 25(3): 128-39.
• Borgman, C. L. 1997. From Acting Locally to Thinking Globally : A Brief History of Library Automation. The Library Quarterly. 67(3): 215-49.
• Breeding, M. 2008. Making a Case for Open-Source ILS. Computers in Libraries. 28(3): 36-9.
• ----------. 2007. An Industry Redefined. Library Journal. 132(6).
• ----------. 2007. The Sun Sets on Horizon. Computers in Libraries. 38-41.
• Cervone, F. 2007. ILS Migration in the 21st Century. Computers in Libraries. 27(7).
• Demspey, L. 2009. Always On: Libraries in a World of Permanent Connectivity. First Monday 14(1): http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2291/2070.
• Pace, A. 2007. In the Beginning… A Historical Glimpse into Library Automation. American Libraries. 38(6).
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Web Sites of Interest
• Library Technology Reportshttp://www.librarytechnology.org
• Evergreen ILSGa Pines – http://www.gapines.org
Evergreen Indiana - http://www.in.gov/library/5592.htm
Equinox - http://www.esilibrary.com
Evergreen - http://www.open-ils.org
• Koha ILSKoha - http://www.koha.org
LibLime - http://liblime.com/
• National Library of Australia ILS Redesignhttp://wvw.nla.gov.au/librariesaustralia/redevannounce.html 04/18/23What is an ILS? - McDonald
Questions and Discussion
• Most current ILS systems are out of date Old code Last generation technology No means for innovation (dwindling market) Do NOT handle digital content well Do not function at an enterprise level with
current ERP systems Which direction should libraries be pushing
toward in regards to enterprise functionality for the academic arena?
Thank You
robert at indiana.edu
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