Shared Library Management System

The vendor is required to provide shared library management system for the necessary software, implementation, and training services for this implementation. 
- This management solution is:
•    Improve the user experience for students, faculty, and other campus users who interact with the shared library management system.
•    Lower shared library management system licensing and support costs for the system.
•    Create a more seamless experience for library visitors seeking materials across academic libraries. 
•    Facilitate seamless academic collaborations, including material and record sharing across the consortium. 
•    Receive robust vendor support for implementation and ongoing maintenance and training for the solution.
- Contemporary shared library management system that meets current and future needs and is:
•    Aligned with the university system’s public higher education mission of providing quality, access, and opportunity.
•    Able to meet the varied resource management needs of university institutions in a manner that protects data security, personal privacy, and intellectual property.
•    Highly available, scalable, modern, and reliable to meet the consortium’s size, scale, and diversity with a service level agreement (SLA) that minimizes downtime and ensures that all upgrades are made in a timely fashion without downtime.
•    Compliant with relevant current and future laws related to data privacy, and security regulations such as the act, family educational rights and privacy act (FERPA), and the union’s general data protection regulation (GDPR).
•    Capable of integration with third-party, system-wide, and college-developed platforms, including student information systems, interlibrary loan systems, and other library management products.