I finally got around to looking at the proposals from the various vendors who desperately want to sell us (us
being KCLS, hah) an ILS. For the two non-library people out there reading my blog, an ILS is a catalog on steroids. I can't tell you what vendors we're considering, because Meg hasn't told you I can. She thought Jed was fairly open about this kind of information, but she wanted to err on the conservative side, so I'm not going to do anything stupid like post it on my blog.
I finally got around to looking at all the proposals yesterday, and I've almost made up my mind. In my mind, it's a tie between two systems, and both are excellent, and neither one is perfect. I'm leaning towards one, but I won't be disappointed if we go with the other one. (Golly I hope I'm around when the new system gets installed. It'll be so exciting!)
Also, Meg met the new Meg,
Monday afternoon I think. I haven't seen her yet, but I hope we get along and that she has a good sense of humor about knowing less about her new job than the lowly intern, because even though I'm sure she's very intelligent and has lots of general Unix expertise, she knows little or nothing about Dynix. (I wish I knew whether she's a librarian.) So we'll see.
At some point I'm going to have to offload onto her all the tasks that Meg has loaded onto me in preparation for her going—the regular monthly or yearly tasks that have to be done so that the system keeps running smoothly. I have mixed feelings about that. On the one hand, my duty is as a bridge, which means the tasks will cross over me and not stay, but on the other hand, I'm relishing the thought of these regular tasks and responsibilities, because the more work I'm doing, the harder it will be for them to get rid of me. I guess I'll just have to find new ways of being completely indispensable.
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