PRESENT: Jim Nelson (Chair), Larry Besant, Mike Binder, Coy Harmon, Karen McDaniel, Hannelore Rader, Paul Willis, Marian Winner, Charlene Davis, Elsie Pritchard, Tari Keller, Angela Davig, Elaine Moore, Nelda Sims, Roberta Kirby, Paul Fuller, Perry Bratcher, Miko Pattie
GUESTS: CVU Technology Work Group: Ron Moore, Dave King, Chuck Anderson, Beth Patrick
Review of Issues:
Miko distributed the issues paper and reviewed the 7 issues with the group. The paper is a summary of all the issues gathered from UK (Paul and Tari), WKU (Mike, Elaine, and Chuck), and some issues added by Miko. These are the issues and concerns that libraries have on having a centralized server for Endeavor.
Endeavor as the System:
There were questions on whether Endeavor is the system or not for statewide implementation. Jim stated that we have already passed that stage and that Endeavor has proven to be the leading library system in the market at this time.
Common Interface:
Ron stated that we need to look at this from a student's perspective-a common interface will remove barriers in information seeking. A centralized model of implementing Endeavor will ensure this in the most cost-effective way. What the CVU Technology Work Group recommends is to use the CVU funds to incent libraries moving to Endeavor by providing central server support and purchasing clients, but not to incent libraries opting for stand alone systems.
Phasing-in Approach:
Paul stated that a phasing in-approach would be needed. He cited an example-the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). WRLC has been a consortium for 7 research libraries in Washington, D.C. area since 1987. They have a centralized NOTIS system and now are having problems migrating to Endeavor. In view of the difficulties they have as a long term consortium, Paul commented that it will not be easy to do it here.
Pennsylvania's Keystone Library Network:
Miko reported on what she found out from Eric Zeglen of the Keystone Library Network, one of the 3 statewide Endeavor implementation sites: Size: 14 4-year public universities with 6M volumes, 94K FTE ( we have 7.6M and 106K FTE)
Status: Contracted in April, 1997; 10 out of the 14 are in production# of Servers: 3 servers across the state: east, west and central. He stated he could have used 1 server, but due to the distance that the transactions have to travel and the needed redundancy, they decided 2-4 servers would best meet the needs.
Stand-alone Systems: He stated that he would not consider this option due to the cost. In order to support Endeavor, each institution would have to have expertise on UNIX, ORACLE and library systems. Currently, the central funding supports 3 staff positions in each server site.
Infrastructure: They have an ATM network in state and have Sun Enterprise 4000 for servers ($150K per server). They are currently doing parallel searching with no problems.
Ongoing Cost: The central fund provides $580K/year to support the system. They depreciate the hardware in 5 years in order to come up with money for the next system.
Options: They have Universal Borrowing but not sure about Universal Index.
RFP for Server Sites: They have issued an RFP for institutions that are interested in serving as server sites but no one responded due to its stringent requirements. He will send Miko a copy after he finds it. The group asked Miko to inquire about the following: the bandwidth of ATM and the contract they have between the server sites and libraries they support.
Options Not Enforcement:
Chuck stated that this funding is to present options for libraries to migrate to Endeavor; it is not a mandate. For those libraries that are ready to go, this is an incentive.
Timeframe: Jim stated that a decision should be made very soon as we have only a small window of opportunity. If we don't reach consensus, the $500K place holder will be moved to support other needs such as faculty development.
DLAC: It would be difficult to convince DLAC on stand-alone systems. Good will will run short soon.
UL: Larry asked if UL's contract is funded by CPE. Ron said no. What UL will get from CPE will be marginal cost in hardware to support a central server.
Small Group to Continue Working on Solutions: CVL Technology Subcommittee chaired by Coy, Ron Moore, Dave King, Chuck Anderson, Mike Binder, Karen McDaniel and Miko Pattie. The meeting will be on Sept. 18, Friday, 11:30 - 1:30, in KIRM Conference Room.
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