Re: Blowing the lid off the ILS
Hmmm. Read the post. Isn't the point to no longer "ILS", that is to no longer have a single, integrated system? This post seems to be suggesting that we add APIs to our ILSs for the creation of "discovery systems" as if the ILSs are just fine for everything else. I don't think that's the case. If we are separating the discovery function from the rest of the library management functions, then we need to go back and analyze the whole workflow, from purchase, account management, check in of serials, circulation, bindery .... Right now our data is designed to move through the flow and end up in the catalog. If discovery is happening through a non-integrated interface, I think the whole data flow comes under question.
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