Agenda of the ILS Marketplace Committee

Initial Meeting

November 19, 2015

Columbia, MO

Members:

Tom Peters(Board Member) / Dean of Library Services / Missouri State University
Steve Strohl(MOBIUS Organizer) / Associate Director, Member Services / MOBIUS
Jon Jones / Director of Library Services / Baptist Bible College
Melissa Hopkins / Library Director / Mineral Area College
Corrie Hutchinson / Head of Technical Services / University of Missouri-Columbia
Renee Brumett / Electronic Resources Librarian / Springfield-Greene County Library District
Katie Marney / Library Director / Culver-Stockton College
Donna Bacon (Ex Officio) / MOBIUS Executive Director / MOBIUS

Members Absent:

Name / Title / Institution

Guests or Proxies Present:

Name / Title / Institution

Charge: Working in conjunction with MOBIUS staff, this committee will be responsible for monitoring and researching current trends and products in the integrated library system marketplace. This committee will be responsible for making formal recommendations to the board, if an RFI or RFP is desired. The committee should create and maintain a checklist or assessment plan incorporating functions and features necessary to support the MOBIUS Consortium, to be used to evaluate ILS products.

1.  Call to order and introductions of the new committee members.

2.  Adoption of the agenda

3.  Information Items:

a.  Website: http://mobiusconsortium.org/ils-marketplace-committee

b.  E-mail lists:

i.  For the committee:

ii. Interested members of MOBIUS:

4.  New Business

a.  Background

b.  Experience with other ILS systems

c.  What do you like and dislike about Sierra? Why?

d.  What do you like about your current ILS and what are you missing?

e.  If we were starting MOBIUS today, what would we want from an ILS and our ILS vendor?

f.  Defining our charge

g.  Path forward:

i.  Identifying Needs

ii. Potential member survey

iii.  Keeping track of the marketplace

5.  Adjourn Meeting

6.  [Name of person submitting minutes]

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