Time Nick Message 10:59 kados timing: did you say you were meeting with the librarians soon? 10:59 kados timing: and they are likely to have similar workflows 10:59 kados timing: as that means the migration will be smoother 10:58 kados timing: it's good that they are all on Follett now 10:57 kados i.e., we need to decide exactly what things they will be sharing (like searching) and what things they will still do separately (like borrowing) 10:56 kados unless you want to keep them independent 10:56 kados ok ... so if you move to a single system those catalogs will likely become merged ... and the cataloging practices of each library will need to be normalized 10:55 timing yes we have all 11 libraries with separate catalogs 10:54 kados timing: so do you have a cataloger in each library? 10:53 kados timing: yes MARC records 10:53 paul hello owen 10:52 timing we use follett with opac right now 10:52 timing ok what exactly are we talking about with cataloging like marc records 10:50 kados timing: what about cataloging? 10:49 kados autocompletion woes ;-) 10:49 kados timing: right 10:49 kados edsu: right 10:48 timing but we don't want for a student to search and see all schools first 10:47 timing he sees kerr middle school first and then gets a option to search others schools 10:47 timing but when a student searches for a book at Kerr Middle School 10:47 kados right 10:46 timing with all schools in it 10:46 timing I understood us to want a single database 10:46 timing I will have to get some more details from them 10:45 timing the librarians 10:45 timing well we have a messed up system right now and lots of questions from me to 10:45 kados how about reports, etc? 10:45 kados share in cataloging ? 10:44 timing no share of students just books 10:44 kados share the catalog? 10:44 kados (students)? 10:44 kados i.e., will they share patrons? 10:43 timing 2 high school 2 middle schools 7 elementaries 10:43 kados timing: ok ... so what will they want to share and what will they want to be locally defined? 10:43 timing all schools and all seperate 10:43 timing yes 10:43 kados morning owen 10:42 kados and the schools are separate? 10:42 kados ok ... and these are all school libraries right? 10:42 timing we have 11 right now but will be adding 2-3 in the next few years 10:41 kados so how many libraries are we talking about? 10:40 kados well the first step is to define exactly what we need 10:40 kados ok 10:40 timing So back to the pricing for consortium for 11-15 libraries 10:36 kados timing: note that Steve Tonnesen has dropped off the map 10:35 timing alrighty then 10:34 kados timing: there are a few K-12 schools listed there 10:34 kados timing: that's the Koha world map (finally found it ;-)) 10:34 kados timing: http://old.koha.org/about/map/northamerica.html# 10:33 timing I might have you a job if the price is right 10:33 kados absolutely! ;-) 10:33 timing and you would be willing to work on it for a cost maybe 10:33 kados yep 10:33 timing I think what you guys called what I need a consortium 10:33 timing I can look it up 10:32 timing OK not link 10:31 kados timing: it's in BC 10:31 kados timing: Coast Mountains School District 10:30 kados we're hoping to have a demo running within a couple weeks 10:30 kados nothing to announce yet ;-) 10:30 paul means "nothing has been done" or "nothing to announce" ? 10:30 kados paul: nothing just yet 10:29 paul (do you have some news from the "super MARC editor" project ?) 10:29 paul ('morning joshua) 10:28 kados shoot ... the Koha world map still hasn't come back online 10:24 timing alrighty then 10:24 kados timing: let me find a link 10:24 kados timing: there's a K-12 in Seattle using Koha IIRC 10:23 timing morning 10:23 kados morning folks 10:23 timing then gets a choice to search on other campus's if not at their campus 10:23 timing but when a students searches the data or marc records he/she gets that school first 10:22 timing we are looking for a solution to put them all together 10:22 timing and we do not have a unified database 10:21 timing Well we use Follett on 11 schools right now 10:21 paul Koha is too complex to install for small schools (I mean without system admin and pro librarian) 10:20 paul in France there are some schools for sutdents >18 that uses Koha. But none that I know for smaller ones. 10:18 timing old that is 10:18 timing Kindergarten is 5yrs 10:18 timing Ok 12th is 18 at the most 10:18 timing wow 10:17 paul (while college is for childrens between 10 and 14 !) 10:17 paul (and the most famous ones) 10:17 timing then off to college 10:17 paul (how old ? I know that specifically in schools, terms does not have the same meaning. For example, in france, High School means "school for >18 years old students) 10:17 timing Public school goes from Kindergarten 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 10:16 timing Senior last grade before a student graduates High School 10:16 paul (and 12th grade is what ?) 10:15 timing Kindergarten thru 12th grade 10:15 paul (/me french, sometimes don't understand US-isms) 10:15 paul what is a K-12 school ? 10:15 paul hi timing. 10:14 timing needing to kno if any K-12 school districts are using koha 10:14 timing Are the koha masters in the house