I-Share Next Update: March 30, 2015

The I-Share Next Task Force continues to work on the system specifications that will be included in a Request for Proposal for a library management system to ultimately replace Voyager. After putting out a call for volunteers who have expertise in various functional areas, the Task Force assembled membership rosters for four “Specification Teams” to review the draft specifications and take them to a higher level of detail.

Each Spec Team includes two or three ISN Task Force members serving as Team conveners and liaisons to the ISN Task Force. The Spec Teams have all had their initial meetings, and will be working toward a June 2015 completion of their work. Following that, the I-Share Next Task Force will compile the Spec Teams’ chapters into the RFP over the summer. We still expect to have a final draft of the RFP to the CARLI Board for review in September 2015. Looking further down the calendar, we anticipate the RFP being released in 2016, the next system being selected in 2017, and implementation tentatively slotted for 2018.