On 11/02/2011 14:11, Ian Haydock wrote:
> Ross,
>
>       I suspect these are loaded questions and that you have answers in mind.
> Why not let us know what you're thinking?

No they are not loaded (or at least not intentionally).

It is true that I am known for my strong opinions and I'm sure that they 
will emerge sooner or later. However, I'm not familiar with the 
libraries use cases, the tools here, the problems faced etc. Before I 
start spouting my own opinions I want to understand the sector more.

At this point I am genuinely asking those questions. From what I heard 
in Edinburgh I believe that we (OSS Watch - http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk) 
should be able to help, but without fully understanding what the sector 
wants it's hard for me to create a model for support.

Ross



>
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Ross Gardler
> Sent: 11 February 2011 14:01
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> Subject: Re: Getting from "here" to "there"? (Re: Welcome!)
>
> No thoughts at all on my questions below?
>
> On 03/02/2011 12:40, Ross Gardler wrote:
>> On 03/02/2011 12:10, Ian Haydock wrote:
>>> Chris and Matthew,
>>>
>>>                      We're looking for a next-gen search interface/
>>> resource discovery system/ sliced bread replacement at the moment. To
>>> my mind I think the feature that makes them worthwhile is the tie-in
>>> with your paid resources - in other words the single search box for
>>> users that we've all long talked about. Users don't want and often
>>> don't bother to search in multiple places to find information, so it
>>> is our job to bring it together and make it easier for them. In the
>>> fuure when students are paying up to £9K per annum the grumbles will only
> get worse if we don't make it easier.......
>>>
>>>     VuFind is great but it can't do all of that (because the big index
>>> only comes at a cost). Hence I've been wondering whether the open
>>> source future instead lies with the information that we build
>>> ourselves locally (eg the LMS and the Repository), blended with the
>>> paid via this new interface? It might take a while to get there
>>> however, as most of us have considerable investment in those big
> monolithic LMS that Chris mentions....
>>
>> Are there any interim steps in getting from "here" to "there"?
>>
>> Would you be looking at doing work internally, subcontracting, buy in
>> or a combination of these?
>>
>> Is this a common need across multiple libraries?
>>
>> Ross


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