Cloud-based ILS -- Thank you

[Cary Gordon]

There is a school of thought which believes that the time to bury the
local ILS server was a few days (okay, years) after it was born. I
have yet to hear a really good reason tor the continued existence of
local servers, beyond the continued employment of the folks — and a
lot of them — who sell them and keep them running.

This is not to say that I am absolutely convinced that one ILS to rule
them all is the best idea, either.

Thanks,

Cary

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 5:11 AM, Morgan A. Brynnan <mbrynnan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who wrote me off-list and on-list about cloud-based
> “ILS”!
>
> Not to promote any company’s services, or “advertise” but I see that at
> least two companies are offering or are working on cloud-based systems to
> replace local ILS servers, cataloging, federated search, and proxies.
>
> I wonder if this may well be the future of  the ILS – shared community
> knowledge, open development of APIs and shared cataloging to the next
> degree. I’m a complete cynic, and if it sounds too good to be true, it
> probably is...,right?
>
> I ask because it is a huge step to discard the old ILS servers and put all
> our eggs in one vendor basket. I’ve never had the opportunity before to
> participate in choosing a new ILS or making a decision as big as this, and
> I’d hate to make a wrong decision for our library.
>
> Are others also in the “wait and see” mode, or does moving to cloud-based
> shared systems seem inevitable? Is it really time to bury the old local ILS
> server?
>
> Kind regards to all.
>
> Morgan Brynnan, MLIS
>
> mbrynnan at gmail.com
>
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Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://chillco.com

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