Summit Migration NewsThe Orbis Cascade Alliance is entering a development and implementation partnership with OCLC to migrate the Alliance’s Summit union catalog to a new system. This consortial borrowing solution known as WorldCat Navigator will be based on the integration of WorldCat.org, Virtual Document Exchange (VDX), ILL, and a new circulation gateway to III systems. Some of these functions exist now; others will be jointly developed by OCLC and the Alliance. We expect the new system to be available in mid-summer 2008.The INN-Reach maintenance contract will be active through late 2008. The approximate 6-month overlap between when the OCLC system goes live and we discontinue use of INN-Reach will provide a service overlap that will help achieve a smooth transition with no interruption in Summit service to patrons. What comes next? Clearly, this will be a big project that will call for contributions (and probably patience!) on the part of staff at Alliance libraries. An Implementation Team is will coordinate various aspects of the migration, a Communications Team will seek to keep you well informed and prepare background material each library can adapt for use in addressing these changes with your campus community. How you can help You can help by staying tuned, providing feedback, and, for some, playing an active role in implementing and evaluating the new Summit. Check here regularly for updates on implementation of the new system |