Our library is currently investigating implementation of an electronic reserves system, in tandem with other academic libraries in the area. My involvement in the decision is one of my summer “Library Intern” projects.
Next week we get to demo two major ER systems:
- OCLC Illiad, Atlas Systems, Inc.: Ares System
- SirsiDynix, Docutek: ERes Electronic Reserves System
Since I’m a creature of the open source generation, it also behooved me to search out some OSS options, which revealed namely:
- GMUtant Software’s OSCR; and,
- ReservesDirect, which was originally developed by Emory University and just went open source last December.
If anyone has any experience with any of these systems, I’d sure love to hear your thoughts! I’m e-attending a presentation on Ares and ERes next Tuesday, so I’ll have a better starting point to compare after that.