I've had this conversation with Jerry Kline and Betsy Graham at III
previously/ad nauseum, and I've been so far very disappointed with their
reactions -- basically 'What, are you kidding?' and then selling me on
Encore. I'm sort of done banging that drum with them, their position is
clear. I'm curious, has anyone else had different responses from any
other ILS vendors?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of
> Eric Lease Morgan
> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:39 AM
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> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Life after Expect
>
> On May 15, 2008, at 8:32 AM, Kyle Banerjee wrote:
>
> > Just as the hot dog cookers and other one trick wonders in the
> kitchen
> > are of very limited use, special purpose tools that attempt to
define
> > your problem and solution are not nearly useful as generic ones in
an
> > ILS context. I am still hoping that vendors will recognize that true
> > interoperability is a feature that increases the value of the ILS
> more
> > than just about anything else.
>
>
> Well said. The vendor who provides a suit of tools that can
> interoperate with any number of other standards-based tools is as
> vendor to establish close relationships with.
>
> --
> Eric Lease Morgan
> Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department
> Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
>
> (574) 631-8604