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Interview Assignment
CCPL-Polaris Conversion
What does an ILS do?
Almost Everything• Acquisition
s• Cataloging
• Circulation
Duties• Serial Holdings
• OPAC=Online Public Access Catalog
Interview Assignment
CCPL-Polaris Conversion
How the Judges Scored Them
• Price 20%
• Reviews 15%
• References 15%
• Platform 10%
• Functional 40%
Interview Assignment
CCPL-Polaris Conversion
Prior to Conversion• Clean up
Data• Build New Data Profiles
• Implement Terminal Services
• IT Receive Training
• Work with Consortium to Build Database in Shared Environment
• Create Training Materials
• Train Staff
• Along with Hundreds of Minor Items
Interview Assignment
CCPL-Polaris Conversion
Prior to Conversion
• New Servers-Virtual
• Network
• SQL Server
• Active Directory
• Training for Staff-Over 2 Week
• Back Up Procedures
• Training
• Training for Administrators-3 Days in Syracuse, 2 Months on Site
Who Had to Work Together
Polaris
IT Staff
3rd Party VendorsDirector’s
Staff/Library Staff
Consortium Partners/Other
MD Library Systems
The Big Day1. Bring Up Servers2. Bring Up All Branches3. Bring UP College
Partners4. Bring Up Library
Partners5. Upload Offline Data6. Troubleshoot
Problems as they Arise
Interview Assignment
CCPL-Polaris Conversion
Where Was Sherrie On That
Fateful Duty Her Main Job that Day
prior to opening was updating the software on the computers at all the
branches/Troubleshooting
Interview Assignment
CCPL-Polaris Conversion
Permanent “Reading Record”
Web Based Program
Automatic Authority Control
Users Can Submit & Read Reviews From Other Patron
RSS Feeds
Electronic Credit Card Payment
Full Electronic Invoicing
What Did We Gain