Elliot Polak

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Elliot Polak

• Head of Library Technology
• Norwich University, Northfield Vermont

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Norwich University

• Small private military University in Central
  Vermont 3,300 FTE
• Large distance learning population approx.1,000
  graduate students
• Collection of about 140,000 physical items and
  over 180,000 E-Books
• Small but dedicated staff

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Around this time last year

• Faculty were telling students to use
  WorldCat.org instead of the librarys OPAC
• Began questioning our traditional ILS
• Start thinking about a position to cut
• WMS cost savings were enough to meet budget cut
  goals

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WMS just made sense

• Live in the cloud AND leverage the cloud
• WorldCat records become our records
• No need to do authority work
• No more copy cataloging
• Students no longer limited by our collection
• Vendor integration for workflow and knowledge
• New integration is like upgrading to a universal
  remote

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Implementation

• User focused
• Cohort model has encouraged cooperation
• Implementation has been like library school
• Partners not just customers
• Feedback has been encouraged
• Reasons to say yes

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Our Current ERM
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License Management

• Purpose Built License Manager
• An ERM that streamlines workflow
• Interlibrary loan direct
• Set holdings
• Integrated Link Resolver for WorldCat Local
• Will eventually be transportable
• Easy eBook integration

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Does this look confusing?
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How about this?
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Looking Forward

• The possibility of Electronic Data Interchange
  (EDI) with vendors
• Focusing on services again instead of eBook
  loads
• Cooperative Platform Development
• No more data migrations