We will use the dra listserv to keep you informed of the progress on the migration and what you need to be doing locally. For now there are several important things you should be doing.

1. Join the dra listserv, if you haven't already. This is the best way for us to distribute information to all the LLSAP libraries at one time.
2. Be sure your governing bodies or administrators are aware of the change that is coming.
3. Look at the Horizon product as used at some other sites. Two sites you can visit are http://pclc.lib.fl.us/ (a consortia in Florida) and http://librarycatalog.st-johns.org/#focus (St. John's Hospital in Springfield). Keep in mind that the exact look of our site will be different because of individual choices we make. In a future message we will tell you how to go to a site that has links to all Dynix customers.
4. UPGRADE OR REPLACE ANY PCs that will be used for staff functions and that do not meet the specifications below. Steve Look whom many of you have worked with in the past has these specs and is putting together a group order for any libraries that are interested. His offer will include the loading by him of the HORIZON client software. We will have more information on this option in a future listserv message. The specifications provided by DYNIX are as follows:

 

Staff Workstation
Minimum Specifications	Recommended Specifications
Pentium III	Pentium IV
256 MB RAM	512 MB RAM
1.0 GB Free Disk Space Required	1.0 GB Free Disk Space Required
Network Interface Card	Network Interface Card
TCP/IP Connectivity	TCP/IP Connectivity
Windows 2000, NT v4.0 or XP Professional	XP Professional
Color SVGA Monitor	Color SVGA Monitor
2x CD-ROM	20/48X CD-ROM
Mouse or track ball	Mouse or track ball

 

Note face that there are both minimum and recommended specifications. We strongly urge you to go with the recommended specifications for staff workstations and that is what will be used by Steve Look. For the PAC workstations you should be ok with the minimum specifications. The best test for PAC stations is to simply go to the existing customer sites mentioned above. If your current PAC station works well there it should be fine with our own location in the spring. The next six months will be an exciting and busy time for all of us involved in the migration process. We look forward to our movement next spring to a state of the art new system and will keep you updated as we move toward that day.

Paul Johnson Assistant Executive Director Rolling Prairie Library System
345 W. Eldorado St.
Decatur, IL. 62522
Ph. (217) 429-2586 Ext.19
Fax. (217) 429-2588
www.rpls.ws

If you have any questions about the migration in general, please contact Paul Johnson,  paulj@rpls.ws.