I was given the opportunity to see two of the hottest new ILS products this side of the Mississippi:
INDIGO is a product created by TLC (The Library Company) and is 
their new ILS public interface that will be available for purchase in July. The screen saver to the the WebPac has what is called a "book river" that streams popular book covers across the screen and users can click on titles to find out more information or availability. It is like a virtual book display. Also Indigo has user tagging and allows users to create and share book lists. It also allows for each book to have its own wiki. This means readers can leave their comments on a book for others to see and add to. It is like a book discussion group online.
their new ILS public interface that will be available for purchase in July. The screen saver to the the WebPac has what is called a "book river" that streams popular book covers across the screen and users can click on titles to find out more information or availability. It is like a virtual book display. Also Indigo has user tagging and allows users to create and share book lists. It also allows for each book to have its own wiki. This means readers can leave their comments on a book for others to see and add to. It is like a book discussion group online.EVERGREEN is an open source ILS used by several major public libraries in Georgia and it is 
totally free! The idea of open source works on the principal that if you open the code to everyone, people will make changes and enhancements and then share those improvements with the group. So by having many contributors and stakeholders, the code becomes stronger and more robust and it evolves. Of course you don't have to know code to make it work. There are companies out there like LibLime who will convert your ILS information and sell you a cool little interface called Koha Zoom. This webpac has all the user defined content that Indigo has, along with a federated search in ProQuest and a smart search that will correct search errors (much like google).
totally free! The idea of open source works on the principal that if you open the code to everyone, people will make changes and enhancements and then share those improvements with the group. So by having many contributors and stakeholders, the code becomes stronger and more robust and it evolves. Of course you don't have to know code to make it work. There are companies out there like LibLime who will convert your ILS information and sell you a cool little interface called Koha Zoom. This webpac has all the user defined content that Indigo has, along with a federated search in ProQuest and a smart search that will correct search errors (much like google).Indigo...Evergreen... it sure is a colorful bunch of ILS products, that is for certain;)
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I love the idea of a book-linked screen saver. Brilliant!
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