Hi Paul,

We haven't chosen to leave III-Sierra, just exploring options. Cost is the
main factor. Missouri public universities just got hit with massive budget
cuts plus a big drop in international enrollment. The cost for Sierra keeps
rising. Plus, Sierra seems heavily weighed down by legacy systems that
prevent it from being able to do things newer systems can do. We are
looking at Alma and WMS specifically because they are entirely cloud-based
and redesigned from the ground up for modern workflows involving
e-resources, knowledgebases, discovery, etc. From what I can tell, all the
other products are a hodge-podge of traditional ILS systems plus add-ons
for the e-resources stuff. (I think Sirsi Dynex is moving in the same
direction as Alma and WMS but hasn't finished their next-gen product quite
yet.) Being able to do everything in one system saves costs both in terms
of subscriptions and labor.

Joshua Welker
Information Technology Librarian
James C. Kirkpatrick Library
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO 64093
JCKL 2260
660.543.8022


On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 9:00 AM, Paul Poulain <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi Josh,
>
> Ccan you share with us what made you chose to leave III-Sierra ? Why are
> you limiting your options to Alma or WMS ?
>
>
>
> Le 28/04/2017 à 15:50, Josh Welker a écrit :
>
>> We are exploring migrating from a III Sierra system to Alma or OCLC WMS.
>> Does anyone have any experience with a similar migration you'd be willing
>> to share?
>>
>> --
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