Speaker Profile

Amy Terlaga
Assistant Director, User Services ,  Bibliomation, Inc. 

Amy has worked at Bibliomation in various roles for the past thirteen years. Bibliomation is a multi-type consortium, consisting of 48 public libraries and 20 K-12 schools. She currently manages Bibliomation’s ILS, the SirsiDynix Horizon system and other software services for their member libraries. She received her MLS from Southern CT State University in 1995, and her BA from the College of William & Mary in 1989.

Session Summary
Technology:
Open Source Works!

Room:  Oregon Convention Center – C123-124

  • Bill  Ptacek 
     Director, King County Library System 
  • Jed  Moffitt 
     Director of Information Technology Services, King County Library System 
  • Matt  Carlson 
     Project Coordinator, King County Library System 
  • Ben  Hyman 
     Manager of Library Policy and Technology, Public Library Services of the Ministry of Education 
  • Amy Terlaga
    Assistant Director, User Services, Bibliomation, Inc. 
  • Eli  Neiburger 
     Associate Director, IT and Product Development, Ann Arbor District Library 
  • Lori Bowen  Ayre 
     Sr. Consultant and Founder, Galecia Group 

Amy Terlaga 
In this program, you will hear from public libraries that have put their weight down on the side of open-source systems. Speakers will come from libraries who have committed to migrating to the Evergreen open source ILS. Speakers will talk about their respective paths to open source and share insights and processes that have worked for them. We will de-mystify open-source library systems and show that you can do it if you want to.

Benefits and Learning Objectives
    • Participants will learn about the benefits and risks of moving to an open source system and how to effectively hedge their bets.
    • Participants will learn specific effective processes that will help them migrate to an open-source system in a stepwise manner.
    • Participants will leave with good connections to the growing library open-source community. They'll get to know colleagues that can help them as resources for their own migration.



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