Acquisitions Workshop

This was an interesting couple of days. We had a chance to see the Acquisitions module in operation and for many it was a “deer in the headlights” moment. The chief concern was the amount of work using the module will entail. Granted the libraries will have to examine their workflows and see how they can implement this module, but as for adding work I do not see that being the case. Not all the libraries will need to use it of course. The question then becomes how many will actually use it. From the sound of the group not too many. The worst thing that could happen is one or two libraries use it a great deal, but not enough to justify the cost. One question that has arisen is whether or not to use the module for tracking the leased books. One thing that was hard for many of the attendees was this also was the first time they actually saw the Unicorn software. We hadn’t thought of that when we set the date for the workshop, though in the end that would not have made a difference as there are policies that need to be put in place now. Still it makes it hard to gauge just how much we got out of the workshop and if it was worth it.