The purpose of this article is to investigate certain aspects, problems and benefits from the migration to a shared Library Management System (LMS).,A review of the literature and a quantitative survey was conducted, based on a structured questionnaire, with a response rate of 44.7%.,Among the crucial issues that should be taken seriously into consideration when transiting into a new and shared LMS, are the audit of the data quality before migration, the employees' training design and the composition of the LMS central support team. The benefits of a shared LMS are mainly effectiveness in terms of libraries' budgets and time for the employees' day-to-day work.,The survey presented in this article evaluates the merits of a shared LMS and contributes innovative aspects to the existing bibliography by investigating issues and problems that arose during the transition. This way, the professionals involved in similar initiatives will benefit by avoiding possible mistakes and drawbacks when implementing such a project.

Migrating to a shared Library Management System: evaluation from the perspective of librarians and lessons learned

The present master thesis is an exploratory qualitative study in academic libraries regarding the transition from the integrated library systems to the next generation integrated library systems or ...

Migrating from integrated library systems to library services platforms : An exploratory qualitative study for the implications on academic libraries’ workflows

Open source software are those which permit execution, copy, read, distribution and improvement of the software without any restrictions. Library Management Software (LMS), is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed. Commercial library management software are very expensive. Therefore, open source library management system can be appropriate alternatives for automatic library systems. This Book discusses features of open source library management software, criteria of selection of best open source library management software, their, advantages and limitations. Open source library management software is a solution to reduce that cost. The Book describes in brief about the feature of ABCD (Automation of Libraries and Documentation Centers) of the open source library management software.

A Study of Open Source Library Management Software

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Building a case for the replacement of a legacy library management system

Library Systems Report 2019: Cycles of innovation

The purpose of this research is to identify the innovative features of the LSPs that differentiate them from the LMS, as well as to evaluate their importance, based on the opinions of the Greek inf...

Library Service Platforms (LSPs) Characteristics Classification and Importance Ranking through DELPHI Method Application

The Shared Library Management System (LMS) model is not a new concept. Lately, many libraries consortia have migrated to a shared LMS to reduce their services' total costs. The Hellenic Academic Li...

Dimitrios Kouis

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Library Service Platforms (LSPs) Characteristics Classification and Importance Ranking through DELPHI Method Application

Operational and Financial Aspects for Delivering a Consortium Shared LMS - The MITOS Project