OnDemand Webinar
Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System, Part One: Beginning the Process
Overwhelmed by the process of selecting an ILS? Learn how to parse and prioritize your process with the help of an ILS expert.
Selecting an ILS is an enormous undertaking. Let library technology expert Richard Jost guide your process. Jost is the Information Systems Coordinator at the University of Washington Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library in Seattle, the author of Selecting and Implementing an Integrated Library System, and an experienced teacher of library technology courses.
In this webinar, Jost focuses on how to get started when considering the purchase of a new integrated library system, including:
- The importance of project management skills
- The needs assessment process
- Writing a Request for Proposal (RFP)
- Migrating and converting data
Join us for this 45-minute on-demand webinar and the following Q&A session to learn how get started with your ILS selection process.
Presenters
Richard Jost
Information Systems Coordinator, University of Washington Marian Gould Gallagher Law library
Richard Jost is currently the Information Systems Coordinator at the University of Washington Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library in Seattle. Prior to that, he served as the Assistant Librarian for Technical Services at the Gallagher Law Library from 1992 - 2008 and Assistant Librarian for Technical Services at the University of Colorado School of Law Library, Boulder campus, from 1988-1991. He has taught a class on library technology systems at the University of Washington Information School since 2000 and has been active in local, regional and national law library associations. He holds a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Denver (1985), a Master of Arts in International Studies from the American University (1980), and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Cortland (1976).