Integrated Library System (ILS) Migration from vendor-developed ILS to an open-source model

"LibLime, pioneer in open-source solutions for libraries, announced that three more special library collections have migrated to Koha, the first open-source Integrated Library System. Recent migrations include the Native Village of Afognak Library in Alaska, USA; the Alaska Statewide Mentor Project also in Alaska, USA; and the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, a resource room at the University of Toronto, Canada.................. click here"

"...................................One of the largest shared library-automation systems in the U.S. has migrated from a vendor-developed ILS to an open-source model.Georgia PINES (Public Information Network for Electronic Services), a program of the Georgia Public Library Service that provides library-automation services for 252 libraries in that state, recently completed the migration to its new ILS. click here"

Open source ILS goes live!

The Georgia PINES consortium (Public Information Network for Electronic Services) has launched Evergreen, their new Open Source ILS. (live)

After two years of development, Evergreen has gone live. Designed for use by a 252-library consortium with combined collection of 8 million volumes, it represents a considerable move up-market for Open Source ILS software. (Koha's largest installation is the seven branch Nelsonville Public Library in Ohio with 250,000 volumes).