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Making the Most of Your ILS: A User's Guide to Evaluating and Optimizing Library Systems

Making the Most of Your ILS: A User's Guide to Evaluating and Optimizing Library Systems


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Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Kraemer Family Library Experience 1. Planning and Gaining Support 2. ILS Structure 3. System Security 4. Working with Field Values 5. Updating Workflows 6. Documentation 7. Putting It All Together: Eliminating Overdue Fines at the Kraemer Family Library Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Forms and Worksheets Worksheet 1: Developing an Improvement Plan Worksheet 2: Diagramming Your ILS's Data Inputs and Outputs Worksheet 3: Documenting Your Library's ILS History Worksheet 4: Integrated Library System Network Security Audit Worksheet 5: Developing Strong Password Policies Worksheet 6: ILS Security Checklist Worksheet 7: Identifying and Documenting Key Fields in Your ILS Worksheet 8: Documenting Local Marc Fields Worksheet 9: Blank Swim Lane Diagrams Appendix C: Common MARC Fields in Bibliographic Records References Index

About the Author :
Lynn E. Gates is director of collections and content at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Kraemer Family Library. Joel D. Tonyan is director of user experience and associate professor at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Kraemer Family Library.

Review :
A refreshingly hands-on, no-nonsense approach to a potentially intimidating and overwhelming process, this holistic and practical text has something to offer for new, aspiring, and seasoned technical services or systems librarians alike. Using concrete, real-world examples to illustrate, Gates and Tonyan combine project management with library technical services expertise in a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide that addresses both the organizational and technical challenges of this work. Offering plenty of examples and samples, this concise guide offers useful strategies for those preparing for a system migration and not just those who want to tune up an existing system. Suggestions for documenting system configurations will help every library in this age of staff turnover. Many of us know we are not using our technology to its fullest potential; Gates and Tonyan should help many libraries optimize their significant investment in library systems. Making the Most of Your ILS provides tools to understand and describe the work people are doing with the ILS, as well as being a great primer on the data involved. Alongside sensible advice on useful documentation there are worksheets and templates to get you started. The case studies are relatable and will spawn your own ideas on reevaluating processes to take better advantage of ILS features to save staff time and energy. A complete, or even partial, ILS review can seem daunting, and this book will help make such a project manageable. Recommended. Graduate students and professionals.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798216185284
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A User's Guide to Evaluating and Optimizing Library Systems
  • ISBN-10: 8216185286
  • Publisher Date: 01 Dec 2022
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 164


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