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There are 13 class sessions. The table below displays the course schedule by Session Number and Date, Topics, Readings and Assignments.

Here is a list of important dates and no-class dates:

1/27: First meeting of class
2/10: Presentation by Marshall Breeding, the Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University, on the evolution of library automation marketplace
2/17: Liblime representative Patrick Jones speaks to the class about Koha history and OSS service models(11:00-12:00)
2/24: Benjamin Florin, Web Developer, Boston College Libraries, speaks on non-traditional library data processing
3/2: Liblime Patrick Jones demonstrates the features and function of Koha (11:00-12:00)
3/9: No class: Spring Break
3/16: Danny Joudrey, Associate Professor of GSLIS, lectures on cataloging and authority control (11:00-12:00)
3/30: Andromeda Yelton, Gluejar, presents on library mobile service options (11:00-12:00)
4/6: Amy Deschenes, Simmons Library Technology Specialist, speaks on Mobile sites, user experience and new library catalog
4/13:Ex Libris Representative Andrew French presents on Primo and ALMA
4/20:Presentation by Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer OCLC Programs and Research, on "The Once and Future ILS"
4/27:Class presentation on term project; written project report due; class ends

 

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Date

Topics/Activities

Readings

Assignments
 

1/27
 

Session 1: Introductions; Overview and History of Library Automation

 

Distributed: Assignment 1-- Vendor/Product Review
2/3
 

Session 2: Automation Systems Defined; Automation Vendors

 
  
2/10
Session 3: Automation Systems Marketplace

Presentation: Marshall Breeding on the evolution of automation system marketplace (10:45-12:00)

Distributed: Term Project
2/17
Session 4: Technical Considerations and Open Source ILS

Presentation: Liblime Patrick Jones on Koha: History, Overview and OSS service models

Due: Assignment 1

Distributed: Assignment 2 -- Library automation site study

2/24

Session 5: Automation Project Planning

Presentation: Boston College Libraries Ben Florin on handling non-traditional library data.

  • Schultz-Jones, Chapter 6-8
  • Pace, Chapter 3, 4
  • Cohn & Kelsey, Chapter 9
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  • Breeding & Yelton (2011). Librarian's Assessments of Automation Systems. (Available on course Moodle site)
  • OCLC. (2009). Online Catalogs: What Users and Librarians Want

 
3/2
Session 6:  System Selection and Implementation

Presentation: Liblime Patrick Jones on Koha: Features and Functions.

  • Hodgson, C. (2002). The RFP writer's guide to standards for library systems (Available on course Moodle site).
  • Schultz-Jones, Chapter 9-12
  • Pace, Chapter 5, 6
  • Cohn & Kelsey, Chapter 8
  • Cervone, F. (2007). ILS migration in the 21st century: Some new things to think about this time around. (Available on course Moodle site).

 

Distributed: Assignment 3 -- ILS Functional Requirement Document

Team formation for the Term Project

 
3/9
No Class: Spring Break

 
3/16

 
Session 7: Cataloging and Authority Modules

Presentation: Professor Joudrey on Cataloging and Authority Control

Due:Assignment 2
3/23
Session 8: Circulation Module
 		  
3/30

 

Session 9: Acquisition and Serials Modules

Presentation: Andromeda Yelton on Library Mobile Service Options

 

 

  

Distributed:Assignment 4 -- the Future of ILS investigation 

Due:Assignment 3

4/6

Session 10: OPAC, Resource Sharing, Mobile Sites, and User Experience

Presentation: Amy Deschenes, Simmons Library, speaks on Mobile sites, user experience and new library catalog

 

  

4/13

Session 11: Discovery Layer and Web-Scale ILS

Presentation: Demo by Andrew French, Ex Libris, on ALMA and Primo.

Due: Assignment 4
4/20

Session 12: Patron Empowerment and the Future of the ILS

Presentation: Roy Tennant, Senior Program Officer OCLC Programs and Research, on "The Once and Future ILS"

  • Wilson, Chapter 12
  • Schultz-Jones, Chapter 5
  • Pace, Chapter 8
  • Breeding,  Next generation ILS (Available on course Moodle site)
  • Rapp, D. (2011). The Future of the ILS. Library Journal.

 
4/27

 

Session 13: Term Project Presentation     
Due: Written Project Report

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