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Re: NASIG 2008: Next Generation Library Automation – Its Impact on the Serials Community

Anna Creech — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:54:12 -0000

Yes, I meant EDI. Tried to stay away from the curse of the <acronym title="three letter acronym">TLA</acronym> in my reply.

As for the presentation, Steve, I kind of agree with you. I wish he would have skipped to the last part instead of rushing through it, since it seemed to be the bit that was actually related to serials. Also, then it wouldn't have been so much like the presentation I saw at Computers in Libraries and more focused for NASIG.

Re: NASIG 2008: Next Generation Library Automation – Its Impact on the Serials Community

Steve Oberg — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:42:46 -0000

Joshua, I agree with Anna. (Mind you, it has been about two years -- I think -- since I last took a close look at Koha.) Having an acquisitions and serials module (or separate modules for each, whatever) doesn't mean that they are sufficient and rich enough in functionality yet, and that was certainly true when I last checked. EDI is but one part of that. (I think EDI is what Anna refers to but maybe not.) There needs to be rich functionality for check-in, claiming, and many other things as well. What about ledger/funds management? What about ways to ease the burden of recreating them each year?

On a more general level I want to say that I thought Marshall's presentation was good but it wasn't what I would have expected from a vision session and was therefore a bit disappointing. But YMMV as they say.

Steve

Re: NASIG 2008: Next Generation Library Automation – Its Impact on the Serials Community

Anna Creech — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:31:26 -0000

Joshua: If it does, they certainly aren't at the level we need them to be in order to function. For example, the acquisitions module cannot handle electronic invoicing, which is essential for most libraries these days. We don't have the staff to hand-enter each line item!

Re: NASIG 2008: Next Generation Library Automation – Its Impact on the Serials Community

Joshua Ferraro — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:59:15 -0000

um ... Koha has had serials and acquisitions for several years now Marshall.