新一代图书馆管理集成系统对美国图书馆联盟的影响分析

The Impact of the Next-Generation ILS on American Library Consortium

本文通过案例,分析新一代图书馆管理集成系统对美国图书馆联盟的影响。具体以美国西部39家公立和私立大学图书馆联盟的共享平台系统解决方案选型过程为例,从定义、功能特性、技术特性、市场占有份额等方面探讨新一代图书馆管理集成系统(特别是Alma、Sierra和WMS)的优缺点,重点分析新一代图书馆管理集成系统对美国图书馆联盟的影响,并对工业界的合作与竞争情况作概括,对图书馆新一代管理集成系统的需求作分析和预测。

This case study aims to analyze the impact of the next-generation ILS on American library consortium. Through an extensive review of the case of the Orbis Cascade Alliance on the shared ILS selection process, this study identi？ed and summarized both strengths and weaknesses of the current main next-generation ILSes, particularly, Alma, Sierra and WMS, from the de？nitions, features, functions, technological characteristics, and market shares. This study also investigated patterns of industrial dynamics, collaborations and competitions in the next-generation ILS and discovery tool industry. The ？ndings show some differences between the traditional ILS and the next-generation ILS including more collaborations between the ILS vendors and their customers in developing products and the impact of library consortium on the functions and features of products, especially the needs of the resource sharing and collaborative technical services among consortium members. Additionally, this study echoed the next round of ILS migration is triggered globally, and a short fast four to six months ILS migration model is recommended.