Marmot Annual Update

HELLO!

Adam Murray, Ed.D.

Executive Director

Marmot Library Network

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Marmot Projects Update

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Completed Projects

• Scaffolded Training Curriculum
• New Members: Boulder, Broomfield, Lafayette, Longmont, Louisville, Loveland (2023); Clearview (Pika, 2024)
• New library buildings: Gunnison, Delta, Mesa
• E-Rate consultant: $152,701 in broadband discounts
• Vendor Demo Days
• Pika development: Passwords functionality
• VuFind development: INN-Reach integration; VuFind Registered Service Provider
• Ubuntu migrations
• New ILS Admin
• Sierra Patron Passwords

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Upcoming Projects

• Event/Calendar/Registration Systems
• Comprehensive fee restructuring
• Space planning consultant
• Statistics working group
• Training curriculum - missing documentation; flipped classroom approach
• VuFind implementations
• Role-based communication groups
• Pika accessibility
• State Library accessibility partnership
• OpenRS Sandbox

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2.�OpenRS Coalition

What is OpenRS?

• Open source resource sharing software

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• OpenRS is built using a philosophy of open standards and native integration, prioritizing a heterogeneous resource sharing system that is ILS and Discovery agnostic while accommodating the full spectrum of mediated and unmediated resource sharing

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What is OpenRS?

• Mobius and Galileo recognised that no solution in the marketplace met their needs i.e. DCB + FOLIO + Multi-type consortia (ILS agnostic but closely tied to FOLIO)

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• OpenRS is BEYOND both INN-Reach and ReShare
• OpenRS is the logical next evolution of the workflows that exist in ReShare and INN-Reach.
• We envision a software that integrates the best of both DCB and P2P models to enable seamless transitions between different workflows for library staff.

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Direct Consortial Borrowing

Interlibrary Loan

Document Delivery

Controlled Digital Lending

Non-returnables

OpenRS Coalition

• The OpenRS Coalition welcomes and celebrates the differences in types of libraries and types of library consortia, working to build those different needs into a robust system that provides options in configuration, rather than a monolithic software stack.

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• OpenRS will be designed with a “consortia first” model, providing consortia with the workflows and tools needed to provide robust and extended functionality for consortial resource sharing, including seamless unmediated intra-consortial borrowing functionality as well as expanded sharing across multiple consortia.

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OpenRS Coalition

• MOBIUS
• GALILEO
• Marmot
• Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
• MCLS
• Florida Virtual Library Campus
• GWLA
• Boston Library Consortium

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Clearing up mis-information

• OpenRS is not proprietary - it is open source

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Clearing up mis-information

• OpenRS is configured both for local hosting and hosting service providers. Libraries and consortia do NOT have to be an EBSCO customer to use or host OpenRS.

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• OpenRS is ILS and Discovery agnostic. Libraries and consortia do NOT have to be on FOLIO or using EBSCO’s Locate product to implement OpenRS.

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Clearing up mis-information

• OpenRS and ReShare share a common ancestor. Neither is a branch of the other; they are both branches of the common ancestor

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Timeline

• 7/19/23: Founding Council officially adopted the name OpenRS as the name for the software and coalition

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• 8/11/23: Finalized a preliminary charter

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• 8/18/23: Submitted application for OLF affiliation

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• 8/22/23: WOLFcon 2023. OpenRS announced during two opening keynotes and press release

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Timeline

• 9/6/23: unanimous approval of OpenRS as an affiliate project of the OLF

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• 9/7/23: first meeting of staff of OpenRS consortial members

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• Winter 2023 / Spring 2024: sandbox; governance, bylaws, and membership

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• 5/22/24: MOBIUS go-live

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• Summer 2025: GALILEO go-live

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THANKS!

Any questions?

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