Chris Ricker, Monterey County Free Libraries

The staff and public are looking to me to guide them to a new ILS.

• You better make this easy.

• It better be a better system.

• We don’t want new headaches.

It isn’t going to be easy.How can we minimize the pain?

• Improve our ability to Communicate internally about the ILS.

• WebEx

• Survey Monkey

Public

• MCFL webpage enhancement

• Survey Monkey

Process

• Consultant assistance.

• Literature review.

• “Helping You Buy ILSs” by Pamela R. Cibbarelli. Computers in Libraries, October 2008.

• Model to follow.

Our Evaluation Teams

• 1. Budget/Administration Team• 2. Support Services Workflow Team,

cataloging, acquisitions, ILL, Statistics

• 3. Circulation Workflow Team• 4. Public Services Team, services, public

interface, reference, search

• 5. Technology Team

• Must have lists.

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Anne Hadden 1913Monterey County Free Libraries

Headlines: Monterey County Residents get a State-of-the-Art

Library Catalog.

• “It is fantastic” says Miguel Sanchez. “I never knew that using a library catalog could be so sweet. I just ordered the DVD, X-Men 5 and it is going to be sent to my house.”