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CODI Full Immersion
November 16, 2007 08:33 AM | AutomationMick Reese, Systems Manager
Having only been with SELCO for a bit over a month, I wondered how overwhelmed I would be attending CODI. I still have a lot to learn about Horizon ILS, and the library world in general, so I was pleasantly surprised how helpful going to this conference was. For me, spending time talking to other Librarians and System Administrators about their systems, problems, and other insights really helped me to understand the challenges of ILS systems, in addition to learning quite a bit more about the system we use every day.
Having only been with SELCO for a bit over a month, I wondered how overwhelmed I would be attending CODI. I still have a lot to learn about Horizon ILS, and the library world in general, so I was pleasantly surprised how helpful going to this conference was. For me, spending time talking to other Librarians and System Administrators about their systems, problems, and other insights really helped me to understand the challenges of ILS systems, in addition to learning quite a bit more about the system we use every day.
Even though SirsiDynix is excited to show their new product Symphony, we’ve heard some good news on Horizon from the opening session. Support for Horizon will be ongoing for the next few years at least. They are not going to be rushing anyone into a migration to the new ILS.
There are a couple big items for Horizon coming up for 2008. The next update, 7.4.1, will be available early in 2008. There will be several good reasons to move to this release. There are numerous improvements to Horizon, some of which I have heard some of our libraries asking for. 7.4.1 also upgrades HIP to 3.09 and includes Web Reporter 1.5. I also attended a session that addressed in depth some of the features in future Horizon upgrades. Some of the points they highlighted are:
I did attend a few of the sessions that gave in introduction to Symphony, and I got the general feeling that the product is not ready to fit our needs at this point. There seem to be some functionality that SELCO as a consortium would need, which is not ready to be delivered in Symphony.
Another interesting session that I attended was from Corey Christians, from the Yavapai Library Network consortium. YLN is also incorporating Web 2.0 features into their Website, and is involving their member libraries much more in their website.
There are a couple big items for Horizon coming up for 2008. The next update, 7.4.1, will be available early in 2008. There will be several good reasons to move to this release. There are numerous improvements to Horizon, some of which I have heard some of our libraries asking for. 7.4.1 also upgrades HIP to 3.09 and includes Web Reporter 1.5. I also attended a session that addressed in depth some of the features in future Horizon upgrades. Some of the points they highlighted are:
- Pre-overdue notices
- Borrower record expiration handling
- Items can to go to LOST by number of days (not only number of notices)
I did attend a few of the sessions that gave in introduction to Symphony, and I got the general feeling that the product is not ready to fit our needs at this point. There seem to be some functionality that SELCO as a consortium would need, which is not ready to be delivered in Symphony.
Another interesting session that I attended was from Corey Christians, from the Yavapai Library Network consortium. YLN is also incorporating Web 2.0 features into their Website, and is involving their member libraries much more in their website.
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