WHO S SYSTEM IS IT ANYWAY IMPLEMENTATING AN INTEGRATED

WHO’S SYSTEM IS IT ANYWAY? IMPLEMENTATING AN INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM AT THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Marsha Ra Director of Library Services June 2001

CITY UNIVERSITY OF NY 19 COLLEGES OVER 5 “BOROUGHS” NO DORMITORIES 200, 000 ENROLLED STUDENTS 150, 000 ADULT & CONTINUING EDUCATION STUDENTS

ORIGINAL COLLEGES 1847 FREE ACADEMY (CCNY) 1870 HUNTER COLLEGE 1930 BROOKLYN COLLEGE 1937 QUEENS COLLEGE

CUNY INCORPORATED IN 1961 GRADUATE CENTER ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY COLLEGES JOINED BETWEEN 1961 -70.

LIBRARIAN CONNECTION LIBRARY ASSOC. OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (LACUNY) COUNCIL OF CHIEF LIBRARIANS

EARLY AGREEMENTS USE A COMMON SERIAL VENDOR USE OCLC OPEN ACCESS POLICY BOARD MANDATED FINE POLICY

HOW LIBRARIES DIFFERED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS SIZE AND AGE OF COLLECTIONS FUNDING AUTOMATED CIRC SYSTEMS CATALOGING PRACTICES BUSINESS PRACTICES

1981: CREATION OF OLS WITHIN CENTRAL OFFICE HIERARCHY COMMUNICATES NEEDS OF LIBRARIANS TO ADMINISTRATION CARRIES OUT SPECIAL PROJECTS

1987 IMPLEMENTATION OF FIRST ILS BEGINS 3 PILOT SITES 7 ADVISORY COMMITTEES MUCH SKEPTICISM!

TO BUILD A SYSTEM AGREEMENT NEEDED ON STRUCTURE OF DATABASE INDEXES & BOOLEAN OPERATORS LIMITS ON RETRIEVED HITS CIRCULATION POLICY HELP SCREENS, ETC.

SELLING THE SYSTEM

COMMUNICATIONS LIBRARIANS LISTSERV WRITTEN REPORTS LOCAL CAMPUS NETWORKS TRAINING & CONSULTING

CUNY+ BECOMES A MODEL

1999 TIME TO FIND A NEW SYSTEM!!!!

THE SECOND TIME AROUND What are we doing differently? - Working harder - Concentrating on technical issues

IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS