Deborah+Moore

LBS 850 Week 13 OPAC Proposal

To: Mr. Scott Morrison, Superintendent of School Tri Town School Union December 5, 2016

Proposal to Keep Alexandria Library System in the Elementary Schools in Boxford

Alexandria is the system we currently have in place. I do not want to change to another system even if others in the district do. We have been using Alexandria for 5 years with great success and are happy with it. As a result I am very knowledgable about the ins and outs of this system. Since I was not involved with the purchase of Alexandria, I researched it online also. I investigated Atrium by Book Systems by interviewing Library Director Ann Massoth at Brooks School in North Andover, MA and also researching the system online. She is happy with her system as it has many features which are important to her such as being able to show gift information or area collections. You can make a book list and embed it in a lib guide which are made to help students when doing a research project. There are books, websites and other sources listed on the lib guide. I have made a Google sheet showing many important features while comparing the two systems offerings. I have come to the conclusion that both systems are excellent and have many wonderful and similar features. The students of Boxford are learning how to use a viable system which will carry us into the forseeable future and getting the basic researching skills they will need to build on. However, it is both a cost savings and training time savings to remain with our current system. Thank you for your time and energy.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pRFnQQcPnEAlkAixcgA0jlod53zcbQgZHgR_zAsW0sE/edit#gid=0

I now realize that because I used Google sheets you will have to probably ask me for permission to view my spreadsheet. My email is dmoore@boxfordschools.org.