Elliot Polak Head of Library Technology Norwich University, Northfield Vermont

Norwich University Small private military University in Central Vermont 3,300 FTE Large distance learning population approx.1,000 graduate students Collection of about 140,000 physical items and over 180,000 E-Books Small but dedicated staff

Around this time last year…… Faculty were telling students to use WorldCat.org instead of the library’s OPAC Began questioning our traditional ILS “Start thinking about a position to cut” WMS cost savings were enough to meet budget cut goals

WMS just made sense Live in the cloud AND leverage the cloud WorldCat records become our records No need to do authority work No more copy cataloging Students no longer limited by our collection Vendor integration for workflow and knowledge New integration is like upgrading to a universal remote

Implementation User focused Cohort model has encouraged cooperation Implementation has been like library school Partners not just customers Feedback has been encouraged Reasons to say yes

Our Current ERM

License Management Purpose Built License Manager An ERM that streamlines workflow Interlibrary loan direct Set holdings Integrated Link Resolver for WorldCat Local Will eventually be transportable Easy eBook integration

Does this look confusing?

How about this?

Looking Forward The possibility of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with vendors Focusing on services again instead of eBook loads Cooperative Platform Development No more data migrations