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Publication A Very Small Pond: Discovery Systems That Can Be Used with FOLIO in Academic Libraries(2023-01-01) Taylor, Jaime; Neslin, AaronFOLIO, an open source library services platform, does not have a front end patron interface for searching and using library materials. Any library installing FOLIO will need at least one other software to perform those functions. This article evaluates which systems, in a limited marketplace, are available for academic libraries to use with FOLIO.Publication Reveiew of Can't Pay Won't Pay: the Case for Economic Disobedience and Debt Abolition(2021-01-01) Taylor, JaimeWhile focus on the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic means that parts of this book will, we hope, soon feel dated, Can’t Pay Won’t Pay captures the economic zeitgeist of the early 21st century. A mere five chapters and just over 150 pages, the brevity of the book makes it an accessible introduction to the reasons so many individuals, communities, and even countries have found themselves deeply in debt. While fewer words are spent on remedies to the problem than describing it, the authors recommend the formation of debtors’ unions, modeled on labor unions. Through such unions, they suggest, collective power can force the abolition, or at least renegotiation, of debts. Can’t Pay Won’t Pay will help higher education librarians understand the conditions under which their students are laboring, as well as illuminating both the personal and systemic positions of librarians themselves.Publication NENS(2023-01-01) Taylor, JaimeNENS (non-student non-employee) are a group of designations for people who are somehow connected to UMass, but who are neither students nor employees. A person’s NENS designation determines what they have access to at UMass, including at the Libraries.Publication No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: Labor in Open Source Systems Implementations(2022-01-01) Taylor, JaimeOpen source softwares are often chosen because of – perceived or real – cost savings. Cost savings calculations need to account for the different & increased labor necessary to open source software projects. This doesn’t always happen. If your library undertakes a large project, staff cannot work on that project while also performing their regular duties. Without reduced duties or additional staff, either regular or project work will be undone or done poorly; staff will be overworked & burnt out; the project will exceed projected timelines & resources.Publication Consortial Projects : Centralized vs Decentralized Approaches(2022-01-01) Taylor, JaimeConsortia are an ever-growing reality in the modern library landscape. What began in the 1960s as a benefit realized through computers and automation, has evolved into a means of survival under budgets growing more austere with every passing decade. Despite their widespread presence, consortia are not making conscious decisions between organizational models when planning large technical services projects. This chapter will begin to fill that gap by examining why consortia choose centralized or decentralized approaches for such projects and will then discuss the differences between them, using the Center for Jewish History and the Five College Consortium as examples.